| Show City Improvement Bids to be beLet beLet beLet Let Alcohol Arrests Zoom The Vernal City Council met Wednesday of last week at the city office Of interest to Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal residents is that Vernal city streets curbs and gutters will get a face lifting as soon as bids are let and weather per mite mils LAN LANNY NY KAY engineer for forthe forthe forthe the Uintah Engineering and Land Surveying commented there wasn wasn't t as many protests as a's had been been expected A surprising surprising sur fact Was that protests were In the areas where people use streets as sidewalks council coun coun- cil noted Lloyd Eaton appeared before the council to present his protests protests' pro tests tests' Other residents appeared appear ed before the meeting with their protests The city took position that if the majority of the peo pie on a block protested construction construction con con- would not take place AGAIN CLAUDIUS Banks chief of police reported that alcoholism was op 09 the upgrade in January Many of the lies are welfare c cases ses and spend their checks on liquor in instead tead of applying it to their needs said Chief Banks Backs In his bis report there were 38 adults arrested and 13 juveniles a total of 51 arrested for January Twenty Twenty- seven of these were drunks Other arrests In included eluded one for three thefts over 50 one for speeding four for failing fail fall ing to stop at stop signs two for lack of drivers license one car impounded for overtime parking tickets one stolen vehicle ve ve- hicle hide one recovered two I drunk drivers four for fighting nine for disturbing the peace two on warrants A TOTAL OF 13 warning tickets tic were Issued Meter tickets issued amounted to of these were returned 24 dogs were destroyed Complaints for January totaled 35 Police investigated investigated in in- 14 accidents Tickets were issued for three illegal parking one for illegal possession pos session of alcohol one for lor driving one for failure failure fail fail- ure to and one for illegal equipment Chief Banks stressed that cars parked over 72 hours in one area and other cars parked in inthe inthe inthe the wrong direction will be given given en warning tickets and the next offense will result in an arrest Chief Banks' Banks report showed spent in Dec December for keeping prisoners in the county jail According to Chief Banks' Banks re report report report re- re port Tuesday Januarys January's s cost of the prisoners totaled as Vernal City City's s share of the expense ex pense OTHER BUSINESS conducted conduct conduct- ed at the meeting was a letter from R R. R W W. Patterson relating to a previous fuel bid bid Gene Ray Hall lIall councilman explained explain explain- ed a letter from the Del Rio Country Club concerning Rod Evans golf pro a discussion of Carl Searles Searle's s request for sewer sewer sew sew- er connection prior to installation installation lation of curb and gutter This is for three lots and snow being being be be- ing placed ou Ill streets from service service ser ser- vice stations this was referred to the streets and safety committee committee com com- Present at the meeting were Mayor Alvin Kay City Manager Manag Manag- er Buell Bennett Secretary Dixie B B. B Hacking Chief of Police Police Pol Pol- ice lee Claudius Banks City Attorney Attorney ney Wl Whitney D D. Hammond Councilmen Sam Snyder Gene Ray Hall lIall Jack Allred and Harvey Harvey Har lIar vey Madsen Lyman Merkley Lloyd Eaton Marion larion A A. A min and L Lanny K f ay 1 I 4 M ati |
