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Show k -vTOM BUSSELBERG Itf .MINGTON - Davis :fM,ncil o' Govern- ",mbe have voiced ' w the Hooper N 1 vote during their 19 !i- ,c r.iOVr of mayors lthe general elec-&. elec-&. S 7 where voters in I 15 and Weber coun-"! coun-"! decide the issue at iisabout 3,700acres 01 1 six sq"are miles of 14 f iacent to Weber V ' Jest of Clinton and Jnl and also north of - wo communities. ' i hundred people ilive "Viscounty side of an unincorporated J ' raddling two counties n ?'r,.ti mostly by an , :!? ry school and LDS "wring the name on ifber County side. . b; Residents collected jt an names to place the 51 1! : j annexation from ' '-county into Weber '"'l ion the ballot of the v -.. election. Voters in "f , counties must approve tBV- the transfer by a majority or it fails. County Commissioner Glen Flint, who lives about a mile from the area, said the move was made because, 'The citizens ci-tizens go to church and school in Weber County and are oriented to Weber County. I sympathize with living that way but don't think there is that much hardship." IN A meeting with Commissioner Com-missioner Flint, Commission Chairman C.E. "Bill" Moss and Weber County Commissioner Commis-sioner Doug Hunt, it was determined de-termined $47,000 in annual taxes would be lost but Commissioner Com-missioner Flint said taxes aren't the real issue. "I've been opposed to the move since the beginning. Davis County is the smallest county in the state land-wise (covering (cover-ing 297 square miles) and if we let them annex away what's to say South Weber wouldn't do it also." He said a state statute allows such action where an area straddles two counties but added that deannexation from one county into another had never been done before in Utah. "They (Hooper residents) said they'd be forced into Davis County schools but Supt. Bernell wngley said that was the first he d ever heard of it but if Weber County didn't want the students, Davis County would have buses there to take them." "WE COULD lose seven to . eight miles of road and all of the roads are in good shape except for one-half mile that isn't paved but the road from Weber County is gravel." He added that residents had no complaints about snowplow or road service from Davis County. IN MAKING the motion opposing op-posing deannexation, Center-ville Center-ville Mayor Golden Allen said, "I'm concerned about the trend (q deannexation). One thing leads to another." And South Weber Mayor Rex Bouchard said, "A few years ago a few people in South Weber wanted to dean-nex." dean-nex." Residents of that city are closely connected to Weber County for shopping and church although a Davis County School District facility was opened there two years ago. IN OTHER action, mayors were asked to provide input, to Commissioner Moss on projects they feel should receive funding priorities by Utah Gov. Scott Matheson. Ron Wertz of the Wasatch Front Regional Council said data collected would be used to update a WFRC economic development study listing funding possibilities. Funding Fund-ing is received from the federal government through the Four Corners Regional Commission including Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. The COG backed a plan calling for decentralization of water pollution control from the Denver Federal Environmental Environ-mental Protection Agency to the state level with $400,000 possible to set up a staff over a three to five year period. THE GROUP split eight to four over a $90,000 application from the State Division of Health for an infertility project. Joe Moore, county planning director, said the project would give infertility counsel to childless couples through such groups as the Planned Parenthood Association Associa-tion in Salt Lake City. Noting the target population isn't well-defined, he said most affected af-fected live south of Provo, meaning the program would have little impact on Davis County. The majority would be low-income. Clinton Mayor Keith Cisney voiced opposition. "It appears inconsistent that on one end you have people on the welfare wel-fare rolls and on the other end you want to give them information infor-mation to help them have kids." JOINING MAYOR Cisney in opposition were County Commissioner Wendell N. Zaugg, Mayor Bouchard and Syracuse Major Boyd Thur-good. Thur-good. The council also approved an application by the Davis County Housing Authority for $124,000 in federal funds for a community development grant to complete repairs on owner-occupied homes in Clearfield. Project concentration concentra-tion will be in the Ross Drive and Villa Street areas. A SPLIT vote was also recorded for an advocacy assistance as-sistance act affecting senior citizens in convalescence homes. According to Mr. Moore, the $50,000 funding would basically provide an attorney and ombudsman for those living in nursing homes. A toll-free "hot line" would be set up for residents to discuss dis-cuss legal matters with those officials. In opposing the project. Mayor Cisney said, "I ques. tion the need for it. Mavbe we need a consolidation of services. ser-vices. I have nothing against the elderly but just question the way money is spent." COMMISSIONER Flint said, "If they can afford $1,500 a month for a nursing home they probably don't need this." But Mayor Gar Elison of Kaysville, associated profes- sionally with state social service ser-vice programs said, "We have a number who are locked into these nursing homes by their kids who would just like to leave them there and this measure could provide a means against that. THOUGH THE majority favored the proposal. Mayors Cisney and Thurgood voted nay. |