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Show ! ' ' Bountiful, Centerville, Clearfield, Clinton, Farmington, Serving Vol. 2 No. 17 Fruit Height!, Kayiville, 44,026 Layton, Roy, South Weber, Suniet, Syracuie, West Bountiful, Woods Cross Families From Roy Through Bountiful Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1981 Veers Will Heive Library Plan Gets Approval y Penraamedlite Seirvtee By MAGGI REEDER A proposal to FARMINGTON in a has been Layton library place accepted by the Davis County Commission. The proposal was discussed in a meeting of the Davis County library board which County Commissioner, Glen Saunders attended and later at a commission meeting. Layton City had voted to withdraw from the county library system when the county decided not to build a branch library in Layton The city is considering building its own library. The proposal reaffirms the countys support of regional concept for its library system. If the Layton City Council a decision to withdraw from the county library system, the county will build its next library in Layton, the proposal says. The proposal also states that one mill will be levied starting in 1982 if the population in the county is at 10 percent or more. The money would be used for library construction, the proposal states. The building that would be constructed in Layton is 15,000 square feet on two levels. It is planned to be expandable. The new building would cost $1 million, including equipment and collection. Although this proposal was accepted by the Davis County Commission the decision is not binding on future commissions. Saunders said that as long as he is on the county commission he would vote for the one mill levy for library construction. Commissioner Harry Gerlach also said he would go along with the agreement if he is a member of future commissions. The chairman of the Layton library board, Oma Wilcox, attended the commission meeting last week and afterward said she was disappointed in the proposal. She said the growth in Davis County had only been 4 percent this year and a sudden growth of 10 percent would be unlikely. She said she hates to see Layton spend money to build a library because it is the countys Review Staff The Davis paramedic program will be FARMINGTON County placed under the wary eye of the financially burdened public in March of 1982 when voters will be called upon to decide whether or not they want to continue to pay for increased costs of the safety service offered by the program. The county service is the only paramedics program in the county and it works as an extension arm.to the two local hospitals, Davis North in Layton and Lakeview in Bountiful. The Davis County Commission has been looking for a way to get the paramedics program out of the countys general fund for some time. The new Utah State tax limitation law means the maximum mill levy for county has been set at 16 mills. Davis County is only 1M mills away from this limit, Commission Chairman Ernest Eberhard said. The current taxation of property brings about $5 million dollars into this fund but the programs mandated by the state cost about $9 million, Commissioner Harry Gerlach said. Because only 53 percent of the general fund can be obtained through property tax the rest of the budget must be made up through fees, warrant payments and other re-cin- sources, Gerlach said. The , paramedics program has created a burden on the general fund that is now threatening the programs existence, Eberhard said. If the paramedics program re mains in the general budget, then the commission will be forced to discontinue it because money from the budget must be used to pay for the 40 mandated programs, he said. The vote next spring will let the public decide whether or not the county can afford the 1 to Vi mills that will have to be levied to support the service. Gerlach said that 1 mill amounts to about $10 of taxation on the market value of the average home which he estimated to be about $50,000. The commission only found out recently that a paramedics program that is administered through the police department could be funded from any direct tax other than the countys general fund. Most of the laws dictating the program are for those programs that By RON KNOWLTON Review Staff the Woods' Cross High School gymnasium the best place to watch the Davis High School Darts girls' basketball team rout the Spanish Fork Dons in the consolation game of the Davis County Invitational girls' basketball tournament. BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful City Council and mayor have agreed to take a cut in salary beginning Jan. 1. But the cut will be much more than offset by an in- Thacker brought in some statistics and said 60 percent of the items KAYSVILLE The Kaysville purchased by Kaysville residents Redevelopment Agency was sub- was not purchased within the city. jected to criticism and compli- ' ' Jacobs said the small amount of ments at a public hearing held last development in Kaysville had reBy MAGGI REEDER sulted in stagnation of the citys economy and that if the economy were not stimulated then the city would not be able to sustain itself. He said the proposed redevelopment area was as large as it is so that the agency could react to whatever the private market required. The plan covers most of the commercial property in Kaysville and some residential property as well. Businesses now in the area as well as new businesses would be loans and other eligible for benefits to encourage expansion and improvements in the area. About 180 of the citys residents attended the hearing, representing low-co- st both sides of the issue. James Brough spoke out against the plan, saying that the citizens within the area do not need to have the threat of condemnation hanging over them. Many of the citizens at the hearing were in favor of the plan, including Douglas Russell. he We need to do something, said. Some of the citizens who were against the plan are money grubbers who would like to line their pockets at the expense of planned growth, he said. Robert Boyer, owner of Time Etc., which is a business within the area, said Kaysville is in a pattern of downfall and if the proposal were not accepted the city would continue in that pattern. No conclusion was reached by the agency. crease in their monthly car and expense allowance. The council took the action during council meeting Dec. "9. The mayor currently receives $300 per month plus a $200 per year car allowance. Council members currently receive $150 per month with a $200 per year car allowance. This totals out to a cash amount for each council member each month of about $166. Tom Hardy, city manager, said that an average of salaries and expense allowances of six cities surveyed by the city totaled out to an average of $316.50. A proposal by Councilman Jay Bingham lowered salaries for council members to $100 per month and the mayors salary to $200 per month. But at the same time, car and expense allowances were raised to $200 per month for council members and $400 per month for the mayor. The city is not obligated to withhold money for social security, state and federal taxes, retirement or other deductions, in expense allowances, Hardy said. But each council member and the mayor will need to account to the IRS for the funds they receive from the are part of local fire departments. The commissioners noted that it would have been impossible to have the paramedics programs under a fire department because there is no fire department in the county that is large enough or broad enough to support paramedics. With assistance from the Weber County Commission, Davis County discovered that it would be possible to fund the program through separate taxation, Gerlach said. If the voting public decides to keep the program then no changes will be made in it, Eberhard said. It will remain a traveling program. The paramedics program is safe for this year, Eberhard said. But next year the word of the people will be heard concerning the problem, he said. Lakeside Review Delivery Day Monday for 2 Weeks The Lakeside Review will be delivered on Monday next week and on Dec. 28, instead of on the usual delivery day of Wednesday. The change will be effective for those two weeks only. The newspaper will return to its regular schedule in January with delivery of the first newspaper that month on Jan. 6. The deadline for news items Bountiful Officials Boost Allowance Kaysville Kesidentfs Praise, Criticize Eledleveloipmerrt week to discuss a plan for redevelopment of downtown Kaysville created by the agency. Both City Manager John Thacker and the agencys attorney, Gene Jacobs, made presentations at the hearing which explained the need for the plan and the agency and defended the size of area. Jacobs said 1978 surveys showed there is a need for central shopping in Kaysville. Much of the shopping done by residents was done in other cities, he said. He said that the only area that has strong commercial support is the grocery business and that would change if something is not done to strengthen them. Wt Point, expense allowance, Hardy said. Hardy said funds council members and the mayor receive should be set at a level to attract the most qualified people. And it concerns me that a number of people cant afford to be away from their businesses or other employment. But this was disputed by John OHara who was a candidate for mayor in the November primary election. OHara said that he and many other candidates did not take salaries into consideration when running for office. He said that several candidates had asked him how much salaries were because they did not know. OHara said he thought the council should hold a public hearing before voting to raise the allowances council members and the mayor would receive. Phyllis Southwick, who abstained in voting on the proposal, said she was in favor of raising salaries but that a committee should be appointed to provide citizen input. Hardy noted that council salaries have only been raised twice in the past 12 years. In 1969 council salaries were raised to $125 per month and the mayors salary to $250 per month. In 1977 council salaries were raised to $150 per month while the mayors salary was raised to $300 per month. submitted by our .readers will be today at 4:30 for next Mondays newspaper and Monday at noon for the Dec. 28 edition of the paper. Because of the New Years holiday, the deadline for news items for the Jan. 6 Lakeside Review will be 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 30. We hope early delivery during the Christmas season will be of help to readers and advertisers. Students Must Be Immunized By MAGGI REEDER Review Staff A FARMINGTON mandatory immunization regulation has been passed by the Davis County Board of health requiring all school age children to have a complete immunization record after Aug. 15, 1982. reThis is the first county-wid- e in It of state. this the type gulation is hoped that the county regulation in Davis County will help get a state statue passed, health officials said. Dr. Enrico Leopardi, county health department director, told the board that issues discussed in a public hearing held Dec. 1 had not warranted any change to the new law. Currently, a law passed in 1976 by the state legislature requires all students to have adequate immunization before entering school for the first time. Some of the students now in junior and senior high schools got into the school system before this law was put into effect. The new law prevents these students from continuing in the education system without immunization records, Leopardi said. Students moving into the Davis County school system from other parts of the state or from will also be required to show adequate immunizations. out-of-sta- Search for Christmas Gifts Leaves Mice Bmpty- Handed d rusty old tin soldier. The warrior raised a creaking arm to free the tangled mouse. battle-scarre- By SHARON STEELE Raviaw CorrMpendant Part 3 Timmy Cramer, maintaining hit observation past in tha strong world beneath his bad, watched apprahnivTy as thr tiny mica sought thir fortunas in Christmas treasures in an affort to chaar thsir fathr, who recently last a to a hungry cat. Aftar softly navigating a traacheneu "slinky" tunnel. tho mic befriended old Ona-Ey- t, a dilapidated lg stuffed donkey. At they continue their journey, one mouse becomes ensnared in the wab of a nug Suddenly, old who just happened to be facing the web with his seeing side, stretched out his long tongue and licked a strand of web. The spider, losing his footing on the dampened filament, slid all the way down onto the floor, where e promptly kicked him out of sight. Only then did the second 'mouse-ki- n dare look up. But when he did, he came face to face with Timmys One-Ey- One-Ey- e, an eerie startled growl Suddenly Gratefully the second mouse the little mice and their new out to the old soldier and reached friends. Even the boy jumped, as he saw the fluorescent yellow of Tabbys eyes glowing like two enormous lanterns from a far cor invited him to Christmas dinner. Now the third mouse must try his luck at finding Christmas treasures. He wandered back and forth, picking up a marble here, and discarding it there, because it was too heavy. Then he found an apple. Papa Mouse loved apple fritters just about as well as anything! Excited by such luck, the tiny mousekin began to push the irregue lar sphere toward home. volunteered to carry it, but the apple, long past its prime, had become a cottage for a worm. The angry creature snaked his head out of a tunnel-lik- e entrance and scolded mouse and donkey, until they to be learning control in j in dangerous situations. 6B ner of the room. The mousekins wits about them for the long jourhuddled in terror behind the brave ney home. and Rusty. backs of They had by now covered most of the territory beneath the bed withEven Timmy crept farther behind his bedpost and waited, hopout finding anything more specing the huge cat would not hear the tacular than a bedraggled donkey loud pounding of his heart. The and a rusted soldier. The third fearsome creature twitched her mouse leaned abjectly against tail, a menacing rumble sounded in Timmys mateless rollerskate, her throat, as she stalked her prey wondering if there was any possin the dimly lighted space beneath ible merit in towing it home, but the bed. unable to come up with a possible use for it, he turned away to follow Just then, someone grown-uit sounded like Tirrynys mother his dejected brothers. As the mousekins headed back, called, Here Kitty? and Tabby skulked away in reluctant obediTimmy watched their drooping ence. It was a long time before shoulders. For the second time, a anyone dared move. huge lump welled up in his throat, e Old was the first to and he felt a tear trickle down his break the stiff posture of terror. He cheek. Plop! It splattered squarely blinked his good eye and wobbled a on a pile of dust. And then it was he tremulous ear, as the mousekins knew exactly what to do. Next Week: Timmy find a way to help. crept out and began to gather their One-Ey- e p One-Ey- I'm In Charge Children in Davis County schools are uses both felt rather foolish. Backing off, they left the apple behind. One-Ey- Index Business . Classified .1C, 2C, 5C ChurchSchool . . 1B-6- B .... Home Living Sports Hangin' Round 6D, 7D 6C D Section ; I I Doug Howard, goalie for the Viewmont Vikings, had his hands full when the Braves raided the ice for last ID weeks game. mm r , |