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Show EXP i UTAH 307 SALT g4irt 1199 FPESS W 200 LAI E I ASS0CI3TIDN 5T f,X5 CITY UT 54102-12- 1; O Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Wednesday, jLe 11, 1997 Volume 95, No. 23 10 pages Single Copy Price 50tf ( City Council ask attorney to investigate charges By Myna Itaantrein Times-New- s Correspondent Nephi City Council members assigned the Juab County Attorney, David Leavitt, to investigate a charge of police brutality and the use of excessive force by the Nephi City Police Department Nephi City Mayor Robert Steele said several people had made allegations of the use of force. "These allegations are going to cost the taxpayers money, said Steele. "Whereas, the Nephi City Council desires to insure that its police force use only that force which is necessary and proper in the execution of search warrants; and whereas, Utah Code Anno- Comumci sfeys it dosseH: wwst Mam Sfeseti uiunfess HJBOT fees nit feslt 5 By Myrna ( es and water drains. Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Nephi doesnt want Main Street as a gift unless repairs are made first. Utah Department of Transportation officials wrote to Nephi City Council and Nephi Mayor Robert Steele to offer the highway to Nephi City. Tm not in favor of accepting their gift unless they do the rebuilding of the street first, said Steele. "In most places along the street we have trouble with drainage, said Steele. "The road has really thick over- Milt Harmon, council member, said that under jthe countless overlays of asphalt there was actually a cement bare. There is cement under the asphalt which was laid in the 1920s, he said. Nephi Was one of the first to have a street made of concrete and was part of a project which linked the community with others. j "Rebuilding the' street would be a n dollar project, he said. Council members had each heard of communities who Were now accepting the streets, once part of the state road system, where they ran through the individual communities. Many of them were getting the work multi-millio- lays. He said the street surface needs to be removed and a new surface laid. The numerous overlays over the years have made the surface higher than the ditch- - done by UDOT before the community accepted the street. A few, like Pan guitch, were doing resurfacing work, though, in the instance of Panguitch, the work was being done as the followup to the construction of a town sewer system. "I think we should tell them we do not want Main Street unless they fix it first, said Steele. It costs a lot of money to maintain the street, he said. Nephi City Council members decided not to award the bid for a surplus vehicle to either of the two who submitted bids. Even the highest of the two bids was under $200 and the council thinVa the cab and chassis, of the type used by farmers to haul flat bed trailers, was tated grants statutory authority to the county attorney 77-22- -2 to investigate such allegations; and whereas, the city council desire that the Juab County Attorney exercise his statutory authority to investigate said allegations; reads part of the resolution, signed by the mayor, and passed by the city council on Tuesday. "Now, therefore, be ment Barbara McPherson was hired to work in the Rose Garden Memorial Park. Eight people were hired to work at the 77-22- -2 la p-te- tListfcrdxilspxitojciIIgto Etrsct wills pklizj tu chlkka gfiodmi "I recall g jreu that I dxUi pxxhri, ea occadsa, whan pkhirg e? cy d-Uhta," Leavitt one-ha- city parks department. They were Cleston Park, James Markwick, Randy Jesren, and Niel Wilkey. Gary Taylor and Frank Pew were hired to work for the cemetery depart- it resolved that the Nephi City Council formally request that the Juab County Attorney exercise his statutory authority pursuant to to investigate allegations of excessive force and police brutality involving search war rant executions," read the resolution. It is likely, however, that at least one of the protesters will not be happy with the councils choice of using the county attorney to do the investigation. Leavitt, who also serves as the city attorney, was the target of remarks made at a council meeting earlier. Two weeks ago, Ben Campbell attended city council meeting and demanded the right to address the council, Leavitt in particular, even though his name was not on the agenda and nothing he had to say could be formally acted upon. Campbell has been protesting the way, he said, police entered his home, on a seiuth warrant, because they broke the door. "You are a liar, Campbell told Leavitt at city council meeting. Campbell claimed that Leavitt had tod him that he, Campbell, had two strikes cgsinst him in the community of Nephi. One of the claims, said Campbell, was that Leavitt had told he did not fit in the community because he was not of the predominant religion and did net follow the Lfostyb of the majority of the community. Leavitt said be could net remember having made the statement He did recall Cam ll making the claim that he was circa a prrlirg worth more than the bids which were submitted would indicate. Brent Bowles, council member, said the shop where he works as a mechanic gets more than the bids by just selling drive Hie vehicle outright. "A of this type is worth more than that. Randy McKnight, city administrator, said the city council had several options open to them. They could have the truck motor checked out and find out its exact condition. They could hold an auction, they could set a minimum price and see if either of the local bidders would meet it, they could reject the bids and set the minimum and call for new bids. lf "We sold a ton truck which we knew had thrown a rod and got more than that out of it, said Bowles. He said he would be willing to take the truck home and evaluate the engine for the city. Milt Harmon, city council member, said he thought the two bidders who are both local residents should have the right to bid up on the vehicle if the city council determines it is worth more than either bid. Nephi City Council voted to hire 21 people to work for the summer on various projects for the city. Four people were hired to work for the city swimming pool. Hired were Karrisa Olpin, Nikki Stephensen, Jon Eyre, Tiffany Ralphs, Jill Mace, Robyn Aagard, Sharon Mellor, and Mark Goble. Five individuals will help out at the golf course this summer. Dale Cunningham, Matt Larsen, Jared Larsen, Matt Jenkins, and Kyler Lunt were all hired for the summer. Blair Painter, the new city recorder and financial officer, was appointed to be a trustee of the city 401-- program. Corrine Garrett, former trustee, was K TRUE JAZZ FAN Clark Adams ofNephi shows off his true colors with the word "JAZZ shaved and colored on the back of his head. Clarks wife did the honors . The Jaafyplay tonight in game five at thk Delta Center and Jazz Fever is running high! moaur FtepM smoimg water fcosardl ffiuunids Pnpsltos to (gegfc The Utah Board of Water Resources authorised or committed nearly $8.8 million to water projects at its May 9 meeting in Salt Lake City. Two loans totaling more than $4 million were authorised to the East Juab Water Con- J servancy District in Juab County to help pay for a pressurized irrigation pipeline system. The system for 5,300 acres of form land in the Nephi area will cost an estimated $11,600,000. One loan, for $2,040,000, will be used to help construct a section of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District Spanish pipeline to transport CUP watar to Juab County. The second loan, for $2,273,020, will be used to install Fork-Nep- hi ments to Adams Dam to be repaid over They are 1) an irrigation pipeline by 10 years. North Canyon Irrigation Company, Board members also committed near- Juab County, estimated to cost $85,000; ly $2.4 million to six water projects. 2) culinary water system improvements They are 1) Kanesville Irrigation Com- in the town of Mantua, Box Elder Counpany; Weber County, $348,000 to help ty, expected to cost $350,000; 3) irrigapay for expansion ofa secondary irriga- tion canal lining, Deseret Irrigation tion system estimated to cost $465,000, Company in Millard County, estimated 2) Silver Reef Special Service District, to cost $195,000; 4) an irrigation canal Washington County, $35,000 for up- lining project of Koosharem Irrigation grading and improving its culinary wa- Company in Sevier County estimated to ter system estimated to cost $100,000; cost $125,000; 5) Pintura Irrigation 3) Monticello City, San Juan County, $430,000 to help pay for major improve- ments to its culinary water system, including a new water treatment plant, estimated to cost more $2.4 mil- pipeline distribution systems. Both lion; 4) $510,000 to Beaver City; Beaver County, to help pay for improving and expanding its culinary water system estimated to cost $1.2 million; 5) $321,000 to the town ef Amalga, Cache County, for culinary water system improvements estimated to cost I1.C33-C3- 0; and C) $153,000 to Dry Gulch Irrigation Ccpxy; Dnchrme County; to he!? pry for a to Irrigation pipeline tjz.zzz loans will be repaid over SO years. The ccsiarvancy dhtrict also has requested a $3 dEion district Conservation Credit lYegram grant for the project beerd fosfo'rg authorisations r rrra 1) $L7 cZhra to WiEizpton City to Ccxica Ccxtiy for a cuzktpal and tgrlxltia-- prczrxixd irrigation system to be repaid ever 20 years, 2) CIC3.CC0 to lh WEtord Witar Ccm-pt- y to Ecx Eller County for culinary watar trprsvemeato to be re- tzLl era-1ysars, and S) $1 23,030 to cost $743,030. Board f will be repaid by projxt fpczr x ever periij ratgtog Cxm 9 to 23 jrezra. Davis County to help pay for improve were approved for C-lo- d fnnrhd C-- 1 Haps Creek Irrigation Company in E-g- it pplkatio3 for Uzrd fcsdj forTUlty ztigga. See City on page 5 prajsefts Company, Washington County, pressur- ised irrigation system, $528,000; 6) Providence Logan Irrigation Company, Cache County, replace irrigation canal with pipeline, $600,000; 7) South Ogden City, Weber County, pressurized residential irrigation system, $158,000; and 8) the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Utah County, $5.9 million to help repay a federal repayment |
