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Show ML Top Tg DodG FD(D)(o! PtoIMm Co"! will not take action on flood control Creek at 200 West 4th North until it determines fnty responsibility should be if the water inlet is on '"""ferry. ' 'AGER Grant Petersen said the city wasat-, wasat-, iSoive th flooding problem at Barton Creek when I Wered the water inlet was on private property. The ,r( Laplace the inlet with a larger culvert which f 5t2 waterintne event of a flood. J my discovered the culvert was located on private 2d by Don Bangerter, officials questioned ' ( as the city's responsibility. Jl-RSEN said the council must decide whether the j ; . be involved in spending money solvmg water j Dr'vate property Whatever decision is made i may set a precedent. Mr Petersen noted the city met with the Utah State Hiehway Department, which agreed to participate in 50 of the cost of enlarging the culvert under the highway. If the citv decides to participate with the highway department, the plan will also call for a change in the course of the stream. COST TO THE city would be 130,000, with the highway deoartment picking up the tab for the other $30,000. The hiSrwav department wants to enlarge the culvert all the way. This would involve Mr. Bangerter's property since the inlet hni where the water goes underground, belongs to Mr. Bangerter. "The first responsibiliity is Mr. Bangerter's," Mr Petersen said. Councilman Sterling Beesley argued that, if the city agreed to solve one flooding problem originating on private property, this might set a precedent. "THIS IS something different because the highway department depart-ment would not be involved in other flooding sites. Since we can't get the state to participate in each case, this would rule out other requests." Mayor Morris Swapp said he felt the city could not take action ac-tion until it checked with Mr. Bangerter. The council agreed not to take action until Mr. Bangerter is contacted. IN ANSWER to a question by resident Halley Thomas, Mr. Petersen said the position of power manager has not yet been filled. The position became open when Berry Hutchings, former power plant manager was named power resource director last month. Mr. Petersen said Vaun Bethers has been named as acting power plant manager until a permanent manager can be named in six or seven months. The city has advertised nationally for the position. Applicants from Florida, Michigan and California, as well as in-state residents, applied for the position. THE CITY decided on an applicant from California and offered of-fered him the position. He rejected the offer because the salary was too low, Mr. Petersen said. The salary for the position is $19,416 the city personnel office said. Responding to a question from Dee Tingey, who asked why the position had been created. Councilman Beesley said the present job was "too much for Mr. Hutchings to handle." THE POWER commission determined Mr. Hutchings work load was too severe, and so created the two positions-power operations manager, and power resource manager, he said. In a later interview, Mr. Hutchings said he could not comment com-ment on the matter. |