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Show UTAH STATE PRESS ASSN. 67 EAST 300 SO. SALT LANS CITY, UTAH CUM CwU Rom Rrrnort out MU?t RATI PAID PERMIT NO LA TON UTAH (USPS 544-913- 3 - ) 546-473- 5 Voice Of Davis County NUMBER SEVENTEEN VOLUME EIGHTY 1492-6000- I 16 Pages 25c WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1984 i Layton Salaries Competitive , Audit Indicates By DONETA GATHERUM - LAYTON The existing salary structure is still competitive. If you stay with the same system, you wont be hurt, stated Mike Swallow of the Utah Division of Personnel Management at a recent special meeting of the Layton City Council. LAYTON CITY hired the Utah Division of Personnel Management several weeks ago to do a job audit of Layton Citys employees. The careful, scientific study of the salary structure was the first completed phase of the job audit. A job reclassification and adjustments will follow the salary audit as soon as the council decides which of four proposed salary scales the city wants to adopt. The Utah Division of Personnel Management selected eleven cities, two counties, six private corporations and the State of Utah to use for comparison purposes in the salary survey. Twenty-fseparate jobs were identified and at least 10 responses were used to establish ranges and averages for each job. THE SURVEY showed a tremendous range in salaries but the high points were well distributed between both public and private employers. Midpoint averages were established from the midpoint ranges. In correlating the existing grade structure with both average current salary and average survey midpoints, the statistical method revealed a correlation coefficient of .94 and .95 respectfully. This means that Layton Citys salary classification system is accurate and the market place is in agreement with the system Layton uses. THE SALARY audit reflects a somewhat dualphilosophy. The bottom end of the Layton scale is purposely high to attract employees who will be able to perform adequately as soon as they are hired. Top end of the salary schedule levels off showing that at some point in time over the past seven years the council has selected the Bread Loaf, theory of wage raises, everyone must pay the same amount for a loaf of bread therefore d an raise the most equitable. Benefits offered to city employees are analyzed in a different way. In the market place the benefit range was from 24 to 35 percent of total salary. The market place average benefits were 31.5 percent. ive mid-poi- IN LAYTON City the benefits paid to employees varied from 27.69 percent to 29.48 percent depending on the department. An additional 5.27 percent should be added to this figure to reflect the insurance package employees receive. The survey showed a good distribution between high and low on the scale which means Layton City has a system that is attractive enough to keep people and attractive enough to bring new employees into the system. ONE POSSIBLE problem with the system that Mr. Swallow mentioned was that there might not be enough reward structure for top employees. Those who want to get advanced degrees or more job training dont have the necessary incentive. Options presented the Layton City council were very slight in the total effect to the salary system being presently used. The first option would be to increase the percentage of salary increase up to 10 percent and to leave the lower end of the scale alone. The lower end of the scale would be above market and the upper level would be up to market. Only one employee would be affected if this option were selected. OPTION NUMBER two would be to put the starting pay down and increase the upper end. New people would be hired at less pay than on the current scale. People would receive a higher starting pay if they showed qualifications. Another proposal made by Mr. Swallow was to return to the original concept of a 10 percent cutting edge. The lower end with a 15 percent edge there by retainwould start at a of the attracting better quality employees into city philosophy ing employment. mid-poi- mid-poi- ; damage to the Desarose facility in north Layton. Fire officials blame failure to notify them for an hour after its first sighting, coupled with lack of nearby fire hydrants as symptoms promoting what's probably the most costly fire in Laytons history. GREENHOUSES DESTROYED nt across-the-boar- ; A Friday morning fire caused an estimated $600,000 nt Fire Strikes Greenhons.es By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - At 5:35 a.m. Friday, Aug. 3 Bob Wagner of 2890 N. 725 W., Layton, reported a fire to the Layton City Fire Department. Mr. Wagner made a second quick call to Dr. Bryce Bennett, of the Desarose business and a neighbor. Thirty minutes later 10 greenhouses that sit on two acres of ground were in flame. Damage is estimated to be nearly one million dollars. -- er AT 2 P.M. on Friday, Aug. 3 the employees at Desarose were just returning to work. Talk during the lunch hour was quiet. The usual chatter about family, parties, vacations and special occasions were missing from the lunch break. No one had much of anything to say. In most respects Friday was a normal work day at Desarose. Flowers are cut in the afternoon and placed in coolers for sorting and grading the next day. nt THE FINAL suggestion was to recruit and hire at of the market place totally disregarding the bottom 10 to 15 percent market pay range. This would be the most costly program. mid-poi- nt Davis Fair Slates Law Enforcement FARMINGTON - Davis County Fair hosts the Davis County Law Enforcement Agencies Friday. THE DAVIS County Sheriffs Office as well as all City Police Departments and the Utah Highway Patrol will have vehicles and a.m. and 8 p.m. displays available for public viewing between at Sheriff Brant Johnthe at Lagoon. Fairground County .Friday son and all Police Chiefs will be available to meet and talk with those in attendance beginning at 5 p.m. ; In addition, there will be a vehicle extrication demonstration involving the Kaysville Fire Department, Davis County Sheriff paramedics, Davis County Sheriff s Ambulance, Life Flight and Air Med helicopter evacauation services at 4 p.m. and at 7 p.m. THERE WILL also be two fingerprint technicians available to fingerprint children under 12 years of age, in conjunction with the Child Register law, a 1983 Legislative action. This law provides for a central State Agency to keep child fingerprints on file for purposes of future identification. For further information yod may contact Deputy Gayle Smith at the Davis County Sheriffs Office, Farmington, -- ; : 1 1 451-340- 7. AFTER LUNCH the conveyer belt started up and the sorters returned to their stations to bundle roses and prepare them for shipment to wholesalers all over the U.S. June Hensley, Arlene Daley and Margaret Crockett showed definite concern. Of the 50 employees at Desarose, only these three have been with the company since its beginning years ago. 1 1 MRS. CROCKETT paused long" enough to talk about the early morning fire. None of us knew anything had happened until we arrived at work. We were shocked. Ive been with Bryce (Dr. Bennett) since he started the business. I've watched it grow. We lost about were totally gone. Some columns appeared to be alright. The steel top and the galvanized panels were all lost. Some support beams looked good while others in the more severely burned spots would d of the greenhouses I be- have to be replaced. lieve. We can still keep working What about the roses? Dr. Benfrom the ones to the west that are nett said a careful assessment left. The roses were just getting would have to be made. The roses back into production from the in the west greenhouses were not Summer season and from the as badly burned as the ones to the Im sure Bryce will rebuild. east. The entire crop of Royalty As Marceen Murphy sorted roses, the most popular variety some Royalty roses, a deep red would probably be lost. Bushes variety that is the most in demand, that could be saved would have to she told about her feelings, Isnt it be pruned back. It will take about sad. Marceen is working at De- four months to the ones sarose while she attends Weber that could be saved. State College. Many of the emTHE EARLIEST plants could be ployees are young people who work part time and attend school. replaced would be January if the Desarose has helped the communbushes are available. The greenhouse rose business is very comity by hiring students. DR. BRYCE Bennett wasjust repetitive. Top quality bushes are in turning from lunch at 2 p.m. Friday constant demand. Sometimes it is afternoon. His home was only 50 not possible to get new stock. Six of the sixteen varieties of feet from the greenhouses that burned. He paused to look as the roses grown at Desarose were fire marshall inspectors sorted housed in the greenhouses that through the burned out green- burned. houses trying to determine the IT MIGHT be possible to get cause of the fire that was the most costly in terms of dollars in back into production with roses from the bushes that can be saved Laytons history. Dr. Bennett said. I haven't got the courage to go by Christmas, This is prunning time. The roses into the greenhouses yet, Dr. that were destroyed would have Bennett said. Its too soon. been coming back into production FROM THE field north of the next week. The effect of the fire on the emburned greenhouses, Dr. Bennett made a visual assessment of loss. ployees wont be too severe. Roses Ten greenhouses on two acres of are still coming from the greenground were damaged. The roofs houses to the west. Three tempor one-thir- prun-nin- The Civms Is The Kaysville Jaycees announce that the Ford Bros. Circus from Cut and Shoot, Tex. will perform in Kaysville on Sept. 6, with planned performances at 5 and 7 p.m. An additional performance will be scheduled if there is enough demand. This circus is the second largest tent circus in the United States playing to circus and perover 200 cities annually. This is a full three-rinforms for approximately 90 minutes. ACTIVITIES planned for the day begin with the arrival of the circus the morning of Sept. 6. The circus will begin to put up the tent. This will be done entirely through the use of the circus animals. No machinery is involved. Next there will be a Mayors race down First East in Kaysville at noon. Mayor Gerald Purdy of Kaysville and Mayor Dean Brand of Fruit Heights have been challenged by the Jaycees to an g ary employees were sent home. Dr. Bennett said he was to the point where he would have to start hiring people. I wont hire anyone until things are worked out. All the people working now will still be able to keep their jobs, he stated. WHAT CAUSED the damaging fire? Dr. Bennett speculated Friday that a heating unit used to disperse fungicides throughout the greenhouses might have been the culprit. He pointed out the location of this unit in the north side of the third greenhouse from the. east. Assistant Layton City Fire Chief Scott Adams confirmed Dr. Bennetts belief Monday morning. The fire was caused by a hot plate used to heat fungicides. It was set in a plastic bucket on an electrical timing system. The heat was trapped in the bucket and caused the plastic to melt. This caused 2x2s used as bedding racks to burn. The next step in the sequence was to k carry the fire to the fiberglass duck-wor- that is part of the fan system. DR. BENNETT speculated that a thermo barrier that is used in the winter carried the fire rapidly to the other greenhouses. The barrier was rolled up in a accordion fold near the other major fire feeders. Mr. Adams said this thermo barrier was responsible for more fire space-blank- et 15-in- mii Continued on Page 2 t 0 their elephant race. Other dignitaries will also be invited to put if circus the test. skills the to helicopter Finally, elephant riding is repaired in time, there will be a trapeze artist suspended over the city performing aerial feats of skill. THIS PROJECT is another way that the Kaysville Jaycees can for help better the community and at the same time earn funds the more means of people, reaching their other projects. As a of selling Jaycees are offering various groups the opportunity tickets and raising funds themselves. Tickets sold prior to the circus date will be priced as follows: adults, $4 and children $2. Tickets sold the day of the circus will be adults $6 and children $4. It is hoped that this will be a fun day for the whole community. More details will be forthcoming. (2-1- (2-1- 1) |