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Show Utah state Press .ssn JBox I327 Salt Lckc rity, Utah Volume Eighty SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 JULY 1, 1976 Price 20c Number Twenty-seven A record budget of $5,438,182.15 was approved Tuesday night by the Springville City Council. The 1976-77 budget is nearly double last year's budget of $2,755,570.00. ' Mayor Kenneth Creer said the large increase is deceptive. Nearly $2 million of the budget is earmarked for development of the city's industrial park and construction of a municipal swimming pool. In addition, $238,400 has been accumulating in capital im-, im-, provement funds during a three-year three-year period and shows this year as a expenditure, added the mayor. If these one-time-only expenditures ex-penditures are disregarded, the budget increase is approximately ap-proximately 14 percent, which according to the mayor, "is about right." "The city is growing at approximately ap-proximately 12 to 14 percent each year and our budget necessarily show this increase," said Mayor Creer. 1 The budget projects the city receiving $4,943,475 in revenues. The difference between this and projected expenditures will be made up by a carried-over surplus from the current budget. "It is not a deficit budget," said Mayor Creer. "It looks like it, but it does balance because we have that much money left over form the previous budget. It has to balance by law." Approximately $280,000 was cut from the proposed budget before arriving at the $5.4 million dollar figure. Mayor Creer praised the cooperation of city , department heads " in .''.v " "V " I" Editorial Make commissission minutes accessible Builders, developers or real estate investors in the Springville area would have an uncomfortable to difficult tinie researching the plans or past actions ac-tions of Springville's planning commission. Why? The minutes of the commission are kept at a private residence, the secretary of the commission's com-mission's home, instead of in a public building. One of Springville's most controversial issues in recent years has been the handling of zoning and real estate development-both controlled by the commission. Actions of the commission largely determine the financial future of the city, and while the method of keeping the minutes may seem a minor point, the inconveniences and poor record keeping this method might cause are inexcusable. Developers have a vested interest in the planning commission's past actions and future plans. Access to the commission's minutes are vital in formulating for-mulating development proposals. Usually a developer simply visits the city hall, requests the minutes, and they are readily made available. In Springville this isn't the case. Anyone interested in-terested in the minutes must intrude upon a private residence, perhaps unannounced, and is forced to examine those minutes in a private residence instead in-stead of a public building. The inconveniences of this procedure, both for the interested party and the private citizen keeping the minutes, seem obvious. And what if the secretary of the commission is not at home? Will an out-of-town developer stand around all day waiting for the secretary's return? The Herald did. We wanted to do some research, but the minutes were unavailable. We can wait. We live here. We have time. But perhaps a developer cannot afford to be so leisurely. , Of course, this isn't the secretary's fault. No one can expect a private citizen to stay at home every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. That is only expected of a public building-like Springville's city building. Another problem with keeping the minutes at a private residence is that it may be in violation of the Freedom of Information Act. Under the act, all public documents must be readily and easily accessible to interested citizens. Minutes of the planning commission are public documents. It is time for the Springville planning commission to take steps to make their minutes readily and easily accessible. The Herald requests that these minutes be kept at Springville City Hall -where they, like city council minutes, will be available for public scrutiny. uJ tailoring their original budget requests to . fit the approved budget. The budget also includes a 1.5 -mill reduction in property taxes. This reduction from 25 to 23.5 mills, does not entail any re-evaluation re-evaluation by the State Tax Commission, said Mayor Creer. All land in the state is being reevaluated, re-evaluated, but Springville will not be re-evaluated until sometime in August. At that time the mill levy will likely be decreased further, he added Also included in the budget is a 10 percent pay raise for city employees. The increase is "one of the best raises in the area," said Mayor Creer. . No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions: City feteiyes Springville has received a $953,600 grant to begin development of the first 90 acres of a proposed 350-acre industrial park. The grant, $715,200 from the Economic Development Administration Ad-ministration and $238,400 from1 the Tour Cot hers t Regional ; rogere n Approving Springville's record Tuesday night were Calvin councilman; Jerry Ollerton, Commission, will be matched with an additional $238,400 from Springville for a total working amount of $1,192,000, said Mayor Kenneth Creer. Valtek, Inc., a Provo-based valve making firm will begin construction on a 20-acre portion ' of the. park within the next SO days,' added Mayor Creer. ' Under the terms of the grant, the city has 12 months to complete com-plete the park project. Final plans are required in 30 days. Competitive bidding will take place in 60 days and-construction contracts must be awarded in 105 days. Mayor Creer said construction should begin in about four months. The city's development of the first 90 acres will include the extension of water lines to the site from a two-million gallon water tank to be built in Spring Creek canyon. The city Will also install sewer facilities, electric lines and roads in the park. The park itself has been designed to have ample green , areas and landscaping, according ac-cording to Mayor Creer. "We have thaken great pains to ensure that this park is going to be something we can all be proud of," the mayor said. "This Bike bargain! Register free during July Springville bicycles can be registered free during the month of July. Normally a 50 cent charge for registration and licensing is charged, but Springville Police Chief Leland Bowers said no fee will be charged in July as an incentive for registration. "There is a city ordinance requiring licensing of bicycles, but we're mainly concerned with the number of bikes that have been turning up missing," said Bowers. "Registration helps us track down a bike when it is lost or stolen," he added. Children may bring their bicycles to the police station for registration, or an adult may simply bring in the bike's serial number, said Bowers. GARBAGE There will be no garbage collections made on Monday, July 5th. All collections will be one day late the remainder of the week. Regular pickup schedule will resume on July 12. 1978-77 budget Baxter, left, councilman; $1 milSim grm9 is going to be-the front door to Springville and we have written protective convenants into agreements requiring so much green area in each acre of land.','. UTC to offer .... .... -f driver training The July driver training course for adults who have never driven before or who do not now have a driver's license will begin July 6 at Utah Technical College at Provo. Normally, classes start on the first Monday of the month, but because of the national holiday, classes will start July 6 this month only. Utah law now requires that an approved driver education course be taken before initial issuance of a driver's license. The Utah Tech course fills this requirement Classwork will begin and registration take place at 5:30 that evening in the driver training portion of the college, located just inside the west entrance to the south wing of the college. The classes will meet daily 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday in order to enable completion of classwork by the end of the month The course is open to anyone not enrolled in high school. Tuition is $40 for the course, which utilizes the latest and most thorough techniques of driver training, including simulated driving in the electronic- mechanical "Drive-O-Trainers" at the college. ! rfc : 'Y Fire Chief Roy Evans, left, and assistants Mack Mathews and Wynn Everett demonstrate Springville Springville was named a Bicentennial Community earlier this week in a letter from John W. Warner, administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Bicen-tennial Administration. Mrs. Wendell Winger received the notice designating the city to the honor. , Mayor Kenneth Creer; Ed Murdock, councilman; coun-cilman; and John Marshall, councilman. M )i ! P 9 i i 1 , &' ft, A r 1 Dr. Brent Nielson Son receives dental degree Brent Nielson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Nielson of Springville, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) by Northwestern University on June 12, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Nielson was honored by the faculty of the dental school by election into Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental honor society. Approximately 10 percent of each graduating class is elected into this society. He graduated from Springville High School and Brigham Young University. His practice will be in the Salt Lake area. use of fresh named bicentennial community The letter from Warner read: "The Communities Program, in my judgement, is one of the greatest landmark achievements of the Bicentennial. Bicen-tennial. Citizen volunteers in over 11,000 communities formed committees to provide Bicentennial Bicen-tennial programs and to earn for their community the National Bicentennial flag. "As a final distinction to those communities which have provided the nation with lasting reminders of the Bicentennial, the President of the United States has accorded thsi speicla commendation which I am privileged to transmit" The note accompanied a document signed by President Ford Ford's message notes that for 200 years the nation "has grown, changed and flourished. A diverse people, drawn from all corners of the earth, have joined together to fulfill the promise of democracy." . According to Ford, the Bicentennial is "rich in history and in the promise and potential of the years that lie jhead." He urged Americans to continue their commitment to a better life "for all Americans." "The Bicentennial offers each of us the opportunity to join with our fellow citizens in honoring the past and preparing for the future in communities across the nation," continued the message. "As we lay the cornerstone of America's third century, I am most happy to commend the Bicentennial Community of Springville for playing a special part in this great national celebration," concluded Ford's message. . The official Bicentennial celebration begins tomorrow. Officers fo the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Ad-ministration have urged Americans everywhere to note the Bicentennial with prayer and pondering. .,, On July 4, a simultaneous; nationwide ringing of bells Will herald the country's entrance into its third century. Communities, churches, schools, fire departments, universities and individuals will toll bells and carillons in conjunction con-junction with the ringing fo the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia at 2 p.m. EDT. The time selected is exactly 200 years from the precise moment that the Liberty Bell proclaimed the independence of the new nation. In Springville, the exact moment for the bell ringing is noon. The bell ringing will go on for two minutes in commemoration com-memoration of the nation's first two centuries. Federal spending for welfare, social security and other "income "in-come transfer" programs now account for 35 per cent of total federal outlays. Son graduates Linn G. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Robbins of Springville, graduated from Utah State University this month magna cum laude. He and his wife, the former Jan Nielsen, are living in Glendale, Ariz., where Linn is working on his masters degree at the American Graduate School of International Business. They have one son, Jasoa air mask. ' T.M.T ltttt..(MmHTf.TTTT.t) t.TJI T TtTlTTTM . WMJt.'i A Bicentennial Message By the President of the United States of America W: now mark the beginning of our TSird Century u an Indimndint Ntkm ai well ai the 200th Anni-veriary Anni-veriary of the American RivotUTtoN. For two centuries our Nation hat grown, chntti nd flourished. A divene people, drawn from all cornen of the Earth, have joined together to tniflll ike Promue of Dcmocrncy. . Auirica'i Bicintennial n rich in Hiftory and in the promue nni potential at the yean that lie Ahead. It a about the cventl of our Past, our Achiivemints, our Traditions, our Diversity, oui Friedoms, our form of Government and our continuing Commitment to a better Lira for all American!. The Bicentennial offers each of us the Opportunity to join with our fellow Citizens in honoring the Pan and preparing for the fntmre in Communities across the Nation. Thus, in joining together as Races, Nationalities, and Individuals, we also maiq and strengthen our Traditions, Background and personal Freedom. As me lay the cornerstone of America's Third Century, I am roost happy to commend the Bicentennial Community of SPMHCVim for playing , ,010,1 prtinumfrr(NoOlebtition. . r Bram''.E'AYa.-i. 1 Ai M. 1. A i President Ford has sent a Bicentennial message to the city of Springville. The message came with a notice from John W. Warner, administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, designating Springville as a Bicentennial Community. He'll share with Uncle Layton Strong BLESSING God bless me and my son John, me and my wife, him and his wife, us four, and no more. To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men oi antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. Fresh air mask purchased by Mapleton Mapleton firemen were shown the new fresh air mask Tuesday evening recently purchased by the department. The mask connects to an oxygen tank which is carried on the fireman's back. It was demonstrated to the group by Roy Evans, president, and officers of-ficers Mack Mathews and Wyn Everett. These men explained that the mask is needed because of so much plastic being used in homes today. Some of these plastics give off poisonous gases making it necessary to have special equipment to be able to breath Money for the mask was raised at a benefit dance recently. The firemen wish to thank all of those who participated par-ticipated in making the purchase of this equipment possible. . & A 4. i. & awn, Wx.truvnmrm.n candles Sam A Springville youth will be sharing a Bicentennial birthday cake with Uncle Sam this July 4. Layton Strong, son of Don and Synda Strong of Springville, will turn 13 July 4 as the U.S. hits its 200-year mark. Layton said 13 candles will suit him just fine, however. To celebrate Layton's and the country's birthday, the whole Strong clan will get together for an old-fashioned picnic and bar-b-que, complete with homemade ice cream, said his mother. "And this year we'll have lots of sparklers," added Layton. Many of the land title hazards that can threaten your investment in-vestment in a home are discernible in a search of public records. When they are disclosed before completion of purchase, it is possible to clear these up in most instances-so your transaction can proceed and be completed normally. A. Miner earns doctorate in dentistry Alan Miner, son of Dr. , and Mrs. Richard K. Miner of Springville, recently graduated . with a DMD degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Miner is married to the former Barbara Dedrickson of Spanish Fork and is the father of three children. He plans to practice in Springville with his father. Dr. Alan Miner : I V1 " |