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Show Approve A New Status On COG FARMINGTON County commissioners Tuesday signed a resolution approving non-voting membership status for Hill AFB and the Davis School Board on the Davis County Council of Governments. Govern-ments. UNDER THE resolution, one representative from each entity will be invited to sit in on all the Davis COG meetings. Neither will have the same voting vot-ing privileges held by city and county representatives on the council. In a meeting with county commissioners, Albert Cole, assistant Davis County planning plan-ning director, said each of the COG cities contacted supported sup-ported membership of HAFB and the school board. FINAL APPROVAL of the resolution, however, must be taken care of through the county coun-ty commission. There was no opposition to the plan by Com. Ernest Eberhard and Glen Saunders. Com. Harry B. Gerlach was absent. CURRENTLY, members of the Davis COG include mayors and city officials from each of the participating communities and a representative from the Davis County Commission. Plans to include HAFB and the Davis School Board resulted re-sulted when COG members realized that dealings with the two entities were important to the council on a year-to-year basis. AS A potential energy buyer for a proposed resource recovery recov-ery plant in Davis County. Hill AFB officials were seen as important im-portant additions to the COG board. Likewise, the Davis School Board makes yearly decisions on where Davis County tax dollars should be spent. THE DAVIS COG board meets once a month to discuss mutual problems throughout the county. Syracuse Mayor Boyd Thurgood is 1981 COG chairman. |