{"id":95,"date":"2018-10-24T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:55:39","slug":"dennis-fife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/people\/dennis-fife\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Fife"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<caption>\u00a0<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>office<\/th>\n<td>Mayor of Brigham City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>term_start<\/th>\n<td>January 4, 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>term_end<\/th>\n<td>January 6, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>constituency<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>majority<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>predecessor<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/index.php?title=Lou_Ann_Christensen\">Lou Ann Christensen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>successor<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/index.php?title=Tyler_Vincent\">Tyler Vincent<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>prior_term<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Just one month before the election, Brigham City&#8217;s mayor, Dennis Fife, heard the news that an LDS Temple was to be built in his town and realized that if he won the election, he would be highly involved in the construction process and related events. He said, \u201cThe election was in November, and then I was sworn into office the first week in January, and that&#8217;s when I got involved.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen it was announced that the temple would be built across from the tabernacle, Fife felt that would be the perfect place. From the city&#8217;s perspective, it would revitalize the downtown. The city&#8217;s main involvement at the start was with the city planners and city permitting process. They received all the site and construction plans to be approved by the city. From there, city officials formed different committees from their staff members to review the site plans, safety, and closing of the street. City involvement with the temple construction continued from the groundbreaking to the completion and dedication.<br \/>\nMayor Fife&#8217;s plans for the future include installing a pressurized irrigation system to reduce the cost of using culinary water for watering lawns. He explained, \u201cWe have plenty of water, but we have to plan for the future. For our forefathers who planned the water, Brigham City is extremely fortunate. We have a lot of springs that just naturally flow. In the winter we don&#8217;t have to pump any water.\u201d He has started a study about installing an overpass over the railroad switching operations on Forest Street because delays make it difficult for emergency vehicles to get out. He also hopes to do an upgrade on the electrical system.<br \/>\nThe mayor feels optimistic about the town&#8217;s lifestyle. \u201cFor a city our size, Brigham does extremely well,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe have some beautiful parks. We have nice museums and senior center and so forth that cities our size normally can&#8217;t provide, but we do.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/collections.boxeldermuseum.org\/index.php\/Detail\/Object\/Show\/object_id\/94\">Oral history with Dennis Fife by Kathleen Bradford, June 6, 2012.<\/a> Accession # 2012.38.1 \/ MSS 419<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.boxeldermuseum.org\/index.php\/Search\/Index?search=Interwiki: #replace:Interwiki: PAGENAMEE++ \u00bb _%20\">Search Brigham City Museum Collections<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 office Mayor of Brigham City term_start January 4, 2010 term_end January 6, 2014 constituency majority predecessor Lou Ann Christensen successor Tyler Vincent prior_term Just one month before the election, Brigham City&#8217;s mayor, Dennis Fife, heard the news that an LDS Temple was to be built in his town and realized that if he won 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