Show OCAL STANDARD-EXAMINE- R FRIDAY APRIL 6 1990 CITY EDITOR: 0 625-422- Huimteir: By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examine- r OGDEN — It’s too early in the g process to rule anything out — including cuts layoffs or a tax increase to mitigate either City Manager Robert Hunter says City officials began work last month on the fiscal 1990-9-1 budget with a “maintenance-leve- r draft — services maintained at present level It came in with expenditures exceeding anticipated revenues by $13 million yhich means $23 million has to be cut out of the $438 million budget-makin- - w 'V ' v V METRO EDITION OBITUARIES ITT) r BUSINESS SPORTS LZS Don’t rule out cutbacks tax hikes preliminary spending plan to match it with the city’s revenue picture — a portrait stressed by the usual flat revenue projections of a city afflicted by no or slow growth If revenues do increase it will only be by 1 or 2 percent according to the city’s financial analysts Department heads were asked to come up with multiple plans for making cuts ranging from 3 percent to 12 percent The proposals include major in departlayoffs ments such as nearly a fifth of the police and fire departments labor-intensi- ve they are occupied in the 2 office building next y ear That would avoid the larger front-en- d costs of a straight purhe said chase How likely is it the “But we can only stretch so far cuts will be implemented? “I can’t say yet" Hunter said in before it comes back around and refusing to rule out the deepest causes problems" Hunter said Another example is police patrol cuts cars replaced on a cycle That depends on investigations of “creative financing ideas to a few years ago The vehicles are now on a seven-yecycle he stretch some costs over a number is some there then even but said of years he said One example consideration for “stretching" he said is using a there scheme to buy the new phone A property tax increase is an when for the offices city system The city staff is shooting for the April 26 city council meeting to present a balanced budget for council consideration e City-Centr- five-ye- ar ar lease-purcha- se other possibility he said “Only the city council can decide that but I certainly think that’s an option — but I can’t say whether I would recommend a tax increase to the council at this time" Hunter said a decision on layoffs is also up in the air “Any guess on the total number of layoffs would be wild speculation there’s no way I can even predict a figure right now" Any layoffs hopefully would be covered by attrition — not filling positions as people retire or quit he said “But I can’t say for sure we can do that But that’s what we want to do" Last week Hunter initiated a purchasing and hiring freeze to save money “We simply have to stop filling positions for awhile" he said “There’s no sense to it if you just have to lay them off a few months later" There’s no estimate on the possible savings from the freeze “It’s just a good management tool" to make sure all expenses are necessary for the next three months he said Crowded causes jail tension ‘Inmates are getting restless ’ deputy says : By DENNIS ROMBOY Standard-Examine- r e OGDEN — While the of the Weber County Jail remains constant tension grows among inmates insquare-footag- creasingly packed into the building Lisa Sterling Wood was the mayor of Huntsville for 12 consecutive years starting in 1973 Standard-Examine- r HUNTSVILLE — In small towns politics are roaming dogs Fourth of Ju- ly celebrations and remodeling the town hall In Huntsville" small-tow- n politics evoke images of former mayor Sterling “Butch” Wood a tall lanky man with a wide smile and bushy eyebrows Those eyebrows say many things Wood is unable to express with words They rise and fall punctuating his sen- tences and sending messages of sur- prise laughter and deep thoughts “You worry about money In a small town like Huntsville the big concern is you have enough money to main- tain the roads” Wood 76 was mayor of Huntsville for 12 continuous years beginning in 1973 Despite this he said he doesn’t believe continuous terms in political office are a good thing r y- mayor reminisces about job Ex-Huntsv- itte By AMY JOI BRYSON Poweiistandard-Examine- “I think you get apathetic and you get a little cocky up there in office You think you own the office” he said Wood sits in the kitchen of his home looking out the window trying to find the words to describe his years in poli- tics We never “It was rather tranquil had any fractures Oh we’d argue and yell a bit — you can’t get around that but it’s hard to argue if you can’t find anybody to argue with” Wood dressed in a plaid shirt with a western-styl- e knot around his collar looks comfortable in his home His walls are a hodgepodge: a painted saw a Buffalo Bill commemorative rifle tin plates sporting Currier and Ives prints The rooms also speak of horses Jan- gling spurs crafted by Wood hang in the kitchen A stylish silver bit piece also made by Wood is suspended from the hallway ceiling Wood admits he got into politics for selfish reasons His brother Kay was unable to get permission from the town board to build a porch in front of his store “It made me mad real mad It was the primary reason I ran I got elected and got the town board to OK the porch” Wood also spurred the town in other directions revitalizing its annual July Fourth celebration “I had attended one and it was a fee- ble effort I wanted to put a lot of em- phasis on having a good program I’m a Fourth of July nut” Wood said he does not consider him- self a spiritual man but is proud that he was able to reintroduce the custom of opening town meetings with prayer “This whole lash up over God and when you can pray and when you can’t if you’re going to kick God out of America you might as well move to Australia” mid-Jun- 100-be- Wood has lived in Huntsville most of his life watching people move in and out watching buildings go up and buildings come down But he said the town hasn’t changed much over the years He said the upper valley despite its pristine beauty offers brutal winters that deter many would-b- e residents “We’ve had it 50 below zero up here and that’s not strange I’ve seen it so cold it froze the chickens to the roost You’d just come along with a broom- stick and knock ’em off” Wood a retired construction worker and contractor said another aspect of Huntsville that has remained changed over the years is the small- town camaraderie amongst its resi- dents “I thought when World War II broke out it would disrupt the community But people just hung together They buddy up around here” -- un-th- at ever-increasi- sis canJailers compile a list of early-odidates and circulate it among judges ut Richards said the process allows review of the candidate and comment from the county attorney and probation officials before a release recommendation is made See CROWDED on 2B Prison inmate sues over dental care Newspaper offers free Standard-Examine- r John Fletcher staff and wire reports SALT LAKE CITY — Utah State Prison is the target of a federal lawsuit filed by an inmate who alleges deficient den- Pendergrass basic needs” he said But Morgan said pulling teeth is not the only treatment provided by prison dental staff “Generally speaking our policy is that we provide regular dental care as far as fillings and what bridge work is necessary to allow them to eat properly And any kinds of dental diseases they’re treated” he said tal care has violated his constitutional rights Twice convicted In his US District Court suit inmate of murder he John Fletcher Pendergrass formerly of claims his rights was he told that said prison polLayton were violated icy stipulates that extraction is the only because he had treatment given for teeth that are missto wait to see a He acknowledged “we are running ing fillings decayed or are painful dentist ‘about 12 weeks behind on being able to Because of this policy Pendergrass see people” because of a recent high staff said he initially suffered severe tooth- was granted a new trial after it was ‘turnover But Morgan said inmates with aches on a daily basis rather than lose learned the jury had been given police dental are seen immediatehis teeth emergencies transcripts and other information that ly He '''ever when the pain became too had not been admitted as evidence Defense attorney Dale Dorius of In his lawsuit Pendergrass named as great ard he finally consented to have them puiled he was informed that he defendants Corrections Executive DirecBrigham City who represented Pendermust wait six to eight more weeks before tor Gary W DeLand Warden M Eldon grass in both trials said he is not involved with the prison suit only the he could see a dentist Barnes and the prison’s former medical appeal of the murder conviction administrator Blen Freestone Pendergrass twice convicted of The inmate seeks a declaratory e murder in the 1987 shootDorius said he is in the process of fildefi22 of that the dental Jenkins Dale judgment of death program’s Ray ing ing appellate briefs in behalf of PenderClearfield is appealing his latest court ciencies are unconstitutional an injuncgrass He said the appeal contends verdict to the Utah Supreme Court Pen- tion several errors were made in the second requiring adequate care trial Among other things he contends dergrass was convicted of shooting Jen- compensatory damages of $50 per defenkins while the two of them were dant punitive damages of $25 per defenthe judge was wrong to refuse expert tescamping near Willard Bay and then dant and court costs timony from a psychiatrist saying that Corrections Inspector General Nick driving off in Jenkins’ truck He was arPendergrass while under the influence Morgan said that while the quality of of drugs was unable to form specific inrested in California a few months later tent and therefore could not be found Pendergrass was initially convicted on prison dental care is “nothing sensationthe murder charge in October 1988 but al” it is adequate “We take care of the guilty of murder second-degre- ( 1 ! Chief Deputy Sheriff Sam Vander Hei-d- e called the conditions “unliveable” “Tensions are growing Inmates are getting restless" he said The tight quarters cause prisoners to turn on each other and on jailers Vander Heide said fights are more frequent “It is steadily building" Keith Daley' chief corrections officer said of the inmate count “About every jail in the universe has the same problem” Daley said the count on Thursday was 250 That number could swell to 280 by the weekend nearly doubling the jail’s designed capacity of 148 Knowing the count could increase by 30 or more from tonight to Sunday County Attorney Reed Richards said “The objective is to get the count down before the weekend” Sheriff George Fisher has settled on 210 as the maximum number of prison-er- § the jail should hold on any given ' day This year the average has been about 220 a day Richards said Last —year at the same time it was about 190 In some cases there are now six inlQ cell Richards said mates to a The facility’s dimensions are to be extended through expansion due to begin e in Vander Heide said Even d so he said the addition would not eliminate overcrowding “With the bed total (248) that gives us we’ll be overcrowded the day that opens” he said Vander Heide said the best thing to do with the current building is “bulldoze it to the ground” and build a new more efficient jail Until the expansion is completed jail officials still have to find alternative ways to deal with the jail population One way of getting to the target figure is early release Richards said that is done only in a crisis — and this is a cri- information over phone our newspaper" said Randall Hatch Standard-Examineditor and pub- By SCOTT HARRIS Standard-Examine- r er has started a free service in the form of a telephone pipeline offering news sports weather business recreation advertising and other information INFO-LINallows anyone with a phone to find out the latest information from the pages of the Northern Utah newspaper The service got under way recently when the new US West telephone directory was issued A directory of INFO-LINnumbers that a caller can reach after first dialing is on page 6 of the “blue” 0 pages in the middle of the phone The Standard-Examin- er E push-butto- n four-dig- it E 547-090- book topics include local and national news regional weather forecasts a local events calendar and movie and video reviews Local and national sports updates daily stocks and bonds reports home mortgage rate updates and an outdoor recreation report are some of the other INFO-LIN- E lines “This is a major development for i iirtHmitflli irfl lisher “It puts the newspaper on the cutting edge of new technology and allows the newspaper to compete more effectively with the electronic media (television and radio)” Also made possible under the new system is a Standard-Examin- er adver- tising service called By purchasing classified advertising advertisers will be able to place their own phone-acceadvertisements in a format similar to how INFO-LIN- E works said Katy Frandsen assistant promotions director for the newspaper is a dynamite way of selling merchandise or services” said Hatch “The customer can personalize his ad and keep it up to the minute at very little cost" Frandsen said a directory of ADVANTAGE phone numbers will be published in the newspaper Sunday She said seven lines will be devoted to classified ads in categories including boat job child care auto garage sale real estate and rentals ss “AD-VANTA- |