| OCR Text |
Show 5 , Ar- t7 V.: To resurface roads Friday, September 23, 19t3 Vcfflal htyt 3 Naples bond election Sept. 27 EMTS BEVERLY WEBER, Jeanne Stagg and Pat Raynor take free blood pressures during clinic Thursday for Emergency Medical Services Week. Naples City will hold a bond election Tuesday, Sept. 27 in an attempt to secure a $1 million loan from the Community Com-munity Impact Board. If successful, the loan will be used, plus money from the city, to build a Naples City Building and improve roads. Naples will be expected to put up $250,000 towards the project, but the work that has already been done on the Naples Park Road will be allowed toward that amount. The $1 million loan was initially to be loaned in two increments, $600,000 at 5 percent interest and $400,000 at no interest. Since then, the Community Impact Council has changed the conditions con-ditions slightly. The entire $1 million will now be loan at 4 percent. Naples will be given 12 years to repay the loan. Naples City officials have said there will be no need to implement a tax in order to repay the loan, since the roads and building budgets will be able to cover the payment. Many residents have raised questions about the bond election. There has been a petition circulated cir-culated to disconnect a portion of the city so they won't have anything to do with the roads or the bond. This follows on the heels of another petition which stated one of the reasons they wanted out of the city was because the roads were in such bad condition. Naples City presently has 21 miles of roads they are responsible for. The city council decided, in order to get the most out of the $1 million, they would resurface the roads, rather than rebuild them. This way Naples City Mayor Lawrence Kay said they would be able to refurbish 14 to 16 miles of the 21 total miles of roads. If they were to rebuild those roads they would only on-ly be able to complete about 5 miles. The one problem that arose was the "popcorn" hot mix which the council wants to resurface the old road with, had never been overlayed on native asphalt, which the roads in Naples City are constructed out of. Therefore, the city resurfaced a test section of road on 500 East, at about 1000 South, with the popcorn hotmix. This will be watched wat-ched over the winter to see how it holds up. Mayor Kay said the state highway department expects the resurfacing to last 20 years. If anything goes wrong, they will not be committed to take the loan next summer as they anticipate doing. Opponents of the bond election say they do not want to be obligated for the repayment of the loan under any circumstances. cir-cumstances. Should Naples City somehow default, citizens would be obligated to pay back the $1 million, plus interest, which is what a municipal bond is all about. City officials of-ficials have said the citizens cannot lose, since no matter what happens, the roads will have been improved. The Naples City Council will be at the Naples City Building Monday evening from 5:30 to 8:00 to answer questions residents may have about the bond election. All Naples residents are welcome. A snag has been placed in the voting process, since the city is split into two voting precincts, and part of those precincts are not in Naples City. All voting will be held at the Naples Elementary School. The polling will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Because of the precinct problem, City Ci-ty Building Inspector Craig Blunt will be at the polling place all day, checking check-ing addresses to be sure voters live within Naples City boundaries. Blunt will challenge anyone who does not live within the boundaries. EMTs sponsor free blood pressure clinic Maeser-Vernal fight over water A free blood pressure clinic was staffed by volunteer emergency medical technicians Thursday afternoon after-noon in support of the Utah Emergency Emergen-cy Medical Services Week. The blood pressures were taken of persons who passed by the clinic on the corner of Main Street and Vernal Avenue. It also gave an opportunity for the EMTs to explain what they do. Presently there are about 20 local EMTs. They average 2 to 4 days a week on call, and they are only paid for each call they go out on. False alarms don't count. "Being an EMT takes a lot of dedication, from the family," said Beverly Weber, EMT. "One time I was just about to serve spaghetti for dinner when I was called out. I told my husband to fix the spaghetti as I ran out the door. He never found it." Besides going out on accidents, EMTs volunteer time to teach classes in CPR and First Aid. They also volunteer services to the emergency room. So far this week they have taught 12-14 hours of classes. it ftt71 A; I p I AN ACCIDENT at 500 North Vernal Avenue Thursday afternoon left three vehicles damaged, and one man was taken to the hospital where he was checked check-ed and released. Total damage in the incident in-cident was estimated at $2100. continued from page 1 could secure a $70,000 grant if they are allowed to participate in the line. According to Kenneth Bassett, Vernal Ver-nal City manager, the Maeser water district pursued the $70,000 grant without the city's knowledge. The resolution passed by Vernal City Ci-ty last week rules out any participation participa-tion by Maeser in the construction of the raw water line, but it allows any entitity in the valley to have water delivered through the line to the treatment treat-ment plant by contract. A minimal transportation fee has been discussed by the council. "The city seems to not want Maeser to have an interest in the water line, and we would like to know, why?" Dan Turner, Maeser board, asked the Vernal Ver-nal council. The Maeser district has, over the years, participated with Vernal City in both a 16-inch and a 20-inch water line from Ashley Spring. This participation has been a sore spot for both entities in that Maeser's participation has been one-eighth in both lines, so they ' expect one-eighth of the water from the lines. "For the past four years we haven't to your satisfaction defined what a one-eighth interest in the lines really means," Councilman Karl Migliori said. "We can't contract with other entities en-tities until that one-eighth is a measured amount and not a percentage." Councilman Migliori said that Maeser has sold and used more than their one-eighth share of the 16-inch and 20-inch lines, and the council doesn't want the same situation for the raw water line. Douglas Lawson, Maeser district chairman, requested that the city council reconsider allowing the Maeser district to participate in the water line because Maeser $70,000 grant would reduce Vernal's loan payment pay-ment and eventually save the city taxpayer tax-payer money. With Maeser participating in the CUP treatment plant, the fixed maintenance and operation cost? for treated water would be less to everyone, Lawson said. Maeser's participation in the raw water line "is not saving Vernal anything," Councilman Migliori said. "It does save Maeser from paying a user fee." The Community Impact Board will not approve the $70,000 grant to be used us-ed for a separate line, Lawson said. "I am concerned about control of the line. It sounds like Vernal City is to getting control over other water entities, en-tities, and making them pay through the nose. If the council doesn't allow us to participate, I would be in favor of going with the other treatment plant." "That is no skin off our nose," Migliori said. Other Maeser board members suggested sug-gested that a gallon figure could be attached at-tached to Maeser's one-eighth interest in the line. The Vernal Council was interested in-terested in the proposal and both entities en-tities agree to pursue it and report at the next city council meeting. After the meeting, Lawson said that the Maeser district would not agree to contract for the water, but would want an interest in the line. A one-eighth interest in-terest in the line would insure Maeser one-eighth of the water. A contract with Vernal City would obligate Maeser to serve its own residents first and the surplus would go to Vernal City. Migliori contended that Maeser could request the Community Impact Board to reissue the grant so Maeser could use the fund for water from the line. Lawson said that the board won't grant such a change. The Maeser Water Board and Vernal Ver-nal City will meet again Oct. 12 to see if an agreement can be reached. But according to members of the Maeser water district, if Vernal City continues to cling to the resolution, no agreement can be made, and they will be forced to participate in the "other" treatment plant. Vernal City contends that until Maeser's share in the line can be defined defin-ed by exact measurement rather than a percentage, allowing the district an interest in the line would continue to infect a wound already open. Building broke into The Petro Chemical Company building at 250 Ashley Oil Field Road was broken into Wednesday, Sept. 21. A rock was thrown through a window win-dow and the window was pulled away from the frame. Uintah County Sheriff Deputy Ken Konrad and Detective Larry Crowl investigated the incident. The management of the company could find nothing missing, and the motive is unsure. Fingerprints were taken at the scene, but there are no suspects. The investigation is continuing. Auto accident damages three vehicles A 74 year old man was taken to the hospital after an automobile accident at 500 East Vernal Avenue Thursday which left three vehicles damaged. The accident occurred about 3:43 p m. as a Valley Distributing delivery truck from Roosevelt, driven by Hobrrt Lynn Jackman, and a belly dump truck proceeded north on Vernal Ver-nal Avenue side by side. The dump truck made a right hand turn at 5oo Nolh. but apparently obstructed the vision vi-sion of Efcrd E. Bradley who wan at tempting to cms Vernal Avenue westbound west-bound at 500 North. He wait in the middle mid-dle of the interaction before he saw the Valley Distributing truck, The two vehicles collided. The Bradley pickup camwd off the larger truck and ended end-ed up slamlng into another pickup which was parked on Vernal Avenue. Bradley was knocked unctmwimm. The t'lnlah County ambulance a called to the seme. By the time thry arrived, Bradley had rrgainrd rwv sciouMwjig, but wa still nomcwhat disoriented. He was transported to Ashley Valley Medical Center where be was held lor observation for a short time and released. The polic report estimated damages to the Valley tHslribuling truck at UJoo and two to the Bradley vehicle. Minor damage was also done to the parked vehicle, Investigating officer i Mark Arringion, of the Vernal Police tfcrpartmenl. Dine with Governor Matheson At The Golden corrol Monday, Sept. 26, 1983 -8W p.m. Reception with the Governor at The Sheraton Hotel 7tifr7AS p.m. Titkati flvaiiobl at: Golden Cor-ral Cor-ral Steak House, Showalter Ford, & Knldt Enterprises $ 1 5 per person $2 5 per couple Donation Diesel fuel stolen Abowt loo gallons of d! M a stolen from the finish Basin tewnl Company war the RWt Bw4 Pit Wedm-sday. TV lank cmainng In fvH i Vxaln) 4! mil wuih of Highway ) on tlah Highsy The iocioVnf rtf1! tirtah rsm'y ShprifTs rffice, N is invfMigaling the theft. IVre are M swspneis. The Adult Station The Basins Recognized News Leader ABC National News on the Hour Paul Harvey - daily The Action News Team Alan White Carol Ferguson - Suzanne Burton "Jenette Fish" "Bob George" Rongely Rooivlt Bringing You More & Better News Each Day at (of lome new limei) 6:30 A.M. 7:30 8:57 10:57 12:15 Noon Beome Informed iltfen to the Acfhn New team 1:57 P.M. 3:57 5:15 7:57 9:57 11:55 |
