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Show Jonfm laMau Sen And Conning PabtisbH weekly it 12S W. The Midvale Sentinel usps Cuter St, SaK Lake Canty, 347 940) Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. a&C'.J? Second-clas- s IW! postage paid at Midvale, Utah. Subscription rate $6 per year in Jordan School Dhtrici This issue two sections. iJ?.vVi 1 ( 1- Cemetery -7 charges increased ATimoToGivo If you're a Riverton resident, it will now cost you $350 to purchase 1.A i At nuwcHy cemetery. must now pay $1,000 for the same lot. As Mike Lovato watches, Santa greets the children at Chua-a-heain rvanr mii, n I mm ' i nI-- . aIa i tk e Iuian llL Ai.i. lfll nas a oiaie rrison, sponsored sub tor Santa for needy families for the past four d years. This year, the students at assisted bv hrinainn in fnnrt itm Riv famine be helped as a result of their efforts. Mike pointed out that Christmas was meant to be a time and added that it meant a lot to the children to be able to give. He said Christmas at the happy was prison "pretty bleak" and being able to head up sub for Santa drives each year made his own holiday season worthwhile. . Pre-srh- d oi The board of directors of the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District adopted a $7.2 million budget during their Dec. 17 meeting. The budget includes an adjusted rate schedule which was established on a "cost of service" Arson, murder charged . for bond principal and Aggravated arson and attempted murder charges haye been filed As part of the new budget, 35 a old Riverton man directors against year adopted an adjusted rate who police believe is responsible schedule. Prior to its adoption, for the March, 1979, fire at his water had been sold at a flat rate wife's home in South Jordan. of $95 an acre foot to all customer The fire, which occurred during agencies. Now, that schedule has the early morning hours of March been adjusted so that it is charged 9, 1979, totally gutted the home at on a "cost of service" basis. Users 11223 S. 1300 W. The man and his with part of their service in a wife were involved in divorce pumping zone will pay a proceedings at the time and she significantly higher charge. was renting the home. In this area, the new rates are According to Police Chief Duane acre foot): , Sutherland, the fire apparently (per West Jordan: $81.37 broke out in a pile of clothes in a West Jordan (Zone 4) : $120.51 northeast bedroom and spread Sandy: $101.50 rapidly through the house. South Jordan: $81.49 Damage estimates were set at . South Jordan Zone 2: $139.91 $20,000. South Jordan Zone 3: 192.08 The suspect was picked up in Willow Creek Country Club: Sandy approximately one hour $99.04 after the incident. He allegedly Bell Canyon Irrigation had been drinking and had passed $74.90 Company: out behind the wheel of his car. White City Water Company: Due to lack of evidence, charges $129.81 relating to the fire were not filed at Riverton: $135.30 that time. School District: $150.45 Jordan Chief Sutherland-- . filed the Bluffdale: $121.13 charges Tuesday after an informant gave him enough information to wrap-u-p the case. The new rates will go into affect in January. Man arrested in porno case year old West Jordan man was arrested last week following an extensive investigation by West Jordan and Salt Lake County Detectives and a U.S. Postal Inspector into a mail-ordA 38 pornographic There were 50 city employes at Sandy City Council meeting Dec. 15 expressly to hear the results of a public hearing held on a possible increase in their salary. Gene Haroldsen, director of Midvale City court judge and Salt Lake County Warren D. Cole recently returned from taking a course at the Judicial College of the University of Nevada at Reno. Justice-of-the-Pea- y 4 . employes. Haroldsen submitted a report showing that another comparable city (Orem) to Sandy has received as much as 11.38 percent increase in salary since Oct. 1, 1980. 3.95 percent of that figure is for state retirement. Salt Lake County employes have had increases as follows: 3.5 percent on Oct. 1, 1980, 3.0 percent , J. , (state retirement), Jan. 1; 5.0 percent July 1, 1981, and 3.5 percent (tentative) on Jan. 1, 1982, totaling 15.0 percent, Larry Smith said he for recommendation the supported the 6 percent increase, contrary to 1 administrative services, asked that a cost of living pay increase be granted of 6 percent to all city Mayor-elec- what t had Councilman-elec- t supported Ralph Tolman was in favor of cutting down on expenses and felt that this was a good place to start by not giving the employes a salary increase. The motion to give the employes a 6 percent increase in their salaries was passed unanimously by the council. Councilman-elec- , been rumored. John Winder increase. the t New motel proposed for Midvale City area The Midvale City council gave preliminary approval to a plan to build a Motel 6 in an area north of 7200 S. and adjacent to the Plum tree Apartment community. Joe Ambrose, representing back to the west edge of the Plumtree before any further development would be approved. The vote to give preliminary approval to the concept was passed by a margin of 1 with 4-- Prowswood, made the request to the council and added that the developers would put in a 50 foot road, deeded to the city into the area, coming off 7200 S. Such a road would have to be extended apartment and a safety deposit box in a West Jordan bank. - At least fifteen different women from the pictures are distributing pornographic and identifiable said they are Whatcott Det. material and one count of sexual Bureau of the with exploitation of a minor was Dale working to "try and Identification Criminal Broughton, 7140 S. 2700 W. He was down." them track arrested Dec. 17 at his apartment. Additional charges will be filed The arrest culminated several and more arrests are expected in months of investigation by Det. the near future. Gary Whatcott of the West Jordan Both West Jordan and Salt Lake Public Safety Department, Det. working County began Scott Bell of the Salt Lake County independently on the case in May Vice Squad, and U.S. Postal and June when detectives spotted Inspector William Halonen. Sgt. an advertisement for nude Ken McGuire of. West Jordan also photographs in a nationwide jissistod. "swinger" magazine. The ad a West Jordan Post Office carried a confiscated Iso Police '' Box. of thousands of dollars worth ; ; i -- I rjr fix? . &J' Officer-of-the-Yea- r. screening by the chief. Midvale slips off Hogle Zoo hook It appears that Midvale City has slipped off the Hogle Zoo hook. Salt Lake County commissioner Mike Stewart has decided not to implement the Hogle Zoo special improvement district designed to provide additional funding for the zoo as now constituted. The district's effective date was to be Jan. 1. Instead Stewart said he will go to the state legislature and attempt to get statewide financial support for the zoo; or ask the legislature to okay a valleywide levy, taking the funds out of the general fund as an exception to the current 16 mill levy ceiling; or seek a Hansen Planetarium type levy that would provide as funding an exception to the general fund. Failing to get one of the above he would three options, recommend dissolving the zoo special improvement district altogether. According to Stewart, his decision was based on the fact that only about half of Salt Lake County residents would be included in the district. "Most valley residents who voted in the special election on the matter did so under the assumption that a valley wide base would be established," explained Stewart. "But, that broadly based financial support county belonging to the district." Currently, Salt Lake City, in which the zoo is located, supports the zoo to the tune of $900,000 a year with the county kicking in between $100,000 to $150,000. If some way is not found to equally distribute the tax load to provide the zoo with the additional funds its operators say it needs, then the only other source would be private donations. Stewart said the district, if it were to be created, would have authority to levy as much as a one mill tax for zoo funds, however, the levy would have probably started out as only about half a mill. That half mill would have provided the zoo with about $200,000 a year to go toward only maintainence of the zoo, not expansion. "The zoo is a good cause," added Stewart, "but, we just want to make it equitable." Midvale police detective Tim Start (center) is congratulated by the Midvale police chief Louis Fetherolf (left) and Lt. Darald Austin (right), for Start's selection of Midvale Police Start has been with the Midvale department since Salt Lake August of 1980 after gaining experience in both the area and Sacramento County, California. The selection is made staff and by way of a secret ballot voting by fellow officers and . J. Ron Stacey Co. is handling construction; Nielsen, Maxwell and Wangsgard are the designers. dissenting. The council went along with the awarding of an industrial revenue bond issue of $1,000,000 for an office building at 7444 S. State St. Oil ' the finishing touches to the city's new two storage tank. City Manager Allan Tolman said water department employes are testing the water up there and the tank should be operational by January. Located at 3800 W. 7800 S., the tank Is 18 feet high, 141 feet in diameter and is comprised of 1 12 tons of steel rebar and 1,350 yards of concrete. will not be there with only half the Richard negatives but there were a few of children and one movie and two 35 mm cameras from the suspect's West Jordan Water Tank Workmen are adding million gallon water Vincent councilman and pictures of adults primarily pornography operation. Charged with two counts of . Judgo Colo takoo courso Salary hike approved v er . community's The date was set during the council's regular meeting Dec. 15. A specific ordinance is not under consideration, although Attorney David Church and Planner John Mabey have a "rough draft" which they hope may be used as a base. Officials are looking for feedback on lot size, home size, and where if anywhere in the such should be developments city allowed. interest. Revenue sources include $3.7 million from wholesale water sales; $1.1 million from retail water sales; $1.8 million from taxes; $44,000 from connection fees; $362,000 from interest on invested reserves; and $800,000 from miscellaneous areas. . attempted non-reside- feelings on twin homes. The new budget allots $4.3 million for operation and maintenance; $2 million for capital improvements; $356,000 for repair and replacement; and $522,000 the I ts during their Dec. ft meeting to raise cemetery fees. The new ordinance went into effect the following morning. The old rates, which were set in 1975, charged residents $50 per lot and $100. Officials pointed out during the meeting that the change was necessary because the cemetery was "being subsidized with tax dollars." Riverton officials will host a public hearing Jan. 19 to basis. The fees were adopted determine i Riverton councilmen voted City sots hoaring on twin homos following a water rate study by CH2M Hill, engineers, planners, economists, scientists. I' -- a Non-residen- Chua-a-hea- Water budget ok'd; board adjusts rates - v A planetarium type levy, explained Stewart, would set by statute the level of taxation and there would be public oversight in how that money would be spent. ' Midvale City attorney Marc Mascaro, who had been authorized at the city council's 'Dec. 15 meeting to continue legal attempts at getting the city out of the district, said that Stewart had called a meeting to discuss the matter with the affected entities, including South Salt Lake, Alta, Midvale," and the unincorporaed county. Midvale was unable to have a representative at the meeting, but Mascaro did meet with Stewart separately last Thursday morning. "Naturally, we're very pleased that the decision has been made," Mascaro commented, "especially after the council felt it was unintentionally mislead into assuming that the vote of Midvale residents would only decide if they wanted the city to be a part of the special improvement district or not." Replacemont of throo police cars sot by Midvale Midvale City will soon be bids for three new police cars and one pickup truck, publishing according to motor pool supervisor Dan Thomas. Thomas told the city council last Dec. 15 that the three police vehicles that will be replaced are now or will soon be over 60,000 miles and have reached the point where it will cost more to repair them than to replace them. Thomas added that the city will be looking at trying a slightly smaller model type of police car. The motor pool has completed a modification of the city's newest fire truck with the installation of an electric air compressor. Meanwhile, Thomas said, the department's oldest truck, a 30 year old model, has developed serious engine noise and the city may have to look at retiring it. Sandy Jaycees give certificates Jaycee Bill Ross Sandy presented three certificates Dec. 15 at the Sandy City Council meeting. The organization recognized Mayor W. Paul retiring Thompson, retiring council members, Jim Mecham and Bette Johnson, for their terms of office and for a job well done. The three will no longer be active on the council as of Jan. 1, 1982. |