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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, JANUARY 2, 1985 o LAYTON -- At the end of Janu-ai- , 1985, Layton City Police Chief, l.a.Mar T. Chard will retire Irom service with Layton City. C1III F CHARI) first started w oi king for the Layton Police Department in June of 1964. He was placed in the position of temporary Chief of Police in August of 1966. Ihrough a selection committee process and wilh the approval of the Lay ton city council, he became the peimanent Chief of Police in 1975 he graduated from Weber State College with a Cum Laude status. He received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Police Science. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. Chief Chard earned a MPA degree from BYU in 1982. Through the 1960's and !970's Chief Chard applied for and received many government grants that helped the police department secure needed man power and equipment. A Youth Bureau officer was hired. Community relations programs were established. September of 1966. Chief Chard has been involved in some phase of law enforcement most of his adult life. He served with the U .S. Army for 5 years and with the L'.S. Air Force for 15 years. Most of the time he spent in the set vice was with the Intelligence and Security divisions. IN 1946, he was hired by Clear-Hel- d City as their first full time City Marshal. He held this position for two years before returning to active military service. I'pon his retirement from the military, he secured a job in Salt Lake City He and his family were liv mg in .ay ton. When an opening came up with the Layton City Police Department. Chief Chard applied. e UK BECAME the 8th olfLer on Layton's Police Departe ment. Today there are 24 officers and 8 civilian employ ees in the Layton department. l he two priorities Chief Chard set for his departure back in 1966 were: I. to develop an organized record keeping system: 2. to require high educational standards within the department. . 1 full-tim- full-tim- ONE OF' the main impiovements the Layton Police Department came in 1973 w hen a police department wing was added to the city administration building. This gave the police adequate facilities and upgraded morale within the depart in Layton Chamber Installs New Officers Continuted from front page installing CAT Scan equipment and rennovating the hospital's radiologic special procedures room. Humana Corporation owns and operates hospitals such as Davis North throughout the United States and is unique in that it is a for profit corporation. Mr. Holman pointed out the advantage to the Humana system by stating. "Non profit organizations have to be in it the business of 'taking' w hile a organization can be in the business of 'giving'.'' PROFITS from the corporation for-prof- are given to Humana Foundations which in turn sponsor medical research such as the heart program at Louisville's Humana Hospital. As a specialty" emphasis such as the heart program is identified in various hospitals, the Humana Center of Excellence" concept is put into place giving that hospital funding for research in that specific field. Humana Davis North supports a medical staff of over 100 physicians (56 active members, and the remaining consulting physicians), and serves as a clinical training site for Weber State nursing and allied health students as well as participants in the high school nurse aid program. calls-answe- ring 1 1 tions he has held include International Assoc. Chiefs of Police from 1966 until the present; State Industrial School Advisory Council; State Peace Officers Standards and Training Council; State Study Committee for Crime Laborator- ies. Chairman; State Security Licensing Board; Weber State Col- lege Police Science Advisory En- Council; Davis County Law forcement Administrative Assoc.; Secretary and President and Layton City Civil Defense Director. Chief Chard headed the special Davis County Task Force the first year this program designed to deal w ith drug sale and use was started. Outside interests Chief Chard will continue to pursue after he retires e from employment include travel, golf, fishing and sports, church work. full-tim- Cash Registers Jingle THE RECORD keeping system was brought up to date quickly. In 1981 all records were placed on a computer system. Education incentives were given to each police officer. Layton City pays part of the training expenses. Officers who partiepate in education programs receive higher pay. Many inservice programs are offered. Today the State of Uath requires each law enforcement officer to complete 40 hours of training each year. CHIEF CHARD started with himself in the education field. In triple homicide, the bombing of the Layton Police station, riots and near riots and many situations of men with guns. I HAVE always been proud of of the way our men have responded to complaints people with neighbors, family the crisis situations, the Chief problems, burgularies. An officer comments. is required to spend many hours We only have .72 officers per 1.000 population. This is way bejust completing reports. WITH LAYTONS growth has low the national average of 2.6 come changes in the role of a police officers per ,000 or .7 officers per 1.000 in the Intermountain West. chief. "I used to spend most of my In the future there w ill be a need for time working out in the community. Today the Police Chief is more six more officers to give adequate of an administrator. My responsiservice to Layton," the Chief bilities keep me working in an states. THROUGH THE years Chief office setting nearly all of the has been active in many law Chard Chard Chief time," explains. Some of the most memorable enforcement associations. He cases that have involved the served as President of the Utah Layton Police Department during Chiefs of Police in 1977-7- 8 and as Chairman of the Relations Comthe past 20 years include the hosOther posi tage situation at Kowley Drug, a mittee from 1979-198ment. Helping people with problems is the main concern of a police officer, Chief Chard states. Most of the officers time is spent on service Sales Up In Davis County mark by a couple thousand dollars, during the period, registering CLEARFIELD Cash registers have been ringing loud and clear, across the county, with far higher sales in all but two cities registered during the period. -- - er IN FACT, for the entire county, sales rose by 22 percent, with more than $222 million recorded in sales during that quarter, alone, reports Jack Bailey, Clearfield Job Service manager. Thats a hefty jump over the $181 million recorded the previous year. Sales were up in all but two areas: the unincorporated area dropped by about $400,000 in sales, down to $5.4 million, while North Salt Lake registered a more hefty 15.6 percent decline, down to just under $15.3 million. a huge 35 percent jump over last year. -- FARMINGTONS sales grew by more than one-fiftup to $6.2 million from $5.1 million the year before. -- Bedroom community Fruit Heights saw its commercial sales rise by one-thirup to $872,900 during this period. h, d, -- NEIGHBORING Kaysville recorded $6.7 million in sales, up from $6.4 million, for the smallest increase of any city, only 4.7 percent. -- Layton recorded $56.9 million in sales vs. $45.6 million the year before, for a 24.6 percent increase. NORTH Salt Lake, a big reverse of the normal was redown from $18.1 corded, as sales dipped by nearly to $15.2 million this year. million the previous -- Siinset continued to build its own commercial base, with nearly $4.6 million in sales, up by 6.8 percent. -- IN one-sixt- MERCHANTS IN Bountiful saw the most sales, regaining their traditional lead, at $63.2 million in sales, recording a giant 41 percent increase, far outstripping Layton's 2nd place near $57 million tally, up by a more modest-b- ut healthy-24- .6 percent. Here's a tally of how each city in the county fared during that summer sales period: netted $63.2 million this year, vs. $44.8 last year, at 41.1 percent increase. rang up $17,041,000 in sales, a huge increase of 70.7 percent, up from $9.9 million in 1983. -- CLEARFIELD continued its distant-thir- d ranking, sales-wisstill topping Centerville with an $18,031,300 tally, up by 17.7 percent from its 15.3 million of the previous year. -- Clinton, with its tiny commercial base, topping the $1 million e, h, er -- IN SYRACUSE, sales continued at a healthy clip, registering $7.5 million, this year, vs. $6.8 million in 1983. -- West Bountiful was recipient of a bit less in sales, this time $4.5 million around, dropping only slightly by .8 percent-Fro- m to $4.4 million. 1 -- TINY WEST Points growing population-wis- e but still with a very small commercial base, recorded $333,000 in sales, for a 22.3 percent jump over 1983. -- Woods Cross, meanwhile, continued its healthy growth as a commercial and residential area, listing $13.6 million for a 19.1 percent climb. Threatened Utilities Eight Cmd $21 oS By North Davis wastewater treatment facility with a cost estimate of GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor GREAT SALT LAKE-- A list of eight Davis County public and private utilities seriously threatened in the rising level of the Great Salt Lake were announced this week. A CONSULTING engineer's study to determine costs and approximate time of building dikes to protect these facilities said the cost in Davis County would be ab- out $21.5 million and would require five to sev en months to complete. Beginning in south Davis County the wastewater treatment plant in Woods Cross, roads, industrial area, and residences will cost approximately SI ,590. 000 and take mx months to complete. . IIIE SOUTH Davis Sewer Treatment Plant, roads and homes in the area will require six months to dike and w ill cost an estimated $1,190,000. In West Bountiful, the wastewater treatment plant, roads, railroads, and homes will require SI. 560. 000 to dike and six months to complete. Bay Area Refuse Disposal (BARD) landfill in West Bountiful will take slightly over SI. 5 million to dike and require five months to complete. HIE WASTEWATER treatment facility of Phillips Petroleum Company, roads and industrial area is earmarked for $2 million with a six months completion date. The in will be for the Cen- largest diking project Davis County terville Industrial Park, roads, and private lands. This project has a price tag of $9.9 million with a seven months time schedule. $1,840,000 and six months to complete, and W'est Kaysville waste-wate- r treatment plant and farmlands w ith a price tag of $1.5 million and a time schedule of seven months. About $10 million is earmarked for Weber County and approximately $30 million is geared for Salt Lake County. THE SOUTH shore of the lake is expected to be the most costly and time consuming to dike. A total of S22 million and 15 months to complete are outlined for rebuilding Interstate Highway 80 and the Railroad tracks that parallel the hihway. The Jordan River and Rose Park area w ill require about $4 million to protect its roads, homes and industrial area. -- The lake level is presently at 4,208.3 feet above sea level and has been rising an average of nearly - five feet per year for the past three normal years. Even a runoff this spring would push the lake level very close to the 4,212 By GARY R. BLODGETT - DIKING of Davis. Weber, Salt GARY DeLand and associates, following a study, suggested that the jail be large enough to accommodate 200 beds but designed so that it could be expanded to 360 beds. Architect Bob Boyle said the structure could be built for about $10 million. Land and other associated costs would be an additional $2.5 million to $3 million. - study. GOV. SCOTT Mathcson and his top water and public safety aides noted that the diking proposal is geared to a lake level not to exceed 4.212 feet above sea level. Beyond that level, the pumping operation would be utilized in an attempt to keep the lake below the 4,212 foot r THE HIGHEST level of the lake years is 4,209.25 and in the past 106 e the since the high peak Pioneers settled Salt Lake Valley in 1874 is only 4,211.5, set in - 1873. combined security prison facility. He said this type of cooperative facility could save the county more than $1 million and the state could save more than $250,000. The DeLand study, which cost $25,000, recommends the combined jail and regional (satellite) facility because to build two structures would duplicate staffing of personnel, need for two kitchens, laundry facilities, and other necessary services of both ajail and regional prison. m Clipper News Editor Lake, Box Elder and Tooele shorelines of the Great Salt Lake will cost an estimated S69.7 million. Of this amount, about $49 million will have to come from Utah's tax coffers. The balance will be from federal highway construction funds -and project primarily for the from the U.S. Corps of Engineers, it was explained. If more than diking is required to control the level of the lake and to protect shoreline industries and facilities, the cost for pumping water into the western desert could range anywhere from $100 million to $200 million, according to the - foot mark. Study Suggests 200 Davis County Jail Complex FARMINGTON Although no definite site has been chosen for a new county jail complex, plans for a new jail that could be constructed for between $10 million and $12 million is being recommended by an independent consulting firm. rail-rao- NORTH DAVIS County has considerably less diking problem with only two major projects - the level. 200-be- d year-lon- g THE CONSULTING firm recommended that the county abandon the downtown jail site and build the facility on 10 to 12 acres to be purchased or leased somewhere west of Farmington or Centerville. It was emphasized, however, that although several sites have been considered, no definite site is being proposed at this time. MR. BOYLE noted that sites west of Interstate Highway 15 can be purchased for less money for the amount of land needed; that the sites in that area (west of the highway) would have less population; and that the jail w ould still be in a close proximity to the Davis County Courthouse and centrally located in the county. "It's been a fact of life that no one wants ajail in their backyard and so it would be wise to construct such a facility in an area where there is scattered population," he said. MR. BOYLE also recommended that the county continue to negotiate with the State Department of Corrections for a possible IT WOULD be unwise for the public to vote against a combined facility because they would be voting against their own pocketbook, he said. Mr. Boyle further noted that ajail provides local jobs and there is very little risk to this type of a facility. "Those who might escape certainly will not stay in the immediate area. Hes going to get as far away from the jail as he can, as fast as he can." HE ALSO emphasized that additional police in the area becuase of the jail provides additional security for the surrounding area. If everyone understood the reality of the situation, and did not reason on emotion, there would not be the controversy that exists when a new jail is proposed," said Mr. DeLand who is a former Salt Lake County jail supervisor. - DAVIS County Jail was built adjacent to the Courthouse in downtown Farmington in 1961 and was expanded to its present facility in 1979 to include 101 beds. The jail is presently at about 85 ti ca,pac,ty and is not lnjPardy at this time," said Sheriff Brant Johnson. "But a new jail will be needed within a few year," he emphasized. "And planning should go forward for a new facility in the near future." |