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Show 4B Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, June 8, 1983 $y Hm Cutis Asks MyF Bfhqs Budgeti' the general fund budget by 4 percent, and freeze the result- Statistics show Roy currently daily basis asking for more cars money, meaning new officers would consider reducing proBy SHELLEY KANCITIS has one officer per 1,000 resi- to patrol their area, said had to be hired, he would rather Review Correspondent perty or franchise taxes. My men cover 55 miles give back the money. ROY After studying what Councilman Lavar Smith dents. This is below the Weber Green. a and shift there are 100 miles in 1.32 officers of Councilmen Richard Tubbs has been described as a bare strongly disagreed with the County average blue an the thin averIts and city. awfully state The Wayne Kimber said they 1,000 people. bone general fund budget for mayor's recommendations. I per were concerned because the age is 1.69 officers per 1,000 line. fiscal year 1984, Roy City Mayor feel the budget is prepared adeApproximately $39,000 of the general fund budget had no Jack Pierce recommended re- quately and exactly reflects the residents. $70,000 required for the three money allocated for possible In the past nine years Roy has needs of our city. moving parts of the skeleton. new officers would come from cost overruns on Roys new city the officers. two added During Smith said he had spent Pierce suggested budget cuts state liquor tax revenue. Direct building and fire station. time studying police' same period, the population has1 costs totaling $129,429. Included in the to Roy would be $29,000. and There will be problems if we Part 42 percent, cuts are plans for three new department requests. I feel the risen The state has designated the find were short, said Kimber. ofserious meaning new officers are absolutely crime, police officers, an additional extra funds to help increase enbuilding inspector, a new ambu- necessary. One of the main fenses such as homicide,93 rape forcement of drunk driving Following a lengthy discusperand assault, has risen lance, and 50 percent of the reasons is for their own proteclaws. Pierce said if there were sion, the council told City Manacent, he said. tion in terms of back-u- p capital improvements requestto the state ger. Richard Kirkwood to reduce People call me on almost a strings attached ed by the Roy Recreation Com- officers. Councilman Richard Ulibarri plex. (See related story this also objected to the cuts. For page.) The mayor said he believes six years we have said no, no, no to the police chiefs request the reductions will not seriously hurt anything except for the for more men. When will we say afford to buy a home. between 2000 West and 2500 A much disSYRACUSE police department and its plans yes? Are we going to wait until cussed ordinance 2 General discussion throughit be would West area unless change proserious problems occur? for the future. out the community has been in a area was rea became already priority in Syracuse In defending his request for posal It would be great if we could 1. that the lot size change is not as afford new officers, but they three additional officers, Roy ality with city council action. detrimental as the twin home Petitions were circulated folwill cause additional expenses City Police Chief Julian Green The hotly debated issue, lowing a May 17 meeting and aspect. Those attending the said the new officers would aldown the line," said Pierce. which had citizenry out in force citizens made their wants meetings of the planning comlow three men per shift instead to a meeting of the planning many In its present form, the genermission and signing the petiknown. Some, however felt that al fund budget is balanced and of the current 2.4 men per shift. commission on May 17, con- by lot sizes and tions said they felt that twin the reducing requires no tax increases. When It would also enable the depart- cerned property formerly own- making twin homes available, it homes lead to frequent change Pierce was asked what he would ment to have the equivalent of ed by the Barnes estate and would be aiding those who .of ownership and could create do with the $129,429, he said he one added shift a week. recently acquired by the Boyer would otherwise be unable to problems of parking, snow re Company, a Salt Lake based firm, which has planned an extensive residential development ing $130,000. The council plans to reassess the citys financial status in several months. We may not have everything we want at the beginning, but we may have them halfway through (the fiscal year), said Ulibarri. A public hearing on the budget was planned for Tuesday. State law mandates the budget process must be completed by June 15. le Syracuse Approves Ordinance Change Proposal Would Mean No New Ambulance, Building Inspector ROY In addition to dent, Francis Wiggill, commented Weve got to cut this pie into more pieces, so everyone can have some. Just look at He continued, what the latest thing agoin is . . . condominiums! Lets be glad for a twin home now and again! Roy Airman on the property. The ordinance changes were voted on separately, by the ROY Thomas G. Lewis, son planning commission at a meet- of Thomas E. and LaJean S. ing called by the mayor. Lewis of 4429 South 1610 West, The changes include to reduce Roy, has been commissioned a the lot sizes from 10,000 square second lieutenant in the U.S. Air feet to 8,000 square feet; to al- Force upon graduation from Olow twin homes (10 to every 100 fficer Training School at Lack-lan- d Air Force Base, Texas. dwelling units or a total of five course consisted buildings); to change frontage The from 45 feet to 50 feet (100 feet of selected college graduates to for twin hordes) to make lot apply communicative skills, sizes compatible. professional knowledge, leaderAlso to change the zone lines ship and management to take so that the total property plannpositions of responsibility. ed for development would be in Lewis will now attend Auburn area zoned R2. It was explained University, Ala. that this would mean that evHe is a 1982 graduate of Weberything south of C.H. Dredge er State College. Commissioned himself in the long run. We need him on hand when we build ficers be hired, Roy City Mayor the new mall, said Smith. cut- ; Jack Pierce has suggested The new position is designed out the purchase of a new so the inspector will also be ting ' ambulance and a position for used as a city planner. The city e . one building inspector. currently pays for the services Roy City currently has two of a planner from the county. ambulances. One of the ambuMax Reeves, Roys Public lances was purchased in 1977 Works inspector, said 50 perusing matching city and federal cent of the new inspectors funds.' The other vehicle is a wages are already part of the 1969 Suburban. budget because of expenses for , According to the terms of the the part-tim- e planner and other federal matching funds, the 1977 related services. ambulance should have its Roy currently has one fullchassis replaced in the near fu- time building inspector. He is ture. It currently meets state assisted by city workers holding and federal standards for am- other jobs who have construcbulances. tion knowledge. They are not The 1969 Suburban ambu- always available due to their lance does not meet federal and own job responsibilities. state standards. Id hate to Kirkwood has recommended have a heart attack and have adding the new position because sometone try to work on me in Roy is experiencing one of the that vehicle, said Roy City highest rates of new construction in the state. My hope is Fire Chief Richard Waters. According to Waters, the 1969 that revenue generated by new ambulance does not have pro- construction will pay for the per height, width or length mak- new inspector, said Kirkwood. In other business, the council ing it very difficult for medics to work on someone being trans- - passed a resolution supporting the city employees in their disported in the vehicle. It is licensed by the state be-- ; pute with the state over legisla-- . cause of a clause in regulations tion affecting their retirement for ambulance standards. Vehi- - plan. cles licensed before the regula-- ! The state passed a bill forcing tions became law do not have to public employees who joined meet standards as long as they private retirement plans to are in continuous use. withdraw their contributions Waters said the city goes on and rejoin the Utah State Rerecom-- l mending that no new police moval, incompatible owners and fire problems. One long time Syracuse resi- of- - full-tim- ; TOKEN EXCHANGEc PIZZA T GO CHOICE OF LARGE 15 4 TOPPINGS OFFER GOOD ON ALL WINDSHIELDS WINSURANCE ONLY 546-412- 5 in LAYTON thru 63033 . ; - o a7 more ambulance runs each tirement System. to Roy City employees-voteyear. In the last 11 months there have been 458 responses. Dur- notify the state they will not ing the previous year there voluntarily return to the state were 395 calls. system because they believe the The fire chief said he fre- law violates their constitutional quently has both ambulances in rights. service. Last month we had 57 Roy City employees opted out runs with 2 in one day so we of the state system in November 1982. The state law became efhad to use both units. Another item Pierce suggest- fective in March 1983. 10-1- e ed deleting is a position of a building inspector. When asked whether he really needs another inspector, David Facer, e building inRoys only As it spector, said, gets busier, things arent getting done. Lower priority items like animal complaints and nuisances are just stacking up. Councilman Lavar Smith said he studied Facers responsibilities and believes another inspector is necessary. He said the added person will pay for full-tiip- full-tim- The council also voted to impose an increase in local option sales taxes as permitted by a recently passed state law. This means local option sales taxes will increase 14 of a percent. The current tax is 34 of one percent. It will rise to a full one percent on July 1. One half of the quarter percent increase will temporarily go to the,state for higher education needs. Eventually cities will receive the entire quarter percent - Newspapers. Whan your ads - Animals Will V isit Children ai Mall LAYTON Tucketts Petting Zoo will be coming to the Layton Hills Mall today through June 11. The petting zoo is a collection of over 45 tame animals that children may touch and pet. The Tuckett family of North Ogden are animal lovers and have amassed a veritable menagerie of animals and birds. The animals attract a lot so much so, in of attention fact, that Larry Tuckett takes his animals on the road as Tucketts Petting Zoo. Larry has displayed his animals all over Utah and will be setting up the zoo in the Layton Hills Mall in June. Mr. Tuckett says he doesnt know how many animals he has because he has lost count, but he displays between 45 and 60 animals in each show. This year he added an African lion cub to his collection. The cub is eight in there, 77 o? readers opan to When full grown, in about three years, the lion will weigh about 550 pounds. Larry said the lion is good friends with him and 1 New research proves that the average reader opens and looks at 77 of a newspaper's pages So the odds are very high that we can bring your real prospects face to face with your sales message. very playful. Another new animal is a llama Larry acquired about six months ago. The oldest animal in his collection is the tortoise which is 120 years old. Larry and his wife began collecting animals more than 25 years ago. Todayhis entire family is involved in caring for and displaying the animals. The family will be on hand at the petting zoo at Layton Hills Mall to answer questions and explain the animals to the public. Different animals will be displayed each day. In addition, a photo booth will be set up so that the public can have their pictures taken with either the lion cub or a pony.- Pet supplies will also be available. The petting zoo will be open Wednesday months old and weighs 80 through Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 pounds. It has a hearty appetite, 9 p.m. and Saturday from is no to 6 a.m. of There 10 p.m. pounds eating more than charge. chicken per day. L ACiEGIIDSl QE VIEV7 LAYTON 2146 No. Main Phono 776-495- 1 DOUNTIFUL - 145 N. Main Phone ) 1 298-110- 3 |