Show I City Ci y Officials s Defend ie De-ie d Emergency Em Tax T x and nd Parking P g Meters M t s Moab city officials again ran aran rallied r Ito i ito ito to the defense of their theft oft attacked attacKed attacK- attacK ed city sales tax business license levy and the In installation of parkIng parking parking park park- ing meters in the business area at the postponed session of the city council Tuesday night at the city elty hall The latest attack on the two Is Issues Issues issues Is- Is sues had come from the retail busIness bus bug Iness committee of the Grand County Chamber of Commerce the city officials met Wednesday at the regular Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- meeting of the board of directors of the chamber of com com- erce cree Much of Tuesdays Tuesday's session was taken up with mapping the defenses ses for the Wednesday meeting at which time Ellis Foote city administrator administrator administrator admin admin- presented figures on retail re retail retail re- re tail sales within the city both before before be be- fore and since the enactment of the tax and putting in of the parking parkIng parking park park- ing meters It was pointed out that an alternate alternate alternate alter alter- nate plan presented by the chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of commerce group would produce produce produce pro pro- duce only about 10 per cent of the present levy and sorely needed funds for the operation of the city The council also voted to limit the payment of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Insurance policies for employees and volunteer firemen with the difference required for family benefits to be paid by the individual This action will mean a aI savings of about 2000 per year I to the city I The city then approved the hiring hirIng hir hir- hir- hir ing tag of Del Taylor to take over the duties of cemetery sexton the city dog pound and serve as general city maintenance man at a salary of per month The council cou also aiso authorized the filing of complaints in the justice of the peace court against two persons persons persons per per- sons in Moab who have refused to tor r on with sewer sewer connections of of the city sanitation code The complaints were filed flied by Fred Dalmus city water superintendent superintendent superintendent at t the request of Mike Belangie Be- Be tangle langle city sanitation officer The city also approved a pay raise for Dalmus under the merit system of pay raises adopted some sometime sometime time ago by the city The only other action of the council to be taken at Tuesdays Tuesday's meeting was to approve the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase of sand filter from the Wa Wa- Water Water Water ter Works Equipment company of Salt Lake City to be installed on one of the new city water wells in the southeast portion of the city L w F t rr r. r m r vi TT f i- i 4 w J i i r- r Rv ia rip wV wM S MB tf- tf wl T 33 V. V I t y ut h c NATURAL GAS ON TILE THE WAY scanting at the site Bite where the first gouge Into the earth was made In the Walker subdivision subdivision sub sub- division the trio playing major roles In bringing bringing- natural gas gasto gasto to Moab look over the work and sweeping eyes take In the scope of work to come Left to right they are John Bud Ball superintendent super super- of Dobson Brothers construction company contractors on the gas sas line project L. L L L. Laughlin of Salt Lake City president president dent of Utah Gas Service company and Robert Osborne manager of the Moab office of Utah Gas Service Below shows a general scene of workmen preparing for the laying laying- of the line a short distance behind the ditcher Photos by my William Wililam G. G Harding ft l rit i tad v f t l t i L. L W VW 3 TV v Mt M- M 4 e t V T M will present program Monday night at the regular regular reg reg- ular monthly membership meeting of the Grand County Chamber of ot Commerce Musselman only dude rancher In I the Moab area will show slides of scenic locations In southeastern Utah some well known and others seldom visited Arrangements for the program were made by Dick Pizza program committee chairman AU All chamber members are urged to attend and will be notified of ot the time and place of the meeting Wednesdays Wednesday's meeting was devoted devoted devoted devo devo- ted largely to discussion of ot parkIn parkIng parking park- park In Ing meters and the city business license tax Mayor J. J W. W Corbin City Administrator Ellis Foote and city councilmen attended the session to present the city's stand standon on the two Issues which had been criticized by the businessmen's committee of the chamber In other business Wednesday chamber directors adopted a resolution reso reso- resolution lution urging that the Defense Minerals Exploration Administration tion take prompt I action faction on loan applications It was explained that some applicants who wilo have been awaiting action for tor several months have been een informed only that their requests were being studied The directors also endorsed plans for organizing a country club here William G. G Harding chairman of the businessmen's committee announced announced announced an an- a merchandising festival planned for tor mid-July mid has been postponed until later Chamber directors were extended extend extend- ed an invitation to attend the annual annual ari- ari an an- nual nuat city employees employee's dinner to be beheld beheld held Saturday night Because next Wednesday falls faUs faUson on the Fourth of July next weeks week's board meeting has been canceled and directors will not meet again until July 11 U. |