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Show Three-way agreement OK'd for concrete work Student Loan Program. The $900,000 allocated to Bountiful for 1991 is for the use of Industrial Revenue Bonds and hasn't been used for five straight years. "We won't need it again this year," Hardy said. "Last year the city allocated the IRB funds to Ogden." Gramoll said he was against giving giv-ing the funds to the state for educational educa-tional purposes. "I would rather see it go back to the state for other use." Councilman Leslie Foy, acting as mayor pro tern with Mayor Robert Linnell out of town, said he favored the money going to the student loan program. "It is an investment for the future that will repay itself," he said. Councilwoman Renee Coon also said she favored the funds going to the student loan program and made a motion to do so. It passed 3-to-l with Gramoll voting against the measure. The council also denied a request from residents wanting to install sidewalks along 400 North, from Davis Boulevard to 1300 East In a previous ruling, the council voted to widen and make improvements along the road at a later date. The council said the request was denied because the residents' plan doesn't . include a parking strip sought to make safety for pedestrians better along the roadway. By PAUL CHALLIS, News Editor BOUNTIFUL The City Council approved on Wednesday a three-way agreement to share costs for removal and replacement of concrete at several locations within the Bountiful City limits. The three-way agreement with the supplier, the city and the contractor con-tractor was OK'd on the basis that the materials used in making the concrete pass the tests of not being defective. If the materials used in making the concrete are found defective, the suppler and the contractor con-tractor will be responsible to pay for the costs of removal and installation of the new cement The areas within the city where the concrete spalled or cracked are along 500 South from 100 to 400 East. All the cracked cement was on curb and gutter and sidewalks; none of the spalled material was in the road. Bountiful City Engineer Jack Balling told the council that among the theories of why the concrete had cracked were the effects of salt used during the winter months for ice and snow removal. The salt gets on the sidewalks and curbs when the snow is removed from the streets. The concrete in question was installed in-stalled last summer by Workman Construction Company, which Balling Ball-ing said has the best reputation in the state for cement work. "The spalling happens when salt on the concrete freezes overnight and then thaws the next day," Balling Ball-ing said. "There are many factors involved and it is only theories, we don't know what to completely attribute at-tribute it to." Both Councilmen Robert Gramoll and Harold Shatter said that from working in the construction construc-tion business, they realize that salt could very easily be the culprit for the cracked cement. 'Salt does do damage to concrete. con-crete. I have seen it done over the years in the construction business," Gramoll said. Balling estimated the cost of the project to remove and install the new concrete would be $17,000. The council voted to recommend the three-way contract to handle the needed repairs. In other action, the council approved ap-proved a request to allocate the citv's bonding capacity to the Utah |