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Show CAP Board Seeks ore Authority By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County Commissioners Commis-sioners heard reports from Wasatch Community Television representatives that indicated six Davis County cities will have cable television in less than a year. HAVEN J. Barlow and Hal Oyler, representing Wasatch Community Television, the company which has held the franchise for 10 years in Davis County, said service to some cities in the county will be available by late February or early March. . The company will build a 25 to 50 mile section at a time so some areas will receive the cable programming before others. Cities to get the cable television service are Bountiful, Boun-tiful, North Salt Lake, Kays- ville, Layton, Clearfield and Sunset. All should receive the service by the end of one year, Mr. Oyler said. THE DELAY in implementing the franchise has been in financing, Mr. Barlow said. Franchises will be signed with each city government. In addition to local channels 2, 4 and 5 and the educational channels, three additional channels will be available through the cable service. Mr. Oyler estimated the reception will be 10 per cent better than non-cable television. MR. OYLER said that Wasatch Community Television buys the programming program-ming and charges a monthly rate to those who are connected con-nected to the system. Usually the connection fee is waivered if participants buy the service when the system is being installed in-stalled in their area. Commissioner Stan Smoot asked if the programs were screened. Mr. Oyler said, though they were not, the company is "careful about the types of programs purchased." Salacious television does not sell," he said. MR. OYLER said, although the cable lines follow the telephone company's rights of way, telephone cables cannot carry the color signal. Two inch polyvinyl-chloride cables carry the signal. In other business, the commission com-mission told Carl Chappell, Community Action Director, to inform the CAP board they were to function only in an advisory position. MEMBERS of the CAP advisory ad-visory board had asked Mr. Chappell to request that the county commission give them more authority. Mr. Chappell said he personally felt the board didn't need more power since the commission had never disallowed any decision made by the board. Commissioner Stan Smoot said, "The CAP advisory board has been created at the will of the county commission and is advisory to the commission." com-mission." The commission accepts recommendations from the board, but the board is not in a position to rule on fiscal management, he explained. COMMISSIONER Glen Flint said the board should be strictly advisory. "We took over the board so we'd have control. It was out of control before." Commissioner Flint |