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Show s press 30 0 5uT 34 U U4r7 ije Papnn s&oC 4It UE ran Thursday November 1, 1984 Number 44 Vol95 Payson council approves contract with Strawberry The Payson City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with Strawberry Water Users Association (SWUA) which will end controversy over diversity charges to the cities belonging to the Southern Utah Valley Power Project (SUVPP). According to Payson Mayor Gary Tassainer, the controversy arose when the cities of Payson, Springville, Spanish Fork and Salem determined that they were being charged more than they should be for supplemental power. SUVPP, which includes the cities and SWUA, Spook alley nearly fatal to local man A make-believ- hanging man e in a local Halloween spook alley nearly became the real thing Monday when a man accidentally hung himself. Dennis Bishop was taken to Mountain View Hospital in Payson and then to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo after being found hanging unconscious in a spook alley behind his West Mountain home. Bishop was discharged from the hospital the following morning. Bishop was found uncon- scious by his friend, Rod Weir, who was also helping in the spook alley. Weir said he became suspicious when he could not hear Bishop playing his part as a hanging man. Weir cut the rope which was around Bishops chest. Bishop, who is an old hand at creating spook alleys, has played the part of a hanging man before. However, in the past he has looped the rope around his legs to suspend him from an overhead beam. Because things were rushed Monday, the rope was only tied around Bishops chest. When hanged Bishop himself, the rope around his chest tightened causing him to black out. Bishop was not daunted by the accident. He and his wife Debbie were still planning to take charge of the Taylor Elementary Halloween Carnival Wednesday. And Bishop says he will create another spook alley next year if there is a demand for one. buys power from the Colorado River Storage Project which is delivered to a substation at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon and transmitted on SWUA lines to the cities. SWUA also buys supplemental power from Utah Power and Light Company. SWUA acts as the billing agent for SUVPP, billing the cities for the power they use and paying CRSP and UP&L. Mayor Tassainer explained that one of the factors determining the charge for supplemental UP&L power is the peak demand charge. This is a charge for the amount of power being used by the system at the time of highest demand during the billing period. According to Tassainer, SWUA was paying UP&L for the peak demand for the entire system while billing each city for its individual peak use. Since the cities peak demands did not all come at the same time, SWUA was more in peaking collecting charges than it was paying to UP&L. Tassainer told the council that over the years the diversity charge had amounted to nearly a half million dollars. He said the diversity problem came to a head when SWUA wanted to raise the rate it charges the cities to wheel electricity on its lines. Under the terms of the agreement, the cities agree to apply the diversity money they believe SWUA owes them toward a use agreement on a new, partially completed power loop owned by SWUA. The cities also agree to apply up to ' $45(1,000 which has accumulated in a SUVPP sinking fund towards completion of the power loop. Tassainer noted that the contract would give the cities use of the power loop without a wheeling charge. Payson presently pays between each month in wheeling charges. He also said the peaking charges to each city will be based on a percentage of the system peak, not individual peaks. The cities will be required to pay a portion of the maintenance and operation costs of the $5000-$600- 0 line. We have been working on contract for nearly a year, Tassainer said. With this agreement, the diversity question will be settled. We will no longer 'pay wheeling charges. Money we have already paid will go to complete the loop and we will have access to the transmission line. The only real hang-uwith the contract, according to the mayor, is that SWUA will this p retain title to the line. They would not yield on that point because there is some question as to .whether they or the federal government actually owns the line, he said. The contract does contain a clause giving the cities the first ri$ht of refosal should SWUA decide to sell its interest in the transmission line. asked Tassainer Mayor Springville Mayor Brent who has been instrumental in negotiating the contract, to comment on it. Haymond said, It is really an economic decision. Do we want to continue paying wheeling charges or have use of the line even with a clouded title with only payments for maintenance on the line? On a motion by Councilman Bob Sonju, the council unanimously approved the contract. Hay-mon- d, BONANZA In another electrical matter, the council discussed the pro- posed purchase of power from the Bonanza plant through Utah Municipal Power Agency ' (UMPA). Mayor Tassainer said he thought the UMPA projections of UP&L costs were a bunch of malarky and recommended Payson pull out of the project. Dixon Don Councilman moved to have Payson withdraw from negotiation for power from Bonanza. Councilman Russ Williams noted that the item was not on the agenda and should not be voted on. The motion died for lack of a . second. This car ia Jot cm f savaral that got hit by falling limbs caaaod by a heavy snowfall oariy Saturday mornkg. Tho oariy storm caused broken Heavy , early snow storm breaks tree limbs, causes pwer outages, damage An early season snow storm dumped over four inches of heavy wet snow on Payson early Saturday morning, breaking tree limbs and causing several power outages. The storm began as rain Friday night, which later froze to ice which covered tree limbs and power lines. Still later, snow fell, adding to the weight on limbs and lines. Many trees were damaged because they had not lost their leaves. Power was out in several areas in Payson as electrical crews worked to repair damaged lines and replace fuses in to transformers. According Payson Electrical Superintendent Dennis Lewis, power was out in an area around 600 East and 400 North because a transformer fuse blew out and a falling tree line in the area The Payson City Council voted to approve a contractor for the sewer plant project, reaffirmed its decision to buy and antique car, and announced it was accepting loan application for Community Block Grant money during the council meeting on October 25. SEWER PLANT The council approved Clegg Construction as the contractor for the update project at the Payson Waste Water Treatment Plant. The company sublow mitted bid of the $2,876,409. However, a change order specifying the removal of one pump and a sludge mixer and miscellaneous items will delete $203,022 from the project cost. Coundlwoman Kay Furaiss made the motion to approve Clegg Construction, which was seconded by Councilman Russel Williams. Joining Furniss and Williams in support of the motion were Councilmen Bob Sonju and Steve Hanson. Councilman Don Dixon abstained. The council also discussed the need for an e engineer for inspection. The question was whether the city should hire the engineer or allow Arix, the project engineering firm, to hire the engineer. Councilman Hanson said he felt the city would be money ahead with Arix hiring the resident engineer and moved to allow the firm to choose one. The council concurred with the exception of Councilman Dixon, who voted no. on-sit- Councilman Dixon said that because of calls he had received and two letters to the editor in the CHRONICLE, he felt the city has some obligation for a float. The council then discussed the purchase of a Model T, approved in an earlier council meeting, and the citys float. More Asphalt cab la and gnttsr by Jack Prtvstgaaids cm of savaral presets completed by Individual pwperty owners this ainnw. Payaea CUy leak advantage of a break In the weather this weak to eoopMe tho asphalting an According to Lewis, the damage could have been much worse. Because of preventative maintenance removing overhanging limbs we had a minimum of damage and power Lewis said some outage. have people complained when the electrical department has trimmed trees over or near the power lines but the practice evidently paid off Saturday. Because of the numerous broken limbs throughout the city, Rodney Watkins, Payson City Administrator, said the city will have another cleanup next week. We will haul off all limbs piled on the roadside by next Monday. He emphasized that city crews will be out next week to pick up the debris but the limbs must be on the roadside by Monday. contractor, reaffirms car buy fv tatter coot west of the golf course on Utah Avenue took out one phase of the power line all the way back to the Race Track Substation. Lewis also reported that one wire in the downtown area was knocked down and was arching in the snow. This caused all the street lights in the area to go out. Another small power outage was in the vicinity of 800 East and 100 South. In some areas city electrical crews used sledge hammers to pound power poles to shake off ice and snow that had accumulated. This prevented further line breakage. In addition to the power outages, Lewis said there were dips in the power supply throughout town as limbs would slap against the power lines. By Saturday afternoon the power was back on in all areas of Payson. City approves sewer update ANTIQUE CAR This mw limbs and power outages throughout the and Santaqoln areas. Payson this project on 800 West and om by WUsoa Elementary School. City Administrator Rodney Watkins said if the weather will remain fair the dty will be able to eooplote several more perfects before ending road won far the i Councilman Hanson said, The people Ive talked to think our queens should be on a float, and the intent in buying the car was not to sdd more expenses. Councilman said Sonju people were misinformed on the issue. I have no problem with appropriating more money for a float. But Ive babysat the city float for several years and it is not safe. The car is an alternative. He also noted that the citys float had collapsed that day. Councilman Dixon moved ro rescind the motion approving the purchase of the antique car. The motion was seconded by Hanson. Furniss, Sonju and Williams voted no to defeat the motion. Hanson said, I hope that if we have a volunteer group who want to build a float we will have some money to support them. LOANS Coundlwoman Furniss announced that the dty is now ready to accept applications for loans of the Community Block Grant money which the dty received earlier this year. The loans will have an 8 percent interest rate and will be used to create new jobs in the community, one job for each $10,000 of loan. Prindpals must supply 0 equity and the loan must meet Community Block Grant guidelines. The loans ammortiza-tion- . will be for a 15-2- 10-ye- ar ZONING The council changed the zoning on nine acres of land just west of the E--Z Brick building near the 800 South interchange. The property was changed from an industrial zone to a Shighway service zone at the request of the property owners, Roy Rodgers and -l . Associates. The Planning Commission also recommended the zone change because there is no demand for industrial property in the area. In order to develop the property, the owners will have to build a sewage lift station to pump sewage up to the citys collection line on 850 South. The council also approved a change in the citys zoning ordinance regarding parking on side yards. The ordinance formerly read, Front and side yards adjacent to street shall not be used for parking purposes. The changed ordinance Front and side yards reads, adjacent to streets can be used for parking purposes as determined by the Planning Commission. OTHER ACTION The council also approved a lease of city shop property for an advertising sign for $400 per year. The council also approved the continuation of the citys monthly publication, The Payson Pride. Baseball Association names Outstanding Coaches , presents to city 3-whe- ller The Payson Baseball Association presented ten Coach of the Year awards to volunteers during the Payson City Council Meeting Thursday. The awards went to: Stan Mikesell, John Staheli, Dale Mikesell, Mike Warner, Larry Kimball, Lazone Porter, El Ray Mecham, Kathy Williams, Gene Jones, and Linda Ludlow. PBA President Grant Wilson also presented the city with the keys to a Honda Big Red three wheeler to be used for dragging the baseball fields at Hillman Field. The baseball association turned the vehicle over to the city with the stipulations that it be used only for dragging the fields and that the city maintain the vehicle. Wilson noted that the $1500 the vehicle was raised through gate receipts at the State Little League Tournament which the association sponsored last summer. He said participants in the tournament had liked Payson so well, the tournament will be held here as long as Payson wants to sponsor it. for |