Show Council Makes Appointments For Employees for 1958 In a meeting held held held- Tuesday night Moab's new city council heard reports from department heads heard the reading of an ordinance which would govern installation of LP gas appliances and made city appointments Including In the setting of salaries for forthe forthe forthe the coming ye year r as well as disposing dis posing of several Items through th tha course of the meeting which stretched into the early hours of the morning Councilman David Allen who who heads the city's water seWer legal leg al and planning departments re reported reported re-I re ported on en a proposed treatment for the new sewage treatment plant which would make it oper The treatment of treating the interior portions with witha a sealer was as as recommended by consulting engineer Davis Hold Hold- er After hearing a recommendation tion by the department head council members voted to hold off until warmer wanner weather on applying applying ap ap- plying the sealer At that time It was brought out the plant should be ready for operation A discussion of a sewer line tine to south Moab which was taken out during the flood season where it crosses Mill creek followed It was decided by the council that thata a cement dam would be built to protect the line when it was put back in It was reported that without the protection of a dam I the line might well be taken out each flood season making a yearly yearly yearly year year- ly crippling expense and jeopardIzing jeopardizing izing the tle entire lower portion of the sewer system which might be filled with flood debris Appointments and salaries were taken up by Mayor Ken E. E Mc Me- Dougald A list of proposed appoIntments appointments appointments ap ap- ap- ap with salaries was re reviewed reviewed reo re- viewed by the council and with only one exception was passed after some discussion The list pt provided for appointments of th the following city employees City Recorder Administrator Ellis Foote City Attorney A. A Reed Reynolds City Treasurer H. H W Balsley no salary Deputy City Treasurer Donna J. J Nelson Deputy y City Recorder Bea Ben Fern Farn Phillips Custodian Robert Gillespie Oil alt lespie City CHy Court Clerk bail ball clerk and police Clerk Clarene Meadows Fire Chief Marvin Clever Clever Clever Cle Cle- ver Police Chief M. M L. L Christ Christ- ensen Police Officers Eldon Borreson Bor Bor- reson Guy Brinkerhoff and Ross Leach Streets Supervisor Waterworks Superintendent Sew Sew- age Treatment Plant superintendent dent and building Inspector Troy Black Waterworks Superintendent dent Fred Dallmus General Equipment Operator and Sexton Loren Taylor Waterworks Utility man mane Albert Vela Streets Equipment Equip ment Operator Leland Stocks Parks Caretaker James Jamos Hoffman Streets Cl Clean up anup man Edgar Wll- Wll cox The appointments stated above constitute a monthly payroll figure figure fig fig- ure of to the city A re evaluation of the post of City Administrator was undertaken undertaken under under- taken by the council following an October letter to the council from Ellis Foote who had held that position for or over three years as aswell aswell well as that of City Recorder In that letter leMer Mr Foote stated II that it was his plan to terminate his appointment at the end of 1957 However after a reevaluation re re-eval of the position Mr Foote was appointed re-appointed by council action actIon action ac ac- ac- ac tion Tuesday evening Mayor McDougald stated Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- that with the new system I of council members being responsible responsible responsible res res- for specific city departments departments depart depart- ments a good deal of emphasis am and work would be taken from I the city administrator position He stated that Mr Footes Foote's wide exp experience in city administration made him a valuable person to the city and warranted his reappointment reappointment reappointment re- re appointment Tuesday In a resolution passed at the meeting the office was described as an follows The office of City Administrator Administrator shall be for the primary purpose of assisting the Mayor and City Council in conducting the administrative affairs of the City other powers and duties shall be prescribed by statute or law for the office of City Recorder Record Record- er er Mr Foote will continue as City Recorder The tin final l payment on the water end sewer from the Mountainview subdivision was made to the council by Fred Stoye Mountainview official The payment completed the original f thoo subdivided portion of the cost o of putting water and sewer into kite the addition Ralph Miller Jr Sr manager of Millers Miller's Moab op Co-op met with the council in regards to working out a feasible plan for running water and sewer lines Unes to the new Millers Miller's super market located south of Moab on 00 Highway |