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Show -- ostfrcafr forming imx-x- . ? JaxcoififlgKi 'lOfllr VniD 'TTW'Hj '713 lyirj (Mn&j' ox.i Vol. 3 No. 36 j Wednesday, May 4, 1983 Davis County "Outf Will Appeal Put Loyfon of fhe Money" Fee Ruling By BARRY KAWA Rtviow Staff The Davis FARMINGTON County Board of Health voted unanimously Tuesday to appeal a court order prohibiting the county from charging a restaurant inspection fee. sen examined Laytons contention that Councilman Wood, A Salt Lake City attorneys substituting for North Salt Lake recommendation that a state Mayor Robert Palmquist, was uninformed on balloting proceagency overrule Layton Citys appeal of a Davis Council of dures and deprived grant applGovernments vote to award icants of their proper rankings. I find this allegation without federal block grants would leave Layton out of the money. merit, concluded Grundfossen. Layton has failed to show Peter Grundfossen, hearings officer for the how Councilman Woods inUtah Division of Community structions as to use of the ballot Development, recommended were inadequate or were in any that a controversial ballot from material respect different from North Salt Lake be accepted as instructions given to all memvalid. The ballot was cast in a bers of the COG. Grundfossen stated that Wood vote of the Davis County Counwas a proxy of Palmquist that cil of Governments Feb. 16 to decide which eight of 18 applicanight which he says is a comtions from Davis County cities mon and accepted procedure in should receive federal grant al- the COG. He added, Councilman Wood cast the North Salt locations. intention of Laytons application was Lake ballot with the giving Kaysville a significantly ninth on the list. Utah Division of Community higher ranking than Layton. Grundfossen agreed with Development Director Buzz Hunt, is expected to make a Layton that Sant was in error in decision on the Layton Citys allowing Wood to augment his appeal of the balloting this ballot after the balloting was week. If Grundfossens recomcompleted. He cited the COGs mendation is accepted, it would unwritten but agreed upon rules overrule Laytons request to to handle assigned rankings to have two ballots discarded and zeros. However, Grundfossen would keep Kaysville in line to recommends this invalidate onreceive $66,896 in grant funds. ly the augmented scratch Layton would receive no Com- pad ballot and not the initial By BARRY KAWA Raviaw Staff Deputy County Attorney state-appoint- . munity Development Block Grant funds. Grundfossen heard Laytons appeal on April 22. He prepared an analysis and recommendation in the case last week which were included in a letter to Hunt. The Lakeside Review obtained a copy of the recommendation from Grundfossens office Friday. 29-pa- ; Chris Beck of the division of community development said Monday that Hunt and other state officials have not had a chance to look at the report. He said Grundfossens recommendation would be discussed before a final decision is made. He said Grundfossens report is part of a process and was not meant to be made public. According to COG staff member Wilf Sommer korn, Hunt and the division will be given five working days to examine the recommendation and make a decision. Hunt was out of town Monday and Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. North Salt Lakes initial ballot and scratch pad ballot are key points in Laytons appeal. North Salt Lake Councilman Rodney Woods ballot iwas protested by Layton because of discrepancies in its scoring of grant applications. COG Chairman Norm Sant later gave Wood a chance to augment the scoring on his initial ballot. The second ballot, or scratch pad ballot score put Kaysville ahead of Layton in receiving federal grant money . Monday night at Davis High School auditorium. The day after a "gig" in Wendover. "Being on the road is essential to music, because you don't become a target," Herman said, "You remain in the same area for too long and you start to play what the people Gayle Starks, Layton Council-womaAnn Harris and Layton City Mayor Lewis Shields to have access to the completed ballots when a request was n made. Grundfossens report said, however, neither the requests, nor the denials had any bearing on the outcome of the IS ENERGY, I ballot. Layton contended that the COG was in error for not allowing Clearfield City manager , want to pay for. On the road you're gone the next day," he said. Members become part of the band by recommendation only, and many have doctorates in music. During a workshop before the concert, a band member was asked the quickest way to advance into a major band. The answer was sharp and immediate: "Practice." Herman said he is not afraid of the new music, and has played opposite such bands as The Who, and The Jefferson and energy is youth," Herman, referring to the averWoody says in his band "Woody of musicians age age Herman and the Young Thundering Herd." "They are the same age as when started in 1936," he said. The band played in concert "JAZZ ,: Air-plan- ; v , , By BARRY KAWA Ravitw Staff A federal FARMINGTON fund construction may library hold the key to solving a Davis County Library issue with Lay-to- n City over location of a library in the city. The fund, which is part of a jobs bill to get work for the unemployed, Will allocate all or part of $300,000 to a library construction project in the state. The Davis County Library Board agreed last week to contact state library officials about applying for the funds. If grant- ballot. He stated that, accord- ing to the facts discerned at the hearing process, this should result in the list of potential grant recipients remaining unchanged. Grundfossen also pointed out the number of problems that can occur in the current balloting procedures and recommended one in which all applicants point totals be added and for Layton awards. Upon hearing Grundfossens recommendation Saturday, Sant said he was certainly happy with it. I felt we did right all ' along, said Sant. Kaysville City Mayor Gerald Purdy and Shields declined to comment until they had studied the report. for special projects. Woods ballot contained five zero point totals for various grant applications. In his report, Grundfossen said Laytons argument that the ballots be ROY A preliminary version discarded because of the zero totals on Woods ballot is not of Roy Citys 1984 budget reve-al- s few surprises. It is a balancconsistent. The report said Layton does ed budget with a small surplus. not appeal other cities zero No tax increases are being conpoint totals and, therefore, sup- sidered at this point. Based on relatively liberal esports the COGS contention that zero is a value, as Sant stated timates of expected revenue, at the hearing, Roy City Manager Richard Grundfossen also said there is Kirkwood predicted the city will no rule against the use of zero receive $3,291,514. Expendipoint totals and that Layton ap- tures are predicted to be $3,285, pears to support the concept 426 leaving a surplus of $6,088. The only major change in althat with up to at least two zero point totals per ballot the locations from last year is in the outcome is not skewed, but with judicial department. As a result of the legislatures decision to five it is. Of the other 14 ballots cast, have the state administer the two had one zero total and one circuit court system, Roys had two zero totals. Grundfos court expenditures were re receptive, said Shields. Layton withdrew from the county library system in December of 1981 when county offi- cials decided to postpone the building of a library there until the economy improved. Layton has accumulated approximately $300,000 since then in a special library fund for the construction of a new library. . duced from $78,139 to $16,972. This also means Roy will receive less revenue from fines since a larger percentage will go to the state. Roys revenue will be reduced from $85,000 to a predicted $35,000. sufficient to meet expendiAlthough the fire departments budget was increased tures. He said that in the past, slightly from 1983 figures, the Roy has received slightly more department was denied a re- revenue than projected, but he quest for three additional fire- does not expect this trend to continue. men. The increase primarily reTwo factors are primarily results from the recommended purchase of a new aumbulance sponsible for Kirkwoods pesand anticipated higher costs for simism. The new federalism operating the fire department of the Reagan administration when it moves to a larger emphasizes reducing federal building. The police department asked venue allocated to local govern- ments. This means federal Index Stormy Weather Remember those told of the weather? You may have some better Sports.. grandpa-rent- s stories to tell your 6A grandchildren. .... Home Living School ...... IB, 2B 4A,5A 1C-2- Elks Section Garden . . 2C-3- C . . . ... C F Section D Section Mother's Day Section E Section do. Whitesides sees a stumbling block in the Davis County commissioners desire to wait until the economy improves before building a new library. The commission has stipulated that they want to wait until the county growth rate goes back to 10 percent, said Whitesides. I IFe w for three new police officers. It was recommended the request be approved. Kirkwood said there is very little flexibility in the budget. If the economy becomes more depressed, revenues will not be Classified stories your n Currently, Layton keeps a et Has proximately 1.6 million dollars. A levy increase would increase the taxes on a $60,000 home by about $10 a year. Library Director Jeanne Lay-tosees problems in getting a headquarters library in Layton. For one thing, Layton is not a part of our library system at this time, said Ms. Layton. They havent made any overtures about rejoining. Were going to make a proposal for federal funds to build in Layton when theyre not even in the county system. Ms. Layton also added the necessary mill levy tax increase would be an increasingly difficult thing to one-mi- ll foot in the door of the county library system with the sponsoring of a bookmobile and library cards for residents. Each Layton resident who pays a $10 ed, Board Chairman Evan fee charged by the county for a Whitesides said the money card, is reimbursed by patron could be used to entice Layton the city. City back into the system. The board said if Laytons Layton City Mayor Lewis G. Shields says his citys policy has $300,000 were added to the possbeen to be receptive to any ible federal funds and a site plans to get a county library thrown in by the city, the prothere. I think if we see some ject would still require approxicommitments from the county mately a mill and a half tax levy and they come up with the increase. The board estimated money, our council would be that the building would cost ap the highest receive grant . Federal Funds balloting procedure. In his conclusion, Grundfosthe Davis sen recommended County COG should be told its ballots, using the North Salt Lake initial ballot rather than the scratch pad e. Gerald Hess recommended the appeal in Tuesdays meeting after a request for a new hearing was rejected by Second District Judge Douglas Cornaby. The court order prohibits the health department from assessing a fee to restaurants for health inspections. The order also forces the department to return approximately $10,000 in fees it had collected up to the date of the order. The court action was in response to a lawsuit, brought by the Utah Restaurant Association challeng- ing the fee. We feel the decision cuts a wide swath, said Hess. It puts a question on all fees imposed such as food handlers permits, inspection of swimming pools and inoculations. Hess said the department will obey the court order and is presently considering returning the fees collected. He said filing an appeal is a lengthy process, one that could take up to a year in the courts. Hess said the appeal would focus on Cornabys second ruling. The ruling said that the countys restaurant license fee presumably covers the costs of inspections and that the department does not have the right to license restaurants. ! : commitment that if the. economy goes sour or other mandated services require the funds, we will have to back off, said Saunders. I hope Layton will exercise the necessary patience even if it is a few years down the road. Saunders said since the coun-- : tys budget has already been committed this year, the earliest any project could receive county funds would be in November of 1984. Surprises funds, which used to be readily available for a variety of city projects, are almost non-existe- The other factor is the decline in interest rates. Last year we were averaging percent on our investments. Now its down to 8 or 9 percent, said Kirkwood. Roy is also receiving less 17-1- 8 revenue from interest earnings because a large portion of the previously invested fund balance is being spent to build a new municipal building. Kirkwood announced the city received a state grant of $45,000 to use in developing West Park, Roys newest park. Because the city must provide matching Off the Wall A Centerville man has become one of the best masters racquet-bal- l players in the n na-tio- and has not reached his peak yet. think thats quite a ways off, if it: does ever happen again. What we need now is to have meaningful discussions between the: Layton City Council and the; commission. Davis County Commission Chairman Glen E. Saunders, says he would like to see Layton come back into the system, but does not want to put the com-- ! mission in the same position they faced in 1981. We do not want to make a 1C funds, the 1984 allocation for parks is up slightly over last ; year. Councilman Lavar Smith questioned Kirkwood about his policy of spreading out pay-- ; ments over several years on purchases of expensive capital improvements such as a new ambulance. He suggested it might be more economical to pay the full cost, rather than borrowing money to spread out payments. Kirkwood said the answer is in the economy. Lately it has. been better to have a contract due to higher interest rates paid on lease-purcha- se ; |