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Show . : There's something about the way flowers brighten the dimming memories of those whose names adorn markers at local cemeteries. The ritual of picking the brightest and most z Volume 63 Corn nci I to fundi By Jeanne Thayne In a final budget work session Monday night, City Council members mem-bers chipped $552,000 from State Street renovation budget to deal with six other needed Capital Improvement Im-provement Projects. None of the decisions and votes are binding, however. Final decisions will be made at the Public Hearing set for June 8. The City had proposed to get a jump on the massive $2,509,294 needed to fund Phase 3 of the State Street project by funding 43 of that amount in this year's proposed budget. However, by funding only 25 of the needed money, the City will have funds for other needed projects. That means the City will still have to raise $1,881,970.50 to complete Phase 3 but will have ,2-4 year to. dooiaccardBng to ! scenarios presented by Phil Goodrich, Director of Administrative Administra-tive Services. Phase 4 will cost only $598,706. Phase 1 is already funded and Phase 2, $1,736,318, is funded in fiscal 93-94. Council voted 4-3 to accept six other projects as outlined for approximately ap-proximately $550,000. Three members wanted the projects trimmed. They are: Install, curb, gutter, sidewalk, etc. on 12th North between be-tween 800 West and 1100 West -$125,000. Install a storm drain system beginning at 2000 North from the Murdock Canal to 400 West -$120,000. Remodel a restroom at the Community Park - $50,000. City Manager Daryl Berlin said this would be his choice for number one priority. Construct a ball field at Orem High School on property already al-ready owned by the City -$110,000. This does not include lights. Lighting would mean the field would be available for one more ball game per night Slurry seal on various residential streets throughout the city - $45,000. Sidewalk replacements at various locations - $100,000. BUDGET ISSUES Issue 1 - Hire three water specialists to handle federal mandates man-dates and one urban forester to 3. -?':T ?T- -ft .. ..' : i 1 1 ? 1 VSR1! ' r m r V M - 4 Orem Women's Club Elected Officers 1993-94: front row seated- Winifred Jones. Ruby Nicoh back row left to right- Dot Cordner, Llane Foutz, Verda Anderson, June Christensen. hardy blossoms, preparing prepar-ing the containers, packing pack-ing picnics and traveling to a gravesite, either nearby near-by or faraway, cleaning the headstones, and then standing around and chatting about the life now gone, is the kind of Number 21 juggles budget other projects maintain and care for 2000 city-owned city-owned trees. Vote, 4-3. Council . members believe the water specialists are necessary because of the mandates, but were divided on whether a full-time position is needed to care for the trees. Councilman Steve Heinz said he thinks the city's investment in trees is worth the cost to become a designated Tree City USA." Mayor Stella Welsh said she's not so concerned with the designation desig-nation as she is with what trees can do for the environment and the quality of life. Councilman Kelvin Clayton asked if the position could be half-' half-' time working with a city employee. Steve Weber, City Maintenance Main-tenance Division, said the forester would be used v throughout the year in other Public Works departments such as cemetery staff during the winter but would be working full time in the field during the summer sum-mer and spring months. He also said the position involves presenting education programs in schools and civic groups. City Manager Daryl Berlin said the City already has a person qualified for the position, but another person would be needed to fill in the vacancy. He favored a full-time position. Issue 2. Should the Franchise Tax stay the same, 5.6? Four members voted to leave it as is and three voted to reduce the tax. Goodrich' pointed out that to reduce the revenue would mean a like reduction in expenditures. "Where do you want to cut." Issue 3. Should the City pay for additional street lighting? The council voted to not add more lighting at this time due to budget constraints. Issue 4. Should the City hold a bond election? Council members said they wanted more information informa-tion on this issue but did agree to put aside $5,000 already funded for education purposes should the City hold an election. Since $15,000 already was in the budget for this issue, this leaves $10,000 which the council favored using for lighting small neighborhood neighbor-hood ball fields. Councilmember Judy Bell said she is against special elec 5. V'i 1 , I ritual that binds families together. While some families opt to skip the trip to the cemetery,- they would never forego the gather ing of relatives to swap tales about the deceased. Laughter hides the pain Wednesday, May 26, 1993 i tions and said a bond election should be held in conjunction with a primary or genera election this fall. Mayor Welsh said the county: also will be holding an election for county commission this year and Alpine School District may hold a bond election for a new high school. Issue 5. Regarding fees and charges, the council had various opinions, especially regarding recreation fees. It appears likely an annual recreation family pass -could go from $260 to $295 with daily admission rates being reduced to $2.00 for adults and $1.50 for youth, or being fiat-rated fiat-rated with options presented from $1.33 to $1.72. Council , members generally favored ? eliminating the current subsidy ; from the" General FundfSeverw options were discussed regarding track fees, everything from "free" to the "same as other charges." Berlin said a flat right would ease the operation of the Fitness Center. That means patrons would be able to use any part of the facility once they were inside Currently, patrons pay for specific uses, but a multi-fee operation is not enforceable, said Berlin. Director Jerry Ortiz said he believes most patrons are honest. However, he will try to have specific information on patron use of specific facilities ready by June 8. Nine options are being studied. INFORMATION OFFICER Council members generally were in favor of investigating a contract concept with Utah Valley Val-ley Community College to ' manage the City's public information informa-tion needs including live broad-- broad-- casting (after this year) at a cost of $10,000 with or without broadcasting. broad-casting. Berlin said such an arrangement arrange-ment could reduce this budget from $72,610 to $35,000. A return to previous arrangements with a public relations firm to produce a quarterly newsletter would cost about $25,000. Berlin said staff also may be capable of producing the newsletter. If a full-time coordinator coor-dinator is wanted a salary of $34,332 is proposed. "It could be effective with the right person," said Berlin. 7 f y ss. ! and tears. Somehow the humorous memories crowd out the ones that might hurt just as sunshine sun-shine pushes away dark clouds and dries up all the rain. , But still, there's a lot to be said about visiting a 1 fe Suncrest 4th grader Donovan Washburn tosses a pair of sneakers into the rocket time capsule. The shoes represent Richard Veetch's 4th graders' "run across America." The youngsters ran the equivalent of a trek across the U.S. during a fitness program this year. Principal Michael Pratt approves the donation. , Suncrest "launches" rocket time capsule By Jeanne Thayne A large and colorful rocket-shaped rocket-shaped time capsule will hang suspended in the . Suncrest Elementary School media center, for seven years. By then this year's kindergarten students will be big sixth graders and the school will be 14 years old. That 8 when we will open the rocket," said Principal Michael Pratt. Inside the capsule are mementos of this' year's class work and activities. Delivery delayed next week Orem Geneva Times will be closed Monday due to Memorial Day, The newspaper will be delivered on Thursday, June 3rd instead of Wednesday. The deadline dead-line for articles will be on Tuesday, noon, June lst.for that week Orem Women's Club install new officers Officers for the 1993-94 club year were installed at the annual May Breakfast of the Orem Women's Club, held Wednesday at Manor House. They are Winifred Jones, president; Ruby Nicol, presidentelect; president-elect; June Christensen, recording record-ing secretary; Liane Foutz, corresponding cor-responding secretary; Dortha Cordner, treasurer; Doris Asay, parliamentarian; Verda Anderson, Ander-son, director. cemetery.Orem families can be proud of its local burial sites. They are well cared for and beautiful all year long. This week will see hundreds of families gathering to honor lost loved ones. The gravesites will be ablaze with color INSIDE Season Ends For Bruins 1993 Mt. View Graduates. 1993 Orem Graduates Bonneville Elementary Raises Money Utah State Hospital-100 Years . Missionaries Everything from drawings to sneakers were tossed inside the rocket during a ceremony held Monday at the school. Students put in essays, photos, cards, math manipulatives, science items, etc. Everything was commemorative of something they did this year. Principal Pratt put in a photograph of the whole school taken from the top of a city fire engine's escalating ladder. Pratt said the time capsule was spearheaded by Kent Flowers, PTA legislative vice State approves new Orem Community Bank Hal J. Allen of Orem has announced an-nounced recent approval from Utah State Department of Financial Finan-cial Institutions to open a full-service bank in south Orem. The , bank will be known as "Orem Community Bank." Approval is subject to FDIC granting deposit-insurance deposit-insurance coverage. Allen, formerly president of Deseret Bank before its sale to First Security Corporation over two vears ago, has been in banking bank-ing in Utah County for over 25 years. He is a graduate of Orem Mrs. Anderson, retiring president, presi-dent, reviewd the year and welcomed wel-comed new members: Audrey Biesinger, Ruth Hales, Helen Mc-Euen, Mc-Euen, Bernice Jbyner. Iiane Foutz introduced the State Street Sound Emporium, a barbershop quartet, which sang several numbers. Arrangements were directed by the Entertainment committee with Lola Adams as chairperson. and lawns will be trimmed to their finest Somehow, those blossoms, blos-soms, wreaths, pin wheels, child's toys, and other mementos shout out the unspoken words: "I love you. I remember you." Page 3 Page 5 Page 5 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 president. But everybody helped with the project After the items were placed in-side in-side the rocket, the cap was mounted and students helped drill screws in place. A puff of smoke, appropriate sounds, and the rocket soared from the stage to the top of the basketball standard as hundreds of students cheered. This year's sixth graders will be one year out of high school when the rocket is opened, reminded Pratt. "I wonder if they'll come back." to the board of directors. When asked why organize a new bank in view of economic uncertainty, un-certainty, Allen referred to recent Continued on Page 7 Orem Fitness Center hours change for summer The Orem Fitness Center will be changing to summer hours beginning Monday, May 31. The summer hours will be as follows: Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday 12:00 noon until 7:00 p.m. The pool will be closed to the public during the following times to allow for swim lessons and swim team practice: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. All other times, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., 12:15 to 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. are open swim to the public. li'I S3 |