Show Starts Stis Plans for New Hew City Hall H Building Plans for Cor a new city hall hail and library for Bount Bountiful ul are under way vay Action started last Tuesday evening evening evening eve eve- ning when the capital improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments committee voted to put the building on top of or its priority list and r recommended the city council council coun coun- cil select an architect Wednesday evening during a special meeting the cit city council hired Richard to draw Mr did considerable considerable con work on a city hall and librarY several years ago Decision by the capital improve improvements improvements improvements ments committee came after a discussion of pressing cit city needs But the Ule group felt Celt the city halland hall halland halland and library building most pressing press press- ing Fred Oliver of or Wells Baxter and Miller auditors of the city books was invited to the meeting meet meet- meeting ing to discuss financing He told the committee the general general gen gen- eral cral fund Iund should meet all routine operating expenses and equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment such as trucks etc for lor operation with the possible exception exception exception ex ex- ex- ex of fire trucks This Tills fund lund should be stable not jumping up and down from Crom year to year ear Otherwise ise citizens will not be bale baleto baleto baleto to follow what the council is trying trying trying try try- ing to accomplish he said Bountiful should have enough in its general fund now to take care of oC the he growth gro and regular needs he pointed out Capital improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments money should be used Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the purchase of oC land construction and equipment of or buildings and the improvement of oC buildings he said It is not wise ise to put more mone money in the general fund than will be needed because U this s will lead to waste Mr Oliver said In this regard it is wise ise to keep the new sales tax revenue separate separate separate separ separ- ate from the general fund lund and use it for or improvements In this way the city will get more use from the money and will be able to see exactly where each dollar gues goes he said Next the committee investigated ed the amount of money available for a city hall Would it be possible possible pos pos- sible ble Mr Oliver said if the city will build its capital improvements within the estimated sales tax revenue it will be alright This Will amount to within th tint the next five e years Then if a extra is needed at times the city could use inter interdepartmental inter departmental loans or tax anticipation notes In this way no vote would be required for Cor bonds on a city hall hail and library Ezra Clark said it would be bea a sad situation on if iC the city can not build many fine capital improvements improvements im improvements im- im for Cor a half million dollars Lets Let's not even think of bonding or other means he said So plans are arc now starting If U all goes well weIl building might be able to start this spring The committee also looked at other items that will need money money money mon mon- ey now or in the near future Two items discussed were roads and storm sewer L. L F. F Eckman said we have got to put down some good roads in Bount Bountiful We are paying paying pay pay- ing for lor them through wrecked and damaged cars cars and still do donot donot not have them he said Mr 11 Oliver said it pays to put putdown putdown putdown down good roads rather than putting all of the road money into maintenance Thin roads are a waste of oC money A good base topped with adequate asphalt will with stand at least ten years of use he said The street department has some money left over from Crom 1959 to be used this year it was pointed out The money was not used Because the streets w were re reaU all aU being dug up for Cor pressure irrigation lines City Engineer Don Burningham Burningham Burning Burning- ham estimated it will take for lor storm drains This would install some 30 inch drains and smaller but it would not cover any of the main drainage creeks Mr 1 Eckman said it should not require so much at this time All that is needed is to pick up the water at a few strategic points and run it into creeks and other natural dra drainage drain nage n- n age areas The committee will meet again next Tuesday evening |