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Show , ia"wi rf ..' k . . , t y! ry i j 'toH& Bara 20 ixUuiH&j &nmufe 5W0s tpnjx.EjMS assi ssazflf ivi-- 3fli laam0i81j wx-ho- n Tm d GUitaii xra- - Wednesday, November 2, '1983 Vol. 3 No. 61 Public Hearing Continues On Burn Plant Gas Device Housing Bond Sale Gets OK Review Staff - Review Staff FARMINGTON Taking almost nine days to complete, a evidence against the scrubbers is public hearing opened last overwhelming as they are not Wednesday by the Utah Bureau technically debugged. of Air Quality for input on an Packer wrote that, economicalacid gas control device for a proly, the evidence is overwhelmposed Davis County resource reingly against scrubbers on the covery plant will remain open basis that the cost per unit of through Friday. improvement in air quality and An extension of the hearing the related improvement in will allow county officials to health and safety is beyond reasubmit technical documents to sonable economic viability. bureau Director Brent Bradford County officials did not make a for consideration. presentation at Wednesdays After Bradford listens to a tape hearing. made of the presentations at Members of a citizens group in opposition to the proposed Wednesdays hearing and reviews the countys data, he will plant attended Wednesdays make a decision whether to issue hearing and reiterated their argua permit for the garbage burning ments against the plant. Clearfield resident Shirley plant with or without the reReed said she supports the quirement for an acid gas scrubber. states requirement of the scrubThe State Air Conservation bers. We do not want the plant, Committee in a September but if it is put in, then we want meeting voted to require the $54 the best protection possible, she million resource recovery plant said. We feel the EPA has a proposed for Clearfield be built definite responsibility to protect with the best available control citizens and not be turned around by pressure groups. technology. State air quality officials beJim Hurst, a Clearfield resilieve the best control technology dent, said the county wasted would include the costly acid gas time in gathering data and scrubbers but county officials arshould have had it ready to present to the bureau. He presented gue the scrubbers are technologically unproven and prohibitively pictures taken near the proposed site in Clearfield at different expensive. In a letter to Bradford, David times of the dav and during the - FARMINGTON Davis County commissioners gave their seal of approval to a $12 million Davis County Housing Authority bond sale last week in hopes that the 436 rental units financed will help ease a housing shortage around the county. The commissioners added to the resolution items guaranteeing that 20 percent of the rental units will be set aside for lower income people and the rents charged will be in competition with similar units in the area of operation. The $12 million bond sale will finance rental housing construction with tax-exem- pt bonds. Under federal regulations, 20 percent of the units must be rented to families whose incomes are less than 80 percent of the median income of the area. Housing authority Director Rosemary Davis estimates this will be about $15,040 based on a median income projection of $18,800. The housing authority is lending its name to the program to secure the , bonds necessary to offer lower interest rates on the loans to developers. Commissioner Harry B. h said he was concerned that tax-exem- pt Ger-lac- apartment dwellers might move to the new units if the rent costs were lower as a result of the special loan program. the second amendment requiring the rent structure on the remaining 80 percent of the rental units be in competition with similar units in the market area. Mrs. Davis said a study recently sponsored by the housing authority showed the county could absorb about 800 rental units per year; Mrs. Davis said final negotiations are being readied for the bond sale which she hopes will be in about two weeks. Photo by Shelley Kancitis Time for A Change in Roy j Roy Citys new landmark, an anodized aluminum clock six feet in diameter, part of new municipal complex, is installed on fire tower of citys new fire station by Mike Miles, The contemporary style clock chimes the .day-- , time hours. Roys old municipal building will close at "noon Thursday for moving. City operations will begin at 8 a.m. in the new municipal building, 2000 W. 5051 S., on Friday. (See story, Page 2A) Detention Home Violates Code? juvenile offenders as an alternative to detention. The couple managing the home call in tutors to KAYSVILLE City officials in Kaysville are at teach the juveniles who live there, Thacker said. with the operators of a private youth He said there appears to be a business arrangea stand-of- f detention home that officials of the company own- ment involved since the home was rented for this ing the home claim does not violate city zoning activity and not for a residential use. ordinances although it is located in a residential Up to three juveniles are housed at the home at area. time. one Kaysville City Manager John Thacker said City " When contacted Monday, Dr. Carl Smith, direcAttorney Felshaw King sent the owners of a CarCarousel House, refused to ousel House operation at 986 E. Oxford Dr. a let- tor of the Provo-base- d ter informing them they are violating the citys comment. Residents of Oxford Drive who have talked to Thacker and the couple managing the opresidential zoning code. reeration also refused to comment. An attorney for the Provo-base- d operation comfeels in he a that in letter King said he will meet with Thacker to discuss they ar$ plied said possible ways of dealing with the apparent zone vipliance with the city zoning codes. .ThaCker ,, the home is apparently being used to house young olation. BARRY KAWA - , City Seats, Bond Issue On Ballot Voters in 15 Davis County cities and Roy will go, to the polls next Tuesday to decide the makeup of their respective city councils for the next few years. Polls open at 7 a.m. that morning and close at 8 p.m. Final voting registration ends today and all those who registered before the deadline or who have voted in the last four years are eligible. City council positions and a few city issues including a North Salt Lake city hall comissue will be on the plex bond ' ballot. Further information on the elections can be obtained by calling the city offices r 0300 week to show current air problems in the county. Hurst, a former Los Angelos, Calif., resident, compared the pictures to a scene looking out over the San Fernando valley in 1949-5- 1 when the smog problem started to appear there. Were willing to sacrifice people and the environment, but never dollars, he said. There is a lot of dollars involved and that is part of the problem were dealing with. Randy Harris, a former Layton city councilman and North Davis Refuse District auditor, said improvements could be made at the countys landfills to handle the waste at a cheaper cost than the cost of constructing the plant. Harris said the Layton Planning Commission voted against the plant and the county decided to take the proposal to Clearfield. He said Clearfield City officials were more impressed with the reverfue it would bring After the meeting, Wasatch Front Regional Director Will Jeffries said the state has not presented any information on a possible acid gas problem. The problem is, we dont feel the state has properly evaluated the cost imposed on citizens of the community for the degree of Continued on Page 2A S. Weber Seeks Loan The commissioners approved Review Staff Packer, vice chairman of the Davis County Solid Waste Management Board, said the amount of BARRY KAWA BARRY KAWA present . . , , Panel Formed for City Hall JUDY BLACKNER Review Correspondent A unaniSOUTH WEBER mous decision by city council members last week approved a resolution to form a municipal building authority. According to city Attorney Rodney Page, the city of South Weber has been looking for a method to finance a loan to purchase Vergs Flower House as site for a new city hall. The creation of a corporation, which would be the municipal building authority, would allow the city to purchase e low inproperty with a terest loan. All cities use this vehicle for any major public construction to . be done, said Page. There are limitations; the authority can do nothing without the approval of the board of directors. The present city council and future council members would be named as the board of directors. Page also stated The municipal building authority would be a separate political entity which would require quarterly or non-prof- it tax-fre- Library Board OKs Budget member, said flood costs and an increase in county employees Davis salaries and benefits package re, FARMINGTON quired the commissioners to ask Board members County Library will submit a 1984 budget to the departments to hold to the 5 county commissioners that they percent increase. He asked the admit ,is about $25,000 over the board to select areas that could be trimmed if the need arises. 5 percent budget increase limit Ms. Layton said the first area asked of county departments this is a $10,500 capital improveyear. a County Library Director ment project for stairway for the handicapped at the south Jeanne Layton said the increase branch. would go to buy needed books She said the most pressing for. the south branch library in Bountiful which has experienced problem for the library is the a shortage of childrens books book shortage and asked for that this year. The approximately 8 fund to be last in the commisbe cut. The topercent library budget increase sioners budget to 1984 tal proposed operating does not include salaries and budget for the county library benefits for library employees. and bookmobiles is Commission Chairman Glen system slightly over $1 million. E. Saunders, a library board. Salaries and benefits account BARRY KAWA Review Staff - for about $620,000, books for $112,000 and a new air conditioner for the north branch in : Clearfield about $10,000.' In other business, . Library Board Chairman Evan Whitesides said meaningful negotiations for Layton City to rejoin the county library system cant take place until after the Nov. 8 elections. Three city councilmen in Layton are up for and Saunders felt the structure of the council might change. Saunders said they have been in contact with Councilman Bob Stevenson and have received some positive signs although no specific proposal has been made. He said after the dust settles, the board will make an attempt to find a common ground for Lay-to- n to rejoin the county' system. - Payon Merit Index The issue of merit pay for teachers has created several schools., of thought with some Business vehemently against the policy while others support it with gusto. 4B - the council meetings. Ginger Miller, city secretary, said The agenda for every council meeting is posted at city hall and Rays store at least one week prior to each meeting. If the citizens are so concerned as to what goes on at our stated Bouchard, meetings, Then why arent they here to voice their opinions. We welcome all citizens to participate in our city govenrment. The people voted the council members in as people they trusted to run their city. If they dont trust us then they should be here . The need for the new public office building grows each day, continued Bouchaj, We are presently being forced to break the law by leaving our filing cabinets in the outer office where they cannot be licked up the space here is totally inadequate. The new facility will allow more office space, a larger meeting hall, a computer room and filing room that can be locked up, a larger court room for the Continued on Page 2A Debris Basin Bids Due in Farmington The basin will be constructed BARRY KAWA Review Staff - The bid FARMINGTON deadline for the awarding of a contract to construct a debris basin at the mouth of Rudd Creek Canyon has been extended to today by city officials. Mayor Merrill Petty told the city council last week that the deer hunt had apparently disrupted the bidding process because no bids were received last Wednesday. Petty said extending the dead- line a week could net the city up to 15 offers to construct the debris baby sin. The city council is expected to award the bid tonight. ' 350-fo- ot 500-fo- ot at 100 East 550 North and be designed to contain any further mudslides out of Rudd Creek Canyon. Geologists have reported the canyon remains unstable and city officials are worried about a repeat of last spring's mudslides and flooding. Forbush also asked for city representatives to attend the We- ber Basin board of directors meeting Friday in Morgan, when the city plans to appeal the extra $30,000 cost of the Weber Basin water because of the overuse. Forbush said the city will appeal on the circumstance of the over-usag- e. Playoff Problems 5B-7- B Classified.... 6D, 7D 6A Editorial Home. Living. 1B-31D-3School... B D Sports. perhaps monthly meetings to discuss and solve any problems in the corporation. As soon as the articles of incorporation, drawn up by Page, are agreed to and signed by the council as the authority committee, the resolution will be submitted to the state for approval. The resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption of the municipal building authority and approval by council and the state. Edward Hinds, a resident of South Weber, stated to the council that there has been a lot of talk around town that the purchase of Vergs has been kept quiet and the public has not been informed of all that goes on at council meetings. He also stated that citizens feel that the present city building is adequate and the new building will cause an increase in local taxes. Mayor Rex Bouchards replied that the resolution has been under discussion at every council meeting since July and that notices have been published in three seperate media announcing 1C-3- C Five Lakeside area teams entered last weekends state play- off games and only two of those clubs, Davis and Roy, won. After this Friday there will only be one team left. 1C |
