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Show "...One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Flags are flying today in observance of flag day, June 14. ,-k II i Z lulit Z- - -4 4 1 4 J:-5 'I??tV' . Volume 59 Number 25 Wednesday, June 14, 1989 COLLETTE SCHLAPPI Local hopefuls to compete for crown JoDee Clark, Miss Indian Scholarship, and Collette Schlap-pi, Schlap-pi, Miss Orem, will be contestants in the annual Miss Utah Scholarship Scholar-ship Pageant to climax Saturday, June 17. The competition theme this year is a razzle-dazzle tribute to the Miss American program called "Pageant on Parade." Collette and JoDee will join 59 other hopefuls from throughout the state who are vying for the coveted Miss Utah title. Their first public spotlight was Tuesday at a press conference con-ference in the Orem City Park (corner of State and Center St). Utah County 4-H For the past 13 years Utah County has held an annual county coun-ty fair at the Spanish Fork City Fairgrounds. As a result of cost overruns in 1988 we will not have the usual county fair this year. In fact, monies that would have been available for 1989 are being used to pay off 1988 indebtedness. There are a lot of good reasons for a county fair - the interest and value to the people of all ages are many, but it does take funding. The Utah County Commissioners Commis-sioners have raise donations to help pay part of the cost for the 4-H Fair. It will be held in the new County Administration Building in the Multipurpose Rooms, lower level, L 700-900 (100 EAst Center, Cen-ter, Provo). This year's 4-H display, dis-play, contests and awards program pro-gram are made possible by a generous contribution from Geneva Steel. The 4 H Fair will be held August 18-19th. It will be open to the public starting on Friday, August 18, at 12 noon and closing at 8 p.m. and on Saturday, August 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 4-H livestock protects were held in cooperation with the JODEE CLARK That evening the candidates participated par-ticipated in Miss Utah Pageant Night Parade. Their sequined. show gowns were custom made by Showmax for the parade and for pageant production numbers. Final competition is June 17. During the week the candidates will participate in evening gown and talent categories of the contest. con-test. The top 10 finalists, will be featured in the swim suit competition com-petition Saturday night. The pageant is sponsored by Family City USA and will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night. Tickets are available at the SCERA Showhouse, 225-2569, and will be available at the door. Fair in 1389 Spanish Fork Jr. Livestock Show in May and the horse events will be held during June and July at various locations throughout the County. Adults and non-4-H youth who wish to exhibit their skills are encouraged to enter their projects in the Utah State Fair. You do not have to exhibit at a county in open class to exhibit at the State Fair but there is a small entry fee. Exhibits in home arts, fine arts, photography, hobbies and crafts can be delivered to the USU Extension Service office in the Utah County Administration Building, Room L 600, where they will be received, entered, delivered to the State Fair. These exhibits should be brought to the Extension office on August 31 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Following the Fair the entries will be picked up and returned to the USU Extension Ex-tension Office. The return date to pick up your exhibits will be September Sep-tember 19th during office hours. The Utah County Commission Commis-sion encourages interested citizens and private donors with financial support to join forces so that we may have a Utah County Fair another year. City approves $23 million budget with .2 increase in tax By Jeanne Thayne Orem City residents will see an increase in their monthly output out-put of about $2.24 a month. The $23 million budget, adopted Tuesday night for fiscal 1989-90, calls for a .2 percent increase from 3.5 to 3.7 percent in the Franchise Tax, which equates to an average of 35 cents per resident per month. This will increase the General Fund by $73,000, the amount needed for increased operational costs. The council also voted an increase in-crease in Solid Waste Fees of $1.89 per resident to implement the Automated Collection System which will cost the City $1.4 million. mil-lion. The waste fee increase will pay off the total cost in 6 years. In the long run it will save the City money. The major costs are initial purchase of 5 collection trucks (one is for reserve) and 14,000 90-gallon residential trash cans. The pick-up service will become a one-man operation and will create career jobs instead of a 2 to 3-year employee turnover rate because of injured backs. The increase in costs brought no objections from those attending attend-ing the hearing; however, two council members opposed the action. ac-tion. Kelvin Clayton said he remembered a promise not to raise taxes this year. Keith Hunt suggested rather than increase the Franchise Tax, the City could find the $73,000 by taking it from other department budgets, a $1,000 here and $3,000 there. "I think only the departments would ever notice it," he said. City Manager Daryl Berlin reminded them the funding can't be taken from everywhere...it has to come out of the General Fund." Councilman Norman Wood- Council agendas will not be published If Orem residents object to the city council's decision to discontinue discon-tinue publishing city council agendas prior to the meetings, they had better voice their opinions in greater numbers than they have. Melody Downey, secretary in the Administrative Services, said not too many people call in about the agenda. With that in mind, council members opted to forego publishing publish-ing the agendas due to a change in policy at the Daily Herald that will require the city to pay for the advertising. Prior to this policy change, the Herald accepted the council agenda summary sheet and printed it free of charge. It would cost the City between $50 and $100 for each published agenda and would amount to an annual estimated cost of about $3,000 to $4,000, said City Manager Daryl Berlin. Residential garbage collection in Orem will become automated with implementation of hydraulic system which will save man hours, painful back injuries, and will cost the city less than the old system once the equipment is paid for. New 90-gallon garbage cans will be distributed to residents by December, 14,000 of them. Cost to residents is $1.89 monthly which is expected to pay for the new system within six years. house said he remembered things a little differently. He said he remembered a promise to city employees that a needed salary increase (as a result of implementation implemen-tation of the Hay System) has to come from somewhere...it is not magic. The council voted last winter to implement the Hay Sys Development Services Director Direc-tor Ed Stout said it is a City policy to post notices of the agenda in areas that would be affected by city council action. The City is not required under State Law to print the Agenda nor an Agenda Summary. However, it is an additional way for people to be in formed regarding the business busi-ness being considered by the City Council. If the Council wishes to have the Agenda printed in the future, it will be necessary to appropriate ap-propriate money from the Council Contingency Fund, said Berlin. The City is unable to utilize the Orem-Geneva Times, a weekly week-ly newspaper, because the agenda agen-da is approved on Thursday, one day past publication of the OG-T and the council meeting is held the following Tuesday, one day prior to OG-T publication on Wednesday. tem at 95 percent of the suggested scale. Interestingly, three council City Council News members privately polled friends and neighbors about the proposed Franchise Tax increase. Wood-house Wood-house said he never had a nega Bid awarded City Council awarded a bid for a Fire Division Brush Truck in the amount of $34,845 to Utah LaGrange, Inc. Several weeks ago, the City Council rejected previous bids for the truck due to an apparent misunderstanding among bidders bid-ders regarding certain requirements require-ments in the Invitation to Bid. The misunderstanding related to terminology. The Council directed a re-bidding process. The previous low-bidder did not submit a new bid and La-Grange La-Grange came in slightly under the previous bid and also met required re-quired specifications. PRICE - TWENTY-FIVE CENTS tive comment while Clayton said everyone he talked to was opposed. op-posed. Councilman Jim Evans said those he talked to about the increase-were evenly divided on the issue. During the hearing, council members voted to reduce to $75,000 the original fund of $100,000 proposed for implementation implemen-tation of the Strategic Plan for Orem City. The council also voted against funding needed to implement the Storm System Master Plan which would cost about $450,000 per year for 15 years, the equivalent of 2.25 mills on the property tax or an increase of .1 on the Franchise Tax. The fiscal impact for the year ($200,000) would have been 1 mill increase in-property in-property tax or one half percent increase in Franchise Tax. This funding was not included in the proposed budget. A change approved in the Men's Adult Baseball Program Fees requires a team sponsor fee of $150 and $35 per participant with all other fees rounded to the nearest dollar. While all agreed there is a shortage of facilities for the baseball program. Hunt said the sponsor fee would serve as a natural rationing process. Council member Joyce Johnson said the city should do "everything it can to make it possible pos-sible for youth to participate and since the adults can get sponsors and young boys and girls cannot' the sponsor fee is appropriate. Mayor S. Blaine Willes said all the recreation programs are subsidized to some extent and the adult program comes closest to being self-funded. The City budget includes $87,496 for maintenance of ballfields. The council also approved a motion to pro-rate fees for baseball and softball based on the number of games played. CEDO funds were not increased in-creased and remain at $125,000 annually. CEDO requested $75,000. for fire truck This angered City Councilman Council-man Keith Hunt who said it seems "so wrong and unethical I can't even deal with it." He said it appears "we aren't honorable people. This is the most dishonest thine we have done." Mayor Blaine Willes reassured reas-sured Hunt that the rebidding was not unethical in any sense. He said in the original bid there were opportunities for misunderstanding. mis-understanding. "There was a question about understanding of terms so the City re-wrote the specs." The motion to accept the La-Grange La-Grange bid passed 5-1. |