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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL MAY 23, 1285 Residents Question Weed Control Efforts By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Come back in a month to report if you have seen progress being made, Layton City Manager, Cam Caldwell told Harry Nequette, a Layton City resident who asked to address the council about the lack of weed ordinance enforcement in Layton. -- X years, Norma Preece is hanging up her having provided a real hometown touch coverage of her native Kaysville-Frui- t Heights area. to extend our hopes that she will misplaced, that one of a kind enjoy her new endeavors, she picture or a particular item left out adds. because of space. A proclamation was passed in CONSCIENTIOUS and reliher honor by the Kaysville City able are two bywords for Norma, Council, signed by Mayor Purdy thanking Norma for her long and says News Editor Tom Bussel-berShe always could be loyal service to Kaysville by counted upon--a- t just about any attending meetings and activities, a time of the day or night and with loyal and dependable friend to the come citizens of the city. virtually no notice--t- o through. Norma has such a love for her community and its people, and MAYOR Purdy and council that showed through clearly in members presented a Citation for what she did for the paper. To her, Distinguished Service for her it was so much more than just a community contribution at a recent job. city council meting. Publisher John Stahle also has high marks for NorNorma previously worked at ma and says her role was vital to HAFB and the old Navy Bae, for a the newspapers success. He often total of seven years. Joe and Norhas expressed support for her ma lived in Montana and Washingefforts, especially in providing the ton for several years in the first local touch to the news, even as years of their marriage. After A'C RFTIRVNr. Ilm lllu years is a long time in most anyones book. Thirty-on- e YOU CAN have a lot of influ- accomin awful lot that an amount of plish ence, meet a lot of people -- time. Reflex-Journ- Thats hard for someone as dedicated as shes been, though. EVERY week since then, shes brought in an Eagle Scout here, obituary there, or a community announcement or an item for the Kaysville News column. That final item has been among the most popular in the paper, especially for many 31 tele-UD- lf fr 8d. to news MR. NEQUETTE showed the council a petition signed by many Layton residents reinforcing his belief that the City is more concerned about building inspections and other functions than they are about the weed control. The verbal presentation and the petition were presented to the Council at the regular meeting held May 16. Mr. Nequette asserted that he had been calling about weed problems for over a year and that he had received different answers about why the problems havent been solved. He also stated he couldnt see any results even though Layton does have appropriate ordinances. You have the tools, take the ac up. City attorney Bruce Barton, explained that action on the weed problems takes time. You have to show there is a problem, give the property owner notification that action will be taken, allow enough time to let the owner clean up the area and then go through the legal process of cleaning up the property or taking the case to court. The summer season is usually over be- MR, NEQUETTES position was reinforced by other residents w ho were in attendance at the council meeting. Virgil Hohman who lives at 962 N. Church told the council one of the biggest problems in his neighborhood was the vacant property between Church Street and Gordon Avenue on the southeast corner. Mr. Hohman said this is city property and it is a weed-fillelot that is constantly being used for a dumping spot. Mayor Golden Sill instructed the city manager and the city attorney to see if the property does belong to the city and if it is city property, to have it cleaned up. fore anything is worked out through the legal system. d MR. CALDWELL said the city staff was aw are of the problem and that many suggestions had been made to correct the situation. The better ideas will be implimented immediately and the lesults should be showing up in a month. In other council action, approval was given for the purchase of two police cars. They will come from Olsen Chevrolet who submitted the low bid. dmg COMMUNITY Development Director, Scott Carter, said there had been letters sent to property owners who violated the weed non-patr- g. Norma B. Preece, Kaysville-Frui- t Heights correspondent for over the Davis those three decades, formally announced retirement earlier this month. Phne ordinance and that in some cases the court judges had assessed fines and ordered the properties cleaned Mr. Nequette challenged the council. He also said, If you cant take care of the city at its present size, lets stop grow ing until we can handle the problems we have now." tion, long-tim- e residents and those whove moved away-th- eir link with home. We want to express our deep appreciation to Norma for her untiring efforts and loyalty to her job over the past years, says Virginia Bennett, a colleague of Normas at the paper for many years who still works several days at the Layton office. SHE HAS certainly kept Kays-ville- s happenings alive by her dedicated work. She is most dependable and very devoted to anything that she undertakes and will be missed much by those who have been involved with her, Virginia continues. We are certainly aware that she has earned a good rest and we want Reflex-Journ- Heights have literexploded population-wise- . Kaysville-Frui- ally al t WHEN NORMA first started, she took up duties with pencil and paper, writing her news in long-han- d as a relative newlywed to husband, Joe. Little did Joe realize what he too was getting into. Since then, hes spent countless hours at Normas side, often taking his carmer off the shelf to shoot yet another picture, whether it was for some school event or a commendation awarded in an evening cere- mony. NEWSPAPER work is no easy task, right down to putting the paper to bed each week. Stories get CHILDREN Terry and Shannet-t- e knew little else but the paper, much of their growing-u- p years, as their mother was always getting news, much of it by telephone. Terry and wife Debbie make their home in Layton with their daughter, Jenekah, 4Y and son Brandon, 2. Terry is a dentis' practicing in Layton. DAUGHTER Shannette is married to Paul Keeler and they live in Macos, Colo, near Durango and have a daughter, Jolon. Normas looking forward to a lot more free time now, to spend with Joe and her friends and loved ones. We wish her the best in the future. 6 1985-'8- 6 LANCELLES Nett? Correspondent Named Taking over as Reflex-Journ- Intermountain West with a new appreciation for our way of life. al newspaper reporter for Kaysville-Frui- t Heights is Marilyn D. Elison, a Kaysville resident and an enthusiastic supporter of the weekly paper. She is assuming the post which Norma Preece has held for 31 years. MARILYNS most recent of a person whose name has become synonymous with Kaysville, says Marilyn. However, she is ready to apply her talents and abilities in working to maintain the down home quality of the Reflex Journal and provide readers with the kind of informative reporting they desire. Marilyn has lived in Kaysville every school is a good one. MARILYN is an Idahoan originally. She grew up in a tiny ranching community just north of the Utah line called Almo. Her high school bus ride one way, was a which meant a good part of the day 26-mi- le em- ployment has been with the LDS Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City where she was involved with the computer application to genealogy. She has worked with people from all over the country who are missionaries and volunteers in the Ancestral File operations unit of the library. I can find my way around most of the records in the library now, says Marilyn. And Ive had some exciting moments when I found a person sought for in the records. ITS difficult to take the place for nine years. She and husband Gary (former mayor of Kaysville), moved here from the Portland, Ore. area almost 10 years ago, building their own home just off Crestwood Road. Our kids have gone to every school in Kaysville, comments Marilyn, adding The 1958-8Layton High Lancelles have been selected including: front, Jennifer Hansen, left. Teresa Ramirez, fashion coordinator; TERESA Gomm. Jodi Budge and Lisa Searle; 2nd row, Angie Beesley, left, president; Maggie Knowlton, vice president; Cathy Kenn, secretary-treasure- r and Pam Brandt; 3rd row, Wendy Titensor, left, Joi Linure, costume coordinator; Loretta Hart and Shellece Green; 4th row', Amberly Oviatt. left, Michele Nadley, Shauna Fielding, social director; Kim Jacobs, historian; Sherry Sparks, artist. Absent was Drill mistress Show Yen Bell. MARILYN ELISON many people can say that they owe loyalty to both the Cougars and the Sooners? she asks.) It was not easy going to school in their first child was Oklahoma born between semesters. But the Elisons found that the people there were friendly. We were something of a curiosity in the graduate school there, says Marilyn. The experience was a good one, and Marilyn and Gar came back to the - SHE AND Gar are parents of six children. Marilyn is dedicated to preserving the unique qualities that make Kaysville-Frui- t Heights a good place to live. But she would also like to see more friendliness and openness toward the newcomers to our communities. Thirteen thousand is not exactly small town anymore, she says. But we can still be home and friends to everyone who chooses to live here. SHE CAN be reached at her home at 351 N. 300 E. or by tele- phone 544-157- Bum Plant: Budget By TOM HARALDSEN - A preliminFARMINGTON on the proposed 1985-8- 6 budget for the Davis County Solid Waste and Energy Recovery District, which will develop the Davis County Burn Plant, will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the County Commission Chambers. The district board will hold a public hearing for adoption of its final budget on June 12. ary hearing PRIOR TO tonights meeting, board members will be interviewing the five finalists vying for the District Manager position. During last weeks meeting, chairman Robert Palmquist stated that 5 applicants had sent in resumes for that position. We had a wide variety of those 1 with and backgrounds in accounting engineering, but we felt we needed a good administrator with a sound financial background, which led us to these five applicants, he stated. Four of the finalists are from Utah, with the other from southern California. The entire board will now screen the finalists and hope to make a decision in the next couple Of weeks. MEANWHILE, other preliminary work on the project continues. Executive secretary Alan Low' reported that the district currently has in excess of $54,985,000 in its New York bank account, and stated that the money can come out of escrow as soon as June 1. The district now has a plan for completion of the plant, which will be built adjacent to Hill Air Force Base. But the developers are shooting for a completion, and the engineering consultants from R.W. Beck are also geared for that timetable. The board also learned that Fred Ruck-hau- s of R.W. Beck has been made project manager, and he addressed the members with a breakdown of responsibilities of each supervisor from his firm assigned to the plant. THERE REMAIN some loose ends yet to be tied, such as the finalized court decision on ligiga-tio- n taken by some opponents of the plant. Judge Douglas Cornaby was expected to return to town yesterday and should sign his final decision in that action this week. And the base commander at Hill Air Force Base is still considering results of an environmental study the base conducted w'hich w'as released late last week. An agreement between the district and the base overland for an access road to the project is yet to be finalized. IF THINGS continue to go as planned, the first phase of construction, grading of the road, could begin next week and be finished in three weeks. was spent riding to and from school. Graduating as valedictorian may not have been such a great were only accomplishment--ther- e 20 in the class. But Marilyn proved her scholastic ability at Brigham Young University, where she graduated with Honors and in the upper three percent of the group. Marilyn calls music her first love. She is an accomplished pianist and sings with the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She is a musician who doesn't need written music, and can play anything in any key. (Well, almost anything!) At a recent party Marilyn sat for hours and played songs that people called out. Dick Bowman commented, "Marilyn can play like those entertainers on cruise ships, and she can perform like a concert pianist as well. SHE HOLDS a masters degree from the University of Oklahoma, humanities research and librarian-shi- p her specialty. ("1 wonder how Plan Adopts Improvement Layton By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - In order to provide Layton residents with an orderly system of replacing existing expensive facilities and equipment and providing new facilities and equipment for the growing city, the Layton City Council has adopted a comprehensive capital improvement plan. -- CAPITAL improvements, according to the plan that was written by Cam Caldwell, Reed Pew and Alan Selk, included new or expanded physical facilities that are relatively large in size and per- - manent in nature." Examples are streets, libraries, water and sewer lines and parks. Capital improvements are not defined as equipment or services. A city benefits from a written capital improvement plan because scheduling for public improvements which require more than one year to construct can be accomplished. CAPITAL improvements are financed in several ways. The two most important sources of funding are taxes - franchise tax and impact e fees and or general obligation. Policies that will be used to de- bond-revenu- termine what improvements are needed include a set of operating objectives reflecting economic conditions, social needs, environmental demands and general quality of life requirements, the debt capacity of the city and the development of a comprehensive data processing plan. LAYTONS capital improvement plan has been developed on the assumption that the overall growth of the city will be five percent for the next five years. Cash balances will decrease as the capital improvement plan is implemented until approximately 50 percent of Laytons general fund balance will be needed to fund additional needs in public safety, streets, sew'er, etc. However, after five years of planned capitol improvement acquisitions, the fund balance will still be in excess of $500,000 or 10 annual revenues. percent of the The city's plan is also using the assumption that Federal Revenue Sharing will be phased out after Fiscal 1986. MAJOR in the plan pool clude two expenditures included arc: I a new city sw complex which will inracquet. ball courts and . g the offices of the parks and recreation department. The estimated cost is $1 .200. (KK); a new shop building; a two million gallon water reservoir along with a pump station for Northeast Layton; numerous other water and storm sewer projects: office building remodeling; continued rolling stock purchases for the public works department; two new parks and the remodeling and upgrading of three others. Bonding will probably be utilized for the new swimming pool, the office building, the shop building, the water reservoir and one of the new parks, dmg |