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Show ur.n STATS P:iES3 AS3 ocrATj'o.i 4b7 EAST 300 SO. SALT LASS 10.UT All 5 Cin 811U A Cn Rom U U. Frwefl 19 fUI PAID Ml I NO LA 1 f DM UTAM 1401 PC (USPS 544-913- NUMBER FOUR VOLUME SEVENTY-NIN- Voice E -- 3 - 1492-6000- i ) 546-473- 5 Of Davis County WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1984 Sunset Council Takes First Look At Budget 84-8- 5 By DONETA GATHERUM SUNSET - After many meetings and much planning, the Sunset City council developed a tentative 1984-8fiscal year city budget. Main points of the proposed budget were discussed last Tuesday evening at the regular meeting of the Sunset City council. -- 5 AFTER REDOING some portions of the budget, a public hearing will be set before final adoption is made. In the fire department budget $ 6,000 was set aside tor a payment on the newly purchased fire truck. a Budgeting for acarport and-o- r storage building in the city shops area. COUNCIL MEMBERS will have to decide whether or not to increase the amount charged for sewer and water services. The cost for landfill use has gone up. Weber-Basiwater rates are raised nearly every year. Employee benefits including insurance, merit pay verses a flat rate increase salary schedule and a retirement annuity are still undecided items. 1 THE POLICE department's budget included money for four walkie-talkieone patrol car and enough six channel radios to equip the patrol cars properly. Discussion among the council members centered around disposing of old equipment. Mayor Norman Sant expressed the opinion that when one piece of equipment was purchased, the old equipment s, Carol Piercy, closing attorney, did superb job despite interruptions by presiding judge. Laytons student lawyers went undefeated this year. Tom Anderson, head attorney, is only returning member of Layton Highs Lawyers. Layton won championship after be- jng defeated in finals last year. would be sold. The mayor Layton High Students About Court Trials In Person BLODGETT Clipper News Editor By GARY R. - SALT LAKE CITY Layton Lawyers of Layton High School not only successfully defended their client, but they also won the State Mock Trial Championship in Third District Court in Salt Lake City. PAUL KOZLOWSKI was the defendant, on trial for second degree murder of his live-i- n girl friend in. the small community of Wanship, Summit County. Of course, all the names and places used in the mock trial were ficticious. Roles of the attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs and defendant were students of Layton and Logan High Schools. THE TWO teams of student lawyers entered the championship round undefeated. Layton edged Woods Cross High in the semifinals over This year's championship, by a score of 3 lost who for sweet was by Layton revenge Logan High, one-hapoint to Ogden in last year's finals. HEAD ATTORNEY Tom Anderson, Laytons only returning team member, was especially pleased with the outcome. I thought we did a real good job, especially with all the interruptions from the judge, said Tom. It sure is great to 47-4- 6. 45-4- lf win it all. CLOSING ATTORNEY Carol Piercy was in tears at the end of her arguments. She had been interrupted by the presiding judge, The Honrable D. Frank Wilkins, seven times during her 10 minutes of remarks. It wasnt fair, said Carol, who did a magnificant job in summation. Judges in these mock trials are not supposed to interrupt during closing arguments and his interruptions threw me completely off track. SUSAN BURKE, opening attorney, also did a great job in defense of her client, as did Tom Anderson, head attorney. who had many objections from the (attorney's) bench. Dan Tuttle and Jennifer Daskevich were witnesses for the defense and Liz Pudlewski was bailiff. Team instructor is David Brimhall and Attorney Doug Durbano served as team coach. IN ADDITION to Judge Wilkins, who is a former State Supreme Court Justice, others serving on the judging panel were The Honorable John Farr Larson, retired juvenile court judge; and Dr. Richard Kendall, Utah Department of Education. The panel of judges were very complimentary of the student attorneys and other trial characters. I THINK they were magnificant. Im staggered about how well all of you did. You were just great and certainly should be commended for a superb performance, Judge Willins told both teams. While presenting the gavel to the winning school, Judge Larson commented: YOU STUDENTS arp as good - yes, even better than most young attorneys fresh out of law school. You have learned court procedures well and with the likes of you in the future, truth shall prevail. Dr. Kendall told the students that they will forget a lot of what they learn in school, but will always remember this night and this mock trial. AFTER 3 hours and 45 minutes of arguments, the panel of judges recessed about 15 minutes before returning with their verdict. Judge Wilkins said the prosecution (Logan High) did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant intentionally killed his girlfriend, Trudy Taylor, and therefore the defendant, Sam Diamond, is innocent of second degree murder. -- THIS BROUGHT applause from the full courtroom of spectators. Cheers, laughter and tears followed w hen J udge Wilkins announced the Defense Team (Layton) as 1984 reasoned It costs money to keep-olequipment running. If it needs replacement, let's make sure it is total replacement or else the old equipment is good enough to keep and we don't need new. COUNCILMAN Eugene Kidd stated, Keep some of the old equipment. If we can find other uses for it. Items still left for discussion before the budget is approved include money for a back hoe, tennis courts and a basketball court in the South Park, and a computer system. The council will consider THE COUNCIL members gave unanimous approval to several expenditures that will come out of the 19884 fiscal budget. $13,200 was approved to be spent for installation of sewer lines and engineering for restrooms in the city parks. An expenditure of $2 100 was approved for the purchase of 50 new water meters. The council will discuss spending money for heavy duty carpet, drapes and levealor blinds for the city hall. Total costs for these im- provements would be nearly $7600. MAYOR SANT informed council members that the computer system is still being evaluated. Two experts have spent many hours looking at the existing system. Several companies have made presen- tations and recommendations. Mayor Sant estimated the cost of an effecient computer system to be between $19,000 and $31,000. He said he hoped to have a definite program ready to present before the public hearing on the budget, dmg Layton Approves Audit To Study Personnel, Salaries LAYTON - An unusual, useful audit is now underway in Layton City. It is not the type of audit where professionals come into the city and carefully examine record keeping procedures, expenditures, revenues and the other items associated with careful management of public funds. THIS AUDIT is one dealing with personnel, salaries, job descriptions and employee management. Last Thursday evening Layton City council members unanimously voted to spend $9,175 for a city job audit. The contract for this service was given to UIPA (Utah Personal Agency), a job service agency that specializes in analyzing the job descriptions of city employees. ACCORDING TO Mayor Shields, the professionals come into the city and make a comparison between Laytons employee positions and the similar jobs in other cities within Utah and outside the state. Out of this careful analysis a thorough job description is written up and a salary is fixed to the position. Job audits should be things if the city is well managed. The recommendation is that a job audit be taken ever three or four vears. The last time Layton's job descriptions were updated was in July of 1977. THE MAYOR stresses no city employee will suffer a salary reduction through this audit. A freeze will be placed on the salaries of some positions but there will be no salary reductions," the Mayor said, dmg -- on-goi- Mock Trial champions. JBruit Heifflbts OK$ WMer RMte By NORMA PREECE During the Fruit Heights City Council meet- Phillips had prepared a water proposal cerning water rates for the city. con- ing on Tuesday evening, Councilman Ross M. PRESENT water rates are: $7 per month per connection for first 8,000 gallons of water. Water used in excess of 8,000 gallons per month is charge at the following rate per thousand gallons. gallons, $ .05; 0,000-- 5 ,000 gallons, $1.20; 15,000-23,00- 0 gallons, $1.35; 0 gallons, $1.50; 36,000 and over, 1 23,000-36,00- 1 1 $1.65. Councilman Ross M. Phillips moved that the new rate schedule should be adopted following the first 8,000 gallons for $8 and each addition 1,000 gallons be charged $.50. THE MOTION was passed. The council discussed looking at the new rate structure and how it will affect budgeting in six months. A public hearing has been scheduled for May 15 at 7 p.m. concerning the 1985 budget for all funds, including the Revenue Sharing Fund. The public is invited to attend. RICHARD Diehl, Lame Duck" president cation of Robert L. McMillan requesting a business license to do business in his home under the name of McMillan Accounting. A Resolution designating Councilman n in the absH. Dean Wade as mayor ence of Mayor Dean O. Brand had been prepared for the councils review. The council approved the resolution as written. of the Kaysville Jaycees Chapter and newly elected president Steven Humphreys were present at the council meeting to inform the council of the upcoming July 4th celebration to be sponsored by the Heritage Harvest Civic Group and the Jaycees. Increasing the chapter membership of men between the ages of 18 and 36 is a big priority; should the membership fall below 20 for a 9 day period, they lose their charter. Mr. Humphreys stated his goals would include development of leadership and promote new membership in the Fruit Heights area. THE COUNCIL voted to approve the appli 84-0- 5 pro-ter- THE COUNCIL reviewed a resolution concerning the Emergency Preparedness Plan for Fruit Heights City, explaining organization, designating responsibility and defining duties. It was adopted by the council as written, np I I |
