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Show Utah Press Association Box 1327 Salt City, Ut. 84110 Lake WEDNESDAY, MAY HELPER, VOLUME 8 v. - A r v ft -- i- K2 911 mJt' v Mayor repaid out of property taxes, would be much easier PAGES Charles repaid Ghirar-del- li it. study by Linke and Associates recommending major improvements in Helper's culinary water "7:A V Quist said the contract calls for Carbon Hospital to pay the HCA $150,000 a year for running the hospital. He said that fee covers the cost schools in Los Angeles. He of the administrator, the graduated from BYU in 1969 comptroller and their in accounting, & is a cer- benefits. He said those costs tified public accountant. would be only about $50,000 For the past two years, he and that the rest of the has been the assistant money would be used by administrator for a 220 bed HCA to pay consultants they has assigned Robert L. Quist as the administrator of the hospital. Quist is a California native, and attended HCA road. The work includes paving, repairing soft spots, and culvert work. Resurfacing, road repairs slowing Price Canyon traffic travel through Price Canyon during the next two or three months, be prepared to stop once or twice, There are several construction projects now in on to the road through the canyon, according to Arland Esklund, construction engineer for the state Department of Transportation. Esklund said the projects include placing culverts under the roadway at various locations repairing the soft spots and resurfacing the road. Esklund also noted that the bids had been opened for the Price River Bridge at Colton. The contracts would be awarded shortly, and construction would start soon alter that, he said. The culverts have been placed under the road the springs because throughout the canyon were saturating the roadway and weakening it, according to Coombs Hall, superintendent of construction for D.E. Lowdermilk Construction Company. Esklund said Corn Construction Company of Grand Junction, Colo, is resurfacing the road from the White River bridge to the BLM Price Canyon Recreation road. Along with resurfacing, he said soft spots in the road, where the roadway has slipped, will be dug out and repaired. Esklund said the work on the resurfacing and repair of soft spots has begun and there may be "short for nyone delays" : council directed the city recorder to write to mobile home owners on Second East Street, The plan to engage to examine various areas of the Mitrhfsnn the through canyon. He also noted that workmen would be working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and traffic would be delayed during that time. According to a Departtraveling orpts " hospital. Quist 4i said . the t HCA. ; probably will not make a profit on the contract this year and may not for the second or third year, but will still provide the services. Any savings the HCA may provide for the hospital will go hospital. Quist spection expenses are expected to increase a phenomenal 482 percent, from $567.40 last year up to $3,300. The hiring of a new building inspector accounts for most of the increase. The projected purchase of a new garbage truck will push garbage collection costs up 66 percent to $41,376 this year. The major exception to the rule came in the 1976-7- 7 Ghirardelli said the would be in- vestigated. In other business approximately 25 percent. Zoning and building in- Recorder Albert Fossat last Thursday presented the city council with the tentative fiscal budget for the year. The proposed budget, which will be reviewed and probably amended at the council's May 27 meeting, of a surplus shows $22,878.09; however, Fossat told the council that if revenue sharing funds are not forthcoming, Helper would lose its $21,040 allottment, and the surplus would be shaved to only proposal system. Recommendations in the study included two major pipeline relocations one at Kyune and one near the to eliminate UP&L plant The contract between the hospital in Thousand Oaks, of Calif. Quist said the financial America (HCA) and Carbon Hospital was signed May 7 i.srea of the hospital is of the according to Al Veltri.s greatest concern to the chairman of the hospital board and he would be with board of governors. working George Minor changes which the Larsen, the comptroller, hospital board had asked to examining all areas of have reworked have been finance. made and the contract is in Quist took over his duties May 10, along with Larsen. force, he said. If you plan The demise or continued life of the federal revenue sharing program loomed as a key factor as Helper City bonds. Hospital Corporation Traffic through Price canyon may be a bit slow for the next two or three months with the construction work being done on the Tentative budget given to council Contract finally signed in Hospital takeover 3 11 Callor, water of general obligation bonding was, in fact, the method under consideration. Larsen then detailed the services his firm would perform in organizing a bond and election marketing the bonds. He also gave the council estimates of the mill levies that would be required to repay the bonds, based on the number of years set for maturity. The firm offered its services tor a fee of $4,500, with the fee waived in case of election failure or the lack of a buyer for the proximately $300,000. Consideration of the bond election follows the completion last July of an monument was built by inmates from the Utah State Prison in 1918. The renovation is a bicentennial project. out department revenues. Ghirardelli noted that engineering Templeton, Youngsters from Sally Mauro School third grades clean up area around Bamberger Monument in Indian Canyon in preparation for dedication ceremony Friday, May 21. The day-lon- g to work with than revenue bonds, which would be said the city hoped that loans and grants from other sources would allow financing of the project with a bond issue of ap- a -- 4) district 10c 671 NUMBER 20 directing them to comply dorsement for organizing immediately with zoning such an event in Helper. requirements on the ap- The Town Meetings, one of which was held recently in pearance of the trailers. Councilwoman Mary Price, are designed to Rebol reported that the identify community their and remodeling project on the problems city's coal mining museum solutions through a was nearing completion. workshop. The council endorsed the proposal but Ken representing Town Meeting said it would provide '76, explained the town financial backing only if meeting concept to the sufficient interest surfaced council and asked en in the community. restrictions in the flow, and replacement of one of the city's reservoirs. Larsen said general obligation bonds, which are Representatives of First Security Bank of Utah appeared before the Helper City Council last Thursday night, giving the city its first official insight into what would be entailed in holding a bond election to secure funding for a proposed $800,000 water pipeline project. Reviewing the city's financial status, Lyle Larsen first told council members that with its assessed valuation of just over $2 million, the city could bond for up to $818,000. progress 70 19. 1976 Council hears bankers explain bond fnnding tfr rC'L UTAH-472-5- . directly to the and other experts would examine the supplies and services provided to the hospital and examine ways to cut costs. "Right now, this is the route we are going to go," he said. Quist noted that, in the past, some hospitals have not felt they could charge patients the full cost of (See Hospital P. 2) Recreation, Parks and Cemetery Department. exWith projected penditures of $20,615.75 in the coming year, the tentative $1,838.09. budget shows an Significant increases increase of only 1.7 percent. With the recent increase appeared in nearly every area of the budget, with in water rates, income from salaries and supply costs the Water Department will provide a helping hand to topping the list. Administrative salaries the city departments which The listed under the "general are not shows a tentative budget government'! budget category show a proposed projected $40,000 iransferof increase from $33,840 last water revenues to the year to $42,960. In all, general fund. Last year, general government costs $20,000 was transferred are expected to increase from the water department. . Garbage time is 7: 30 a.m. Garbage cans must be placed on the curb before 7:30 a.m. on designated days for collection by Helper City, according to Councilman Martin Farish. Farish said he had received complaints from several residents who said their refuse had not been causing up, picked collectors to lose time by making return trips. Farish suggested that residents take garbage cans out the night prior to the scheduled pick-up. few five to life in sentencing j H is9 vrssL--. M fit Gary Alfred Mitcheson, -i-- v convicted last month in the second murder of ment of Transportation Richard degree received Hererra, release, the apparent low a 5 year to life, sentence Didder for the bridge is M. Monday before Seventh Morrin & Son of Ogden, District Court Judge EdUtah. ward Sheya. The new bridge is to be Sheya's pronouncement 412 feet long and 65 feet came after a motion for a The above the river. new trial, request by the westbound portion of the defense, was denied. bridge is to have a truck attorney, Don passing lane along with the Blackham, argued that his regular traffic lane. client should be given a new The existing bridge has trial because the jury was had weight and speed instructed improperly restrictions on for com- before to reach a mercial traffic since last verdict. retiring He explained that December. he had asked that specific The scheduled completion instructions to the jury Helper Little Leaguers march down Main Street in yearly date of the bridge is to be with accidental parade marking the opening of the WBBA season. The dealing 1. November (See Mitcheson P. 2) Mit-cheso- parade and opening games were held last Saturday. County commissioners clarify position on Scofield moratorium Carbon missioners County last com- week clarified their positions on imposition of a building moratorium in the Scofield Reservoir area, all three stating that they felt a temporary ban on building on the lakeshore was a but that possibility above the lake, developers who are in compliance with the zoning laws, should not be penalized. The commissioners made their comments during and after a May 11 meeting called by project manager Courtney Brewer of the 208 Water Waste Quality Management Planning in Helper and attended by representatives of most of the agencies and governments that would be affected by the proposed new sewer system in the office Scofield area. The posaoility of a building moratorium was first raised at a May 4 meeting of the commission where it was reported that homes summer with inadequate sewer facilities are a major cause of Commissioner Floyd added that the commission some pollution in Scofield Marx said he would favor a should make Reservoir. Commissioner Guido Rachiele favored the moratorium, saying that, although it was harsh, it might be an effective temporary means of avoiding an increased rate of pollution. Contacted after the recent meeting, Rachiele said he still had not ruled out the possiblity of a moratorium, but he said further study was needed before a final decision could be made. moratorium only as a last provision for litter removal resort, but Commissioner for the opening day of James Simone said he fishing season May 29. wanted the ban put into effect if lakeshore cabin The "ultimate . . . Cadilowners failed to comly very lac system" of sewage soon with legal collection and disposal for six separate requirements. Most of the the area houses are now equipped transmission lines, holding with either inoperative tanks, pumping stations and septic tanks or outhouses. lagoon treatment facilities Marx said immediate sufficient to handle 2,000 would cost $1.5 action of some sort would be residents to 208 the to reverse million, according necessary confacilities planner Craig worsening fishing ditions on the lake and Johansen. Johansen added that $600,000 would buy a holding tank system that would be have to periodically pumped out by a scavenger service and emptied into a lagoon. Lagoon treatment would be preferred for the area, Johansen said, because while a mechanical sewage treatment plant would have an effluent, a lagoon system would not. should pay for the was the next question taicen up by the group. Simone said the Who system , county could not afford to pay for any significant portion and that area developers ought to bear the brunt of the financial burden. Land use planner Rodney said Despain legal techniques are available to place the burden on those causing the problem, and he noted that there had been no suggestion that the county should shoulder the cost. Simone said, "I think it lurks in the background." The commissioner said enforcement of the zoning and building regulations should begin immediately in the lakeshore area. The county regulations do not apply, however, in the town of Scofield, and town board president Bill Erkklila said an attorney was now at work drafting a zoning ordinance for the town. How to deal with violators is expected to be discussed with Gerald Story of the Southeastern Utah Health District at the commission's May 20 meeting. |