rrvP'1rv 4 WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. MAY u; 3, 1979 Bid Awarded East Layton Council Meeting For Portable Classrooms FARMINGTON -- Although there was only one bid, the second time around, the Davis County Board of Education gave the for 13 portable classrooms. d THE $238,863 bid came from Mobile Office Manufac- -' turing and Leasing, of Salt Lake City, and was nearly $6,000 under their previous bid. It was subject to review by the district's building and grounds department. Rebidding on the prbject as necessary after several deficiencies were found in bids submitted by Mobile e and others in the first several weeks ago. ? Of-ic- t URGING THE board to rebid the project a third time Was Branson Neff of ABCO Construction, one of the three previous bidders. His firm was unable to meet the deadline because of a change in specifications stipulating the units can be split in half for transportation purposes. We feel there should be more time and feel we could have the information if more time were given. But the board questioned possible legal ramifications if the Mobile Office bid, assuming it was in order, wasnt Countering that thought was R.D. Bud Johnson of Mobile Office. "We were the low bidder (before) and he (Mr. Neff) brought out the deficiency in our bid, so we altered that. modular doesnt." THE NEW bid calls for completion in accepted since all legal requirements had been met. "I FEEL like the school board deserves more than one bid, Mr. Neff said. "That's what the bidding process is all about. We can provide a metal building but it doesnt split down the middle. According to the First News Security Letter, Clintons new economic activity is expected to strengthen in the second police chief brings varied experience to the job after said Richard Parkinson, manager of the First Security Bountiful of- quarter, several years experience with a neighboring department. fice. LeROY WEBB, already a Clinton resident, has been employed with Clearfield City Police since 1971 as a reserve officer and 1972 as a regular member of the force. He assumes his duties over the five-ma- n Clinton force May EDITED BY Dr. Kelly Matthews, vice president and economist for First Security Company, the quarterly News Letter will be published this week. By the latter part of this year, however, the pace of economic growth will likely diminish, with an inflation induced downturn in business conditions extending into the early part of 1980. The major threat to continued economic expansion is inflation, according to the News Letter. INFLATION WENT from bad to worse in the first quarter as producer prices rose 14 percent, while prices at the retail level jumped about 12 percent. There are no 10. na- vir- tually starting Clearfields youth bureau program from scratch and credits that as a feather in his cap. I feel probably my major accomplishment (at Clearfield) has been to establish rapport with the schools and community (as youth bureau HE ALSO has worked in technical services and patrol department, one that we can feel proud of and the citizens can feel good about. easy solutions available which will rloticeably slow inflation in the immediate months ahead. Monetary policy is not expected to be altered significantly in the second and presently supervises HE IS married to the several others as a patrol sergeant. Clinton sounded " former Jean Sessions of like a good challenge and it " Clearfield and they are (new post) will enable me to further my ideas and maybe take the initiative to establish my own programs. My first priority is to establish some kind of rapport1 with the community and get the feeling of a professional calendar Representatives of Huff Developers met with the East Layton City Council Tuesday evening, April 24, to ask the council for permission to begin building homes in their, approved subdivision. THIS IS contrary to the provisions of the Cherry Lane Agreement which prohibits building until all concerned developers agree to pay for Cherry Lane improvements and to make other concessions that will allow Cherry Lane from Fairfield Road to a point some 640 feet East to be widened and improved. council The voted unanimously to waive the for Huff agreement Developers. The reasons given were: 1. Huff Development had put up $20,000 for Cherry Lane improvement and 2. The company had purchased land to be used for widening the road and had deeded it to East Layton City. parents of two daughters. He enjoys scuba diving, skiing and shooting and is active in his church. The new chief will be joining officers Chuck Johnson, Mike Hayes, Bud Wadman and Craig Barber, tb interest quarter. Short-terrates could edge moderately higher, but significant tighm tening in credit availability is not expected. THE NEWS Letter predict is commerbut not cially that could be made available for this special industry. Several land owners stated they were not aware of the possibilities of industries of this nature being interested in locating in East Layton. Two main reasons for encouraging business to locate in East Layton were 1. the increase tax base industries bring and 2. the new jobs the industries would create. MR. KING stated it takes $1,316 per child per year to educates student in the Davis County School system. This money comes from taxes, business taxes, home and property taxes and matching state and federal tax revenue. Property taxes can be reduced only if businesses absorb the cost Another important factor in deciding to locate industry in the community is that between 700 and 800 graduating students will be entering e the job market in Davis County this year. . DISCUSSION of the Rainbow Drive improvement full-tim- project including engineering specifications and bid THE COUNCIL was favorably impressed by Mr. Kings presentation. They agreed to have Chris Schaffer, the city planner, work with Mr. King to decide the areas within for light industry. There FARMINGTON will be some more switching of positions and roles in the Davis School District, thanks to Board of Education action taken during its regular May 1 ed that business activity in Utah in the second quarter is expected to improve relative to the reduced growth rates experienced in the first two months of 1979. The cost and availability of . petroleum products, particularly in the summer will assume full-fledg- as- - sistant principal status at be provided in next newspaper, tb Jr. High, Kaysville FURTHER DETAILS will FOR THE second consecutive meeting, changes were approved in personnel at several schools. Previous action included naming new principals at schools on all levels while the latest action was confined to new assistant principals. Those involved included naming Mike Jarman at Woods Cross High School, replacing Richard Allen as1 vice principal. Vivian Stapely will take Mr. Jarmans old Davis High School post, vacating a counseling position at Bountiful High. NANCY FLEMING will move from Viewmont High to ' . -- Layton High assuming Paul Smiths post as he takes over as principal there. Assuming her position will be present Clearfield High assistant principal Dale Rees. His post was not filled. On the junior high level, Mike Duckworth was named assistant principal at North Davis Jr. High, taking over for Dick Egan, who moves up a notch to the principal and Ross Poore will take second post in command at North Layton Jr. High while his predecessor, James J. takes over as principal there. Intern Larry Brewer Lay-to- quarter of abruptly, n, 1978' declined and consumer spending probably remained soft in the first quarter of . 1979. ! Demand for commercial bank credit in Utah slowed in the first quarter but is expected to strengthen in months ahead. Betty C. Fisher, Farmington, displays the awards she received in the Utah Press PRESS AWARDS Womens communications contest. Not Everyone Agrees With Bountiful Budget Proposals Theres a lot that goes into preparing a city maintenance, operation and capital improvements budget of more than $5 million. AND WHEN all is said and done, not everyone agrees with the departmental the department heads budget-especia- lly who have to administer the money with tight purse strings attached. Bountiful Police Chief Larry Higgins sat on the front row of city council meeting a week ago listening to City Manager Grant P. Petersen tell the council what is-- or better, yet, what is not proposed for the police department during fiscal year 1979-80- . CHIEF HIGGINS tried to smile, but you could tell it was a forced smile, as Mr. Petersen jokingly said that he (Chief Higgins) should leave the room for this part of the budget presentation. For the next few minutes Chief Higgins heard how the city proposes to cut his department by one police officer to accommodate a $15,000 slash in the proposed budget. THE COUNCIL was also reminded that they had approved a program of reducing the program which has been in effect in the police department for several years. And to top it off, the chief heard that his $10,000 request for continued capital improvements for remodeling the police station facilities had also been placed on the chopping block." man-per-c- THE POLICE department wasnt the only department to have its requests slashed. Not by a long shot. Virtually every department had their share of cutbacks. Thats the only way Bountiful could come up with a balanced $5,139,419 budget proposal for the fiscal year 1979-80- . it hurt, and then some, said Mr. Peter-- . sen. Inflation and maintenance costs are just killing us. BUT DESPITE the many obstacles city administrators who put the budget together had to overcome, they did a mighty fine job. For example, trim-"sla- sh had to budget-make- rs would be a better $225,000 word-nea- rly from departmental requests. That means there was a lot of chopping to do, more than $200,000 from the general fund and an additional $3,000 from capital improvement requests--. AND THIS had to be done without an increase in the citys mill levy. City officials decided to maintain a same as last year levy--th- e steady and .75 mill less than the previous year. And all of this with booming inflation. NATURAL GROWTH and increased property valuation will give the city $863,383, compared to $826,383 for the current year, an increase of 11 per cent. That has already been eaten up, and then some, by inflation, high costs of maintenance and increased salaries. BESIDES THAT, court fees reimbursed to the city are less than the current year because of the change over in the court system. Sales tax previously used for capital improvements were earmarked this next fiscal year for balancing the general fund. We hated to use such a large bulk of sales tax for the general fund," said Mr. But we couldnt have even Petersen. come close to a balanced budget without it. SINCE CAPITAL improvements are up only $40,000 over the current years budget, city employees are going to have to make do with what they have. Mr. Petersen said all departments had the Davis County Fair. Her their capital improvement requests severely slashed, but probably not as severe as did the police department. CHIEF HIGGINS argues that the police department is already understaffed and it was hoped additional men could be added next fiscal year. Now it appears that one person is going to be layed off by the police department. The residential growth has spiraled. Large sections of unincorporated residential area have been annexed (and proposed for annexation) which puts an additional strain on the citys economic structure. Like I said in the beginning, not everyone will agree with the budget proposals. THERE ARE a couple of things I dont agree with. First, I think the police department got "short changed." But I guess I put my priorities on need, rather than dollar values because I feel that the police department is extremely short-staffe- THIS IS not to say that other departments arent as well, but I just hate to see law enforcement reduced in any manner. If. "paying your own way" has anything to do with justification, then the circuit court should be assessed more for use of city facilities, recreation fees could be raised slightly, and power rates could be increased. newspaper and a brochure she had designed and written, SHE PLACED first in five of the seven categories she writer for the Grcea Sheet latter is equivalent to six mills plus Without it, Bountiful residents would have to pay 18 mills instead of 11 mills property tax to raise the same amount of revenue. awards will now be entered in the contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women. Winners on the national level will be announced at the Federations annual convention at Indianapolis in June. The first place awards were received for Press Releases which she wrote; for a publicity campaign covering a combination of media for' the Utah Heritage Foundaradio spot an- -' tion; for nouncements the American Cancer Society; publicity in newspapers and an advertising campaign for MICHELE BARTMESS, a newspapers in Murray, was contest chairman for the Utah entries. Mrs. Fisher also received a small silver beehive charm to add to her UPW charm bracelet. She has been a member of the UPW since it was chartered in October,' 1956; served as its second president and since has served as first vice president, recording secretary, parliamentarian, historianT contest chairman and on two national committees. SHE IS the wife of photographer Etsil R. Fisher, the mother of four children and grandmother to 13 children. $60,000. n THE program is going to be reduced, and the police department is going to have to put up with cramped quarters for at least another year. Thats more than Chief Higgins bargained for when he was hired as top administrator a little over a year ago. BOUNTIFULS TAX base (business and industry) has not increased substantially during the past few years and yet the Womens annual communications contest. entered and second in the other two. The first place THE LATTER, however, is the least favorable, in my opinion, because the Bountiful Light and Power Department already contributes $229,418 to capital improvements and $515,000 to the citys general fund in lieu of taxes. t second place awards were for a feature photo published in a awards in the Utah Press We had to cut every department until week- s- meeting. Mrs. Betty C. Fisher, Farmington has received several By GARY R. BLODGETT es- timates was postponed until the next council meeting because all three engineering firms involved in bidding did not have the same under- standing of the requirements of the project, dmg East Layton that could be set-asi- Ron Spencer, a member of the East Layton City Council, and his wife, Yvonne Spencer, have been associated with the Davis County Resource and Development Board for many years. School District Appointments: - the ESSENTIALLY, development company had already fulfilled the terms of the Cherry Lane agreement. months, is a major concern for the Intermountain area, as well as the nation. A 15 percent shortfall in gasoline supplies will undoubtedly result in higher prices, reduced service station hours and some lines. UTAHS JOB market is forecast to remain strong in the second quarter despite some subtle evidence of softening in the first three months. The rate of unemployment in Utah dropped to 44 percent, compared with a 5.7 percent national average. Residential building permit activity in Utah remained soft in the first quarter, but, should improve in the second quarter. Residential real estate sales volume remained strong in the first quarter with unit sales down only five percent. REFLECTING A sign of caution, the pace of consumer spending and retail sales in Utah is expected to improve in the second quarter. Retail sales tax collections reflect-- . ing sales made in the fourth When the agreement is finalized and signed by other developers, Huff Development will also comply with the agreement. Earl King of the'-Qavand Resource County Development Board met witl the councii to discuss thq possibilities of developing light sophisticated industry such as research centers and electronics firms within the city. Such industries would blend in with the resideptial complexion of the community and at the same time, provide a tax base for the city. MR. KING said there was a need for land to be set aside Economic Activity Expected To Rise Police Chief The Joseph City, Ariz. tive was responsible for 60 days compared to 45 in the previous bid. Even so, that is well within the Aug. 1 deadline asked by the district. Mr. Johnson said the extra 15 days are required because his firm is now handling a lot of schools. But the greater volume has enabled the firm to buy a lot in carloads, lowering the bid by $6,000. The portable units will be the located throughout ' district, tb New Clinton CLINTON build classrooms, he We By DONETA M. GATHERUM SINCE THE changeover to the Circuit Court System, Bountifuls Fourth Circuit Court has paid only $130,000 through state contribution, a net loss of $75, to one mill. Weber Basin Wants Firm Commitments - LAYTON Webef Basin Water Conservancy District wants firm commitments for the sale of an additional 1,200 acre-feof culinary water before giving approval to a plan to improve the delivery I system serving six communiet the Previously, Bountiful "pocketed majority of court fees (net $205,000) assessed by the then Bountiful City Court. ties. . I ALSO challenge, but not entirely disagree with the councils decision to buy a five new garbage compactor trucks-- at cost of $60,000 each and to be amortized over several years. I question, its the to be put on the workload and safety drivers. Its not the cost that n THESE ARE operated trucks which means that one man will be driving, climbing out, loading the garbage alone, and then driving to the next pickup. This means that the operator will be in and out of the truck every 100 feet or so and will have the entire garbage left at curbside to load himself. one-ma- THE PLANS call for extension of several lines, additional metering stations and connecting one Weber Basin well and city wells in Sunset and Clinton to the overall delivery system. Also involved are the northern Utah communities of West Point, Syracuse, Clearfield and Roy. Ivan Flint, assistant dis- trict manager, said the improvements would come in , four phases. HE SAID the commitment to sale of additional water was necessary to provide funds for the first two phases which would cost about $203,000 and would be amortized over a period. Mr. Flint said unofficial commitments totaling more than 1,300 acre-fehave been received from the cities involved, but that he wants firm commitments before going ahead with the project. HE EMPHASIZED that the improvements would improve water pressure and capacities to the cities. Funds for the first two phases of the proposed project would come from the districts reserve account, Mr. Flint noted, grb short-staffe- MONEYWISE, IT will be a saving to the city over a long period because five or six men will be laid off (no salaries to pay) and the newly designed trucks will more than pay for themselves. But I question what this is going to do to the morale of the city sanitation 1801) 378-20- 41 MONDAY -- SATURDAY f 220 NORTH 95 EAST KAYSVILLE, UT 84037