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Show BilsipliBlteiiii Council. .Maivor to sjofi pay mm odd JaaDy by Caleb Warnock Staff Writer The Mapleton City Council Coun-cil has given Mayor Dean Allan a 400 percent salary increase, raising his pay from $1,200 to $6,000 a year. Councilman Ben Card, who initiated the raise, said the money is necessary because be-cause the mayor had not been making enough to even cover his travel expenses. "I know he has put in 60-hour 60-hour weeks for very little appreciation," Card said. "And I know for certain he was not making enough money to even cover his gas mileage. I think we need to do a little better than that." Council members also recently voted themselves a 50-percent pay increase, from $600 to $900 a year, he said. The total increase will cost the city an extra $6,300 a year. City Administrator Bob Bradshaw had recommended the council increase their own salaries to $3,600 a year and the mayor's pay to $4,8-00 $4,8-00 a year, but Card said there was no support for that motion. "I felt that from a contribution contri-bution standpoint the mayor was wildly underpaid," said Card. "He is far underpaid when compared to other Utah County mayors, and I felt it important to bring him into parity." Bradshaw had given council members information about the salaries of other Utah County mayors and council members, showing that Mapleton's council members and mayor were comparatively underpaid, Card said. At press time, Mapleton city staff had been unable to provide information to the Daily Herald. : The mayors of cities similar in size to Mapleton, including Alpine, Highland, Lindon, 'Salem and . Santa-quin, Santa-quin, could ; not be' reached for comment on their salaries. sala-ries. Councilwoman Cynthia Edmunds said she voted against the raise because it was inappropriate. "The figures they presented present-ed us about our rates compared com-pared to other cities were based on mostly larger cities, she said. "If you looked at our rates based on a percentage percent-age of our budget we were already where we needed to be." Last year, the city had to forgo sending its firefighters to a conference because there was no money in the budget for travel expenses, she said. Money the city will now spend on higher pay for the mayor and council members could have used for such expenses. "I think with some of the cuts we made to other budges it was irresponsible to give ourselves a pay raise," she said. "I just don't think it met the needs of what they were trying to gain by it. Part of the reason for the increase was to attract' a wider variety of people to run for office, but it's not big enough to do that." Allan said he did not vote on the measure or comment on it during meetings, but said he has been spending his own money for travel expenses ex-penses and that the raise would be welcomed. He also noted that the cumulative You'K Love Ourtfot Oogsll A Vienna 'Beef ClfiOgO STYZ 06rfDO expense for the raises would have only a minor effect on the city's $2.4 million annual budget. I didn't run for the office to gain financial improvement, improve-ment, said Allan, noting he would accept the increase. "I'm paying out of my own pocket as far as the money I have to pay for vehicle travel and there is quite a lot of expense involved, and it will be helpful for me. I'm on a fixed income." Edmunds said that even though she voted against the raise, she was happy because the increase will not go into effect until July, which is the beginning of the city's fiscal Mapleton issues $1.1 million taxable revenue bonds by Martin Conover Mapleton authorized the issue of $1.1 million taxable revenue bonds and authorized the mayor to sign the resolution resolu-tion and an interlocal agreement agree-ment with Spanish Fork City at city council meeting held last Wednesday evening at city hall. The action will allow the city to sell the bonds after ironing out the details of Mapleton City's buy-in on the Spanish Fork waste water treatment plant. It was also stated at the meeting that the council's action does not mean that the bonds can be sold before the closing of the deal with Spanish Fork City which some of the council members have questions about, v- These - questions will be resolved soon so that the bonds can be sold and construction con-struction at the waste water treatment plant can begin. Land purchase The council voted to purchase about .4 of an acre of land next to an existing water tank located at 400 North and 2000 East which needs to be replaced. The city will purchase the ground for $21,000 plus closing costs and has $350,0-00 $350,0-00 budgeted for the new tank. Bids will be called for immediately for the construction construc-tion project because of the needed new tank. Library The city council voted also to continue the interlocal agreement between Mapleton City and Utah County to use the city's building as a repository repos-itory for books for the county bookmobile. As part of the agreement the county also allows Mapleton Map-leton City to use the books in a library program. The agreement is for a period of one year and will cost the city $1,000 to be paid before April 30. In other business Councilman Coun-cilman Card recommended that the council and planning commission get together and discuss where the city wants to go with its master plan so that everyone can work together on the problems of city planning. Councilman Walker wants 405 a wo n. PIWV0 873h9ISS year. But Card said the mayor has only two years left in office and when the new council members join the. council in January, he will propose a vote at the first January meeting to apply the mayor's increase immediate- ly. "This is a mayor that in two years has turned this city around, and he has pretty much done it single-handedly," Card said. "The mayor puts a lot of money out of his pocket for travel and he attends all of these meetings and gets no recognition. I would say we should double the increase. He is worth his weight in gold." the city to finish sweeping the gravel off the roads that were weather sealed last summer to prevent more windshield brakeage for citizens of the city. It was also reported that water supplies are in good shape as of this time. The current population has increased in Mapleton from 6370 people to 6559. There are over 1500 homes in the city. Ready for Christmas "Ready for Christmas," she said with a sigh As she gave a last touch to the gifts piled high. Then wearily sat for a moment to read Till soon, very soon, she was nodding her head. Then quietly spoke a voice in her dream, "Ready for Christmas, what do you mean? - Ready for Christmas when only last week You wouldn't acknowledge your friend on the street? Ready for Christmas while holding a grudge? Perhaps you'd better let God to be judge. " She woke with a start and a cry of despair. "There's so little time and I've still to prepare. Oh, Father! Forgive me, I see what you mean! To be ready means more than a house swept clean. Yes, more than the giving of gifts and a tree. It's the heart swept clean that He wanted to see, A heart that is free from bitterness and sin. So be ready for Christmas-and Christmas-and ready for Him." Myrtle Haynes I & V , Wishing yon all the joys fa lor a nicer ouncn oi ncignours uum you. iiuuuu. i e L f I103EDS138 1 51 5 N. Main - Springville 'i jinn -intA J utah Countv Continued from page 1 unwarranted reputation have come from possible misrepresentations misrepre-sentations or misunderstandings misunderstand-ings of sources such as the DSAMH annual report on drug abuse. Nance explained that the reports published by the DSAMH do not clearly indicate the actual number of Springville citizens that use heroin because of the way the data is recorded. "It is very likely that a number of those clients were on their second, third or fourth admission," ad-mission," Nance said, which makes it difficult to draw conclusions about the actual number of individuals using heroin in a community. However, the statistics compiled from the DSAMH reports of drug abuse call attention to other areas in Utah County, according to Nance. Utah County's rehabilitation reha-bilitation clinics can help approximately 1700 people each year to begin the process pro-cess of recovery, but there is a demand for nearly five times that amount that goes unmet every year, he said. Furthermore, there are other trends with heroin abuse that show great progress prog-ress in Springville, but call attention to the need for help in surrounding communities. For example in the years 2001 to 2003, Spanish Fork tripled the number of Spring-ville's Spring-ville's youth admitted to heroin rehabilitation, according accord-ing to the DSAMH report. In fact, according to Lt. Johnston, there has been a substantial increase in the number of youth using heroin in Spanish Fork in recent years. According to Johnston, Johns-ton, Spanish Fork teens started getting hooked on their parents' prescription, pain killer oxycotin, a heroin derivative. These young addicts then started circulating circulat-ing it by selling it to friends at school. As the price of oxycotin rose, teenager users began looking to heroin as a cheaper source to satiate their cravings for a fix, Johnston said. This is what has resulted in so many deaths among Utah County youth, lie explained. ex-plained. Because the youth were accustomed to the controlled dosage of the oxycotin, when they started using heroin as an alternative, alterna-tive, they ran into problems because of the unreliable potency of the doses. According to Dr. Joel Millard, an opiate addiction expert and director of Project Reality, oxycotin use is on the rise again. Many of the clients enrolled in his program pro-gram are struggling to overcome over-come their addiction to this gateway drug, which has the same addictive properties of heroin, Millard said. Albert Finney, Alastair Sim and Reginald Owen all portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the movies. Commerce is the equalizer equaliz-er of the wealth of nations. Gladstone J, iAAAA mm of the season. We couldn't ask J. Tl.-l.-l n December 25, 2003 - The I ! -y".uu ;7 .Wi ! i h r t 1 a t Liu tsj-.i i r X C jfcM J if i l vc J Margaret Milius, a Springville High School student, was honored as the winner of the American Legion Post 28 Oratorical Contest. Milius is shown here with Boyd Goodrich, left, contest chairman, and Keith Davis, right, American Legion commander. Milius will be a participant in the Utah County contest to be held January 22. Volunteer to help make our community safe "Call it 'politely snoopy' or call it being a caring neighbor. But we don't want to lose our small-town atmosphere. atmo-sphere. With a lot of new people moving in we tend to feel that we can ignore our neighbors. But that's not the way we are. We are good neighbors and we welcome others to join us. If we know who our neighbors are, undesirable and criminal elements will avoid our A Special Christmas Wish E Here's hoping you enjoy generous portions of love and laughter with family and friends for the main course of your Christmas season! China Cafe 160 South Main - Springville 489-7585 "The Place to Watch a Movie!" Stadium Seating THX Sound Exit 252 in Payson, 633 South 950 West Dec. 25 QtSD (12:55) 4:00 o (12:30) (St (1:15) 4:15 7:10 9:30 4:05 7:00 9:35 5 (1:05) 4:10 7:00 9:35 (1:00) Early matinee will play on Saturday and Sunday Only No 8 or 9 Showings on Sun. & Wed. No discount passes. Matinee Price $4.00 Showtime 465-8500 www.stadiumcinemas.com Order and print your tickets online! www.stadiumcinemas.com Springville Herald - Page Three neighborhoods," said Norman Nor-man Smith, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Coordinator. Know your neighbors and cooperate in making your area safe and civilly active. Some of you may wish to volunteer a few hours with a friend, driving around our town. Equipped with a cell phone, you can report anything any-thing suspicious to the police without any involvement whatsoever and perform vacation checks. Call Scott Finlayson' at the Springville Police Department, Depart-ment, 489-9421, to volunteer. volun-teer. - Jan. 1 3M 6:55 9:30 QjnlUfJ (Q) 12:45 ) 4:30 8:30 I(CQ) are 3:55 6:40 9:25 7 (8 fin t9(ffit?m (finm flimiv1 |