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Show ir VOLUME THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 197- 7- NUMBER SEVEN FORTY-EIGH- T Almost Litre Christmas: Sunset City Sets Long Awaited Water Pump Its almost like Christmas for Sunset City officials long-awaite- d malfunctioned earlier this summer has arrived and is being installed behind the city 85 W. 1800 North Clayton Peterson, Sunset City maintenance supervisor, said the pump arrived in Salt Lake City Tuesday and was being installed Thursday and Friday THE PUMP, costing $20,000 to buy and install, will provide about 750 gallons per minute from the city-owne- d well Weve been using all Weber Basin water but now we can use our own well water Norman Sant, in charge of recreation, said park restrooms have been vandalized several times in recent weeks, causing son. THE water pump to replace one that had hall, COUNCILMAN and save the o'her (Weber Basin) water as we have been requested, said Mr. Peter- By GARY R. BLODGETT several HE SAID the city has waited about three weeks for the new' pump as the motor, but not the pump, arrived in Salt Lake City ready for installat- hundred dollars damage weve decided the only solution is to close the restrooms at night, he told the So ion The new pump was purchased from Nickerson Company, Inc., Salt Lake City, who are installing the council HE SAID city police officers will lock the restrooms at their convenience at night and city park crews will open them again each morning new facility BUT Christmas has turned to Halloween as far as park Councilman Sant also told the council that recreation plans this summer call for resurfacing the tennis courts in Central Park, behind the city hall, at a cost of between $2,000 and $3,000 and recreation crews are concerned. Because of extensive vandalism to restrooms in city parks, all public restrooms in city parks will be locked during the night Davis Housing Authority Is Seeking New Director By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County Housing Authority Board authorized a job description prior to hiring a new executive director of a mendation to the e again for federal through the Bureau funds of Out- door Recreation COUNCILMAN Sant said that the city received BOR approval for $56,000 in parks funding but there has been some trouble getting the appropriation because city crew's have completed several of the proposed projects far less than originally estimated City crews were able to install a prefabricated restroom in North Park for about $10,000 instead of the original estimate of $22, 000 THE CITYS portion on a restroom would have been about the same as the prefabricated facility but the city w'as able to save the funds for the taxpayers so the project was completed," the councilman said $22,000 the complex after Miss Anderson makes her recom- basis to work in the central office at Far- e part-tim- OTHER projects include laying a rement floor for a foot bowery at new' North Park, 175 W 950 North A walkway between the bowery and restrooms also ts planned to aid the handicapped, he said Meanw'hile, the city will file costs. mtngton w'here more staff is needed. The board will make a decision on the staffing at complete MISS Anderson will also determine whether Mrs. Brooks would be available on THERE ARE also plans, he said, to install a bicycle and horseshoe pits New' playground equipment is planned for the spring of next year. board, rk authority to who replace Boyd Ivory resigned on June 1 the housing THE BOARD said the job description will be forwarded Utah the to State Employment Office where interviews and rank assignments will be assigned before the board makes the final decision Public Hearing Set For Proposed Sunset Budget GARY R. BLODGETT B public homing (in Sunset u bud it;,'- proposed I11"" Thtit'-dj- ' tunc 23, pi t p " IP ( it , l1 ill, Xri ( - - M ''(to lb mi THE 'entative Vittl.W of i w bu h budget ()f an increase i1- $100, ('00 u ncji tirri nt lit', budge cr the "ill t become cffei to e !ul About half of thi'- - increase i in be noli (! m a $5(,000grant expected Item the federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation of cit) for in' pro ep'ent park" sizetMo "ill be m the cit)s udminiMratn e department ANOIHLR ipi reaxe "here i it rei op e a hike m "ill epplojo en ent alar; pore oum i! agreed to ANo, mireae the fee for girbage to $1 4t ( ollection from $1 2 des per month pc r fan'll pite the lev bid offered being 0 ntx higher than the bid a ( i pti d t hi decided on one of the higher bids because it came from the firm that had served the city for the past ten )ears The council decided to stick "ith Robert Strebels Inter-mountai- Refuse at the higher figure because he has provided good service for 10 wars and being a resident of the cit), probably will take 1 THREE bids "ere ted,t"ofor$l 40 and the third for $1 to, but the council Water and storm sewer got the nod for $200, 000 m federal revenue allocated to fiscal )ear funds ton City for sharing la) 1077 78 THE CITY council voted to $141, 42 into the appropriate Layton PHONE 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. 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Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year S5 50 Overseas Subscription St 5 00 (Payable in Advance) Out of State Subscription Chief Conger told the toun til that these people are still needed and should be kept m the budget But the count i! so far disagrees grb Also, Councilman Harris ill take o' er both assign men ts during the summer while Councilman Randall is out of the state THE COUNCIL, too, delat'd action to hire a w professional planner to a in the preparation of a - marked $5N for building cf storm sew ers The agreement for this dis bursement came after a public hearing at which there was no comment on the mat ter t pi cit) master plan M.- -o Shields smd onl) $i,nnit included in the t e i t " 1Q77 7 budget and ibis onl)- enough fop a start ' grb ' the larger amount will be spent toward building a 2 million gallon water storage reservoir Most of the storm sewer money will be spent in the northeast part of the city In other recent city council action MAYOR lewis G Shields Councilman reassigned Randy Harris from the engineering and planning department to administration while Councilman Kent Randall will leave the administrative assignment to take over engineering and plan ping trol light can be installed again at Main and Church Streets in Layton MAYOR Lewis G Shields said he has had several complaints from citizens about a long wait for mo- torists making a left turn to enter Main from Church Street Among those seeking a new light is Fugene Stump, who appeared before the council to ask if the city would contact the UDT in request of a directional signal HE SAID additional traffic ever, n Counci'm, t Robert Austad argued the closing of the Ka;s ,1 exit has changed the situan, a significantly to send 'b t much more traffic thr jgn I ayton POLICE Chief lam-Chard also said he dnibrnd the state would reinstall l1 r light because traffic fl better without ! nbe light) and there ha e bpfo fewer intersection an 4i" T Davis County Commissioners say the)' not givirg up in their fight to get $1 2 million in federal funding for a county courthouse addition, even though federal officials say Davis County has not qualified for an Fconomic Development Administration (FDA) grant 30 FIGURES RELEASED by the V S Commerce Department last week listed sixteen Utah cities and counties in addi tion to the state of Utah which had qualified for the $30 million in I DA funds Davis Count) government or Daw1- cities were not among those listed as fund THE qualifications for the position require a business administration graduate with an essential knowledge of federal and state housing programs, social services, public relations skills 1 The salary was set at $550 da) B) ROSELYN KIRK the board, said the director should be appointed in July after the board meets on June caseworker through July coming through the interne, tion since the closing of the Ku)svi!!e freeway ramp has made long waits much of the How MISS Anderson will apply for the permanent position David Holbrook, chairman of In addition to authorizing the acceptance of a job applications for the position of the director, the board will also accept applications for a Study Will Determine If Traffic Light Is Needed For Co. Courtroom Addition are the change was necessary before new programs began 1 Utah Department of Transportation will conduct a study to determine if a traffic con Ivory Mr Ivory resigned two weeks earlier than requested Since many of the federal funding programs begin with the fiscal year on July 1, Mr Holbrook said the board felt water department and ear THE COUNCIL agreed that DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Mam St., THE COUNCIL agreed to review the offer next ear and adjust the rates according to i ost of living rates The budget proposal shows a cut in police personnel b two, much to the displeasure of Police Chief Darrell Conger A YOUTH b ureau off 'c er and a part time secretary are slated to be cut from the fon e because of the termination of a one ear federal grant Jub, Layton Gets $200,000 For Water And Storm Sewers i A more pride in the work The board named no salary figure for the position, but said the amount will be determined after candidates indicate what salary they will accept Kym Anderson, a housing authority employee, has been named as acting director at the salary of $989, the salary received by Mr Commissioners not Giving Up Ob Getting $1.2 Million - recipients Gen Flint said, We'll don't get a dime, we'll know w After learning that Davis Count) h) was not included on the list of funded projects, Commissioner Flint conferred with the FDA office in Denver to learn that local communities had not been funded whose unemplo) ment figure was lower than the state average Commissioner argue If we AFTER CHECKING several source's Commissioner Flint said that the state unemplo) ment figure was ss The unemplo)ment figure in Davis (mint) is currently 4 9 If these figures continue to be used, apparently the count) will not be considered for the funding w hich is being handed out in areas to combat over from Weber Davis Hoiis mg Corporate Troy Brooks, manager of the complex, is assisted b) his wife Joanne and another emplo)ee The board com missioned Miss Anderson to determine whether the three emplo)ees were needed now Hat the remodHirg project a the complex is almost Commissioner Flint protested the unemplo) ment figures used for Davis Count), so) mg that when the grant was applied for over six months ago, the county unemplo) moot fgure stood at 6 , which would have made the count) eligi Me for the grant He also questioned w h) Clearfield, with an unemplo) ment figure of 7 and ! a) ton with a figure of 6 2, had not received funding while Ro) w it h a 5 uncmplov mert ratio had been promised But 1 5 another whether they would receive funding As a result, the application for the courthouse addition was re submitted and officials hoped to pick up the grant on the next go around Bountiful was the onl) municipal government in Davis County to receive funding under the first allocation They were allowed $800, (too for the construction of a city hall SALT LAKE City will get the largest portion of the funding in the suite uh a total of over $9 million 8alt I eke County will receive $1 3 million Commissioner Flint smd boih 8alt lake Cit) and Salt lake fount) unemployment figures are 5 2 percent Commissioner Hint said most (if he statistics had boon 'orified hv Norman Boers, the director of Job Service in Bountiful The county plans to appeal some of the funding decisions and ask some questions before the Juno 2! deadline. Commissioner 1 lmt s.ud IN ADDITION to the mono) roi on ed b; I tab c ities and c ('unties, the si.m will got Another milhon will ho anvs pocket of Commissioner (lmt sjKt that appircntl;, Prn'o has been identified as a poverty area and will receive funding $9 2 million allowed for Mrs unemplo) ment OTHER personnel business, the bo ird ques three tinned whether employees were needed to operate the 2s unit housing complex in la) ton that the Davis County Housing took IN Works Program Commissioner Flint said the county was not notified one way or million THE COUNTY had orginally submit ted a bid for the funding ear!) in December fro- FDA in the fir'l Vn million f pBs Mim "'d unde' T He of the Public 1 Pauline p'crt) Peher Fconomic Development assistant for 'hi a lake Cit) FDA office m 5,dt akc Ci'; said the state officials had alreadv sot up priori tie's for (he allocation of iho slate mono) 5he said she did not anoc ip.ee th it an of that mono) would M shared with Davis 1 , r cent) BOTH Commissioner f lmt and Sheriff William Dub" lawrence said that a meeting with FDA officials on Thursday had indicated the state might share $Vi,ono w ith local gov ernments The $30million dollars received by Utah w as the minimum that w as allow ed under the grant Utah has loss unemplo) ment than the national a'erage |