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Show Siw k iii if 3i Si Mi l8i IINGTON- Mayors fh S t0Ktake a formal ,hWoni th aPProvin8 a Cfo5nna,efunding formula " IV Onri,lnuaton of the coun-P'rogram coun-P'rogram g enforment nXrs and county Wo,! "!;meetingasthe 4 " y Council of Gov-,rPosa Gov-,rPosa week- heard a o SSheriff Brant f.8fo!',ngaPer "Pita tcle(i, il l ugram- As pro-r$i3 pro-r$i3 nould cost slightly Five persn-rdNvcig persn-rdNvcig have been in- a bl uld continue Net of $134,000. Were the plan adopted, cities would pay the county after July 1 although the plan would be effective retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. IN ADDITION to each city paying its share, totalling $33,896 for Bountiful based on 38,000 population or $5,352 for Clinton based on 6,000 population, popula-tion, for instance, the unincorporated unincor-porated county would contribute contri-bute an equal proportion. An estimated 15,000 residents live in the county, a large portion of that in Val Verda, with the county's share computed at $13,380. Discussion was almost totally total-ly in support of the program and funding formula. COG Chairman Ernest Eberhard said, "We've had tremendous cooperation. It's really creating creat-ing a good atmosphere for law enforcement. There's much less talk about drugs now (since a recent 'drug bust')." WHILE SOUNDING support sup-port Sunset Mayor Norman Sant said more had to be done. "I personally know of twice as many in my town who are buying and selling drugs (than were affected by the drug bust). It's just the tip of the iceberg." But Davis County School Board representative, Jay Stephens, said he was "thankful" "thank-ful" for the drug bust because conditions had improved in the secondary schools from "zoos" previously. BUT SOME mayors aired-feelings aired-feelings related to funding. Mayor Grant Secrist of West Bountiful said the program is a county one and funding should come from the county rather than each city while Syracuse Mayor Boyd Thurgood voiced concern that he wanted to know whether the cities would continue to pay a portion so that his city's budget could be determined in the future. And Centerville Mayor Golden Gol-den Allen said, "We want to make sure this just isn't opening open-ing the door to something else (further city funding participation)." participa-tion)." AT PRESENT, four men on me drug enforcement unit come from the Sheriff's Office 'm the fifth provided by Bountiful police. In a brief in-eryiew in-eryiew after the meeting Sher- Johnson said he considered lie program "very successful' and added that morale of law enforcement officers was v'ery high." The special drug unit has been in operation for less than a year, tb |
