Perry City wants to remind residents of the new burn permit procedures. In an effort to streamline burn permits and fire prevention, Perry City has contracted Burn Permits with their fire service provider, Brigham City. To view the Burn Permit Applications and Rules, see the Burn Permits link at: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/projects/ifp/html/webSMF_new.php.
Residential burn permits are limited to yard waste and natural vegetation waste. No burning of cardboard, wood, plastic, or any type of construction waste is permitted. Brigham City provides a combined compost/green waste/recycling facility located at: 820 North Watery Lane, which is open to all Brigham City citizens. Use of this facility is strongly encouraged prior to burning. Open burn periods by the State of Utah are: Spring: March 30 to May 30 and Fall: September 15 to October 30.
Envision Utah Survey: The State has asked the City to participate in a survey that will lead to a vision for Utah’s future. That vision will be used by policymakers, local governments, businesses, developers, and the public to make sure all know how to shape the Utah the public wants in 2050. To access the survey see the link at: http://envisionutah.org/.
A number of people have been seeing trucks around town with the UTOPIA logo on them, they have asked for an update on when the Utopia high-speed internet fiber will be available to residents in Perry. There are currently two different options being considered.
1) Support the Macquarie Public Private Partnership with the recommendation that Macquarie take their proposal to a vote of the residents in the participating cities. If the vote passes, this option will bring high-speed fiber internet to every home in Perry within 2 years. The base speeds of 10 mbs uploading and 10 mbs downloading, along with telephone coverage that has 100 minutes of nationwide long-distance, would be covered by a $25 monthly utility fee for 30 years with no connection fees. If individual homeowners desire additional speeds, there will be several options to increase the speeds to up to 1 gig uploading and downloading for an additional cost of approximately $50/month. This model is projected to have the $110,000+ bond payments Perry is currently paying to be covered within 5 years and a profit-sharing ratio of 75% going to Perry City and 25% going to Macquarie thereafter.
2) Support a UTOPIA ‘sweet spot’ build-out model which would only bill those residences who want the high-speed internet fiber service. This model should get the high-speed fiber to many of the Perry residents within 2 to 4 years. There will be a one-time connection fee in addition to monthly service fees of about $60 to cover dedicated, fiber, high-speed internet speeds of around 100mbs downloading and uploading. Speeds of up to 1 gig can also be purchased for a nominal price. All city residents will be required to continue to pay the escalating bond payments of $110,000 a year, with a 2% increase each year, for the remaining 26 years of the contract.
Under either option it will be about two years before Perry residents will have access to dedicated, high-speed fiber internet.
Greg Westfall has joined the Perry City staff as the City Administrator. Greg comes to Perry from the southeast corner of Utah where he worked with the city of Monticello, most recently as the City Manager. He earned a Masters of Public Administration from Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Colorado Mesa University. Greg grew up in the area of Craig, Alaska. He and his wife are parents to three wonderful, energetic children. Welcome to the community!
