THANK YOU to all those who helped and participated in Salem Days!!!
Solar Eclipse info
Date: Monday, August 21st, 2017
Eclipse start time: 10:13 AM
Maximum coverage in SLC: 11:33 AM
Eclipse end time: 12:59 PM
We are sorry, but the library does not have anymore glasses to see the eclipse.
The library is having an eclipse party on Monday at the library 10:30 a.m.
They will have alternative ways to view the eclipse.
Safety Don'ts for the Eclipse
However you decide to view the eclipse, please:
• DO NOT look directly at the Sun
• DO NOT look at the Sun through an unfiltered camera or telescope
• DO NOT use sunglasses as a substitute for solar glasses or filters
• DO NOT use untested or “new” methods for projection viewers; this includes the newly popular “Pringles Can”
For more information check out:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety
or
https://slco.org/clark-planetarium/eclipse2017/
ELECTION INFORMATION
Utah County Clerk Bryan Thompson confirmed some unaffiliated voters in Utah County were mailed ballots accidentally. The Utah County Elections office is working diligently and trying to determine the scope of the problem. Their office will be mailing out informational postcards to those affected.
If you receive a ballot and are an unaffiliated voter you may disregard or if you would like to vote and affiliate as a Republican you can bring your ballot to the Voter Service Center on Primary Election Day, August 15, 2017 at the Salem City Office, 30 West 100 South. For more questions you may contact the Utah County Elections office at 801-851-8109.
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL OFFICES (ELECTIONS)
Here is Salem City Candidates:
Mayor (4yr term)
Kurt L. Christensen
Joshua Wilford Thayer
Soren K. Christensen (Write-In Candidate)
Council - 2 seats (4yr term)
Sterling M. Rees
Garrett McLean Jones
Seth Sorensen (Write-In Candidate)
Tim DeGraw (Write-In Candidate)
Howard Chuntz (Write-In Candidate)
NOTE: This year the elections will be a VOTE by Mail. You will need to go to vote.utah.gov to make sure your voter information is correct (especially your address, as ballots will be mailed to you).
VOTE BY MAIL INFO
NOTICE: Please remember our watering restrictions! There is no watering any day from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and NO watering for residents on TUESDAYS (midnight to midnight)
City, schools & churches may water on Tuesdays but not on Fridays. Different restriction days are in place to help the pressure levels in the system.
Salem Survey Results
Thanks to all those who participated.
Salem City proposed budget Fiscal Year 2017
Public Hearing June 7, 2017
7:00 p.m. City Council Chamber
For more information Click Here
Proposed Transfers for the budget
For more information Click Here
Pressurized Irrigation
As a reminder, do not water between the hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and on Tuesday’s. Please water wisely to avoid the need for additional watering restrictions.
Green Waste
Green Waste Vouchers for the Transfer Station are now available. They will work the same way as they did last year—only 2 per resident. They will be good from April 1, 2017 - November 30, 2017.
Curbside Recycling Program is here!
(The Opt Out period ended January 31, 2017.)
Click here for more information and pick up schedule: RECYCLING IS HERE!!!
IF you would like to participate in the recycling program, call the city office today - 801-423-2770. Hurry and get your blue lid can now.
