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Show Jail Will Have Auxiliary Power By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON For a one-time payment pay-ment of $6,000. the new Davis County jail will have access to an auxiliary power source. Sheriff Brant Johnson told county commissioners last week. THE SOURCE of that power is the county coun-ty sewer district, whose workers have already announced plans to construct their own secondary power source. And since most power generators are hard to find and equally as expensive. Sheriff Johnson would like to tie-in to the sewer district's program. When plans for the jail were finalized, a clause, calling for the installation of an emergency power system, was included. An additional $6,000 was set aside for that installation. HOWEVER, when it came time to make the installation, the sheriffs department discovered that the sewer district w as moving mov-ing toward a similar system. Sheriff Johnson told commissioners Tuesday he would rather share the district's dis-trict's power source than try and come up with sufficient funds to operate a singular system for the jail only. HE ASKED the commission to allow the sheriffs department to pay the budget $6,000 to the sewer district for the service. Power from the district's generator would be used to light and keep in operational opera-tional condition important electrical machinery inside the jail. THE $6,000 payment. Sheriff Johnson said, will be a "one-time" installment. The sewer district must have an auxiliary power system due to requirements established estab-lished by various environmental protection groups, he said. SHERIFF JOHNSON said a contract for the tie-in has been drawn up by the county attorney. The county commission, though quiet, appeared supportive of Sheriff Johnson's plan. |