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Show tfn. 'Sf,,,'r,a-t-,- ST 4? Pi 'i rm PTt ', J" r n ae THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1977- - -- VOLUME NUMBER SIXTEEN SEVENTY-NIN- E JUl M 1 tell M northern part of the county have still not agreed to provide matching funds necessary to get the $20,000 approved for two ambulances. Commissioner Wendell Zaugg said he saw manpower as the only hurdle for the full paramedic implementation of r service to the entire county by December By ROSELYN KIRK Not only did Davis Countys Paramedic plan receive unanimous approval from the State Paramedic Advisory Committee, but state officials said that the county will get money from an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) grant to help fund the paramedic service. 1978. THE PLAN to use sheriffs deputies as paramedics was proposed originally by Sheriff William Dub Lawrence. By July 20, six sheriffs deputies will be certified as paramedics. The proposal calls for 18 paramedics to be available from the sheriffs department by December 1978. Commissioner Zaugg said the funding to pay for the 12 additional paramedics has not been resolved, but has been taken under advisement by the county commission. He said county commissioners are committed to the approved paramedic service. THE JUSTIFICATION for a paramedic service in Davis County was presented by EMS chairman, Dr. Jan Freeman and Dr. Richard Johns, County Health director, to the State Paramedic Advisory Committee last winter. At that time the state council told the county to refine the plan and present the final plan on July 1. Tuesday the council voted unanimous approval of the plan, with one member of the council commenting, "This is the best document weve seen. RICHARD WARBURTON, coordinator of the state paramedic advisory council, said that its only a matter of licensing the DR. JOHNS told commissioners last week that the county will have to determine how to pay the additional 12 men, since the money for manpower would not be available through the EMS grant. county paramedic agency before the paramedics can go into action. The plan, approved last week by the county EMS Council calls for one paramedic-EM- T team with telemetry communication to Weber County hospitals to be available by August 1 to the north end of the county... e second paramedic-EMunit will begin coverage of South Davis County by January 1978, according to the projected plan. At that time both Davis County hospitals are projected to be equipped as base stations with full telemetry capabilities. Deputy Sheriff Jan Cunningham said the sheriffs department will ultimately need 12 new men to provide the manpower for those lost to the paramedic program. T SUMMER SEAGULLS avSs ramtty Hot summer weather seems to suit the Seagull just fine. As you can see this pair of Seagulls lazily wade along the the shore of a Utah lake enjoying every moment summer has to offer. 17SDD atieclaD IFof UJJse match needed for construction of the courts. By ROSELYN KIRK . Davis County will sell road construction material to Gib- bons and Reed Construction Company of Salt Lake City for construction of Interstate between Farmington and Layton. COMMISSIONERS agreed to allow the construction company to purchase about yards of material from site south of a county-owne- d Davis Park Golf Course on State Road 106, subject to the approval of County Attorney 190, 000 Milton Hess. They tentatively agreed with Gibbons and Reed representatives to accept 15 cents per cubic yard for the the material. Based material estimated to be COMMISSIONER Moss said the money is more urgently needed for a $6,500 pumping project to provide water at the Valley View Golf Course and another water project at the Davis Park Golf Course, which costs about the same amount. The Davis Park project would pipe water to the greens and tees on the golf course. He estimated that both water projects would cost This would not leave enough money in the budget to provide the $22,600 neces$13,000. sary to supply the county match to build the tennis court. on available, the county would be paid about $30,000. THE additional fill is needed since the source of fill supply at Shepards Lane and purchased by the company from the Farmington Stake of the LDS Church has currently run out, Commissioner Flint said. Gibbons and Reed is paying 15 cents a cubic yard in both cases for the fill material. According to the tentative Gibbons and agreement, Reed has agreed to restore the land after the fill material is removed and to replace a ditch and overpass that will be removed to make the excavation possible. THE agreement calls for the project to be completed by July 1978. Don Kearns, project manager for Gibbons and Reed, said the bulk of the material will be removed this year. In another financial matter, the commission decided to postpone the building of four tennis courts at Davis Park, adjacent to the parking lot of the golf course. Commissioner C.E. Moss told county planner Scott Carter that the commission will take another look at the project in September to see if they can come up with the $22,600 MR. CARTER said the $18,000 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation (BOR) grant for, of the tennis courts would not expire until December 31, 1978. Commis- construction sioner Moss argued that the SeDD(msttF(L3&ttiiQifl im golf course project should have first priority since if we dont come up with the money for the golf course, well lose the tees and greens. The money for the watering of the Davis Park Golf Course has not been officially approved, although Commissioner Moss predicted that it will be okayed shortly. The two watering projects would provide water to the tees and the greens on the golf course prior to April 15 and after October 15 when Weber Basin Water is not available. IN AN unrelated matter of business, the commissioner delayed the approval of changes in the county fire ordinance until county fire chief Russell Earl can get approval for the changes from the 35 volunteer county firemen. The changes proposed by Chief Earl call for the addition of an assistant fire chief who would be appointed by D- -il Chief Earl rather than elected by the firemen. CHIEF EARL said the additional man is needed to provide administrative services dealing with the maintenance of paper work, records, dispatch and training manuals. The other assistant chief would head the fire fighting division. He argued that the assistant chief should be an appointive position, instead of an elective position since he must work closely with the assistant chief. The Fire Chief should pick his own assistant, Chief Earl said. A group from one area or company could control the whole department through the elective process if the change is not made, he said. CHIEF EARL told commissioners that he could pick a more qualified man than could be elected. He requested that the ordinance be department. If appointed, the assistant chief would earn $50 a month. All of the Davis County ll firemen except Lt. Brad are volunteers. Or-gi- COMMISSIONERS ques- tioned Chief Earl as to whether the revamping of the ordinance was done with the approval of the firemen. He assured them that there is no friction between the men. They are aware of what were doing. The commission MR. WARBURTON told county officials, after the meeting, that a fair amount of the $568,000 grant awarded by the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) will come to Davis County. According to figures released by the State Paramedic Council, about asked Chief Earl to call for a vote from the firemen, indicating the approval of the fire ordinance changes. When this information is obtained, they will act on the ordinance change, in addition to deciding whether to appoint a new assistant fire chief. DR. FREEMAN presented a letter from St. Benedicts Hospital in Ogden indicat- The money, available under the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, has been earmarked to provide funding in the target area of northern Utah. According to the figures, ambulance services, the two hospitals and Davis County would receive about $29,000 for a communications system. Another $30,000 would be available to provide two rescue vehicles and two ambulances to implement the program. ing that they authorized the use of telemetry communication equipment in that hospital until both Davis County hospitals are equipped as base station when complete paramedic coverage is achieved by January 1978. Mr. Warburton indicated there should be no hurdle to getting the first unit functioning by paramedic-EMAugust 1. He said all that was needed was for administrators to draft letters to St. Benedicts Hospital and initial sheriffs deputies as a paramedic unit. T THE COUNTY will be required to match the money provided by the grant. Dr. Johns said that five cities in the Ctasls Theres a need for more the Kaysville to Clearfield area, but apparently the economics are so tight that multiple-dwellin- g housing is nearly at a standstill. apartments in CITY building inspectors of Evil we the North Davis County communities report that there is a need for additional apartments and some developers even have the property but lack the finances to build. Layton has a large tract of land which was denied rezoning for commercial use and this may be put into multiple- units. -dwelling Clear- tract field, too, has one large designed for no By ROSELYN KIRK The split between the Davis County Library and the Davis School District occurred as scheduled on July 1, but ac- cording to Jeanne Layton, county librarian, the fate of the library headquarters building in Farmington has not yet been decided. THE LIBRARY board will meet Tuesday at 8 a.m., but may have to await Davis County School Board action later on in July before determining whether the library board can buy out the interest the school district holds in the building. Miss Layton said the employees in the library processing department have now been transferred to the county payroll. SHE SAID that three fulltime and four part-tim- e employees have been ter minated, leaving a total of 13 full and part-tim- e employees to carry out the library processing needs for the county. The staff is now at optimum size, she said. No change in the total budget will be necessary, according to Miss Layton. Reallocation procedures will call for the money to be paid for salaries to employees, rather than to the school district which formerly paid the employees salaries. THE PROBLEM of what to do with the library facility hinges on the fact that the library is built on land owned by Davis County. The building itself is owned jointly by the library board and the school board. The county has the option to house other agencies in the basement of the library, Miss Layton said, but continues to. let the library use the area as a receiving area for new books. ABOUT half of the main floor area is used for the book collection and check out area while the other half houses the processing center. If the school board should decide to take over the processing area for use as a book distribution center, the center would have to be moved to another location and the building remodeled. Miss Layton called the possible proposal to split the builting totally unfeasible. It would be cumbersome for us to give up the processing center. Well need to come to some agreement. EARLIER Commissioner Glen Flint had expressed some concern that the county commission was not notified of the split. But Miss Layton said that, while the commission feels some responsibility for the split, the five member library board is the governing power behind the library. This function is specified by state law. She said the library board, like the school board is a separate entity, although the county commission has the final authority over the mill levy to finance the library. THE CONTROL exercised by the commission is in the appointment of members of the library board. Present library board members are: Wayne Thomock, chairman; Evan Whitesides, Lynette Wilson and Superintendent Bemell Wrigley. Miss Layton says she assumes that Superintendent Wrigley will be replaced now that the split has occurred. At the last library board meeting, the board had voted to appoint an independent appraiser to determine the value of the building which was constructed in 1962. AT THAT time the library board had indicated they might not have the funds to buy out the equity in one lump sum, but might have to extend the payments over a three or four year period. During the 30 years that the two agencies have been joined, they have cooperated in the ordering and cataloging of books used in both the library and the schools. THE split came when the school district decided to have their books processed through the State Library Commission and severed the relationship. The library board voted to continue to process their own books. 232 units other construction but is scheduled. THE closeness of Hill Air Force Base, of course, is the prime factor for mass apartment useage. Hill AFB housing officials report that of the bases 4,700 military personnel more than half (2,500) live off base. WALTER Murphy, base housing specialist, noted that the base owns 1,245 units which are rented to base military personnel, but most renters have to wait six months for a vacancy. Rentals range from $150 for a unfurnished apartment to $250 for a unit, he said. HE SAID there is a need for three-bedroo- more e t Advisory Council, two members questioned various aspects of the proposal. Evan Baker, Salt Lake City Fire Department, questioned how fire departments would be coordinated with the communications system as proposed. Evelyn Draper, a member of the state council and director of the Weber State College paramedics training program, questioned whether arrangements for continued education for paramedics had .been planned for by the hospitals. $oth questions were apparently satisfied since the council heard the plan and approved it in less than 45 minutes. county. changed to allow him to choose the two assistant chiefs, as well as the three and three captains lieutenants that head the i i. Paramedic $60,000 will be available for communications and transportation equipment to implement the paramedic service in the 5 Freeway . T" DURING THE presentation to the State m housing, but there are no immediate plans for new construction. Mr. Murphy said most of e the housing requests from military personnel are for the north Davis and south Weber county areas. They want to live in the small communities adjacent to the base, he said. And the housing situation could get even tighter in near future years with the assignto Hill AFB ment of the F-1- 6 in 1978, officials related. The new fighter wing is expected to draw 300 to 400 beginning additional military personnel and their families to the northern Utah air base. MR. MURPHY said rentals appear to be higher the closer the apartments are to the base. But some are moving to Ogden and towns a little further distant where the rent is lower, he said. 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