City talent performs -- The historic Lehi Silver Band and the Lehi Youth Orchestra will be performing at the Lehi Arts in the Park concert series at Wines Park, 500 N. 100 East, Sunday at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The band is well known for their unique horse-drawn bandwagon which is seen in¬ local parades and has become an icon for Lehi city.¬  Under the direction of Jennifer Morgan, the band also has a strong concert repertoire.

The Lehi Youth Orchestra is a children's performing group that was established in fall 2007 through the Lehi Arts Council.¬ ¬  Under the direction of Jim Huish, the ensemble has 35 members ranging in age from 8-12.¬ 

LFD transitions to paramedic status -- Lehi City Fire Department and Lehi City has begun the process of transitioning to paramedic status. The application is being reviewed by the state to acquire the city's first paramedic license.

The process to go from intermediate EMS level to paramedic takes about 6-8 months. Currently Lone Peak and Eagle Mountain have paramedic service while American Fork and Pleasant Grove fire departments are in the process of attaining paramedic status.

Well working --¬ Traverse Mountain residents received full water usage last week when the city-operated Traverse Mountain well was brought back online. Lehi City had asked residents served by the well to restrict water usage to necessary tasks and use minimal culinary water on landscaping. What was to have been a few days of water restrictions extended to two weeks when the ordered pump arrived damaged and had to be resent. The Traverse Mountain well pump failed on June 19. Until it was repaired the secondary irrigation water system was down.

"Generally most of the people were real understanding (and) knew there were issues," said Lee Barnes, city water superintendent. "We were able to keep them in culinary water all of the time.

The cause of the failure of the well has not been determined, but is being investigated. Because the well is a source of drinking water, it was necessary to do the proper testing to ensure that it meets the high quality and standards to provide safe drinking water. All of the tests came back negative including the bacteria test and after flushing the well it was put back into service.

Slide renovations progress -- Lehi City is waiting for Water Design engineers in Salt Lake City to submit drain specifications to complete the splash pool renovations and to meet state health standards, according to water facility superintendent Kim Cooper. The Kamikaze slide at the Outdoor Pool on 200 S. 400 East cannot be finished until the splash pool project at the foot of the slide can be done. "They told me it would be in today, but I've heard that for two weeks now," Cooper said of the report.

Drain fee raised -- Lehi City Council members voted July 8 to approve a $2 hike in homeowners storm drain fees.

"We were not covering our costs of building and operating them for 4-5 years," Mayor Howard Johnson said. "Our impact fees pretty well built them up, but the $3 a month didn't maintain them."

He said city staff was having to take funds out of other budgets to pay for storm drain maintenance.

Homeowners will see the increase on their utility bill. The budget for a drain crew and equipment were approved by Lehi City Council during the public hearings for the 2008-2009 fiscal budget.

"We were having to bring it up to be more in line with the problem," Councilman Johnny Barnes said. "And bring it more in line with the needs of the future."