HL & P Board Comments

While the recent HL & P Board meeting allowed comments from the public, many questions raised but NONE were answered.

Acting Chair Connie Tatton, sitting in for the 'vacationing' Chair (and Mayor) Dave Phillips, prefaced the comment period with a statement than no explanation would be made, no questions would be answered and no discussion would be held.   After the comment period the meeting was recessed and Mayor Tatton declared that no decision would be made because Mayor Phillips was absent.

• Click here for the SLTrib report of the meeting: "Heber City • Dozens of angry Wasatch County residents blasted the part-time board of Heber Light & Power Co. on Wednesday evening for voting themselves a so-called health benefit of $1,687 a month."   (Comments can be made there, several interesting ones have already been posted)
• And here for a local report by HeberValleyInfo:   "It was standing room only when by my estimation, approximately 150 citizens showed up to voice their opinion. To give the board credit, they did allow an ‘open mike’ process, rather than limiting comments to those who had requested time on the agenda. However, they refused to answer any questions, Heber City Mayor Phillips was a no show.    .  .  .  . .    Also let me preface the following comments with the caveat that the sentiments were reserved for the members of the board, and NOT for employees of Heber Power & Light."  
• And here for an audio recording of the comments made at the public meeting.

Lest anyone might misunderstand what was done at the meeting and for those desiring even more actual information, here is a 4 minute excerpt of the "discussion" around the pay raise at the Nov 16 meeting and here for the entire meeting to get the full report.  The Employee Manual changes begin about 1:00 into the meeting, the discussion specific to the "in-lieu of Pay Raise" last about 15 seconds.

The petition for rescission (and RETURN of the money already received) is still alive and active passing 450 signatures earlier today with an additional several hundred paper signers.

Click Here for the  the two ethics laws  or acts that apply to elected and appointed officials