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Show The Payson Chronicle, July 7, 1993, Page 2 Payson Will Elect A Mayor And Two Councilmen This Year Chronicle Powers That Be Interview With Payson City Recorder Jeanette Callaway Jeanette: The elections. They have to be accurate and run smoothly. Next, its, a toss-u- p between producing the financial reports and keeping the other city records. It all must be done accurately. Jeanette: A city recorder perduties and main- forms technical tains financial and municipal records. I do the accounting and taking of minutes and filing or- Question: What is preparing the monthly financial statements like? dinances, making sure theyre published. Im also the election official for the city. Jeanette: Its similar to balancing your private check book but on a much larger scale. At the first of the month, I prepare invoices to be paid and attach them to purchase orders, making sure they have the right department numbers on them. Elaine Openshaw does the accounts payable. Also, at the beginning of the month Sheila Anderson prepares the utility bill Question: How many elected positions are open this year ? Jeanette: Three total: the mayors position, now held by Mayor Richard Harmer, and two council seats: Pat Van Wagoners seat as replacement for Brent York, and Ray Hiatts position. Interviewed Wednesday, June 30, inker office at the Payson City Center atl pm. Payson City Recorder Jeanette Cattaway believes conducting city elections is one of the most important aspects of her very important posi- tion. This year Payson will be elect- ing a mayor and two councilmen for the next four years. Jeanette, who is 38 years old, has two sisters who also have important 1993, positions: Caren Kirk is the secretaryfreceptionistforStrawberry WaterUsers Association, and Connie Wilson is a Segal secretary for a Salt Lake City law firm. Thetr parents are La Vee Curtis, who worked many years at the Payson Safeways store, and the late Harvey Curtis, who passed away in the 1982. Jeanette has three children: Jason Jensen, 20, who is married tb Robyn Jacobson of Spring Lake; Brea Jensen, 17; and Morgan Shae Callaway, 8. She began working for Payson City inl984as Administrative Assis- tant for Mayor Gary Tassainer and City Administrator Rod Watkins, and was appointed to the position of City Recorder by Mayor Curtis Ar-rington and his Council on December 20, 1987, taking over the position from Kay Fumiss, who had replaced long-tim- e Payson City Recorder - Ronal Crump. Before that, Jeanette had worked as a secretary for Bonneville llniserv, a subsidiary of the Utah Education Association. Question:Whatarethedutiesofa ' city recorder? ' . Jeanette: Not yet. Candidates should soon start applying, but the final deadline is August 24th. A primary election will be held if there are mote candidates than two running for mayor andor more than four running for the two council seats. Ed-vals- S antaquin: Police Chief Asks For Cooperation in all citizens Question: Has anyone signed up yet? ings and throughout the month Dora does the payroll. When all the updates are done on the computer, those things tie in with the general ledger, and then I reconcile the payroll account and the combined cash account. The accounts payable are paid on the tenth of the following month, and between the 15th and 20th of the month I have a report ready for the council and department superintendents. The report shows an accurate picture of the financial condition of the departments, and the front page of the report shows the condition of the cash accounts, such as the State Treasurers Pool, Checking Accounts, and returned checks. Police Chief James Allan and the S antaquin Police are asking that cooperate helpthat items ordinance such as vehicles the with in streets City neater, compliance ing keep Santaquins or rubbish should not be left on City property more than 48 hours. The Department appreciates all those who comply. Another problem faced by the Department, which consists of three full time officers, Chief Allan, e officers, Dave Peterson and Mike Sergeant Clay Jensen, and Officer Rod Hurst, and two the in at community. Chief Allan notes that Santa-qni- n Tischner, is die problem of dogs running large rural is in transition between its past as a community and its future as a residential community, and this sometimes leads to problems with animals, since the rural attitude is to let dogs run free while the residential attitude requires complete restraint of the animals. He says animal control problems have become the source of many calls for officers assistance. part-tim- Question: What are the qualifica- tions? Jeanette: The candidate must be (1) a u.S. citizen; (2) at least 18 years of age; (3) a resident of Payson at least twelve consecutive months immediately preced- ing die date of die election; and (4) must be a registered voter in Payson. Question: What makes a good city official? Jeanette: Those who vote their con- sciences and do their homework and who ran take criticism from citizens, realizing ifs impossible to make everyone happy. Question: What have been the most changes councils have made in Payson since you've bbeenwiththeCity? far-reach-ing Jeanette: There are so many important things they do, its very difficult to choose. Many important things a council does are taken for granted, such as simp-ly making sure the water flows out of your tap when you turn it on and electricity is there when you need it. But among the major changes that are very important, I would have to name power pressurized irrigation, Gladstan Golf the Course, generation, and the Economic Development Plan with Civic Improvement Board as all s Question: What is themostimpor tant part of your job? -- ' TheHuish Theatre ttttM How Playing urmsic 24-ho- ur very far reaching. on r PG 3':, Adut&ch: CUxtznts$3.00 |