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Show Davis County Cities Must Decide on Bum Plant Soon BARRY KAWA councils and the county commission to commit the entities to the project. The resolution to be signed by the mayor of each city would commit the councils to send all their refuse to the burn plant. Review Start FARMINGTON The future of garbage disposal in each Da- vis County city must be made by March 15, the Davis County Solid Waste Management Project Board announced last week. The decision each city council and the Davis County Commission must make is whether to enter into an agreement to dispose of their refuge at the waste to energy burn plant that would be built in Clearfield. Wilbur Jeffries, Wasatch Front Regional Council director, told the board that contracts will be sent out to the various city . However, Jeffries said the contract becomes void if the project is scrapped for some reason such as the failure to negotiate the sale of steam and electricity to Hill Air Force Base and Utah Power and Light. The March 5 deadline is necessary so pr6-pos- Katy-Scghe- rs Incinco Inc., the company that will build and operate the plant, can decide on the tonnage that will be burned there. Although the project has been for the project could go as high n a day as $15 a household per year for planned on a 400-to- n a the plants first year of operasaid Jeffries plant, plant is being developed for Sa- tion, said Jeffries. The State Air Quality Commitvannah, Ga. by n He said the plant has tee has required the acid gas been based on allowing for area scrubber requirement be added plant to the air quality permit regrowth and the 400-to- n would be at full capacity if all quested for the plant. the cities decided to join. However, the county has apA possible stumbling block to pealed the committee's decision the $54 million project exists in and is awaiting Bradford's decian upcoming decision by State sion. Bradford said in a telephone Air Quality director Brent Bradford on the requirements for an interview last week the decision air quality permit for the plant. on the permit will be announced If the permit is issued with a shortly and could be made by requirement for costly acid gas Feb. 24. "Were close to a point scrubber control, the tipping fee where we will make a decision 500-to- Katy-Segher- s. 500-to- amount of steam and electricity that will be purchased from the plant depend on the number of cities participating in the proposed project. Jeffries said the base has guaranteed to purchase the steam produced by the plant and will keep separate a proe plant that will alposed so produce steam for the bases' on it and come forth with it, he said. The first year tipping fee for the project has been contingent on the plant beginning operation in July 1986 if construction is started in July of 1984. The tipping fee would be an estimated $9.50, under the $12 figure the Clearfield City Council has set for the plant's first year of opera- coal-fir- needs. Jeffries said county officials and a representative of will attend city council meetings if information is requested by the city. "We need to know now or in the relatively near future on the intention of the cities, he said. tion. North Salt Lake mayor Robert Palmquist, chairman of the project board, reported HAFB and UP&L are ready to sign contracts for the purchase of steam and electricity from the plant. He said the final figures on the v "' V Katy-Seghe- rs '1' f X&Ma ,! rJ o r A 1 ' ',f . Kt v i;.i - V Wednesday, Ty j-- , vV-,-. i a Wi y Z i ,a j i - r TA February 22, 1984 'jt Centerville Man Doesnt Like Plan Review Start Robert McClain, a Centerville resident who lives just below where Davis County has begun construction for a debris basin on Deuel Creek, said he fears soil at the basin site is of a sandy material that could give way during a flood and destroy homes and property on 200 South. The debris basin is intended to Reclamation in x, RON KNOWLTON Review Start highly stable. He admitted the report may have been poorly worded. Gordon, however, said the soil at the basin site will resist water. He said the soil material also will not lose its stability when it becomes wet (saturated). McClain noted that 52 people had signed a petition against building the basin, but were ignored by the city council and by Davis County officials. remove debris such as trees and boulders from the creek during heavy spring runoff-- to prevent the materials from clogging the creek and the citys storm drain system, Rick Mayfield, Davis County Flood Control Committee Director, said. McClain, who said he served as an engineer for the Bureau of ; Washington State and as a city engineer for Santa Clara City before moving to Utah, said he believes the site selected for the basin would be very unstable, particularly during an earthquake. In a report by a Salt Lake City engineering firm, Dames and Moore, it states that the material at the debris basin site is not sensitive to moisture and exhibits high strength and low compressibility characteristics when dry, but loses strength and can become highly compressible andor collapse when saturated. McClain said the report shows the material, if used in construction of the basin, could collapse east of the city to see if winds are strong enough to support windmills in the city. Cliff Michaelis, Bountiful power manager, said many city res- idents have considered purchasing windmills for their yards that would provide electric power when wind gusts come out of the canyons. The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) has agreed to allow the citys power department the use of a $17,000 wind anemometer for 2 'h years, Kent Servoss of the Bountiful power department, said. Servoss said the anemometer comes with a 60 foot pole and a device that spins when there is But Centerville City Mayor Neil Blackburn said the petition was not ignored. He said the entire city council saw and acknowledged it (the petition) was representative of how these residents felt. Blackburn, however, said it was felt the basin site and plan (drawn up by Fred Campbell-Centervi- lle City Engineer-und- er contract with the county) was the best available. He said McClains suggestions for debris basins in the canyon were rejected because of technical limits noted by a variety of people. Mayfield said the county has begun excavating a hole at the 600 E. 200 S. site so it can catch some debris for this year. CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Correspondent Resi- dents of West' Bountiful, who last spring had raw sewage back up into their basements, asked the South Davis Sewer District to reimburse them for damages. The districts insurance company had earlier refused to pay the residents claims. The district voted to send a letter with claims to their insurance company asking them to look at the situation again. West Bountiful City Councilman, Sam Allman also asked that the District look at the sewer system and try to prevent sewer backups in the future. The problem stemmed from the diverted waters coming down Pages Lane, 1600 North,, during last springs flooding. A resolution presented to the District by West Bountiful said that when silt from the dikes was being removed, by heavy equipment, the manhole covers along the street, were knocked off. The flood waters then en rr INNOVATION Servoss said there are only a very few places where a wind anemometer is feasible. He noted one was installed in Weber Canyon. ac-pret- ty Bountiful to Update Communication Bill RON KNOWLTON Review Correspondent tered the sewer system and the lines could not hold all of the water and sewage. Sewer water backed into homes three different times, according to the resi- BOUNTIFUL Bountiful will spend $60,500 to. update its communications system. Police Lt. Don Taylor said the city had pronounced communications problems during the dents. The residents presented a poster with pictures of their flooded basements to the district and Allman said that just as they cleaned up from one backup they were hit with another. They cleaned up a second time, only to have their basements flooded a third time. Thirty-thre- e homeowners filed claims against the districts' insurance company. But United States Fidelity and Guaranty said there was a lack, of evidence that the Sewer District in any way acted negligent- spring, flooding last year. It took us only five minutes into the flooding to realize that we didnt have enough or adequate communications equipment, Mayor Dean Stahle said. As part of the package, the city will order three base stations--to-tall- y , $3,200 with installation costs, a 100 foot antenna tower for $5,910, four smaller antennas for $1,246, two 100 watt mobile radios for $4,000, five 60 watt mobile radios for $5,900,. and four 40 watt mobile radios for $3,600. The city also plans to add new ly. West Bountiful Mayor Grant Secrist, who also serves on the Sewer District, said that three times is inexcusable. We should ask our insurance company to look at it again, and if they wont pay then we will have a lawsuit on our hands." ' radio frequencies to the citys communications system. Taylor said the city had extreme congestion on the city's street department frequency last h was in heavy use during the flooding. year--whic- War News The cost for the new frequencies is $5,000. The city will also use the city engineer's office at city hall as an emergency operations center during an emergency situation in as spring floodthe future-su- ch ing. Last year the city shops on 200 West were used for that purpose. But Taylor said the shops proved to be too crowded and totally inadequate. He said the engineers office would be a good location because it contains city maps and related supplies. Other offices in the city hall can also be used to provide additional space, Taylor said. There is also room downstairs in the building for an evacuation center, Taylor said. Taylor said the city needs to equip all city vehicles with a radio to provide adequate communications. The new mobile radios will help do that. Included in the citys communications equipment needs are a base station for the city manager and three mobile radio units for $3,500, 13 new portable units for $24,800. The city will also add new radio frequencies to 7 portable units for $1,500 and recrystal five old single channel radios. In other business, the will listen to a presentation on a county-wid- e garbage 1 city-counci- RON KNOWLTON Review Staff A bank robBOUNTIFUL ber made off with a large sum of money following a bank robbery at the Rocky Mountain State Bank, 562 S. Main, last Tuesday - afternoon. Bountiful Police LI. Don Taylor said a man entered the .bank at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday wearing a ski cap and a nylon stocking over his face. The man, displaying a .38 caliber revolver, asked a teller to fill a paper sack with money, Taylor said. Two witnesses said the man made his get away in a red Volkswagon beetle that old-er-mo- multi-millio- was parked at the Dees Family Restaurant parking lot nearby. Taylor said police were able to obtain photos from a camera in the bank and a physical description of the robber, but have no suspects yet in the robbery. The robber was described as a 30 year old white Caucasian male who was about 59 in height, had a mustache and had a "slightly stocky build, Taylor said. While Taylor said police have a policy not to release information on how much money is taken in a bank robbery, he said the robber took a considerable than the average amount-mo- re bank robber gets. 4-- A tournament to be held at the University of Utah Special Events Center beginning toIB day. 1B,2B 8A V' Mayor Dean Stahle said the city will soon need to make a decision on whether the city will n participate in the dollar project with other Davis County communities. competition at the state basketball 4A Editorial Home Living 6A; 7A Sports city council meeting. Four Davis County area teams highlight Classified.... 2B, 3B War Two l burning plant during tonight's Robber Hits Bank Index which gave all the residents and servicemen news of the town. convenient and helpful. Walking, the plank may be even more common if the snows from the mountains find easy cess to the streets. To Spend $60,500 Centerville had its own newspaper dur- rr created this makeshift bridge over the swollen gutters on Main Street in Bountiful. It may not be as as the Golden Gate Bridge, but Elaine Hess finds the plank of wood opinion. ing World wind. A black box with a recorder will record data from the anemometer, he added. Michaelis said a lot of people like to buy windmills for their yards. Many have asked if they could hook up their windmills to the citys power system, he added. Photo by Robert Regan Blackburn, when questioned about McClains recall plan, said he felt McClain is entitled to his Asked to Pay The Bounti- BOUNTIFUL ful Light and Power Department will conduct tests in the canyons Sewer District Is WEST BOUNTIFUL ?, should it become wet. But Bill Gordon, an engineer who worked on the study for Dames and Moore, said the material at the debris basin site is RON, KNOWLTON CENTERVILLE ' Bountiful To Study Windmills $ T, |