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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, OCTOBER 31, 1984 Smpflsort Given Now Hes Director Of Animal Control, Glen Wants Action R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor By GARY - When Glen Taylor FRUIT HEIGHTS lakes over a new job, he likes to see action. THE FORMER school teacher and businessman has been assigned by the Davis County Commission as interim director of the animal control center in Fruit Heights. Three months later, he's appointed permanent director with several rehabilitation programs already operating or in the advanced stages of planning. self-employ- "WE HAVE all the confidence in the world in Glen." said Commission Chairman Glen Saunders when announcing the permanent appointment. "He has done an excellent job of eoi ganizing the department and nutting it back oil its feet. Now Glen (Ta lor) will have he task of overi the const' action of a nc. animal shelter -seeing costing an estimated $480,000. The new facilhe is lo completed next summer ity expected old structure loand will replace the cated near the Davis County Streets Department sheds in Fruit Heights. ter, said building plans should be ready shortly after the first of the year and bids will be let and construction started shortly thereafter. Commissioner Tippetts said the new facility will greatly upgrade the overcrowded structure presently being used." Ron Hales and Associates, of Ogden, will do the architectual work for the county. MR. TAYLOR was appointed interim director of the animal shelter and control program to succeed the previous director who was dismissed for "misconduct and alleged malfeasion of office. No criminal charges were filed. h During the period, Mr. Taylor reorganized the staff and took disciplinary action against some staff members. The staff is e comprised of eight employees. No. Proposition By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor Proposition No. 3, which will appear on Utah ballots in next Tuesdays election, is not a bill nor does it give judges "almost carte blanche approval for life terms of judges, as was quoted in the Davis County Clipper Oct. 17. judicial-sp- onsored THUS SPOKE Senator Karl N. Snow, chairman of the state Con- medical examination room, an adoption area and office facilities. ALREADY, staff personnel have been trained or given additional training in the treatment of animals and conditions have generally improved, according to Commissioner Constitutional Revision Committee again this year and was debated in the April Special Session of the full-tim- - NUMEROUS citizens complaints had been received about the mistreatment of animals and the "unhealthy conditions of the facility. The proposed center will include about 50 individual kennels, quarantine quarters, a 20-ye- ar COM. HAROLD Tippetts, who will direct the pi. .lining and construction of the new shel THE PROPOSAL came to the Legislature. After much debate, he noted, the Council Denies Rezone Commercial Development Urged By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - We suggest that you pursue some type of commercial development in this area." suggested Councilman Kent Smith v hen he gave a second to a motion to deny a rezone request to build 2 ': story multiple unit housing on 10.03 acres of property located on the southeast corner of Rainbow Drive and Fairfield near the First National Bank Fairfield Branch building. -- are not in city limits. The policy in the past has been to require annexation to the city before water service was given. OBJECTIONS to the housing development came from people who live in the Aspen Heights subdivision, adjacent to the proposed apartment complex. THE DECISION was tabled until Nov. so the question of adequate fire protection for the area and other concerns could be studied. The council agreed to sign a pay back agreement for a water and sewer line at 1286 E. Cherry Lane. Spokesman Thomas Olesen pointed out five reasons why the council should deny the rezone request: . The area is saturated with apartments and comdominiums; 2. The height of the buildings would be an invasion of privacy for the people living in the homes nearby; 3 . There would be considerable 1 1 off-stre- et noise pollution-traff- ic, THE MOTION to deny was lights, music, parties, etc.; 4. The mTtO iTb y Co Uni' ll than SITmT r'flj i l.o 'IbssoTsuhirght because of the 2 Vi The vote wspytjtfayop, Prc story would mean most Tern, Ann Harris broke the tie by subdivision residents could no longoing along with the motion to ger grow gardens; 5. Property owners believe that the real estate deny the rezone request. :This action was taken at a public value of their home would drop by between 5,000 and $6,000. hearing held in connection with the last Layton City council meeting. DICK MOFFETT, spokesman for Boyer Company pointed out THE REZONE request was to that the closest building to the subdivision property lines would be 90 change the property from a CP-zone to a CX zone, it was made by feet. The plan could be changed to the Boyer Company. The proposed remove the trees and allow more development would consist of 204 sunlight. Mr. Moffett contended k units - 36 one bedroom apartment distance for the that the and 168 2 bedroom units. apartment buildings was great I he project included a pool, club enough to eliminate any invasion of house, tennis court, covered parkprivacy. A single family home would be closer to the neighbors ing and open green space. A buffer zone of grass, trees and parking than this development would be, was planned so that the housing Mr. Moffett stated. units would have set back a considAfter listening to arguments for erable distance from the residential both sides, the council voted 2 to 2 area of Aspen Heights. on the rezone. Mayor Pro Tern Ann 1 set-bac- -- SOME WERE in agreement and some voiced opposition with regard to whether the Kaysville City Library continue to function as its own city library or join the county library system. this has been a controversial issue for many years in the past (since Davis County built a county library in Farmington). Kaysville city has preferred to continue with its own library rather than join the county. KATHLEEN Rose, from Kaysville met with the council and presented a small petition with 315 names of persons who would to become part of the county library. She stated, they feel the city library is inadequate and handed Mayor Purdy a list of reasons why they are not happy with the small library. They asked if the council could have the issue come before the public for a vote. She compared Kaysville library with Whitmore Library in Murray. Kays-vill- c library does not contain the books and materials the public demand. She feels the city should pay for library cards for the citizens to use the Farmington County Library since they do not pay a mill levy so they can be part of the county library. She also stated there is not a great number of children in the center of town, that use the city library and that very few seniorcitizens use the library as well, and that above all it is not adequate. SHE WANTS Kaysville to join with Layton and have a library built in the Layton area. Mayor Purdy stated "There are more than x IT REQUIRES a vote two-thir- of the combined Legislature for a proposition to be placed on the ballot. The vote in favor of tion 3 was nearly 90 percent, the Senator explained. Roger Tew, of Centerville, executive director of the Constitutional Revision Committee, said this proposal (Proposition 3) is one of the "most studied and best written propositions to be placed on the ballot. ATTORNEY Darwin C. Hansen, of Bountiful, said that from a lawyer's point of view, "this prop- osal is very well written and badly needed to relieve the case load of the State Supreme Court. He noted that the State Supreme Court presently hears about 800 cases twice the desired numannually ber for a normal workload - and that some appeallant cases are not being heard for nearly two years. Sen. Snow said the Proposition, if passed, would allow the State Legislature to formulate an intermediate court system -- - a system that would be used as an appeallant court system to handle some of the cases now being heard by the State Supreme Court. UNDER THE present statute, all court cases appealed from district court are heard by the Supreme - -- Court, Atty. Hansen explained. "And everyone has the right to appeal a lower court decision for many reasons, he said. "We are not trying to take the powers or jurisdiction away from the Supreme Court, stressed Sen. Snow. We just want to provide another avenue of a higher court system that can utilize cases that are not of a constitutional nature, involve capital punishment, or other cases which should be handled by the Supreme Court. judges, legislators and others involved in the judicial system, it was explained. REFERRING to remarks by State Senator Haven J. Barlow, and printed in the Davis County Clipper, Sen. Snow emphasized that there are many checks and in the method of balances and retaining court appointing judges. Circuit Court judges, for example, are nominated by a judicial nominating committee and candidates for the appointment must be qualified attorneys in good standing with the Utah Bar Association. THE SELECTION committee is comprised of two members of the Utah Bar. either attorneys or judges; the mayor of the county seat--i- n Davis County it would be Farmington - the mayors of cities where circuit courts are located Davis County it would be Bountiful, Layton and Clearfield of the County Commission, and presided over by the District Judge in that county. They receive recommendations from the Utah Bar Association of qualified applicants and the committee narrows the list of nominees to three. Names of these three applicants are given to the governor. PRESENTLY, the governor would select one of the three nominees and the appointment would be final. Under Proposition 3, however, the State Senate would have to ratify the governors appointment. Sen. Barlow argues that once appointed, judges have a lease on life because they do not have to be by popular vote. -- in THE STATE Statute provides for a judge to be appointed the selection process then once every three to 10 years have his name appear on a ballot whereby voters will vote to retain the judge or "no to seek his dismissal. Circuit Court judges appear on the ballot each three years; district court judges appear every six years; and Supreme Court judges appear each 10 years. However Atty,.. Hap plains, there is an ongoing Judicial Conduct Commission - comprised memof attorneys and bers - that hear complaints, conduct investigations and make recommendations to the State Supreme Court. The High Court makes final judgment on disposition of these allegations of misconduct. The property belongs to Sam Beeson. When development on the other side of the street is started HE EMPHASIZED that there then the money will be paid back to zoned will be a an 7Mr. Beeson at the rate of $6.3Tper will stillbe pleniyoTcourt appealed LDS Church building. fopt for jthesewer line and. $2,078. cases to be, heard. by the highest , total for the water line. This is a state court, but ti would not have to hear all cases. THE COUNCIL voted to table a The mechanics of how the inmade Barlow to by Briggs request termediate court system - if ever hook a water line extension from is he into a that approved by the Legislature Layton City project work would be through the developing that is located in the combined efforts of attorneys. unincorporated county. The proposed water line would have extended from the corner of 3200 West and Gentile and connected to the current city line on Gordon Ave. LAYTON - Layton Chamber of Commerce members will get a Fifteen lots that are at least one half acre would be hooked to the glimpse at some of the varied services offered by the Small Business Administration Nov. 7 in their monthly luncheon water line. Additional lots will be meeting. developed later on. SLATED TO start at noon at the Valley View Golf Course IF MR. Briggs were allowed to connect to the city system, the waCountry Club, Kent Moon, Utah office SBA director, will address the group. In addition, two Layton High School students ter pressure in the area would be will be honored for outstanding achievements, says Executive improved. The council questioned the pracDirectpr Jack Whitesides. tice of allowing connections that Reservations should be made by calling -- non-judici- al -- -- SBAS Chamber Topic -- 546-129- two sides to this issue. KAYSVILLE - A number of concerned citizens met Tuesday evening at the city chambers with the Kaysville Mayor and council to discuss the library and its future plans. House (of Representatives) voted and three against having the proposition put on the general election ballot. The Senate, meanwhile, voted 23 in favor and five against the proposal. In the House, four were absent for the vote. In the Senate, one was absent. 68 in favor stitutional Revision Committee who helped prepare this and five other propositions for the general election ballots. He emphasized that the amendment proposal came before the Legislature for the first time five years ago. At that time, it was decided that the proposition was not yeady for adoption and the committee asked that some of the "mechanics of the proposal be worked out before it was again presented to the Legislature for consideration as a proposition amendment. three-mont- For RECENTLY THE Mayor sent a newsletter to every resident in Kaysville, asking them how they felt about the city library and there was a slip at the bottom to be filled out and returned to the city. He stated he was amazed at the tremendous response in favor of the city owned library and their reasons for it being kept here. He further said, the county has been trying to get Kaysville City to join with them, at least for the past 20 years, that he is aware of, and Kaysville residents have not been in favor of joining. . KAYSVILLE CITY has a strong functioning library board and is working toward expansion and upgrading. They have accomplished much groundwork the past year and a half, he stated. The Mayor and the Library Board admit the library is inadequate, but are in the process of both expansion and supply. THE MAYOR questioned why the county library in Farmington has such a high fee of $25 for when Salt Lake and Weber fees for $7.50 to counties can offer $9 for the same services. He feels Kaysville being a neighboring town of Farmington should have access to the county library for less than a $25 fee for those who wish to use it. These are questions that should be answered as well. When it first opened the fees were less and people had a better feeling about it. The Kaysville City Library Board has also done a study with regards to what they lack and what areas they need to expand most in. Space is their main concern and the city council and board members are working together toward this goal. He stated, Kaysville residents do use the library and enjoy it. It has a large circula non-residen- jion-reside- nt 3. tion, it is centrally located and the people in general are happy with it. There are some 600 students at Kaysville Elementary School, none being bused, that can and do walk to the library which is located only a block from the school. HE SAID, the city library has a uniqueness and provides a service to all the community. Kaysville does not charge a mill levy for library funds, but will be taking this into consideration. ONE CITIZEN asked the Mayor when they 15 years when her would be expanding children were too old to use it? He assured her the board and council are forking on it and will do something about it, and it will not be 15 years. Don Edwards, chairman of the Kaysville Library Board stated the board has been working and doing the groundwork for expansion, before they felt they should approach the city council. But he has attended the City council meetings and given them an update on the library frequently. He stated, We will be doing something in the very near future, not 15 years down the road, and will keep it in the downtown area. The location is ideal for all those who wish to use it. If materials and books are not available, the librarian is most willing to have it brought in immediately. It is a good service for this community and the circulation s high. We are doing something about it. in DENNIS MELDRUM responded that he felt the library is inadequate and that Kaysville should join Layton to provide a library large enough for the public to obtain the materials that they needed. He said the people are being shortchanged. He is employed with the LDS Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. Ms. Rose said the city never published any tiems regarding what was going on with its library. She was questioned if she did not read the newsletter and she stated who reads the third page of it. THE ARTICLE was published in the news- letter so that every resident received one.- It - happens that the residents do not all subscribe to the same newspaper, so therefore the Mayor made sure it was sent to every resident. Ron Barney, a member of the Kaysville Library Board responded to many of the questions that were asked. Yes, he stated, the board is aware of its inadequacy and needs expansion which is being worked on and has for some time, even though many are nt aware of it, and not interested in learning what was being done.' He and other members of the board have been visiting various libraries in the state to get input and become familiar with their operation and system. THE LAYTON Library would be built on Fairfield Road area. Mrs. Jeanette Brough, a member of the Kaysville Board said she had talked to a member of the Layton Library Board and it is not their intentions to have it located in the d Road area. It is to be built on the Layton City Municipal Park adjacent to the Heritage Museum. Fair-fiel- ANOTHER KAYSVILLE resident who lives a mile and three tenths from the library, said he and his wife and children walk to the library all the time and enjoy it. His children can ride their bikes. If it were in Layton they would not have much opportunity to use it. Mayor Purdy thanked each for their comments and stated he and the council will take the input into their decision with regard to the Kaysville City Library, np 4 X ' |