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Show " . I Davis County may 'bite the bullet' for Senior Citizen's Center By SCOTT SUMMER ILL FARMINGTON - The Davis County Commission is preparing to foot the unpaid balance for the Davis County Regional Senior Citizen's Center in Kaysville. AtMonday's meeting of the Davis County Commission, Chairman William L. Peters said, "I think we're just going to have to bite the bullet if we're going to get that building open." Peters said there is about $102,000 still owing on the building, build-ing, which will run nearly $1 million mil-lion when the final cost is tallied, and the "non-profit organization building it has run out of money." The discussion of funding the center began when Commissioner William J. Lawrence suggested the transfer of 1989 surplus funds to the Council on Aging to help fund the building. "Lets just earmark that surplus for the project," he said. According to Peters, the Community Com-munity Development Block Grant (CDBG) program allocated $685,000 for the building. In addition, addi-tion, the city of Kaysville has committed com-mitted $459,000 in donations in the areas of; $200,000 to the building build-ing fund, $24,000 worth of building build-ing fees and permits have been waved and donation of the property prop-erty the center is built on, worth $235,000. "It means the county will have to pick up the balance," Peters said. "We have to do the landscaping too. We're committed to the elderly. eld-erly. But, it looks like we're going to pick up the whole thing." Peters said there should be enough money left over in county departmental depart-mental surpluses and contingency plans to cover the balance for the project. But, he hasn't ruled out the possibility of a tax increase if excess ex-cess funds aren't enough. "We usually run a little under budget in many areas," he said. "Hopefully we'll have enough to cover it. If not, we may have to have to look at a tax increase, but I doubt it" The proposed transferof funds to the center was tabled until the amount of surplus can be accurately accu-rately assessed. In other business, the Commission Commis-sion voted to give county planning commissionersan increase of $2.50 in reimbursement fees. Davis County Planner Barry Burton presented the proposal saying, say-ing, "The average amount in the state is $9." Davis County was reimbursing planning commissioners at a rate of $7.50. Burton explained that planners are not paid an actual wage. Instead, they receive a reim-. bursement for services provided. CONTINUED ON PG.2 Center may soon open CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 The increase was unanimously approved and made retroactive to 1 Jan., 1990. On another item, the Commission Commis-sion voted to allow a $4,000 transfer trans-fer of inner-departmental funds in the ambulance budget for the purchase pur-chase of two infusion pumps. "We're merely authorizing the funds to be transferred from other areas in the ambulance budget," said Davis County Accountant Steve Rawlings. Davis County Sheriff Department Chief Deputy Bud Cox told the commission the transfer would not financially hamper the ambulance service, and would avoid the complications com-plications of trying to procure the money from other sources. "We're trying to stay within the allotted budget," he said. "There's a chance that more funding will be needed at the end of the year, but it's not likely." The Commission voted in favor of the transfer and commended the department for their efforts to stay within their budget. On a lighter issue, the Commission Commis-sion heard a proposal submitted from Woods Cross requesting a donation of large rocks by the county for a beautification project. "We have the rocks," said Direc-torof Direc-torof Public Works Sid Smith. "We can probably spare them for a worthy cause." "In a mood of mutual cooperation," coopera-tion," said Commissioner Gayle A. Stevenson, "I move we approve the rocks." The proposal was approved, but Peters specified that Woods Cross would have to pick the rocks up themselves. "We can help load them if they want," he said. |