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Show Enf itfSes strive for joint facilities to pay way F for jointly owned public utilities were discussed by city and n'y officials during their joint l'ng, Monday morning. Al 'the top of the list of jointly owned :lities was the Vernal Municipal jamming Pool, owned by Vernal City, 2rictCounty and the uintah Sch001 vCounty Commissioner Merrill jftam said that the pool needs to be finished before December in that the on the walls and bottom of the '!U 0 y'ng' St t0 red thC 1)001 Jj indoor pool is costing the three CikSnearly $5'000 durinS the winter ""'"s and $2,500 during the summer in electric bills to heat the pool. Mecham said the commissioners had requested an engineer to estimate the cost of converting, the pool to gas heating. The two entites also reported that cost for entry at the swimming pool may be low at $1.00, 75 cents and 50 cents. The jointly owned landfill, which has been another subsidized project, also received comments about making it pay its way. Acting city manager, Ken Bassett, suggested that a fee be charged to each person using the landfill. Bassett said that in other cities, a ticket is purchased pur-chased for a minimal fee to dump refuse at their landfills. The commissioners suggested that maybe the landfill could be turned to a private individual, who would receive a salary from the money collected for use of the landfill. Bassett was instructed to prepare a study on the amount of landfill use and minimal rates for next month's meeting when different avenues will be evaluated. In other business, Dave Burningham, city attorney, told the two entities that the Vernal City Police Department was over-charged for prisoner meals at the Uintah County Jail. The city had received a bill for $27,000 for the city's portion of prisoner's meals. Burningham said that since the city had four detectives which work soley on felony cases, which the city doesn't receive any revenue from, the city shouldn't be charged so much. Uintah County Sheriff Arden Stewart said the city hadn't been charged for felony cases, but he agreed that the city may have been over-charged. "The law enforcement agency which receives benefit from the prisoners should take care of the cost," Commissioner Com-missioner Neal Domgaard said. He said the commissioners would authorize their attorney to investigate the situation at the jail and make a recommendation at next month's (Continued on Page 2) Entities - - - (Continued from Page 1) meeting. Stewart said he agreed with Domgaard in that "If they receive money out of the jail, they should pay for the upkeep." The city requested that the county consider coordinating the building code in the city's growth area; a mile out |