The Payson council will have one of its own seated on the Rim Country Educational Alliance board. On a 6 to 1 vote at the March 25 council meeting, the council placed Scott Nossek as its representative on the RCEA board. Councilor Jim Ferris voted against Nossek because he believes the council should have more say as to who it can vote onto the board. The RCEA owns the 243-acre parcel of land across from the community college off of Highway 260. The RCEA was formed as a separate legal entity with the same rights as a government to buy and develop the land.