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Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 1)67 EAST 3RE SOUTH SALT LAKE CITT, UT AAlll City Signs Bank Loan Funds Intact For New City Operations WEST VALLEY. Paychecks were to West Valley City employes for the first time Friday. Payday followed the signing one day earlier of a loan agreement with Zions First National Bank for $1.5 million. The bank agreed to purchase $1.5 million in tax anticipation notes from the city, calculating that sales tax revenue generated within the city will pay off that amount, plus in- presented health, engineering County commissioners Monday also asked their attorneys to investigate the possibility of charging West Valley for the costs of the dism- - services, highway services, building permit, planning and zoning, 911 emergency and animal control services. corporation election. Those costs are estimated to be in the $10,000 range. City officials Thursday also approved a contract for large animal terest. five-yea- The interest rate is 6.75 percent, said Donald L. Herzog, Zions First Nationals vice president and marketing officer. City officials termed the interest percentage excellent, noting that until it is spent, the money will be left in the bank earning 8V2 percent interest. West Valleys municipal status makes it tax exempt and eligible for the low interest rate, according to Mike McCoy, an attorney for the CHIEF . . . David Campbell formally became West Valley City' first police chief at Thurt-dacommission meeting. y West Valley - League of Cities and Towns who is helping the city with matters relating to incorporation. The loan agreement will help pay for city expenses, including employe contracts, leases on police cars, equipment, daily operations and the new city hall. It does not cover contracts signed with the county that same day for 11 The County municipal services. Commission ratified those contracts Monday. A contract covering business licensing was not signed along with the others because of minor technical problems. The difficulties involved beer licenses, which run on a July 30 timetable, while other licenses operate according to the calendar year. Terms of the contracts specify that West Valley residents will pay the same fees for those services as do residents of the unincorporated count- Campbell Is Chief Of Police WEST VALLEY. With city status secured, West Valley City officials have begun filling the ranks of their administration. Several key appointments were made during the week, including the announcement that David C. Campbell would become the citys first police chief. Campbell had organized the new citys police department while serving as acting chief on loan from Salt Lake City. Formerly-- a major in the capital citys department, he also served on the Salt Lake City Commission. Campbell brings with him a compatriot from the Salt Lake City force, Gerald Maughan, who will serve as assistant police chief. Commissioners Jerry Wagstaff and Renee Mackay Tuesday appointed Ron Day, an unsuccessful commission candidate in February, as their administrative assistant. Scott Stowers will be the citys constable under Justice of the Peace Bruce Larsen. Negotiations were under way at press time for a personnel director. I never had a minutes hesitation. Im really pleased hes our chief, Commissioner Mackay said of the hiring of Campbell. Its a good deal for the city in getting him. He has expertise - he doesnt have knowledge, to y- The agreements cover at least one year, but many are expected to be terminated on Jan. 1. The county must be notified of terminations by Oct. 1, the contracts state. In the meantime, the county will continue to provide sanitation, street lighting, traffic engineering, fire, Can you find a baby-sitte- r through a Green Sheet classified ad? You bet! Ask Sherrie Crus of Taylorsville. Her ad in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers produced 14 calls on the day the ad first appeared and many more the following day. she added. Campbells former supervisor, Salt babysitter. Dapewiitbia, kir.d, r olds. flexible for one and NTEO Lake City Chief of Police E. L. (Bud) Willoughby, also said the city made a wise choice in its selection. He (Campbell) has all the management style and capabilities to help the new city. And he knows the workings of the County Sheriffs Department and Salt Lake Citys. That helps a lot, Willoughby said. Although he acknowledged it was hard to lose an officer of Campbells capabilities, Willoughby said it reflects well on his department. Its a tribute to the Salt Lake City Police Department when one of its men comes through the ranks and becomes chief of that department or that of a sister city like w'e have here, he remarked As chief, Campbell will receive $34,740 annually, not including benefits. Maughns salary is listed at about $30,000. Maughn has 16e years of police experience, ranging from patrol and traffic duty to investigative supervision, recruitment and one year as a field commander. He will be in charge of management and directing the duties of the force, noting that his goal is to build a professional department. Ill be hard on my officers if need be. Day is a former legislative research analyst and holder of masters degrees in social work from the University of Utah and BYU. He previously served as social services director at a bqys ranch. A Hunter resident, his duties will in large part consist of writing grant requests, doing research for the com- five-yea- was really surprised and happy shell tell you. Green Sheet classifieds are the I at the response, marketplace. They reach more than 50,000 homes where over 210,000 potential readers reside. mid-valle- to place your ad. Save Dial by paying before it runs. 262-668- 2 $1 GRANITE PARK. Board members and top level ad-- ' ministrators in Granite School District used a tax anticipation note sale as a vehicle for criticism of county government practices that they say cost taxpayers dearly. In its regularly scheduled session Tuesday night the board was forced to sell $5 million in tax anticipation notes, with Zions Bank offering the best interest rate, 5.499, among five bidders. Superintendent John Reed Call inquired of the districts financial officer Briant Badger if there would be a savings to taxpayers if the district was not required to sell such notes to y continue its operations. Badger responded that annually the district pays about $250,000 in such interest charges. If that were multiplied times the states 40 day-to-da- districts, plus 48 other taxing districts in Salt Lake County alone, here's a point leave messages for people we cant contact. Simple requests that they call back at their opportun- do; dont. With some folks its almost a command per- formance indoc- trinated to return telephone calls. With others, its challenge some THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY Jhe. Green Sheet USPS 656-38- 0 Continuing the Valley View News Published weekly at 15S E 4905 South Salt Lake City UT 04107 Second class postaqe paid at Salt Lake City UT 84119 Subscription rate, $12 50 per year Volume26, Number 17, 1980 Rich Holds Two Seats All 28 departments - PLANNER 262 6682 a of sort. Their reasoning, perhaps, is, This guy whnts to get in touch with me, eh? Well, if he wants to talk bad enough hell cal! again. . . . Budd Rich I Wt chairman of Volley Planning Commlsilon after lerving on county board. - Chairman Providing Planning Continuity Ties hetw een the city and the county, howevt , are more than contractual. West Valleys first Planning Commission chairman will be Budd Rich, a member of the county board for more than a year and currently The closest WEST VALLEY. cooperation between city official's here and the county is likely to involve a key issue in the original incorporation campaign - planning and zoning. Through a contractual agreement signed by West Valley City officials this week, the county staff will continue to handle technical preparations for all applications, forwarding their recommendations to a city planning board. its vice chairman. Because of legal requirements involving notification of a hearing, the citys planning commission will not meet before July 24, said Commissioner Jerry Wagstaff, whose portfolio covers planning and zoning. Since that is a holiday, an Aug 1 is also a possibility, he added. The countys planning and zoning practices were cited frequently in the start original incorporation campaign as a reason to form a municipality. Many incorporation proponents maintained that local control over planning would end county policies which they claimed were making the area a dumping ground for multiple unit housing developments and mobile home parks. - many of whom are forced to sell tax anticipation notes, taxpayers are sum for paying a considerable governments inability to adequately handle its money matters. The district has previously filed suit against the county for late payment of tax money. The county serves as the collection agency. No satisfaction was obtained through the suit, although an appeal of a district court decision has been launched. Badger contends that the county treasurer is not meeting state statutes in his handling of money in Salt Lake County. The tax notes sold Tuesday will mature in a years time. Board members also expressed concern that the district has what is known in financial circles as a double-rating. The general feeling is that Granite deserves a triple-- rating. That is backed up by the fact that despite its rating, the district is getting triple-- rates on most bid issues. However, board members are not A satisfied with that, wanting assurance by the higher rating that the best interest rates will be available. The boards fiscal agent, Lyle Larson, an officer with First Security Bank, suggested that a more favorable time to seek the new rating would be when the district has from the received authorization public to sell additional bonds. Following philosophical discussion of that issue, it was determined that the board would hold a work session to determine if Mr. Larson should be instructed to seek the higher rating. The board recognizes that despite what appears to be an unfavorable climate for asking the public for more money, the explosive growth on the west side of the district is sure to mandate a bond election in the not too distant future. Completion of Taylorsville high school and Bennion junior high will exhaust the $47 million bond authorization of five years ago. Although Granite has not nearly approached its bonding limits, it is not likely that further bonding could be accomplished without a tax increase. The board also set salaries for its superintendency. same 12.1 percent increase granted most employes was extendThe ed, as well as an increase in annuities and mileage allowance. At that time, Granite Education Assn, representative Bob Pierce, expressed his concerns about the boards concern expressed in a previous meeting about teachers refusing to have the starting salary step increased by a higher percentage than was granted to other teachers. County officials have repeatedly denied the accusation and several have said city planners will be hard pressed to enact different practices The city's planning commission has yet to meet, but already anywhere from two dozen to 30 or 40 applications are awaiting hearings, according to County Planning Director Clayne Ricks Ricks said he expects a close working relationship between the city and county, pointing out that his department has been preparing for months for the transition A WVC (West Valley City) designation has been assigned to area applications ever since the February incorporation election, he pointed out Richs presence as the planning chairman should aid matters considerably by providing a measure of continuity to the process, he added. Its most important for the city to have an experienced chairman Rich knows what goes into the planning process. Hes intelligent, realistic, has good experience (he joined the county board in June, 1979) and his attendance is good, the county official noted. r Rich will be heading a board including Keith Sorensen, Gerald Larson, Janice Fisher, Walter Ewell, Edgar Todd and Don Harwood The transition period seems certain to double the meeting schedule for the county planning staff. Staff members will continue to attend two county meetings (planning and county commissions) and will now add hearings before the citys planning board and its commissioners as well. They will also have to prepare two agendas and arrange for two field trips every other week, Ricks noted. seven-membe- by Jim Cornwell So In the business of gathering and interpreting news, we often some loan as Mayor Henry (Hank) Price Action Is Costly For Schools the commissioners. Joan Obray has been named secretary for the commissioners. ity. Some anticipation looks on. Wefli Oatoj District Points Finger At County Delays missioners and compiling and He also will evaluating repjrts. prepare an annual budget report for first IT'S OFFICIAL . . . West Valley Commissioner Renee Mackay uses new city seal on Zions Bank tax Thursday, July 'Sitter Found Fast! reach for pickup. The city will pay $250 per month to remove large animals, such as horses or cows, which have, for example, been struck by vehicles on the highway. In other matters, West Valley officials instructed budget director Randy Baker to look into the purchase of two gasoline storage tanks for the city. Purchase and installation of the tanks will cost about $17,000 over a r period, estimated CommisHe also is sioner Jerry Wagstaff discussing the purchase of gas for the tanks w ith local refineries. City officials formally invited area service groups to appoint a representative to the citys advisory board and awarded $1,200 for materials for the citys float in the Days of 47 parade The city float will be entitled, Strength through Unity, according to Earl Anthony. saying, they crumple the message and toss it in File 13. We dont mind leaving a message asking for most anyone to call back except . , . There are two guys we know that we hate to leave our name and phone number for. Theyre good friends, too. But they have one thing in common that constitutes a mental block and makes it very difficult. Both are psychiatrists. Those medical people who deal with folks with mental disorders or emotional problems. Everybody knows what a psychiatrist does. You can toss other medical spe- cialties at the rank and file and they cant tell you whether that means they repair ingrown toenails or eliminate psoriasis. But use the word psychiatrist on em and they respond immediately with some thing out of the vernacular They may not have the faintest idea how he goes about it, but they know a psychiatrist tries to screw heads on straight without surgery. So whats wrong with leaving your name and phone number with the receptionist or the answering service of a psychiatrist? How is that any different than asking the Mayor or the principal or the director of the drum and bugle corps to call you? Probably it isnt different at all. Its just our reaction. Somehow we hear little wheels clicking in the mind of the person taking the message and it disturbs us. Chances are the clicking we in the telephone line. But it seems so realistic and we can almost translate the language! Cornwell? theyre musing Is hear is that the one known for choral direction? No thats Cornwall. That number he left Ive read it somewhere. Yeah! Thats it - the newspaper. This is the guy that writes that stuff on the bottom of the front page. Sure no surprise hes tryin to get ahold of the Doc Ive always suspected he had a screw loose. Most newspaper people arent playin with a full deck anyway. Hmmm - whaddya suppose his problem is? He was pretty evasive about it didn't want to say why he wanted to talk to the Doc. And thats the worst kind - the ones that - - -- - - wont talk. Meanwhile, hadnt hung were wishing up. Or we that we hadnt called in the first place. Imagine! Theyll hang that message up right in his office and who knows wholl read it the maintenance man? Good Lord - he goes from one office - to another and talks to all sorts of people. Listen, we can hear him sayin dont tell nobody, see, but the strain is gettin to that newspaper guy, Cornwell. I see hes tryin to get an appointment with the shrink down the hall. Bet hes got real problems! - If not the maintenance man, then perhaps the telephone repairman if he gels called to the doctors office. Or one of his patients. Do people who consult psychi- atrists have an organization, like Alcoholics Anonymous? Maybe one of em will call and see if wed like to come to the next meeting. And hear a talk and see a film on psychoceramics. Crackpots in laymans language. Its no laughing matter, this bus iness of ps chiatry They have to sit there by the couch and listen to people with problems all day long. And the worst ones, we know from the movies, they have to put under hypnosis by swinging their watch back and forth and muttering, Sleep; go to sleep. When I count three you'll be asleep. Or something like that. It's probably absurd, our reluctance to let anybody know were trying to reach a psychiatrist. After all, its only to discuss whether hes going to attend the masquerade ball of the Rotary club. And right there is the core of the problem! If some friend should find out about the message we left for the psychiatrists - and ask why we wanted to talk to him, wed give that explanation. And we know down deep hed look askance, wink solemnly and say, Sure, sure -and did you tell him it was George Washington or Napoleon calling? . |