| Updated: 5:47 p.m.
If you try calling attorney Bruce Baird about one of his many lawsuits over the past few years, odds are good you’ll catch him at his vacation home in Costa Rica.
Utah residents might recognize Baird’s name from more recent cases, like his successful push to get the contentious Olympia Hills development approved in Salt Lake County. Or his failed attempt to pressure Utah County into letting a client build a swanky lodge atop Bridal Veil Falls. Or when he intimidated the town of Bluff into giving up hundreds of acres of its brand-new town.
But a complaint filed in 3rd District Court may end or delay the incorporation.
Attorneys representing Six Mile Ranch, which own 6,500 acres included in the boundary of Erda City, filed a complaint in the 3rd District Court. They assert that their property was never intended by their owners to be included in the feasibility study or the boundary of Erda City.
The complaint also alleges that petition documents were altered after they were signed by the two of the owners of Six Mile Ranch to indicate that they had signed as owners of Six Mile Ranch.
Without the inclusion of Six Mile Ranch’s 6,500 acres, the proposed Erda City incorporation area would not be ineligible for incorporation under Utah law, according to the complaint.
City councilman will join new County Council ♦
Scott Wardle, former chairman of the Tooele City Council, is leaving for the Tooele County Council after 15 years of service to the city.
Wardle was born in Sandy, Utah in 1970 to a family of all boys.
He attended Alta High School with his wife, Courtney, but he didn’t know her in high school, because they graduated in different years.
He later met Courtney at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints singles ward.
In high school and college, Wardle fell in love with debate.
“Debate is actually what brought me to college college debate,” Wardle said.
The County Council hasn’t even gone to work yet, but they already got a pay raise.
The Tooele County Commission approved a resolution setting salaries for the County’s elected officials for 2021, including the County Council, during their meeting on Tuesday night.
After some discussion, the County Commission approved a resolution that bumped the annual pay of County Council members from $22,000 to $24,000.
The County Commission previously set the pay at $22,000 prior to the filing period for County Council elections. The filing fee for public offices is determined by the office’s pay.
While he introduced the proposed change in County Council pay, County Commission Chairman Tom Tripp noted that the Form of Government Study Committee’s report recommended a range of $20,000 to $25,000 for council members.