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Show Thursday, January 11. 1982 - Page 2 Council Contracts with Carnival From the Front By SHARON MORREY A new five-year contract was -signed with City of Fun Carnival ownec Lou Melendez by the American Fork City Council, after the one other carnival company in Utah failed to put in a competing bid for the business. - ' - Mayor Malcolm Beck explained that Melendez has operated the carnival for the city Steel Days 'festival since 1969 with almost "no -serious complaints made by . the police or any citizens" and he would recommend the city renew its contract con-tract with Melendez. " - After Councilman Ted Barralt cleared up questions about liability insurance and rest-room facilities, .the council voted as one to stay with City of Fun. Ticket prices were set to sell at 25 Cents per ticket for the next five contract years, and 80,000 tickets are to be printed and sold within the city. Melendez said his carnival consequently con-sequently can plan to handle almost 90,000 customers. "For this amount of people we feel good about bringing in 24 rides." He noted that City of Fun carries a $1 million dollar liability coverage and he agreed to send the council a certificate verifying this. He added that public ticket prices this year will rise from 50 cents to 75 cenls, or ten for $6.00 - 60 cents a piece. ' The council then considered a trade-off agreement with In-termountain In-termountain Health Care thai would have traded city water for ambulance billing. Carl Wanlass, city budget officer, out lined the plan whereby the hospital would bill out the city ambulance runs and forward the gross receipts -absorbing the unpaid bill debt, and the city would furnish the hospital water without charge. "It would benefit the city to do this," said Wanlass, "because if we don't go this route our costs for billing will go from 5 percent to 25 percent." In the past, according to Wanlass, the city only paid postage and minimal handling costs for ambulance am-bulance bills from the hospital. Councilman Steve Sowby was among those objecting to the plan. He said it seemed to be pretty out of balance since water charges would probably be closer to $4000 a month than to $1000 Wanlass suggested. "The only thing that makes it fair at all is that they'll take the bad debts," said Sowby. Councilwoman Janice Mayne said it would "not be good business practice to trade unequal bills for unknown balances." "I think we belter settle our own Hatch Your Language By DON NORTON I'm beginning to get some feedback from these usage articles. A consistent accusation seems to occur: I am a liberal in "grammar" (usage). That's really not the case, as I think readers will see after I point out a couple of things. First of all, as a professional editor, I tend to be very conservative. I tend to adhere to all traditional rules that seem still to have strong force; I observe the rules most of my readers expect me to. Second, readers are learning that usage is complex: you can't make hard, fast usage for all situations. Usage rules - like the rules of dress (fashion), manners, etc. - change constantly; there are rules, but they differ from one setting to another. But describe a certain situation, and I can prescribe for you (he grammar rules you probably ought to follow. They're pret ty set. ; For example, I would expect a high school English teacher (and other high school teachers also, for that matter) to hold college-bound students to fairly strict writing conventions. Maybe other students should also be held to the same rules, though realistically such students will be writing (if at all) for different audiences, in different situations. Also, even the educated person does not follow the same grammar rules in speech as in writing. I've been listening to the speech of district school administrators and members of the school board. They speak a standard English (occasionally a localism may pop up); but it's not the same standard English they write in letters and other official communications. So let it be known that I am for the observance of the traditional rules -but only in situations that call for such distinctions. So let it be known that I am for the observance of the traditional rules -but only in situations that call for such distinctions. If you have views on usage you wish to share with readers, please send them along in writing, I will be glad to include them in this cogkmlf you have views on usage yqu wjsh to share with readers, please send them along in writing. I will be glad to include or acknowledge them in this cohimn. accounts, pay our own bills," said Mayne. Arden Edwards, new councilman, agreed. "It might be we may want to enter into this alter we liave .some comparison figures." Wanlass said there were no figures available except approximations from Mountain View Hospital records. Ted Barralt said he did not feel easy about taking Mountain View's bill to judge by, as water use and bills tan vary greatly from home to home, business to business. "I don't like getting into anolher agreement where once again, they won't be paying for waler, even for very g(od reasons," said Barralt, refining to the old hospital procedure willi no meter on the water use. Swim Sign-Up Now Underway More than 5,000 brochures will be dislribuled in the Pleasant Grove, Lehi and American Fork area today and tomorrow, January 14 and 15, telling the swimming schedule for the current semester. The first session of swimming will be Monday, January 18, at 4 p.m., with a 5 p.m. session to follow. Any parents whose children are in beginning or advanced beginning swimming classes should call DeLayna Crockett, pool director. Anyone desiring to be on the swim team should also contact Miss Crockett. It is expected that a team will be formed by the end of January, the director said. "I am sorry the pool didn't open when it was announced," Miss Crockett said, "but the pool waler was si ill too cold. We have to have the waler at 86 degrees before we can open. "We hope it will be this warm by Saturday but anyone planning to come should call first to make sure. We will be open for the opening of the swimming session on Monday, however," Miss Crockett said. Sellars Continued from Front Page luippy In leave, but I have problems of more than $300,000 tied into the project. I'm really no! into doing this where it isn't wanted. There are plenty of places in Utah who do want sulsidized housing. I'll take my allocation and 1 go elsewhere if someone wants lubuybeout." "The people opposing I his sltould've come forth before," he argued. "I iMiught into this afler it was already approved. I understood that the city wauled such a project. Obviously, American Fork isn't one who wants i his." .Peterson an Jolley Really orginally created and won approval for the Maple Village project. They later sold the land to Sellars, who lias several such apartment projects throughout 'he slate. Trade Continued from Front Page the residents of the town to be in a position to lake the best offer." Earlier Dr. Quinn Hatch said the district made their decision with no hostility, "simply to let it go to more appropriate use." Evans says the feelings of the school board haven't yet "jelled." "Because of this, we cannot justify a lot of expense for this move. And there would be costs involved, even if we get it rent-free. There would be a lot of time and effort and labor and, no doubt, cash involved to get it so it would be workable. And there would be other costs involved - moving in and setting up." ' "I don't know expctly all the costs involved; the architect has studied the building with Superintendent Welcker, and he has the information in his file. This was presented to us as a board," says Evans. Questioned about why the board of education fell this subject should be talked over in a closed-door meeting ralher than in open discussion before patrons and press, Evans explained that it comes under the heading of "property acquisitions."' Under Utah law, meetings may legally be closed for strategy sessions related to the purchase of real property. "This is appropriate to take items that involve acquisitions of property into executive session. If you don't, the price can suddenly skyrocket when someone knows the school board is interested." "This just came within that policy," said Evans. But an American Fork official raised a question about the propriety of the closed meeting since the hospital involves a trade of property -not a purchase - and considerations of purchase price increases are "totally irrelevent." Utah's sunshine law provides that meetings may be closed for "strategy sessions" with respect to "purchase of real property." (U.C.A. 52-4-5b). Evans says nothing was unfair or kept from patrons. "We even considered con-sidered asking the press to our meeting. Of course they would not be at liberty to publicize anything that went on, but they would get a better understanding of why we do things and would feel confident about the information presented." Alpine School District met almost two hours in executive session before the decision was reached concerning the hospital. The move to reject the hospital trade offer was made formally for-mally before patrons after brief explanation was made by Superintendent Superin-tendent Max Welcker. "He simply said inasmuch as the city had an opportunity here, we should not stand in their way," says Evans. "If we did that, I'm afraid it would come back to haunt us." "The downtown mall will force us to have to make a change eventually," notes Evans, "and we will be addressing ad-dressing that in our next meeting or two, but we aren't going to have to move out suddenly. The timetable isn't definite yet." Mayor Beck says the 35 feet the school district occupies within the proposed mall boundaries isn't any problem. "It won't have any impact at all on the downtown project regardless of what they do with that property' says Beck. Compare the Mates 14 on $10,000 6 mo. Money Market 13.5 on $5,000 6 mo. Money Market 13.00 on $1,000 6 mo. Money Market 12.00 on $1,000 for 90 days 10.00 Passbook "Money market rates good thru Jan. 18, 1982 A subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp American Fork 131 E. 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