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Show T " ? :;77 i " i P n ' ! '-s-i v 1 '- f i, . ' : " - -s ,a Mayor W. D. McDougald is looking forward to 1975 with confidence, ready to tackle both expected and unforseen problems with the aid of other City administrators and officers. Mayor Paces Ye&r With Optimism m Mayor William D. Mc-ougald Mc-ougald says that he feels le Moab City Admini-tration Admini-tration is settling into n orderly system after a year of experimenting in several areas. 1974 began not only with a new Mayor, but also with a new City Recor- der, Dick Unger, who was appointed by Mayor McDougald. Mc-Dougald. I. D. Nightingale Nightin-gale was appointed to fill trie position on the Council Coun-cil held by the Mayor prior to his election. A couple of experienced mn with the Water and Sewer Dept. were lost during 1974, as well as a competent police officer, of-ficer, which meant that in these areas, trial and error was the case until un-til experience was gained by all the new employees employ-ees and officers. Mayor McDougald said that there were numerous numer-ous differences in being Mayor, as opposed to being be-ing a Councilman, a position po-sition "hey-held for fourteen four-teen years. He says that he is happy with this new position and feels the City Administration is maintaining main-taining City affairs efficiently. ef-ficiently. The Mayor said that his administration is not planning to expand in any area, since inflation is tightening the belt around the City budget. The City is, however, fully behind the Mill Creek Dam proposal pro-posal now being investigated. investi-gated. Improvements to the water system are also al-so being made for use during critical months of the summer. |