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Show hle TW Decision July 7 to' Make A decision was again FRUIT HEIGHTS delayed by the City Council last week on an issue related to the Cable TV dilemna in the city. The Council in the preceeding meeting had asked the city attorney to draft a constitutionally acceptable decency ordinance for the city. City Attorney Gary S Sargent, not present at last weeks meeting, had obtained a copy of the Kaysville decency ordinance and distributed it to the council. T.J Burns, city administrator told the council Sargent . T. J. Burns, the city administrator, told the council that Sargent asked that the council revise the ordinance and see if it was what they were looking for in the city. Mayor Niel K. Noorda and the majority of the council agreed to this approach and decided to set July 7 for making a final decision on the document, which Noorda indicated would become a guideline for any franchise agreement with a cable TV company that wanted to operate in the citv. The only dissenting member of the council was Wayne Ballantyne who expressed disdain . with the city attorney for handling the matter in this way and refused to review the Kaysville decency ordinance. He tossed his copy of the ordinance across the council table to Councilman Lynn Benson and on the said he wanted the attorneys opinion was he feel qualified to matter and didnt assess the ordinance. The futility of the council attempt at keeping ;obscenity out of their community was voiced by Benson, who said, I dont think we can do anything that will be constitutionally upheld, but I think we have the right to try. He praised the councils efforts on the cable TV issue by saying, Were making a valiant but futile effort. The city has been wrestling with whether to grant a franchise agreement to Wasatch Cable TV for several months and is facing the .possibility of legal actions if the franchise is denied. The thrust of the city councils hesitation at granting the franchise is the alleged abscenity which appears on some of the channels which would be provided to the community if the franchise were granted. The councilmen, in a letter to Mayor Noorda, several weeks ago, outlined their stand on the issue, and Ballantyne reiterated at last weeks meeting the city will require the cable companies to agree to a certain decency level or they wont get the franchise. Ballantyne said, It wouldnt be us turning it down, it would be them. Index Csoterville, Clearfield, Clintbe, Farmington, Fruit Heights, Vol. 1 Hill AFI, Kaysville, tayton, Roy, South Weber, Sunset, Syracuse, West Point Serving 3 1,500 Families From Roy Through Centerville No. 44 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 dfc)I iydlgfl Up omi - ' A budget of FARMINGTON $65,590,100 for the maintenance and operation of the Davis County School District for fiscal 1982 was adopted during the board of education meeting last week. percent; 33.3 i The budget is an increase of $4,361,100 6.6 percent over the 1980-8budget. The projected cost per pupil for education is $1,625, an increase of $59. The three mill voted leeway will help offset the loss of revenue from other But sources, according to officials. because of a 0.75 mill drop in maintenance and operation and a 1.07 mill drop in capital outlay, the actual increase in the mill levy is 1.24 mills. or about 1 ESEA-Titl- e percent; IV-- C EEHA-Handicappe- Maintenance and operation costs are Innovative, d, Part B, 24.7 percent; Vocational education, 20 percent; and Adult Basic Education, 10 percent. No federal revenues are available for Area Aid; Part B; and handicapped programs other that Title VI. The only major revenue increase came from IV-ESEA-Titl- e Learning Resources, Impacted EEHA-Handicappe- d, B 74 percent. Programs receiving state revenue last year and receiving no state funds this year are textbook and lab fees, gifted and talented, responsible parenthood, bilingual education, classload reduction and special needs. This increase in the mill levy will cost School lunch reimbursement, special the $50,000 home owner an estimated milk reimbursement and breakfast oftaxes. School more in a $6.25 year reimbursement programs recieving ficials said the county assessor has revenue from federal sources were cut indicated to the school board that the 25 percent. 1.24 school mill levy increase will be The summary of revenue shows the more than offset by decreases in total local revenue from all funds as county, city and other levies resulting from the limitation on revenue during a reevalutaion year. - Surprise VFW Party Honors Veterans Helper 75-Year-O- ld LAYTON VFW Post 8307 in Layton has honored one of its oldest members with a surprise birthday party",; The guest of honor was Grace Bogart, who was 75 years old June 13. Mrs. Bogart was bom June 13, in Williamsport, Penn. She married Herman Bogart on October 11, 1942. They moved to Utah in 1965. Mr. Bogart passed away five years ago. Mrs. Bogart has been active with the Utah VFW in Layton for several years. Age has not slowed her down. She is the president of the Military Order of Cootie Auxilary within the VFW, an honorary branch committed to hospital service work. 1906, At least once each month Mrs. Bogart is in charge of a dinner at the Post Home. She does all the planning and most of the preparation for the meal. No Joint Agreement On Salaries LAYTON City Council Members of the Layton agreed last week thay dont want to enter into .a joint agreement with other Davis County cities on raises for city . She cooks everything from scratch said one VFW member. You should see the people line up when they know Grace is cooking her hot beef or pork. Mrs. Bogart visits once or twice each month with the veterans at the Veterans Medical Center in Salt Lake City just to visit and cheer them up. Traveling seems to provide much interest and is no problem for Mrs. In her role as current Bogart. district president of the VFW Auxilary, she travels often to meetings from Layton to Brigham. She has held that position for two years. Being chaplain for the Layton Auxilary also keeps her busy. She visits ill members, sends get well, cards, gifts, and flowers, and generally spreads good chee At the birthday party in hereto- - Mrs. Bogart commented, I never had any children of my own, but, here at the post I have over 800. Im a lucky lady. ac-tu- al Mrs. Bogart will be attending the State VFW Convention in Salt Lake City beginning Saturday and following that she will travel to the Pennsylvania area to visit relatives. IPct Oa enraged, By MARILYN L. KARRAS Staff Writer CENTERVILLE interlocal An agreement to form a south Davis County fire district has still not been approved by the Centerville City Council. Members last week made several suggestions for changes in the document, but agreed the city cannot withdraw from the district. If the proposed changes are agreed on by the other members, Centerville will ratify the agreement at its July 7 meeting or in a special meeting before July 7. Centerville, Woods Cross and West Bountiful are forming the fire district, which will also include all unincorporated areas of Davis County south of Farmington to to the south boundary line of the county, along with Davis County to provide fire protection services to the entire area. Previously, the county has provided He said Mayor Loy Blake of West' fire protection under contract with the Point had also objected to the proposal. cities. The county commission recently Blake had pointed out that his small decided, however, to get out of the fire and the business, city might not be able to match the protection salary increases possible in larger agreement spells out terms for the sale of county-owne- d cities. property and fire - equipment to the cities over the next ten years. The interlocal agreement has sparked discussion among Centerville At least one officials for months. councilman was opposed to the city joining the district and favored the formation of a fire department for Centerville. At the urging of Mayot Golden L. Allen, the council agreed to join the district, but still have some objections to portions of the formal agreement. Allen said the city could not get the necessary manpower and equipment to provide protection for its residents before July 1, the original date the county set for cutting off its service to the cities. Allen told the council last week that City Attorney Keith Stahle could see no problems with the agreement, but said some minor working changes should be considered by the city. The agreement provides that the county continue handling fire services until Aug. 1, when the fire district would take over its operation. The cities and the county will appoint one representative each to form a district board to administer the fire district. The cities have agreed to Other budget expenditures are librarians, $693,300 or 1.5 percent increase; teacher aides, $1,192,800 or 2.6 percent; counselor social workers, psychologist, $1,703,600 or 3.7 percent; curriculum supervisors, $857,000 or 1.9 percent $976,800 $251,100 $558,900 increase; transportation, or 2.1 percent; administration, and business, or or 1.2 percent. nt; The Assessed Valuation change, $420 million as compared to $370 million last year, represents growth plus an increase of 14 percent because of factoring based on HB 164. The property owner who paid $600 in property taxes last year will pay $684 this year or 14 percent more. non-reven- Layton Nixes WFRC Funds Nobody Came, But City's Budget Passed LAYTON Attendance at Laytons city budget hearing was not merely as the city sparse, it was council approved the largest budget in the citys history. The councils tentative budget figure of $3,081,983 became the final figure for revenue and expenses for the 1981-8fiscal year with no changes and no comment. Mayor Lewis G. Shields pointed out that the city has budgeted an eight percent salary increase for city employees. Money exists in the various city department budgets to give employees an additional four percent non-exista- Following the party, she was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Came in Layton, where she was again the guest of honor at surprise dinner party with her friends. cent of the expenditure pie. The school foods budget is comby the uncertainty of conplicated $21,529,700, a 13.1 percent increase; the federal support, officials said. tinuing of total through the sale bonds as $7,500,000 a 26.7 percent decrease; the total state revenue from all funds 'as $50,474,700, an increase of 7 percent;1 and the total federal revenue from all funds as a 44.5 percent decrease. With these projected figures the total revenue increase would be 2.4 percent. LAYTON Davis County wants $636 Teachers salaries make up 71.5 from Layton City to help fund the percent of the budget expenditure operation of the Wasatch Front The expected figure for Regional Council, but the City Council figures. teachers salaries is $32,590,200. decided it doesnt want to pay. Mayor Lewis G. Shields told the council the city received a bill for that amount from the Davis County commissioners who stated that it was Laytons share of expenses for the regional council. Shields said the council is made up of representatives of governmental agencies from five counties on the increase after six months, but the Wasatch Front. He recommended that additional increase is only a possibility the City Council refuse to pay the bill. and will depend on the fiscal condition Councilman John Baker said the of the city at that time. counties got together and organized No increase other than the eight the council and they should foot the bill. He said the organization is a good percent boost which becomes effective one, but did not believe the cities should July 1 has been promised, City be responsible for funding it. Recorder Randall Heaps said. The council voted to tell the county The new budget exceeds the current that the city will not pay the $636 bill. years budget by $396,925, with the boost in revenues expected primarily from property and sales taxes. The budget includes salaries for four new e police officers and four fulltime firefighters. 2 full-tim- South County Fire District cost-of-livi- employees. Mayor Lewis G. Shields told the council that Clearfield Mayor Donal Townley had proposed that cities in the county agree on a uniform salary boo6t for all their municipal employees. Shields said Townley made the proposal at a meeting of Davis County Mayors. Townley had said that employees of one city feel they should be paid as much as workers in neighboring cities. He said a uniform salary increase in all Cities would eliminate comparisons among personnel in the different cities. Shields told the council he doesnt like the idea. I dont think a group should dictate to any one city now much of a salary increase their employees should get, Shields said. nor, Mrs. Bogart was given a large cake, a plant, and several gifts. Over 100 people expressed their love and offered best wishes. At the post she is known as Mom or Grandma. Projected enrollment figures show an . 1,271 students in the 1981-8- 2 school year, and average daily attendance figures show 95 percent of all students attending class daily. While total federal revenue figures show a 7.1 percent increase in the maintenance and operation fund, figures show that substantial cuts were made in unrestricted grants-in-ai- d by 50 percent; ESEA-Titl- e I, 14.7 increase of $3,523,600 or 7.7 percent,, with principals receiving $3,278,800 or 7.2 per- Power Plant Purchase OK'd The City Council KAYSVILLE approved the final draft of an agreement to purchase part of the Hunter II Power plant through an agreement Approved purchase the fire station and equipment from the county for $192,600, payable in a ration of 72 percent real property and 28 percent for equipment over a epriod without interest. The payment will be made to the county out of funds budgeted annually for the operation of the fire board. For the 1981-8- 2 fiscal year, Centerville will contribute $65,483 to the fire district for its share of operating costs, based on population and assessed valuation. It will also pay $8,995 at its share of the county buy out. If any member decided to withdraw from the district, that city would receive a rebate of the real estate portion of the indebtedness they have paid the county, minus its full share of the equipment portion of that indebtedness remaining. A schedule given to members of the City Council indicates that for the first two years of the agreement, Centerville would owe money to the district if it withdrew. By the third year, however, the amount of money to be rebated to the city would exceed the amount it would owe. Knoles Dennis Councilman suggested that the schedule of figures be attached to the formal agreement. Other suggestions agreed to by the council were that the board be made up of four members, one from each of the The three cities and the county. proposed agreement would have added a fifth member who would also be a member of the county commission, though not from the south county area. Also, that it require a unanimous vote of the board to indebt the district through bonding. Councilman Robert Arbuckle said he has doubts whether the district would have the legal right to bond and said he cannot see why it would ever be necessary to bond. Councilman Kenneth Holman said the agreement should include provision for buying newe equipment and that the agreement should include an attached inventory of all equipment and property being purchased from the county. Knoles also said the formula for reimbursement if a member withdraws should include value of new equipment purchased prior to the withdrawal. The council agreed informally that it would be willing to ratify the agreement with those changes. with the Rural Elec- trification Association (REA). The final draft was presented to the council last week by Walt Mecham, superintendent of the city power utility. The only question asked by Mayor Gar Elison before signing the document was if all the questions the council had raised previously had been answered in the final draft. Mecham said they had, and the council approved the agreement. The plan was outlined earlier by Mecham. He said the city has been working through the financial arm of the Intermountain Consumer Power Association known as the Utah Association of Municiple Powerr Systems (UAMPS) to obtain the financing for the transaction. The portion of the plant being purchased was originally obtained by the REA, Mecham said, and then sold to municipalities interested in the plant. He said this approach was bing pursued in order that small power companies could continue to produce their own power and not depend on the larger utility companies. Mecham said the city has two years to put together another form of long term financing for the purchase and said it will probably be accomplished with the sale of bonds. The document signed last week w as the long-terpower sales contract which Mecham said will also allow for the sale of the bonds. |