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Show SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, January 5, 2006 Comments Editorial Thank you for a wonderful eight years Editor: I would like to thank the citizens of Springville for the opportunity to serve as a member of the Springville City Council for the past eight years. : I have appreciated the opportunity op-portunity to become acquainted ac-quainted with many of you and to do my best to continue the long line of service of those who served before me. I congratulate Mayor Mangum and Council Members Mem-bers Ben Jolley and Mark Packard. I have confidence that they will serve you well. I appreciate the time I had to work with Mayor Boyer and Council Members Jay Knight, Niel Strong, Phil Bird and Rodney Burt, as well as those I serve with on past Mayor Boyer reports on State of Springville City ; Mayor E. Fritz Boyer The January 2006 issue of "The American Legion" magazine changed its usual focus from veteran's issues, traditional American values, community service and related re-lated matters, to ask the question, "What's to become of America's cities?" The magazine's feature article is entitled "America's Metropolitan Metro-politan Mess," by Mark Preston, Pre-ston, a Washington-based writer. In his article, Preston writes, "Cities across America Ameri-ca are immersed in financial crisis. (They) are slashing services, delaying or canceling cancel-ing critical projects, laying of f- employees and asking those tnat remain to take pay reductions. Budget cuts are across the board. ...Three of five cities polled (by the National League of Cities) were 'less able to meet their fiscal obligations, regardless of population size, region or taxing authority.' au-thority.' In addition to an uncertain un-certain economy, local officials offi-cials say revenues are not keeping up with the rising costs or benefits for employees, employ-ees, the increasing costs of delivering services to residents, resi-dents, and the ongoing need to update an aging and, in some cases, crumbling infrastructure." in-frastructure." Preston said, "The fiscal problems facing local communities com-munities are not going to be resolved in the near future ... problems associated with the nation's infrastructure -bridges, roads, sewer and natural disaster preparedness prepared-ness - need to be addressed. At the same time, local gov- Springville Herald 269 E. 400 South Springville, UT 84663 An edition of The Daily Herald, Lee Enterprises Inc. Subscriptions & Delivery Service ..,.375-5103 News & Advertising 489-5651 Fix 489-7021 E-mail artciry( avpro.com ISPS 513-060 Published Thursdays by Pulitzer Newspapers. Inc.. 161 South Main Street. Springville. 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I have had the privilege of serving with honorable people peo-ple who have the best interest inter-est of the citizens at heart. Of course, we did not always agree, but we worked together to-gether with civility and respect. re-spect. Actually, it best serves the citizens if there are a variety va-riety of opinions among members of the council. I hope you will treat the new council with the same civility ci-vility and respect as you expect ex-pect from them. We need to nave candidates run for office of-fice who have a strong sense of honor and ethical conduct. Occasionally, people who ernments are going to be expected ex-pected to do more with less, help from the federal gov-' ernment as Congress and the President work to reduce re-duce the deficit. ...Residents in cities and counties across the country will need to learn to live with reduced services or dig deeper into their own pockets to help sustain them." I call your attention to Preston's general but rather gloomy status report and discouraging projections for the future of many cities, in contrast to the actual financial finan-cial status of Springville City. Under the direction of City Administrator Layne Long, the City's financial management practices, and current fiscal status, continued contin-ued to improve steadily in 2005. Springville City's most recent re-cent independent audit considered con-sidered financial statements of all "government activities, activi-ties, business-type activities, each major f una, and the aggregate ag-gregate remaining fund information, in-formation, which collectively collective-ly comprise the basic financial finan-cial statements of Springville City, as of and for the year ending June 30, 2005. The independent auditor's opinion was favorable and unqualified, and included the statement, "Springville City complied, in all material respects, with the general compliance requirements identified (in the report) and the requirements governing types of services allowed; eligibility, el-igibility, matching, level of effort, or earmarking; and special tests and provisions that are applicable to each of its major State assistance programs for the year ending end-ing June 30, 2005." The independent auditor noted only three "immaterial "immateri-al instances of noncompliance," noncompli-ance," each correctable and requiring only minor administrative admin-istrative action. Although relatively small, Springville's economic base is growing by significant margins, whether viewed in The Springville Herald Customer Service 375-5103 489-5651 Fax 489-7021 239 E 400 S. Springville, Utah 84663 PuUsher Kirk Parkinson kparldnsoriheraldexlra.com Manager lraig(onover ccomverheraldextra.com Editor Pat Conover ortrjtyavpro.corn . Page designod layout Marda Harris 1 Typesetter Sherri Harris Office Manager JanealDuffin Send Newsbems to us af ortcilyavpro.com choose to serve in elected offices of-fices are not accorded the same degree of civility as the citizens profess to believe in their personal religious or ethical code of conduct. It works both ways, of course, and there is no excuse for rudeness, slander, disrespect or a self-serving attitude at the expense of others. By and large, my experience experi-ence has been very positive. Of course, I did learn to become be-come a little tougher when it came to criticism, and I strongly believe that all elected elect-ed officials should be held accountable ac-countable for their decisions. I tried to be ethical, fair and reasonable, but I will never "laim I didn't make mistakes at times. I love this city, and I think terms of population, assessed as-sessed value, or overall retail re-tail sales. Both residential and commercial development develop-ment is expected to continue at a controlled and very beneficial ben-eficial rate. Springville's estimated es-timated population is in excess ex-cess of 25,000 (25,709 in December De-cember 2005), the 18th largest city in the State of Utah. Springville City recently re-cently received an increased bond rating to AA-, as determined deter-mined by Standard and Poor's, a rating matched by very few other municipalities municipali-ties of comparable size in Utah. Organization In order to assist the Mayor May-or and the City Council to carry out their sworn duties and responsibilities, the administrative ad-ministrative element of most cities, including Springville City, lias organized public service' providers into departmental de-partmental public service units and quality of life units. In Springville, these public service departments are; - Public Safety, including fire and ambulance services; - Public Works, including streets, water, storm water, waste-water, solid waste, cemetery, facilities maintenance mainte-nance and engineering services; ser-vices; - Light & Power, including generation, distribution and electrical operations services; ser-vices; -Community Development, Develop-ment, including planning and zoning, building and inspections in-spections and code enforcement enforce-ment services; (Note: Brief comments of my own on the importance of continuing collaborative regional land use and transportation planning plan-ning for the future are included in-cluded in this report.) - Administration, including includ-ing personnel, legal, recorder, finance, computer systems, customer relations, economic development services ser-vices and senior citizens. In Springville, quality-of-life departments include: Parks and Recreation; Springville Museum of Art; Library; Hobble Creek Golf Course; and Senior Citizens, a program recently becoming becom-ing a responsibility of the City Administration. FACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALER & SERVICE CENTER We offer service and tune-ups on most chainsows or small engine yard tools' Get yours done today! 'OUR SEEDS GROW" P p (ARpENTEREEDVQ; 1030 South State, Provo 373-3740 Hours: Mon. Sat. 8 cm to 5 pm Springville! it is a wonderful place to live. One last plea for qualified women to choose to serve as members of the council. We have outstanding women serving on various boards and committees, but to my knowledge there have only been three women who have been elected in the past: Delo-ra Delo-ra Bertelsen, Keri Gordon and myself. I hope more women will choose to run for office in the future. It is a great experience! expe-rience! Thanks again for all the kind words of appreciation so many of you have expressed ex-pressed this past month. I will continue to serve in whatever way I can in the coming years. DianneCarr the in 2005 Public Safety The January 2006 issue of the "The American Legion" magazine also contains an article regarding cities, Challenges Can Create Opportunities," Op-portunities," by Lee P. Brown. Brown writes, "The primary responsibility of government is to protect the fives and property of the people. Safety continues to be a major concern for cities throughout the United States. Even though many municipalities have experienced experi-enced significant declines in crime rates, crimes involving involv-ing juveniles have noticeably notice-ably increased. That increase in-crease is associated with the longstanding problems of drugs and gangs." Contrast Brown's comments com-ments with the progress made by Springville City relative rel-ative to juvenile crime and illegal drug usage. The Police Po-lice Department, under the direction of Chief Scott Fin-layson, Fin-layson, has placed an em- phasis on helping and work ing with juveniles for the past several years. Springville has assigned three school resource officers offi-cers (SRO) to work with every Springville School and with every student. Springville is the only city in Nebo School District with an SRO in each school. As a result re-sult of the close working relationship re-lationship between students and the SRO, Springville has reduced juvenile arrests by 50 in the last 10 years. In the past several years, the Police Department has placed an increased emphasis empha-sis on the identification and arrest of those using illegal drugs in our community. Police are finding those who use illegal drugs and those who steal from residents resi-dents to support their drug habits. From January 1, through the December 8, 2005, 175 individuals were arrested for- drug violations. Major illegal drug enforcement enforce-ment incidents included such diverse actions as seizure of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, recovery recov-ery or stolen property, and arrests for trafficking, possession pos-session and distribution of illegal il-legal drugs. During 2005, investigators in-vestigators solved several See STATE OF SPRINGVILLE CITY on page 3 : "New Hope For Utah Disc Herniation Sufferers" Utah County-A new free report has recently been released that reveals an amazing new medical breakthrough research has proven 86 successful treating debilitating back pain. Even with multiple herniated discs. Find out how space travel solved astronauts back pain and how this accidental discovery has led to the most promising back pain treatment today. For you free report entitled "How Space Age Technology is Solving Back Pain Without Drugs or Surgery!" call 1-888-671-8601 and listen to the toll-free toll-free 24 Hr. recorded message for all the details. Supplies are limited call now or go to www.utahdiscrelief.com Support city leaders! Springville City has a new mayor and two new city councilmen: Mayor Gene Mangum and Counclmen Mark Packard and Ben Jolley. Mapleton has two new city councilpersons, Brian Wall and and Tolley. These people were all sworn-in Tuesday by Judge Dean Olson, along with Mapleton Mayor Dean Allan who was re-lectedT Each one of these citizens, along with those who are still in office, volunteered to work in the poositions they were elected to. They weren't forced or hired. They volunteered. They, will all get a small compensation-not anywhere near what they would be paid in the private sector for a similar job. They will spend hundreds of hours working in the interests in-terests of you and me and this community. Mostly, they will not be thanked. In fact, many citizens citi-zens will complain about how these public servants vote on certain items. How many citizens of Springville and Mapleton will attend any city council meetings this year? How many will learn the facts of conversial issues? How many will personally talk to their bers and voice their concerns and opinions:' How many will volunteer to serve on city commit - ties? The persons we have elected are just ordinary peo ple. They are not trained in the operations of government. govern-ment. They will learn while serving. And they will work very hard. 1 hey will attend more meetings than all ot us would care to go to. And they will read volumes of informa tion given to them by those who are in paying positions posi-tions in the city. We need to support our city leaders. And to those whose terms are up and are leaving public office, we need to Springville Springville Police had 244 calls last week with 20 for animal problems. Justin Christiansen, 1292 N. 150 E., Springville, and Samuel A. Nelson, 1750 N. 300 West, Mapleton, were both cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. With those two was Robert Allen Miklia, 1852 E. 700 South, Springville, who was arrested arrest-ed for DUI and no registration. registra-tion. Allen W. Crafton, 709 N. Main 1, Springville, was arrested for two outstanding outstand-ing warrants after police were called to his apartment for a loud music complaint. Jayson Craig Dallin, 360 W. 400 North, Springville, was cited for possession of alcohol alco-hol by a minor. Kathy Debuck, 235 E. 1300 North, Springville, was arrested ar-rested for five warrants, possession of amphetamine, possession of drug para-phernailia, para-phernailia, failure to stop and false identity. Julie Ann Flinders, 789 N. 200 East, Orem, was arrested for a warrant and possession of controlled substance without with-out a prescription. Benjamin Garrard, 1012 E. 440 North, Pleasant Grove, was arrested for two counts of forgery at Wal-Mart. John M. Hill, 2790 E. Canyon Road, Springville, was arrested for forgery, possession of forged writing, writ-ing, interferring with arrest and possession of drug parapnernailia. Rachelle LeVee Holman, 423 E. 400 North, Springville, was cited for Mapleton Police report Mapleton Police had 56 calls last week including 10 for animal related problems. prob-lems. -Police found a mountain bike at Mapleton School and some CD's at 1200 N., SR89. Both are being held at the police staticn. Mark Johnson, 10 S. 800 West, Mapleton, was arrested ar-rested for an outstanding warrant. Brady Munns, 1764 E. Cranberry Way Springville, was arrested for a warrant. Whitney Huff, 632 N. 1100 West, Provo, was arrested ar-rested for a warrant and illegal il-legal consmption of alcohol. alco-hol. Jamie Searle, 591 N. 500 East, Payson, was cited KjUlS&jlElx 'I INARTISTIC BATH & KITCHEN REFIMSHIMG INC 1-888-707-9297 www.artisticbathrefinishings.com Refinish Any nib for $27 5 Refinish Tub & Tile for $550 mayor or city council mem say "Thank you!" Police report possession of alcohol by a minor. Dulce Vireidiona Lopez, 388 E. 300 North 13, Springville, was arrested and released for assaultdomestic assaultdo-mestic violence. Stephen M. Martin, 1025 N. 300 West 68, Springville, was arrrested and released on a citation for shoplifting a DVD. Koby G. Massey, 292 N. 700 East; Springville, was cited for lewdness in public. Kirk John Myers, 360 W. 400 South 1, Springville, was arrested for a warrant antj giving false information to police. William E. Price, 1319' N. 685 West, Orem, was arrested arrest-ed for two warrants. A female fe-male juvenile was cited foe possession of alcohol by a minor. Charges are being filed on Mark Steven Widdi-combe, Widdi-combe, 428 E. 11000 S; Sandy, for a protective or der violation. Thefts included a cell phone from a vehicle; bike from a garage; tobacco, pipes and other items frorrf a business on north Mailt that was broken into; sewing machines and DVD's from a storage unit; a bike; two incidents of cop? per tubing being taken; and two gasoline skips. There was one suicide attempt, at-tempt, and a nine-year-old told her mother that she smoked marijuana with some other young people. There were five reported auto burglaries resulting in the loss of an air compress sor; CD's; tools; medica: tions; and a hunting knife. for open container of alco: . hoi. Josh Losee, 600 S. 3200 , West, Lake Shore, was cited cit-ed for open container of aU cohol. i Sammy Ulibarri, 908 E: 1060 S. Provo, was arrested for two warrants. ; A 17-year-old male was" arrested for driving under, the influence of alcohol and drugs, possession of drug paraphernailia and posses; sion of tobacco. A vehicle; hit a deer at 1200 N. 500 West. In a way winter is the. real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature. : - Edna O'Brien 118 East Main Lehi 768-9514 Compassion. DigrJty. Integrity. Artistry. I nun Over 20 Yean of fxperieme Black |