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Show Parowan eyeing flmillion budget the development and whether cast-iron pipe would be required when the line is extended. A committee of Scott Haycock, Roger Robinson, and Woodrow Decker will make recommendations on whether or not the city will allow other than cast iron pipe to be installed. Rex was advised that water will be available and that his request for easement will be acted upon after information is received from the FAA. The council heard concerns - regarding access to and the condition con-dition of roads in the Sunset Subdivision. Residents of the subdivision sub-division were told that the city is responsible for roads within phase I of the development, provided certain repairs specified as a condition of the city accepting maintenance-had maintenance-had been made by the developer. Councilman Scott Haycock will check on the repairs and inform residents of who is responsible. The access road to the subdivision is still the responsibility of the developer. The council reversed an earlier decision to lease rather than purchase pur-chase a new police car because of higher than anticipated penalties in the lease agreement for "excess mileage." The Council approved ap-proved the recommendation recom-mendation of Councilman Frank Adams to hire Wendy Stolk as swim ming pool manager for the summer. Adams reported that , the an-, ticipated opening date for the pool is June 6. Rates will remain the same ($45 for a family pass). The council reviewed a preliminary version of a proposed zoning map for the city. A hearing for public response to the proposed zoning map and a proposed master plan will be scheduled as soon as possible in response to a request by the planning and zoning committee. Students of Rick Nielson's Enoch Elementary School class pose with the flag they recently received from the Nation's capital. The class purchased two flags which flew over the capitol building March 17. The class has now donated the flags to the school. PAROWAN -Parowan's first-ever $1 million city budget is expected to be formally " submitted at the City Council's June 3 meeting. A preliminary budget presented at the last City Council meeting included expenditures of $1,049,000. Anticipated revenue for the 1981-82 fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) is $1,002,000, according to projections presented by Mayor Jim Robinson. The mayor explained that the preliminary budget was just the first look at how the revenue and expenditures were being projected. The formal budget presentation presen-tation will come at the June 3 meeting, and the budget at that time must be balanced. Expenditures exceeded anticipated revenue by just over $47,000 in the preliminary budget. The preliminary budget included in-cluded all of the city's utility and enterprise funds as well as the projections for general governmental purposes. By far the largest fund was electrical utility, where anticipated collections from metered electricity sales are in excess of $585,000. Cost of power purchased pur-chased by the city are up significantly to an anticipated $422,000. The city is also faced with making up cost overruns on electricity generated at the Hunter II Plant in Emery County, in which Parowan along with many other Utah ' municipalities has partial ownership. Except for the possibility of a rate increase to pay for the cost overruns (probably in the range of 8 percent), there were no utility nor tax increases included in the preliminary budget. "We still face the job of bringing revenue and expenditures into balance, and right now the difference between . the two is $47,000," Robinson explained. The budget will be open i to inspection following its formal presentation June 3, and a budget hearing has been scheduled for June 17, prior to adoption. The Council also heard a request from Sherman , Dalton, owner of J & D i Sanitation, for an in- ' crease in the amount of i money he receives from ' each residential pickup. , Dalton requested $5; he currently receives $3.25 ( of the $3.75 the city collects. He cited significantly higher costs since the time he originally contracted with the city as reasons for the increase, pointing out that most other cities in the area charge $5 for garbage pickup. The council made no decision on his rate increase 1 request. Dalton also requested ' and received permission , to handle his own billing and collection for com- mercial and industrial accounts within the city. In other business The Council heard a request from realtor John Rex for an easement i across city property at the airport to allow access ac-cess to a proposed condominium-hanger complex north and east of the Parowan Municipal Airport. Rex also requested information on whether the city would have water available for |