Show I 1 city council adopts I 1 tax levies for 1938 investigate agitation caused by ba order to consolidate basin farm security adm ollices A special session of the roosevelt city council was held in the city offices monday evening for the purpose of considering and adopting tax levies for 1938 A total of 24 mills was the levy set distributed as follows general 5 mills water 4 mills streets 5 mills library mills bond in i terest 4 nulls mills sinking fund 4 mills and city parks ah mill the agitation caused by the order of the state directors Ji rectors to consolidate tile the duchesne and uintah farm security administration offices at vernal and duchesne and move them to roosevelt was dis 1 1 cussed an investigating commit tee reported that the offices with no solicitation whatever from roosevelt were ordered consolidated and moved moed hero here to better serva clients the largest majority of whom live in closer proximity to roosevelt than to either duchesne or vernal it was also i ceveale I that ethere chere the county are used once institutions in roo roosevelt sevelt are used twenty times the report showed that the con soli dation of the offices would greatly facilitate the work of tho th field men and make for greater efficiency and economy in the operations erat ions of the administration voice cites stand after thorough investigation ol oi the matter the city council like state authorities agreed that th taj offices could be better administered aced from roosevelt a aed J mayor george H hharrison harrison was authorize I 1 J ed to write senator elbert D thomas and congressman abe murdock voicing the cites stand in this matter C J angus foreman was present and reported on federal projects pending arid underway here mr air angus and leo hanson hansen councilman were requested to go to the offices and submit a supplemental project to the curb gutter and sidewalk project act to cover flour blocks of main instead of two as originally planned to loan laan asphalt L mayor harrison stated that r h bupt supt C C wright of the indian agency had requested the city 0 1 loan twenty tons of asphalt and aej the city roller to the department rt in in or order der to resurface the fort II 11 duchesne tennis courts preparatory to the U B I 1 C and indian fair the council agreed to loan the asphalt to the indian department on condition that it will b replaced within a period of three weeks from the date of loan an and a 0 the roller if the department will employ one of the men designated by the city to operate it ed penfield who was present at the meeting requested a hearing for representatives of a company interested in the installation of a municipal power plant for the city the council voted the hearing to be held during the next vf regular meeting august ath quotations on pipe for street lighting poles were presented and after consideration it was decided to postpone action on purchasing them for the present |