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Show Soeafieil paoe rafteoefiluo The City Council agreed to a 10 percent raise for all city employees back in June but forgot that the City Marshall, Mar-shall, Recorder, Foreman and Water Master andTrea- owners to have their g ar-bag ar-bag e pickup on front curbs, detracting from the community. commun-ity. Florence noted that some garbage was now picked up in front. But Council noted not-ed that they had complaints because some property owners own-ers built garbage racks on the curb and this made the street unsightly, and gar-bage gar-bage got blown on neighbor hood lawns. The matter was taken under un-der consideration and proposed pro-posed that a public hearing (Continued on Page 6) surer could only be raised by ordinance. So, Monday evening they passed Ordinance 50 making mak-ing the raises effective retroactively to July 1st. However, the ordinance to be effective (if making it retroactive retro-active is legal) must be published, pub-lished, and it was not prepared pre-pared in time for publication publica-tion in this week's COUNTY NEWS, so the raises cannot take effect until after publication. pub-lication. Since those employees so effected have already been paid (including the raise) since July 1st, it would seem the city is on thin ice. The Council discussed appointing ap-pointing a Dump Master and giving him exclusive rights to salvage in exchange for seeing that local citizens dumped refuge over the edge and where told by the Dump Master. He would ba authorized author-ized to sign complaints against anyone dumping oth than in specified areas. They also discussed the possibility pos-sibility of fencing andor closing dump except forcer-tain forcer-tain hours. Swain was to contact the attorney for advice ad-vice on the matter. Sam Florence presented letters from Leon G ay and Rosemary Davie, supporting his request to vacate the alley al-ley running between the properties and deed seven and a half feet of alley to the abutting properties. Pettey objected to indiscriminate indis-criminate vacation of alleys stating that it could set a precedent. Vacation of alleys al-leys would force property the courthouse to discuss a city -county health dept. A class A beer license ' was approved for Jefferson Merc. They discussed the fact that Casper's has been operating without a license since July 1. Casper's bond expires July 26, according to the recorder, and she was instructed to inform Casper's Cas-per's that if both bond and license were not renewed by July 26, he would be closed clos-ed down. Pettey noted that a public hearing on Utah Power and Lig ht rates was scheduled for August 1, at the high school. Pettey said efforts to work with Grimshaw and Clark on the sprinkling system for historical park' were stalemated. stale-mated. They have the plans, j but don't seem interested in finishing the job. He proposed the city crew g 0 ahead and lay out the sys -tem and et it installed. He and Foreman Schow were to g et it siarted on Tuesday. Pettey asked Schow to set priorities on city projects and to present a plan of work for the city crew at each meeting, and then follow B through. He said the hit and miss methods now employed were not gettingthe job done. He said the city should clean up the weeds around the bicentennial shelter -house so it could be used. The Women's Baseball Team have requested permission to' hold a dance there on Ju-r Ju-r ly 22nd. The dog ordinance was deferred de-ferred until the next meeting meet-ing when the Mayor and full 5 council are present. Other items to be on the agenda are the Planning Commission Commis-sion recommendations on the new zoning ordinance and the 1 change in fence height. proposed to review the new ordinances and chang e the fencing portion. Council ag reed to ride ir the July 24th parade. Recorder Bacon said she had found the missing letter let-ter from the Hospital Board among her things and the Mayor did not have it at the last meeting . The letter was a request for Milford City to exempt the hospital from their water bill in lieu of the operation of the emer-g emer-g ency phone for fire, polic and ambulance, as a g estur of g ood will. Marshall Cox told the Council that the g rant foi the new pagers was granted on the basis that the dispatcher dis-patcher service would be voluntary. .,. He also stated that if the hospital were paid, even such a g esture as theii $73.00 a month water bill, the nurses would have to take a police course in radio dispatching . The matter was taken under consideration. A letter from Drew Larson, Lar-son, new county health director di-rector invited the Council to attend a meeting July 18 ii HERE'S MORE ABOUT CITY COUNCIL be scheduled along with a public hearing on the new zoning ordinances. It's been |