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Show Wednesday, June 23, 1976 8 Pcgo3 'Slowdown' Threat m The Park City Police Department showed up in full force at the city council's budget hearing Thursday night and informed the city council that if their request re-quest for a pay hike was not met a work "slowdown" would be initated. j "We have retained an attorney in this matter and to be perfectly honest with you if we can't obtain a livable wage agreement we plan to. start a slowdown by beginning begin-ning to take Our vacations as of 12:00 tonight," Officer Bob Berry, the police spokesman, told the council. "We've discussed this in great length and actually the budget that has been revised to an 8 percent increase (for police salaries) does not come close to the cost of living increase," Berry added. P.C.P.D. Budget Proposal In a budget proposal for the fiscal year 1976-77 submitted to the citv council bv the Park City Police Department the town's crime fighters, had requested a $13,536 annual salary for the chief of police, $11,112 for the sergeant and $10,224 for each patrolman, .withnoddiUonaUpay - ex - nested for overtime.0'" The city council, in their proposed '76-'77 budget had allotted $12,000 annually tor the chief of police, $9,750 for the sergeant, $8,900 for each patrolman and additional funds to cover up to 20 percent per-cent overtime pay for everyone but the chief. Including the aproximately ; $11,000 for the overtime, the total amount the city had allocated for police salaries was the,same as the sum of the salaries requested by the police department. New Formula ' When it became apparent Continued from Drug in Sandy, Utah on June 10. He said the three persons taken into custody lived in Park City until May and had sold a quarter pound of herion to undercover agents in March. After calls to state and federal officials produced no evidence that the arrests had been made, Lund revealed last week that he had received his information from the three "undercover agents" by telephone on June 9. , . - ' Harry Sumega, regional director of the Drug Enforcement Enfor-cement Agency has disavowed any knowledge of undercover agents working in Park City this past winter. String of Events The circumstances leading to' , the present curious situation as reported by Chief Lund are as follows: Soon after taking office in March, Lund contacted liquor control officials in regards to an investigation of liquor violations in Park, City. Mr. George. Middleton and another liquor official met with the chief in Park City and informed him that undercover un-dercover liquor enforcement agents were already operating in the city and would contact him. Lund said he was also told that these liquor agents would involve themselves in some aspects of illegal drug sales.- ;.'"-".' The chief reported that approximately two and a half & ! Officers Huggard, Offrtt, Btrry and Crowley that the real difference between the two proposals was in the formula used to distribute the money and not with the total sums, an agreement was made to meet at a later date to work out new details. '., ' , The essential conflict over the distribution of the-budgeted the-budgeted money was cen- tered on the issue of over- time. The citv had Dut monies aside to be used for overtime when needed. The police on the other hand wanted all the money paid out on a weekly basis and agreed to work overtime at no extra pay; Police Argument Officer Berry told the council the police force would work it out among them selves to be available for overtime and added, "We will be subject to call at all times and we would not under any circumstances subject ourselves to losing the, faith of city council or the people " al WJ Speaking in behalf of his officer's request Chief Thayle Lund pointed out to the council, "It is not only very difficult for the city to know "uw ,m"rc. lu . r - Propriate for overtime it is "toaerfy impossible for me to budget it over a year's time." Another factor stressed by the police officers was that money promised or available in overtime pay could not be included in a financial statement used to secure a bank loan. The officers added that only one officer on the force owned his own home and that those who have tried to borrow money from Park City banks were unsuccessful. un-successful. Presenting Their Case When presenting their case to the council individual page 1 BusiA weeks later he was contacted by three men who presented sheilds and picture identification iden-tification cards showing them to be undercover agents for the Drug - Enforcement Agency. The three said they had been working in Park City prior to Lund's appointment ap-pointment and that they i wanted to coordinate their efforts with him. They also swore him to secrecy, Lund said. The chief said the three - lived in the Palace Flophouse until the end of March at which time they moved to King Road. Lund also stated that he subsequently met with liquor agents at the Capri restaurant in Salt Lake City. After the initial contact with the three "narcotic agents" who,' according ta Lund, carried weapons and were in possession of sophisticated equipment, the cheif said he became a "middleman", dating and signing lists of dollar bill serial numbers supposedly to be used to purchase illegal drugs and verifying quantities quan-tities of cocaine and herion which the "agents" said they had bought with the money. However, Lund said he never retained either the lists of serial numbers or any of the drugs. Both were kept by the "agents", he stated. ' Lund said during the course of the "investigation" he met with the three "agents" from j officers expressed their reasoning as to why they should be receiving more money. Officer John Bircumshaw, for example, told the city officials, "It is down right degrading and ebarrassing that kids without' a high school diploma who are working in the mines are making more money than we are." Sergeant Mike Crowley said, "If I'could afford it I would work for nothing I swear to God. I'd just drive up and down the streets of Park City to help you citizens. I don't want to leave Park City, none of us do, but we will have to if we can't make a livable salary.'! 106 Applicants After the police officers had stated their request along with making known their intentions for a "slowdown" Councilman Steve Dering, obviously irritated by the police bargaining tactic, asked Chief Lund how many applications he had received for the one opening on the Park City police fdrce. "I have "received 106 "ap1" plicanW fcn 4fv"i narrowtM tlffcdwn to7,"i Lund replied. Dering then commented, "Don't you feel this kind of response is indicative of how many people would like to be working in Park City for what your officers are getting paid?" "I know I certainly took a cut in pay to work in Park City. It seems obvious to me that there are some sacrifices that go along with the many natural fringe benefits that working and living in a small mountain community like Park City offers," Dering added. Hoax? one to four times a week to be informed of their activities. He said persons mentioned as being local drug dealers were "known names" he had heard before being contacted by the three. According to the chief, the final meeting transpired on June 1 in room 138 of the World Motel in Salt Lake City .and lasted 12 hours. He said the "agents" had departed from Park City shortly before that date. He was told by the three to make the public announcement an-nouncement at the June 3 council meeting, the chief said, because the "agents" had not involved themselves with marijuana traffic but that news of the "bust" would scare the grass dealers out of town. According to Lund, the ' three told him that they would handle all warrants and arrests resulting from their "investigation." , The chief said he had no further pontact with the three after the June 1 meeting until the June 9 telephone call instructing him to announce that three arrests had been made in Sandy. . Meeting Mayor Leon .Uriarte, City Attorney Carl Nemelka and Lund met with Special Agent i Sumega on Friday afternoon but no additional information was forthcoming from thai. meeting. l.: , - J i - . . . k - t2r " 4 )v t Condominium owners Brunner , A plea by Crescent Ridge condominium owners to hold a public hearing on a duplex development approved for the Crescent Ridge area was denied by the Park City Planning Commission Wednesday night. The condominium owners had originally presented their objections to the log duplexes to the city council which in turn referred them to the commission. , Robert Brunner, who owns which will Detach n intU end? tbtoe Paul Halllday and Robort two of the Crescent Ridge units and who flew from California to attend the commission meeting, was the principal spokesman for the group. Brunner said he purchased his unit with the belief that no further development would take place in the area. He said he was "startled" to find "that the . property is not ours," and added, "It's a shock to me that this could come about." , How to save on electricityone of a series 1 . ..-r " , MMr new electric bill lists tohdp you monitor use of enerey ttSj . iwjnBfra n-ons inscrett ts -is so onivm ,. 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Often-asked questions and good suggestions are published pub-lished in Reddy Kilowatt's regular newspaper news-paper column. Write to Reddy Kilowatt, P. 0. Box 899, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110. Brunner asserted that the log duplexes to be built by Rob Morris do not "match the style" of the nearby con-1 dominiums. He said his is "under the impression people are buying the duplexes for a quick buck." He said he has been told that Morris has a financial interest in a log home company and wondered aloud if Morris would want to build on the property if the buildings were not to be of log construction. Although invited, Morris did not attend the meeting. "I haven't found one owner who knew about the project," Brunner declared and then .told the commission.'Tm not certain you're within your legal rights without giving notice." City Planner Van Martin replied that neither city nor state law requires that notice of impending building must be given to surrounding property owners. Brunner also claimed that although Morris had promised the commission that he would save 80 percent of the trees on the building site the developer refused in private conversation to guarantee to save any percent per-cent of the trees. "There are no safeguards. He could chop down the whole thing," Brunner said. Possible traffic hazards which might be created by the project were also given as reason for a public hearing. After saying, "You should hire Alan Howe. He can communicate better by accident ac-cident than you can intentionally," in-tentionally," Crescent Redge owner Stan Mann told the rw fki.. - - 1 I I I I commission, "I believe planning means to set down principles and follow them, not approve something here and something there." Noting he had been advised by the city attorney that "we would be under some liability if the decision was reversed "Jj I LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: 1 :00 to 5:00 p.m. Ranee I Vl PrlCO GOOD FOR BRUNCH ON ! Coupon: data T 1 f' .' 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