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Show 4 r I ) i THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1977- wsiD 2 i - VOLUME SEVENTY-NIN- E NUMBER SEVENTEEN Rtoon (LDimiresGDDwotQl the payment could wait until Jan. 1. Commissioner Glen Flint said, We want to treat the north end the same as we treat the south. Sheriff Lawrence said his men will continue to provide the manpower necessary to man the dispatch center, along with the added responsibility. The matter of the additional four men who will be needed to provide manpower teams was not so for the paramedic-EMeasily resolved. These men will provide paramedic service to the north end of the county August 1. Another nine men will be needed by the end of 1978. By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County Sheriff William Commissioners and Dub Lawrence resolved one money question, but several were still unresolved after a two-hoCounty Commission meeting last week. TWO OF the issues revolved around the funding of paramedic service. Sheriff Lawrence began to push for the service over a year ago and has ultimately committed 18 deputies in his department to the paramedic service. The commission agreed to provide about $4,400 to fund a communications net in the north end of the county, necessary for the initiation of the paramedic service, but said they would have to sit down with the auditor to determine whether there was money for the additional manpower necessary before the program is initiated August T BOTH THE commissioners and the sheriff said the cost to the county hiring four men will be about $25,000 this year, including salary and benefits. When all 13 men are added to the paramedic force by the end of next year, the cost to the county will be about $195,000. Commissioner C. E. Moss said the decision on whether to hire the additional men could not be made until the commission sits down with the auditor to determine whether the money needed this year is available in the budget. Commissioner Moss said the county may have to levy additional mills to pay for the paramedic service. 1. COMMISSIONERS agreed that the communications equipment should be ordered by the sheriff with the understanding that it would be placed on invoice and paid for in the 1978 budget after January 1. Sheriff Lawrence said he was acting as spokesman for fire departments and city officials in Clinton, South Weber, Sunset and Syracuse, who are attempting to fund a communications systems which will tie in with the Sheriffs central dispatch center. SHERIFF LAWRENCE pressed for an early decision since the paramedic service is scheduled to go into operation in less than three weeks. In another money matter, the commission said that a cost of living raise would not be forthcoming to county employees, including sheriffs deputies in July. A raise was approved last July, although the county budget operates on the calendar year. Commissioners pointed out that all county employees received a five percent cost of living raise in January. TO Sheriff Lawrence a to be installed either in needs repeater Roy or in the Sunset City offices, which would eliminate dead space in the present communications system. He said the cities have budgeted money and intend to spend from $10,000 to $17,000 each to fund equipment for pagers and mobile radios for fire trucks. The money allocated by the county would pay for a repeater, a directional antenna and line. SHERIFF LAWRENCE argued that cities in the south end of the county already had an adequate communications system and the commission owed the same consideration to the north. The south end of the county communicates through a system set up by the county through the South Davis Fire Department and the South Davis Ambulance Service. There was some confusion as to whether half of the money necessary for the communications system would be available through an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) grant which was awarded to the county last week. But a study of the ACCORDING funding seemed to and the County Commissioners said that not only are the sheriffs deputies paid less money, but other county employees are paid less than employees in most of the cities in the MR. WALKER county. indicate that the money available there, would be used only for telemetry equipment. AFTER SOME deliberation, the commission decided to work out the funding if Lasjieii, Sheriff Lawrence questioned when the matter of salaries would be addressed. Commissioner Moss said the matter would be considered when the commissioners began to work with the budget later this fall. Q. Fuel teach Riiiohioe AgFgefiient A 50-ye- franchise agreement has been reached between Layton City and Mountain Fuel Supply Company. THE CITY council agreed to the long-terfranchise which Mountain Fuel officials said was the same as that used with all other entities served by the company. They said 50 years is the standard time for the exclusive agreement. In other city council action, two public hearings were set on rezoning requests, and the council tabled action on one rezoning proposal following a public hearing at which there was only one resident that responded. THE MATTER being tabled consisted of a proposal to rezone property near the center of the city from Commercial-2 to Commercial-Manufacturin- g (MX). The planned use of the property is a paper recycling plant to develop fuels. has PROPOSAL THE received approval from the city planning commission but the council tabled the motion to allow the city attorney to determine if conditional or restricted usages could be placed on the property if rezoned. A resident of the area, Beth Comia, said she opposed the rezoning because she was concerned what the rezoning even an oil might allow refiner)'. She said the rezontoo ing ordinance was broad and she was very concerned about the several residential dwellings which still exist in the area. THE REZONING proposal will be considered again at the city council meeting of July 21. August was the date set for two proposed rezoning requests, one to rezone from Agriculture to Residential-Iof property near the intersection of Highway 232 and Antelope Drive and the second to rezone Agriculture to Commercial property near North Layton Junior High on An4 telope Drive. Poivep 111 Be Siiut Off There will be a power outage from 12 midmight to 2 a m. Saturday morning, July 16, according to Kaysville city electrician, Walt Meacham. THE OUTAGE will be due to construction of the new freeway necessary lines. where it is to relocate power The power will be turned off at the substation during those specified hours, np THE FIRST proposal will be heard at 7:30 p.m. and the second is set for 8 p.m. The city planning commission gave approval of the first proposal, from agricultural to residential, but recommended against the rezoning to commercial the property near the junior high school, grb e, vYvv SHERIFF LAWRENCE said the starting salary for a sheriffs deputy was $794, lower than other most law enforcement officers in the county and the state. Not only are the salaries lower, Sheriff Lawrence said, but that the failure to provide a cost of living raise in July would place deputies further behind. According to County Clerk Rod Walker, county employees have been given a cost of living raise in July for the last three years, but were told not to expect it this year. The pond is located in a surrounded by a hillside and trees, Huckleberry on the east side of U.S. Highway 89 (Mountain Road). on a scenic pond in South Weber. LAZY SUMMER DAY ..y.ViV.v By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County Planners approved a preliminary plan to allow Sweetwater Corp. to build between 28 and 38 condominium units at an area east of Oakridge Country Club and gave Gibbons and Reed Construction Company approval to excavate fill material for THIS SECOND action was necessary before Davis County commissioners could sign the final papers, allowing Gibbons and Reed to excavate approximately 190,000 cubic yards of fill material from a county-owne- d site south of the Davis Park Golf Course on State Road 106. Earlier last week the commission had approved the action subject to the approval of County Attorney Milton Hess and the Davis County Planning Commission. THE APPROVAL of the Sweetwater project did not require a rezoning since the company had already gone through an extensive rezoning process several years ago. At that time, the area to the north of the site was developed as a subdivision. Developer Milt Taylor said most of the subdivision lots are now built on and the company is ready to begin development of the condominium area. The 6.7 acre parcel will not exceed a density of 4.2 units per acre, Mr Taylor said. FRED Babcock of Architects Alliance in Salt Lake City is designing the condominiums in a traditional style, and is playing with the idea of either single or double story buildings. Mr. Babcock says if the company goes with two level structures, they will be able to cover less ground and keep the area more open, building around the existing vegetation. The units, imitating the Georgetown look, in any event would not be larger than a y building, Mr. Taylor said. He said the final plans may call for a asphalt road. two-stor- 24-fo- THE PLANNING commission approved the concept plan, even though there was some discussion about whether a single road into the area was adequate. They said the company will have to deal with several more problems before the final plan is approved. Although the planning commission rushed through the approval for the excavation of materials at the Davis Park site, Planning Commissioner Joseph Moore said he would have been more comfortable with a public hearing. THE URGENCY of the decision, both on the part of the county commission and the planning commission, when spokesmen Gibbons and Reed announced the company had run out of fill material for the construction of The company plans to remove about 190,000 cubic yards of material from the three acre site and agreed to restore the area by July 1978. Mr. Moore says he sees the haulage route used to remove the material as the primary problem. THE anCOMPANY ticipates routing the trucks along State Road 106 and down First South in Kaysville, coming out by the grain elevators. Planning Commission member said the company will have to explain the plan to the people in the area. The commission agreed that, although the haulage route is not ideal, it appears be the only practical route. The company met the requirements imposed by the planning commission on slope and reclamation of the land after the material is removed. to IN OTHER matters, the planning commission gave preliminary approval to a 14- - lot Snyder subdivision at 5500 West and 2425 North provided the developers can meet the county building criteria. The subdivision, in an unincorporated area of Davis County called Hooper, was protested as a building site by several farmers from the area who argued that the water table was too high. Jay Ander- son, prospective developer said he plans to abandon one lot of those originally planned and will construct a holding pond on that lot. THE commission was not sure the lots could meet the 'specifications of the county building code, but have given approval subject to that criteria. In three other matters the commission tabled action until more information is available. A subdivision proposed by Harry Gillespie at 1100 West 500 South in West Farmington was tabled sub- - ject to an opinion of County Attorney Milton Hess to determine the requirements of a road access into the area. A PROPOSED agricultural parceling in West Bountiful on 400 South, west of Redwood Road was tabled until the commission checks with West Bountiful on their intentions for that area. Developer Frank to George proposes div'ide the 78 acres into horse pastures, 175 feet wide and 32 feet deep. In the third action, the commission tabled the proposal by Don Milligan to subdivision at develop a t 675 West Clark Lane, west of in Farmington until they see whether Farmington will annex the area. They advised the developer to go back to the city and ask for incorporation since the subdivision would have to be supplied by well water if it is not 49-lo- IN TWO rezoning matters, the commission decided to hold a public hearing on one and wait to see whether a road is built before taking action on another. The request by Dick Gledhill to haw a lot rezoned from to allow for the to R2-- building of a duplex at Orchard Drive in the Val Verda area, will be decided after a public hearing. On another application for rezoning a lot just north of 3077 South Highway 91 in Bountiful from to to allow for the construction of a car tune-uoperation, planning commissioners denied the application until the need arises. Jack Johnson said he understood a road was planned for the area and wished to build the tune-uoperation on the back of his lot Commissioners will wait and see what develops. C-- 2 p p Sunset: Mandatory Water Restrictions The Sunset City Council has set mandatory water restrictions that will go into effort on July 18. The council hoped that the water regulation could have been voluntary but according to a recent survey water usage and observ ations some residents of Sunset just have not been cooperatof ing. COUNCILMAN Fd Rogers, who introduced the measure, said that the city cut back was only 8 5 percent in June, lacking 31.5 percent of reaching the requested goal The council unanimously approved the restrictions on outside watering which limits the time of watering to before 10 a m. and after 6pm and never on Sunday. The even numbered residents are to water on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and the odd numbered residents are to water on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with Sundays to be used as a day in which the water can collect for the next weeks usage. THE NEW water ordinance makes it illegal to water only at the designated time and days above. Offenders will have their water shut off and be fined $25 before the water is turned back on again, according to Councilman Fd Rogers new letter is being sent to the homes of each resident in Sunset notifying them of this situation. It is hoped that A residents will cooperate and realize that we do have a water shortage and will work towards easing this situation, vw THE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 "B North Main St., Layton Phone 376-91- 33 Published Weakly by CUPPER PUBUSHING CO. John Stable. Jr.. Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Stale Subscription S5.50 Overseer Subscription S1SM (Payable In Advance) Cut o( |