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Show Some Davis Hers Clay Lose Goonty Benefits from the service fees they charge for various services. BARD and NARD employees, em-ployees, however, will not lose out on county-sponsored retirement re-tirement benefits, according to Mr. Holt. THE WHOLE idea behind the proposal, he said, is "that they (workers) get out of the county system." An additional argument was that the two sewer districts are considered "special taxing districts" by the county , a title which gives the operating officers the power to levy -,. taxes for additional service costs. MR. HOLT said the county has also provided many hours of accounting service to the districts, but is having problems prob-lems keeping up with the demand de-mand at present. County Clerk Rodney Walker Wal-ker said the county has been helping the districts "as a courtesy," so they don't have to set up their own payroll. COMMISSIONERS Ernest Eberhard, Glen Saunders and Harry Gerlach were in agreement agree-ment that the deputy auditor's proposal is needed, but were unwilling Tuesday to make a decision until they can talk with the BARD and NARD board members. By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON Employees Em-ployees of the Bay Area and North Area Refuse Disposal districts may be forced out of Davis County's payroll system sys-tem and lose county-sponsored county-sponsored benefits. THE COUNTY commission is studying a proposal from the Davis auditor's office to determine deter-mine whether or not to delete the 25-30 sewer district workers work-ers from county services. Commission members agreed to table a decision on the measure until they can '. meet with the governing members mem-bers of the two districts. DEPUTY AUDITOR Lamar Holt told the commission last Tuesday that since 1959 the BARD and NARD workers have taken advantage of county coun-ty payroll services, and have even been included in some insurance in-surance benefits set up by the county. He said there is some question ques-tion in the auditor's office as to whether the county should provide any further services to the districts since they have their own governing boards and are able to levy taxes to pay for services. SPEAKING ON behalf of the auditor's office, Mr. Holt urged the commission to discontinue dis-continue payroll service and any further county benefits for the two districts. "They are a separate entity and should not be a part of the county," he said. HE CONTINUED that the districts are now capable of gathering additional money |
