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Show _WASATCH e . COURIER PAGE 25 _ A RS sel . ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS | fronkinid 26 | Project # 99311 lished in April of 1987. meanor and can result in the removal from office of the offending official. According to the law (Section 52-49), the County Attorney is responsible for the enforce- — 75 North 100 West, Midway, Meetings Act. the people by constitutional mandate. The Utah Open So what happens now? I don’t know but it sure seems to me that most of the problems relating to the — Jordanelle Fire Station were caused because delibera- such objectives by recognizing openness in govérn- tions were not done in the open. The county commis- sioners can prevent future problems such as lawsuits by being more careful about how they conduct their meet_ Ings. If there are any meetings in which public issues are discussed, I would highly suggest the commissioners Overttow _ Bid will be received by Elva Baum, City Purchiiiig Agent at the office of Midway City Hall, until 4:00 p.m., August 4, 1999 and then at said office publicly open and read aloud. to take all reasonable steps necessary to insure public access to its deliberations and actions. Whenever a close question is presented by the facts and law applicable to a particular meeting, it is the recommendation in favor of open, rather than closed, meetings. A famil- The following excerpt was taken from the Utah County. Pipe will be installed for pee Irrigation. duty to sustain the Open and Public Meetings Act and — about whether the subject material they are discussing should be public, please err on the side of openness. If you don’t, the people of Wasatch County might feel the need to tag you with radio collars so they can tell when | _ (approximately 1700 North and 550 West) in Wasatch. mental affairs as a necessary ingredient thereto. Every public body in the State of Utah has a legal and moral of the Attorney General that such question be resolved 84049 _ Pipe with concrete clean out box and a precast concrete 4-foot manhole. The location is Pine Canyon Road and Public Meetings Act is clearly intended to further do so in the proper manner. If they have any doubts Utah Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of an 18” CM ognizing, and protecting, the freedoms vouchsafed to ment of the provisions of the Utah Open and Public you are getting together in private. | - Midway City Corporation A well-informed citizenry is essential to the preservation of our national, state and local governmental entities which are charged with the obligations of rec- The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS ae locations: iar adage pertaining to Sunshine laws is as follows: “If in doubt, let the sun shine in!” may be examined at the Midway City Hall, 75 North 100 West, Midway City, Utah 84049 Engineering Planning Group, 949 East 12400 South, | Draper, Utah 841020 Therefore, it would be prudent and in keeping with legislative intent to open any meeting where substantial _ doubt exists as to whether the subject matter should a considered in a closed meeting. Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be a | Cc OLL COUNTY crit Jury 27, 1999 obtained at the office of Midwa ration, attn: Elva Baum, City Purchasing Agent , located at 75 North Open and Public Meetings Act Manual that was pub- — 100 West, Midway City, Utah 54082 upon Be $15.00 for each set. a of A pre-bid meeting will be held on July 26, 1999 at 10:00 am at the Midway City Hall. Those interested in bidding for this project must attend this meeting to pre-qualify their company. RUN -AROUND, July 12, 1999 ic, I wanted only bidding and contract records for one job, the fire station. And with good reason. The Architectural Contract we got from the clerk’s office was signed by Commissioner Provost for the Fire _ District when he wasn’t on the Fire Board. Further, the contract is clearly a cost-plus contract, which is so oner- ous it is prohibited twice in the Purchasing Policy. I wasn’t fishing. I had a copy of a contract with two major problems and\ wanted only documents relating to that the things I asked for were there. What was more inter- _ Should get the documents. Commissioner Duke claimed he didn’t have copies of the records. I directed him to the same station. In Wasatch County even when you get the location in the office where I had seen them before and records they are “sanitized for your protection.” lo and behold, the records were found. Commissioner Duke did make good on his promise to deliver the doc- = iy ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Project #99312 Midway City Corporation 75 North 100 West, Midway, Utah | 84049 _ Separate sealed BIDS for the completion of a 12” D.I. esting was what was missing. The records contained a . project. copy of the Architectural Contract, which I had already On Friday I meet with Commissioners Kohler and | obtained from the clerk’s office. Only in this package Provost. Both were extremely helpful and agreed I Exhibit A of the contract was missing. Exhibit A shows Should have immediate access to the records. I was parthe cost of the practically identical Pine Brook station in ticular impressed by Commissioner Provost’s support Summit County at $943,543. The estimates for the. since the signature in question was his. He wasn’t afraid Jordanelle station are shown at between $1,315,344 and © to confront the issue and you’ve got to admire that. After $1,453,998. The contract with the construction manager playing phone tag with Commissioner Duke he called shows a maximum price of $1,858,670. According to me Saturday from the Commission Secretary’s office. I Robert Morris the latest price is $2,270,000. I guess explained that the other commissioners had agreed I someone didn’t want us to know we were paying $1,326,000 more than Pine Brook did for practically the Project Manager culinary water line running along Homestead Road and within the road right of way. Connect at both ends to ; anes 12” D.I. lines. Bid will be received by Elva Baum, City Piiecheciaay Agent at the office of Midway City Hall, until 4:00 p.m., August 4, 1999 and then at said office, pases open and read aloud. _ The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the | mie dreds of documents sounds like a fishing expedition by a legal adversary. However, my request was very specif- Ronald Smith i] request and pay for the research. If true, fa uments. I met Commissioner Duke behind the office and was treated to a lecture about why the press shouidn’t have unfettered access to clearly public documents. Commissioner Duke doesn’t seem to care what county policy states. He made it clear that he supports making — every little request for records go through a GRAMA_ — request, a waiting period and then making us pay for public records even if we have a valid reason for needing them. Quite a contrast with the openness expressed__ | by the other commissioners. What é are some pme at. the county so afraid of? _ What was in the records? Very little. Headly any of ee GRAMA from page 21 CT continued following locations: | Midway City Hall, 75 North 100 West, Midway City, Utah 84049 Engineering Planning Group, 949 East 12400 South, - Draper, Utah 84020 — ~ Copies of the CONTACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of Midway City Corporation, attn: Elva UVSC HEBER CITY CAMPUS UPDATE Microsoft Certified | Network Engineer (MCSE) July Campus Convocation Series of classes designed to prepare you for the Microsoft Certified ae ° Introduction To Personal Computers. $840 “sWin NT Tech Support. Oct25-Nov23 _—«$1,20 *TCP/IP Win NT Server 4.0. 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