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Show less of the procedure followed follow-ed for annexation. The proposed annexation lies north of Mountain View Estates, with a strip of land between it and the already annexed subdivision. It's all east of Highway 257. In other business, Recorder Record-er Jones reported the power bill dropped from April to May for pumping water by $130.00. Not a significant drop, except that in normal years the difference between April and May pumping is about a 33 to 50 increase. At the same time otherpow-er otherpow-er bills took a normal increase. in-crease. While statistics are not adequate to say that watering water-ing hours have reduced pumping pump-ing costs, the evidence would indicate that this may well be so. While the purpose of the watering days and hours was to facilitate fire protection by keeping adequate water in the tanks, the lower power bills may be an added benefit. bene-fit. In the continuing battle with the Dept. of Health, the last water samples contained bacteria. However, they (Continued on Page 2) A petition for annexation of 366.52 acres was presented pre-sented to the Council by Del-mar Del-mar Kirk Monday night in behalf of himself and Curtis J. Armstrong, Lucille Arm -strong and Jack B. Kirk. The question arose as to whether the property is contiguous con-tiguous as defined and required re-quired by Utah law. A 40 acre section lies between the present city limits and the proposed subdivision. However, How-ever, water lines to service the area were paid for and installed by the Kirk group at the time the city ran lines to the airport and the weather station. The question arose "Does this water line right-of-way make the property contiguous, or does the highway high-way access?" Council decided de-cided to investigate the legality le-gality before publishing the annexation hearing. The question is simply rhetoric, since the proposed annexation is more than 60 of the valuation if the additional addi-tional 40 acres was Included, and therefore would seem to have clear sailing regard- Hired Lorraine Gillins as Waterm aster, effective July 1st; Okayed beer licenses, Class A: Jeffersons Merc; Class C: B & J Club and Spikes; and Authorized purchase of binoculars for CityMarshall from LaBelle Discount House. HERE'S MORE ABOUT CITY COUNCIL claimed adequate precautions precau-tions had not been taken to insure pure samples, and they will be taken again. John Maxey reported a prowler at the hospital recently, re-cently, and the difficulty in locating a cop after 11:00 p.m., when the Hong Kong closes. He suggested a system be worked out so persons on duty at the hospital could service the community by turning on a light or by radio dispatch to call the police when needed. He said the hospital was ready to cooperate cooper-ate in any way they could. Noting that the hospital has a radio connection with the highway patrol dispatcher dispatch-er in Cedar City, who in turn can reach the city police by radio wherever they are, it was decided to investigate this system first. Maxey also noted the deplorable de-plorable condition of 400 West Street near his home. He requested permission to h aul his own gravel in front of his property for use tern -porarily until the street is repaired correctly. Granted. Gordon Crandall presented present-ed the Council ,with copiesof the Soil Survey and Interpre -tations of Milford City, recently re-cently conducted by the SCS. He explained the contents and purpose of the study. Ray Whiting requested per -mission to use the fire de -partment's allocation for a m onthly dinner, which has not been used, for a department depart-ment party, badges, and donate do-nate the remainder to the ambulance fund. After some hedging, the request was approved. ap-proved. In other business they approved ap-proved the recommendations of the Planning Commission to issue a conditional use permit to McDermotttopark a trailer on his lot while he builds a new home; denied Brad Clark's request for 4 foot fence across front of his property; okayed patio and roof repair for Max Baxter; denied home storage sales business location on 500 West in Lewis Addition; and granted permit for fireplace fire-place to L. M. Thompson; AuthorizedMayor Young to purchase a new pump for the lift station |