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Show City awards bid on 1500 Wesfl weaier Hue Bid was awarded Wednesday of last week to Johansen Construction, who was low bidder on Vernal City's waterline replacement to run parallel to present sewer construction on 1500 West. Johansen's low bid of $176,896 will replace 5,540 feet of waterline north of Highway 40 on 1500 West to several hundred feet past 500 North. Johansen's bid did not include resurfacing 1500 West. Kenneth Bassett, acting city manager, said the city and county have agreed to resurface the road after the waterline is installed. The city will pay the county $30,000 to put asphalt on 1500 West after Vernal City has completed the subbase. The resurfaced road will be seven to eight feet wider than the present road, Bassett said. Councilman Gene Anfinson, public safety committee, who was present when the bid was awarded, said he was concerned about the safety of a wider road along the Kids Canal, which is along the east side of 1500 West. The council then discussed a safety lane or make the road one-way. No decision was made at the meeting, but Anfinson said his committee would make a recommendation recom-mendation shortly about 1500 West. During the summer the canal is fished heavily by youngsters who use 1500 to get access to the canal. Jay Tuff Construction, who installed sewer line along the east bank of 1500 West, has agreed to pay the city $22,000 to resurface the portion of the road they dug up. The water line will run on the west bank of the road. The city council recommended that work on the water system using a Department of Energy (DOE) grant should be put off until the hearing of a city lawsuit with the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District has been heard May 11. Attorneys representing both the city and district have met and discussed the possibility of solving the suit out of court by dividing the water system. If the water system were separated, it would influence the use of the DOE grant. The council also curtailed water extensions outside the city to subdivisions sub-divisions until the lawsuit is heard May 11. Several of the councilmen and the mayor seem positive that progress is being made to separate the water system and solve many of the water problems between the city and the district, out of court. Councilman Jack Stagg said that he didn't feel that they would divide the water system in that "I've been down this road before." Bassett presented to the council a 1982 salary package for the city and asked for suggestions on cost of living increases. From a survey which Bassett conducted con-ducted in several impacted areas in Utah and Wyoming, he suggested several salary adjustments to keep the city competitive. The council suggested that Bassett work with a 9 percent cost of living increase and see the impact it had on the budget. .- r r-" - i .ix-r.--,-i -.- - : . . . . - Uji 1 : v--- , it - ' ""1 . : ft .- ww 1 S -,!S-5 , . . ' l . , ,; i ,.- . S , i , , M w, t -v , ' . ;,- ; ; , , r . Ur s t ' .1, 1 i -- 4 J - - rwfi '-. ;...;:, ..... .A : j ? r t i .s. jrr :: I - a v THE ONE MILLION gallon water tank on Asphalt Ridge began to fill prematurely as nearly near-ly an inch of rain fell over the weekend. A construction con-struction worker fell twenty feet into the tank late Tuesday and suffered a broken wrist and ribs. The tank is being constructed by the Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District. |
