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Show UTAH : STATE P3S33 ASSOCIATION 467 EAST 300 SO. SALT LAKE CITT 10, UTAH 84UI Park Projects Progressing My DONETA GATHERUM SUNSET - Tennis players in Sunset can look forward to trying their serves on a new South Park tennis court. Last Tuesday evening, the city council approved the budgeted expenditure of $18,764 for the construction of a concrete tennis court in South Park. THE BID was awarded to Tennis Courts Inc. It was the low bid of the two received. The new tennis court will be located north of the large baseball field and south of the rest rooms. THE CONTRACTOR has 45 days to complete the project. New restrooms in Central Park could be completed by the end of the year if masonary contractors arc willing to submit bids within the city budget for the construction of a block restroom building. THE PROJECT was delayed when all bids received were over the budgeted amount. The council decided to reject all the bids and the project. Councilman Clifford Spendlove who is the council member assigned to the parks and recreation department said some changes were made in the building specifications to attract masonry contractors and others to bid on the project. Bonding and insurance requirements were also changed. UNDER THE new set of specifications boiler plate will not be required in the building construction. Performance bonds w ill not have to be posted instead a contractor w ill need to submit a letter of qualifications. Another letter from the contractor will have to state there are no material liens against the project. Councilman Spendlove said the city will rely on the abilities of the inspection and maintenance departments to insure the quality re-bi- d of the construction. No pay will be given to the contractor until the city is satisfied with the job. BIDS FOR the restroom project will be opened Sept. 12. '1 he will have 90 das to build the contractor who gets the project restrooms. Another item of city business was in the field of recreation and culture. Mayor Norman Sant asked council members and city department heads to submit the names of talented producers and-o- r directors who live in Sunset and might be w illing to donate time for organizing and producing a summer musical. The director would be able to choose other Sunset residents to work on a committee. The group would decide with council direction and approval on the scope and nature of the musical production. ANYONE interested Mayor Sant, dmg in this community project should contact Cm U Rout Priori S PvU9 IA RAT( RAID NO $ LAWTON UTAH MO' PfftMtT (USPS - 544-913- 3 14 Pages 25c WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29, 108 1 City Chief Sunset Favors Waste District SUNSET I'm convinced the dump isn't going to last as long as they" say it will, said Councilman Scott Mikesell as a preface to the motion to join the special services district that might be created in Davis County to handle solid waste disposal. Mr. Mikesell's motion was quickly acted upon at the last meeting of the Sunset Citv Council. It passed w ith no opposition. COUNCILMAN Clifford Spendlove who has served on the Solid Waste Management Board that has worked for two years or more to get a burn plant in Davis County Smspeimded Im Is&ytoim By TOM BUSSELBERG North County Editor LAYTON Layton's city recorder of 18 years has been pending outcome of anticipated court proceedings that, in the words of County Attorney Loren Martin. Will involve a third degree felony charge for misappropriation of public funds. sus-pend- strongly supported Councilman Mikesells position. The opponents have never THAT ACTION became effective Tuesday at 9 a.m. against Randall Heaps, who also has served as Mayor Lewis G. Shields' administrative assistant, following a plus investigation by Sheriff Brant Johnson's office in conjunction with the county attorney, called after several employees raised questions about some accounting procedures. The suspension came after a motion by City Councilwoman Ann Harris in an 8:30 a.m. council meeting, without pay until results of any subsequent prosecution by the county attorney's office is completed. two-mont- ) 546-473- 5 Voice Of Davis County NUMBER TWENTY VOLUME EIGHTY 1492-6000- been able to come up with landfill sites within the county... The longer you put off building a burn plant the harder it will be to place. ..If the whole county is in it (the special services district), we're fine otherwise, we'll have to fight it city by h SIGNS OF HARVEST As fall quickly approaches, farmers are preparing for what could be another cold, hard winter. Part of getting ready involves bailing the hay that'll feed the cattle for another season. ALTHOUGH COUNTY Attorney Loren Martin and others were vague about charges or details of the investigation. Mayor funds Shields said, after some questioning from reporters,-thaafter the city paid $5,000 involved range between for an audit. The suspension was passed four-on- e by the council, witlvBob Stevenson voting against it although he gave no reason for that vote. city, Councilman Spendlove said. MAYOR NORMAN Sant offered criticism of cities w'ho don't choose to join the special services district. t $l05-$155--th- at AS THE MAYOR explained it, three options were open to the council: they could fire Mr. Heaps, ask him to voluntarily resign or suspension. Mr. Heaps was informed of those possibilities last Thursday morning during a closed session between the council and county attorney and chose to seek legal counsel, retaining George S. Diumenti II of Bountiful, and informed the council of that decision Monday morning. The council taking that action. Mayor Shields said, would force the county attorney to prosecute vs. a good chance he would drop charges. If Mr. Heaps had voluntarily resigned, on the other hand, he would be saying. Im guilty, the mayor continued. If the council fires him. then we're acting.as judge and jury. IF THERE was going to be a dismissal. Mr. Heaps had the is America. the mayor continued, noting right to be heard-th- is the city could be charged with violation of the city recorder's "civil rights" if he were fired. The mayor said no replacement would be named to handle the TOM BUSSELBERG North County Editor By FARMINGTON ity of building a Layton-Kaysvil- - The possibilin the would be library area greatly improved" if both cities join the county system. THAT WAS the opinion of County Com. Chairman Glen Saunders, Monday morning, as the library board reviewed a letter indicating a board or county commission can't "bind" another to a new facility in advance, such as a library. Continued on page 2 le A "declaration of intent," such as supporting construction Layton area library when sufffunds" are accumulated, could be prepared, wrote Deputy County Attorney Gerald Hess. While it wouldn't be binding, it could act as a bridge" from one governing body to the next slate of elected officials. icient of a LAYTON CITY Councilman Bob Stevenson and former councilman Lynn Wood met with the board last month, indicating continuing interest in building a library there and returning to the system if that's feasible. The city has been accumulating tax monies since quitting the county system about three years ago, intending to apply those funds for a new facility. As Com. Saunders said, the county commission has never said it didn't support Layton area library, just an economic downturn, financially limiting legislation and concern there wouldn't be enough revenue for an ongoing fourth county library. LAYTON officials said they figured three more years needed to collect enough money to build a million dollar facility. Com. Saunders emphasized a better chance with Kaysville's joining for a new library because the combined tax revenue would the equal more than one-fourt- 'PnMie5 BiildSms New By NORMA PREECE KAYSVILLE -- - Marian Maughan and members of her committee from the Palos Verdes Subdivision came before the Kaysville City Council Tuesday evening to report on the progress of assisting Kaysville City with developing of Barton Ponds Park which lies adjacent to the subdivision. CITY Councilwoman Carol Page who is over the parks for Kaysville, has been working with Mrs. Maughan and her committee of 14 members on design and plans for the developing of the park. The city has asked the residents of the subdivision to contribute funds and labor to assist the city with the new park, which will be a great asset to the families of the subdivision. MRS. MAUGHAN reported there are over 200 children under the age of eight w ithin 100 homes and they feel the first priority is a playground area and equipment. She said many of the families are willing to contribute money and labor and many are well qualified to do construction work as well. They held a parking lot sale during the month of May and raised $834 for the park. She said many businesses along with Mitchell h fora bowery. It is estimated a bowery with storage area and res- THE DESIGN calls for some 3,100 trees in all. They would like fairly mature trees. One person is donating a large swing as well. THE PLAN calls for curb, gutter and a parking lot and pads for a bowery and a bowery, grass, trees and playground. It was reported that they had met with a contractor to obtain prices istered excavator reported that he will have the area all staked olT and marked within two days, so work can proceed. Bob Hart, a representative from Job Corps reported to the council that the Jobs Corps will begin Monday working on the park with their heavy equipment. COUNCILWOMAN Page said they have been waiting for some time to have this service provided by the Jobs Corp. as there is a long waiting list and are in great demand. Kaysville City is appreciative of this service for their park. THE LABOR and equipment is THE COMMITTEE stated the input from the subdivision is to SCOTT Ballinger, who is a the $250,000 yearly estimated as needed to operate such a facility. He said the possibility of Ka s lie joining the county was discussed with Mayor Gerald Purd but added no meeting had yet been set due to conflicting schedules. THE MAYOR would be interested in visiting informally to get an idea what we're talking about money-wise.- " Com. Saunders said, with a letter sent to city fathers there concerning possibility of Kaysville joining with the county. The city has operated its i Continued on page 2 Park Nursery, J&J Produce and Robert Bone are donating trees for the park and to date they have 60 trees donated, which are Austrian Pine. Scotch Pine and some willow trees to be used at the base of the pond area where needed. trooms would be $6,720 without labor and the bowery without restrooms and storage is $4,420 including cement pads. county's total, enough to generate donated and done by students as a training program for the Corps. The city will have to provide the fuel and oil for the equipment. Mr. Hart said the men do a good job and it will be saving the city a great deal of cost. reg- provide something for all ages and wise use of space, a lot of creativity and large muscle skill recreation along with playground activity and equipment. There are some residents who" are professionals in designing and building recreational equipment and have volunteered to assist some of the equipment. w ith THE MAYOR and council were impressed w ith the progress of the committee. Mayor Purdy commended them and Mrs. Page for their efforts, enthusiasm and support in spearheading the development of the Barton Ponds Park, np |