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Show 1 IITtah I State Press Assn. 'PO Box 1327 Salt Volume 80, Number 44 Brigham City, Utah, Sunday Morning, October 30, 1977 16 Lake City, Utah 81110 TWENTY CENTS Pages As bid exceeds grant amount ' how it looks from the pumpkin inside out? Well, that's the view you see here as Mitch Udy, 7, to his mother, Mrs. proudly displays this EVER WONDERED jack-o-lanter- n tractor. Dean Udy, 405 East Third North in Brigham City. Monday is Halloween and a lot of pumpkins are looking at faces. the world through R. But the federal agency also said Jacobsen was not the lowest qualified bidder since his proposal did not include ten newly-carve- d County okays bid from bank to keep bond funds School board says okay fo job rating proposal Box Elder School district is teaming up with the University of Utah to create a new job classification system for classified employes in the district. The board of education stamped its okay on the move after hearing a presentation of the by Arben O. Clark, relaof industrial institute universitys tions, Wednesday night. The cost is expected to be about $5,000. Classified workers include custodians, secretaries, bus drivers, lunch workers, and supply and maintenance personnel. Superintendent Leonard F. Dalton said local and state classified employees associations want the system. And theyve agreed to shoulder some of the cost. But it will still cost the district about $3,000. Is there money in the budget that can be used for this? board members asked. David Morrell, board clerk and director of business affairs, said it could be scraped up. I cant think of money better spent. I think weve got to come to this, he stated. It was Morrell who chaired the boards negotiations committee this year in talks with classified workers. An agreement was reached only recently after months of talks. Im pleased with the potential for normalizing relations, Dr. Dalton said of the system. The intent is to arrive at a description and classification for each job in the district. Degree of training and education required, mental and physical demands Construction is scheduled to start this coming week on an addition to the Brigham City fire station with Knowlton H. Brown, Corinne, as the contractor. But for a while Thursday evening and Friday morning, the project was in doubt. Brigham City recently received a $249,000 grant from the Economic Development administration to build the addition and remodel the existing station. Construction is scheduled to move ahead on the addition. But the remodeling portion a matter of apparently will get the ax economic necessity. Four firms submitted bids on the project Thursday evening. The apparent low bidder was Joseph Jacobsen, Inc., Logan, at $309,223. It was well above the grant figure. The situation caused some mental scurrying on the part of architect Jim Chamberlin and Fire Chief Rod Romer. And created a number of furrowed brows around the city council table. Chamberlin said the cost could be whittled down. But it would mean eliminating the remodeling. And would have to get federal approval. A call to the EDA regional office in Denver Friday morning set the ship back on course. ", .The EDA spokesman said the lowest qualified bid could be accepted and the cost negotiated downward with the con- The Box Elder County commission this week stamped its approval on a bid from First Security bank to keep $149,603 in county funds for the next eight years. past and whether it includes supervisory responsibility are considered in placing each job within the system. A statement by Dr. Clark said hopefully this will reduce perceived inequities in work and pay . . The institute will survey all classified employees in the district and bring all job descriptions to date through interviews with supervisors. and check-back- s Graduate students will help build the system, working in league with a district job study committee consisting of district and employee representatives. Its expected the task will take 20 weeks to complete. Morrell said having the jobs clearly established as they relate to one another (Continued on page 8) The county plans to bank money until 1, 1985, at which time the principle and interest it has accumulated will be used to meet a final $275,000 balloon payment on bonds for the countys nursing home in Tremonton. Nov. First Security offered to accept the money at 8.20 percent interest compounded quarterly. It means the county must place in the special account this Nov. in order to meet the 1985 payment. $149,603.73 1 County Treasurer Glen Fife said the First Security bid represents a $2,200 savings over a combination of two other bids which was the next best offer. 'Every teacher should know how' focus is the read Johnny Helping t Why Johnny cant read isnt a primary concern in Box Elder School district these days. Giving qualified instruction that will thats where the help him learn to read focus is. This was apparent Wednesday night as Supt. Leonard F. Dalton announced that he had sent a letter to institutions with teacher training programs. It informed them that Box Elder district wants teachers whove been taught in how to teach reading, regardless of major or minor subject. The teacher may be certified to instruct in physics, math, chemistry or history. Thats fine. But the district also wants them to be able to aid students in how to read. Teachers dont always pay attention to how students write, communicate or how they put their words together, Dr. Dalton explained. The new requirement in what he termed a buyers market where selection of teachers is concerned, is intended to help eliminate this communication deficiency. Dr. Dalton called it a unique request" but one which may establish a trend. Institutions (colleges and universities) should be turning out the kind of teachers we want, he declared. We consider this a priority item for all teachers, at all grade levels . . . Dr. Dalton wrote in his letter. In league with the superintendents presentation, C. Morgan Hawkes, administrator of curriculum, disclosed that the districts new emphasis on teaching students to read has hit a snag. English teachers at the secondary level dont know how to teach reading, Hawkes said. As a result, some 25 educators from the districts four secondary schools have enrolled in a special course taught by Utah State University. Now underway, the course is being conducted each Tuesday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. at Box Elder High school. It will continue for ten weeks. I feel good about the attitude of the teachers. We got locked into a (reading) program for six years that didnt work. Last year was the first year we were out of it and I think well see great improvement, Hawkes told the board. Its now required that secondary students must read up to their grade level or take additional reading instruction until they do. three-credit-ho- percent participation in the project by a minority firm (as required by the Public Works Employment act). It then passed to Knowlton H. Brown whose bid was $310,948. The architect reportedly secured assurance from Brown that he would negotiate the price down. Mayor Harold B. Felt called a special meeting of the council Friday to officiallya ward the contract. Terms of the federal program require that construction must proceed within 90 days after the grant is approved. And that means work must begin on the fire station no later than Nov. 6. This doesnt end city involvement with EDA grant projects. The council is scheduled to open bids Thursday, Nov. 3, on an addition and remodeling to the city library. The grant amount of that improvement is $454,073. And Thursday night the council set a special meeting Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. to open bids on a project to install a storm sewer line on Seventh South between Main and Fifth West. And to extend existing lines on Fifth West and Fishburn drive south to Eleventh South. The grant for this work is $136,000. In other business, the council also circled Nov. 22 to receive proposals from any firms interested in providing steel bins for commercial use garbage containers. This followed a lengthy discussion and report from Councilman Dale Baron on the subject. Streets Supt. Ray Wixom has said the city should go to the bin system in its commercial garbage collection service. In question was how to obtain the bins and who would be responsible to maintain them. City officials figure they cant buy them. The initial outlay of about $250 for an estimated 90 bins would be more than municipal finances could stand now. An alternative would be for the merchants themselves to purchase them. But Baron, who studied the question with Councilman Wayne Jones, recommended that the city invite proposals from firms interested in providing the bins, charging users a rental fee and being responsible for their maintenance. In still other business: The council accepted an updated manual for employes on city procedures and policies. Roger Handy, director of administrative services, said the city attorney would have prepared by Nov. 3 a draft ordinance setting out responsibilities of appointed personnel as related to city financial operations. The council approved tire purchases totaling $7,148, based on this breakdown: Billings Oil company, $5,281; Pardisco, $1,268, and Parsons Texaco, $598. A request for Burton Brokaw to e charter service operate a from the city airport was referred to the airport advisory committee. multi-engin- Public meeting set Nov. 9 Water quality panel is named A program to improve water quality in Box Elder county, primarily on the Bear river and its tributaries, was initiated recently with the formation of a citizens advisory committee. The committee will conduct a public meeting Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Box Elder county commission chambers of the courthouse in Brigham City. Bob Holt, director of the Bear River Association of Governments 208 water quality study of which the committee is part, says the county has received $12,000 with which to initiate the program. The Utah Division of Environmental Health has given BRAG a total of $60,000 for Box Elder, Cache and Rich counties to conduct the program, Holt said. He said most of the Bear rivers pollution, about 95 percent, is from nonsources that cant be profit sources readily These include urban runoff and agricultural sources excessive flood irrigation, overgrazing of rangeland and animal wastes from feedlots. Holt said studies are being made of the Bear river drainage and strategy will be formed for cleaning up the river. The committee will help inform the public of the problems and possible solutions to pollution. The committee is also responsible for calling hearings to air these matters with the public. Since much of the Bear river pollution appears to be coming from agricultural uses, soil conservation districts are proposed as entities to work with farmers. Much of the rivers pollution could be avoided with just good farming practices, Holt said. The program director said Congress has made available $400 million to help clear up non-poi- pollution. should be introduced in the 1978 Utah Legislature that would give soil conservation districts legal authority to make application for these funds on behalf of farmers, Holt pointed out. . (Continued on page 8) A bill Young people sought for jobs at BR refuge The US Fish and Wildlife service plans to hire immediately five young male and female workers and additional persons will be employed within the next few weeks for jobs at Bear River Migratory Bird refuge. The youths, aged 16 through 23, will be hired under the Young Adult Conservation Corps program. The corps is a labor intensive program designed to provide meaningful work for the jobless. According to YACC Camp Director Terry Tadano, those interested may apply at the Brigham City Job Service office, 138 West 990 South. Participants will receive the minimum wage and could be enrolled for up to 12 months. In addition to the program in this vicinity, other YACC work camps will be established with the US Fish and Wildlife service. Ned Peabody, refuge manager, said tentative plans are to have the first YACC workers on board as early as Oct. 31, although it may be later. e and all are Theyll be employed expected to come from the Brigham City full-tim- area. After about one year, its anticipated that the program at Bear River refuge will expand to about ten workers. The crew leader will be Kim Forrest who is presently on the staff as a seasonal public use specialist. Peabody said the work schedule will see the young people engaged in a variety of d projects, everything from maintenance and repair of buildings to biological programs, weed control and duck nest studies. d "Since this is a program, the manager said there may be some problems associated with having enough work programs during the winter months. But other times of the year will provide plenty for them to do. labor-oriente- year-aroun- |