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Show WEEKLY REFLEX-DAV- NEWS JOURNAL, JUNE 23, 1977 IS tr iUI the intent of the law, said, We have not received a request for a general opinion of the law and I believe that each governing body must determine through their own legal counsel what is proper in each matter. Mi By GARY R. BLODGETT There are a lot of strings attached to the new state law governing open and closed meetings of city, county and state officials. IT WOULD be almost impossible for us (attorney It generals offipe) to write an overall opinion of the law.it is than more would then become ambiguous (the law) now. 1 agree that the law is luzzy in parts, but the intent of the law is there and. its good. The primary purpose of the law is to make the public aware of all public meetings and to prevent governing bodies from meeting in secret, behind closed doors. AND ALONG with the strings attached, there are a few legal loopholes, if you want to look for them. "Basically, the ordinance is a good one but one I didnt agree with at first, said Bountiful City Attorney Layne Forbes. B. THE NEW ordinance which went into effect a few weeks ago governs open, closed, special and emergency meetings by public officials and outlines what they' can, or cant do, in each session. It (the ordinance) also specifies what has to be included on the meetings agenda and how the public is to be informed about each public meeting. HE SAID that he believes the phase of the bill which states that an agenda must be "provided to a newspaper of local circulation, simply means to make it available to the newspaper in proper time to give sufficient public notice. As yet, we have not received a request for an opinion although we have tried to clarify certain parts of the bill. But regardless of our opinion, the matter could still be challenged in court, he said. ITS A DETAILED, but sometimes vague, state law (House Bill 84) which was drafted by Genevieve Atwood, Joe E. Whitesides and Stephen Holbrook, the latter of Bountiful. The law states that any public body holding regular ALL SUBJECT matters to be discussed in a regularly scheduled meeting must be listed on the agenda for that meetings must notify the public once a year (usually through the news media) of the date, time and place of these regularly scheduled meetings. meeting. If the subject matter is not on the agenda, the public body may discuss the matter but can not take final action. No ordinances can be adopted without first appearing on the agenda and the agenda properly presented to the public, said Atty Forbes. FURTHER, THERE must be public notice given of each meetings agenda sufficiently prior to the date of the meeting to allow interested persons to attend. This must be done by (I) posting the agenda in a public building, preferably that building in which the meeting is to be held; (2) provide notice of the meetings agenda in a newspaper of local circulation, or (3) to provide the agenda to a representative of the local news media. . THIS OFTEN creates some personal burden and often delays matters for a week or two, but it also protects the public from having an ordinance or other matter Yailroaded through a public body." Atty Forbes said that initially he did not approve the manner in which the agenda had to be presented to the public, but when he realized that a paid newspaper notice was not necessary, he now approves of the new law. NOW COMES the question of providing the agenda, said Atty. Forbes. Does that mean making the agenda available to the press or actually having it printed in a local newspaper? Answering his own question, Atty Forbes said he believes that providing means to make available to the press the agenda. BOUNTIFUL residents who want to have a matter heard before the council must notify the City Managers office not later than 5 p.m. on the Thursday prior to the council meeting. A closed meeting may be called by majority vote of the members of the public body present at an open meeting, but no ordiances, rules, regulations, contracts or appointments, shall be approved in a closed meeting. I DO NOT interpret it as meaning paying for the publication of the agenda, he said. The latter would be very costly to any public body which meets weekly, as does Bountiful City Council. Deputy Attorney General Wright Volker, commenting nciull nUFR ULCHnnilLII A pretty brown-eyebrunette has been crowned queen of the 1977 Miss Clearfield Scholarship Pageant. State University one year. The tallest of eight contestants, she stands five foot 11 and performed a vocal musical as her talent. Miss Ross plans to attend Weber State College this fall CECILIA SNYDER, a recent graduate of Clearfield High School where she reigned as Junior Prom .queen and an attendant to the Homecoming queen, will represent Clearfield in the July 4th celebration, Davis County queen contest and in the Miss Utah for Miss America pageant later this year. Her attendants are Teresa Watkins, first attendant and Lori Ross, second attendant. A after recently graduating from Clearfield High. The five foot 6 brunette presented a dance number as her talent. THE NEW Miss Clearfield was presented a $300 scholarship to the college of her choice. The first atten- dant James T. Snyder, 1640 Clearfield, Miss Snyder is five foot 6. She presented a jazz dance as her E. 700 South, talent. Miss Watkins daughter of Mr. is a $150 scholarship and the second attendant received a $100 scholarship award. Miss Snyder was active at Clearfield High where she was senior class president, member of the student council, member of the National DAUGHTER of Mr. and Mrs. received the Honor Society and participat- and Mrs. ed with the Falcettes drill Henry Watkins, 429 S. 750 East, Clearfield and Miss Ross is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Royce K. Ross, 588 N. 4500 West, Wert Point. team. SHE HAS studied ballet, tap and jazz dancing for 11 years. She will be seeking a degree in medical technology at Weber State College, grb THE NEW first attendant is (asms! ing. Btsnop Lowell Taylor was in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bond were dinner guests in Layton Monday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Madsen. Mrs. Ed Hyde and children spent three days last week in Rock Springs, Wyoming with her mother, Mrs. Helen Bishop and Mrs. Myron Richins are spending three weeks in the Holy Lands on a LDS Seminary Institute Tour. Their four sons, Jason, Jef- fery, Jared and Jeremy are staying with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Max Crawford. The party was given by members of the Kaysville Ninth LDS Ward and over 150 guests attended. Each family took a picnic lunch and cake was served to everyone in attendance. They played ball and games and Rigby. Mr. and Mrs. Neils Neilson of Elsinore, Utah accompanied her sister and brother-in-law- , Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rigby on a three-weetrip to the Eastern states. They visited in k it was a delightful evening and a tribute to Karey to have her ward bid her farewell. She will be leaving on June 26. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Michie. Mrs. Sarah Giles was a guest in North Salt Lake at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welty on Saturday at a birthday dinner for their daughter Heather. She also visited in Taylorsville with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Giles. Mr. and Mrs. Hiney J. Bishop attended the Utah State Lions Convention in Logan for five days. The convention was held on the campus of Utah State University. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Will-de- n and children Maurie, Sharon and Dirk from Vernal were house guests last week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Nielson and family for four days. The Kaysville Second LDS Ward held a Church Welfare patio party on Friday even- - IF A PUBLIC body should happen to approve (illegally) a matter through a closed meeting session, that action can be contested within 90 days and the action would become void, the attorney said. Also, the reason or reasons for holding a closed meeting and the vote, either for or against the proposition to hold such a meeting, must be made public by name and entered into the minutes of the meeting. Cecilia Snyder, center, will reign as queen of the Miss Clearfield Scholarship Pageant and will represent Clear- field in the Miss Davis County and Miss Utah paseant,. later this year. Her attendants are Lori Ross, left, second attendant, and Teresa Watkins, first a 1975 graduate of Clearfield High and has attended Utah d two-third- s Washington, D C. and also visited the Washington LDS Temple. They visited eight days with Mr. and Mrs. Rigby's son. Major and Mrs. Hal Rigby and two sons, Ron and Richie at Hampton, Va. After leaving Washington, D.C. they visited in Palmyra, New York at Niagara Falls and enroute home spent time at Kirkland and Nauvoo, 111. They returned home June 6. American Sri Darwin Gross, world traveler and lecturer, who is the spiritual leader of FCKANKAR, the Path of Total Awareness, has expressed a growing concern about the millions of dollars being extracted from the American public by professional holy men from the East as well as right here at home. AT A recent meeting of FCK leaders in Menlo Park, Calif., he spoke openly about holy men from India who have taken advantage of Westerners looking for new' spiritual truths. He coined it The great American The tall, rip-of- clean-shave- n their western culture and about eastern naivety thought, are extremely sus- ceptible coming Rate The federal interest rate on home d loans was increased from 8 to 8.5 percent, effective May 31. MAX Cleland, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, said the new rate, established for Federal Housing Administration loans by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, also applies to Veterans Administration home loans. Cleland said the increase was necessary to bring government rates in line with other competitive rates in the mortgage and financial markets. THE RATE change does not home loans. Once a loan is made, the interest rate remains the same for the life of the loan. Also unaffected are rates for affect existing VA mobile-hom- VA loans, which are for shorter terms and HE DEVISED a method of reworking components on a aircraft anti skid valve. Mr. Murray is a pneudralic systems repairman. He and his wife Janice have four children. In Fashion Swim suit ensembles for men are shown in 100 percent cotton. The swim suit coor through the generosity of the American people to give from their pocketbooks, for the purpose of setting up shrines and ashrams in India that, for one reason or another, have never materialized. to According my sources, he said, many such professional holy men are considered by their countrymen to be street corner preachers." The ECKANKAR Interna- is located in Menlo Park, Calif. Awards To Veterans Senator Orrin G. Hatch has been asked to in par- program ticipate designed to honor and spotlight the accomplishments of Utahs Vietnam War ganization, or- No Greater Love, is awarding "Editors Choice Awards" to veterans of the Vietnam War w'ho have, exhibited outstanding achievements in civilian life. Veterans may be nominated by their friends or family. Senator Hatch has asked that any person wishing to offer a nomination send the following information to his Salt Lake field office, Federal Building no. 5430, 125 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111: 1. name of the veteran, 2. When he or she served in Vietnam, 3. Who he or she served with, and 4. What the veteran has done in civilian life to warrant the award. NO Greater Love is comprised of people from all walks of life, including baseballs Hank Aaron, and president-emeritus- ; former First Lady Betty Ford, honorary patron. Nominations should be sent to Senator Hatch's Salt Lake office by June 30. dinates with a short sleeve shirt in colorful geometric design. An "emergency" meeting may be called by a public body when unforseen circumstances make it necessary for a body to meet to discuss matters of an emergency or Local Machinery Reflecting increased name change, new ownership and management. FORMERLY known as General Service Company, the new firm is Mountain West Machinery, located at 4225 South 500 West, Murray. Principle owners of Mountain West Machinery are Robert Murray, Bountiful, and Allan L. Van Pelt, Kaysville. The new vice president and general manager is Charles W. Penrose, Salt Lake City. FOUNDED in Cedar City, 27 years ago, General Sendee Company saw steady growth enough to merit a move to Salt Lake City, as statewide and marketing region demands increased. The company has been a major Massey-Fergusoequipment dealer for the Intermountain area. n In recent years the com- pany also acquired the industrial and agricultural equipment distributorship and Toyota industrial lift fork dealership. Currently, Mountain West employs 20 people. ROBERT Murray, a Logan, Owa-tonn- a Current Layton Water Watch Cited For Air Force last year we used 342,944,000 or 1,052.46 acre feet. Syracuse resident Mrs. Steven Hofhine has been cited at Hill AFB for a suggestion on processing damaged material in the Directorate of Distribution where she is employed. MRS. HOFHINE is a supply clerk at the base. She and her husband have three children. urgent nature. New Owners, Hen Name For Our water report as of May 31, 1977, shows a usage of 290,534,000 gallons or 891.62 Suggestion meeting may be held for the ters. agricultural machinery dealers has undergone a a closed THE NEW law also emphasizes that a public body shall not gather, socially or otherwise, to discuss such mat- growth, demand and potential, one of Utahs oldest lesser loan amounts. Layton Resident Wins Air Force Suggestion Award Layton resident Roger C. Murray has received $810 for a suggestion that will save the Air Force $21,000. HE CITED several cases w'here fortunes have been amassed A following reasons only: (1) Discuss the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual; (2) to hold strategy sessions in respect to collective bargaining, litigation or purchase of real property; (3) disucssion regarding deployment of security personnel or devices; and (4) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct. over from India and claiming the title of guru or holy man. veterans. A national, Increase government-backe- THUS, tional Office spiritual leader stated, While a turning toward mysticism and the Fastern philosophies is a natural evolution here and around the world, Americans, due to to anyone Rip-O- ff acre feet; the same period THIS MEANS that we have conserved 160.84 acre feet of water over last year. As of May 31, 1977 we have used 446.84 acre feet of our Weber Basin storage water. This is of our about storage, however, we have our hottest months ahead. We are pleased with this report, so keep up the good one-fourt- h work. Rulon L. Thom ley Public Works Supt. THE LAW further states that no such emergency meeting shall be held unless an attempt has been made to notify all of its members and a majority of the public body votes in the affirmative to hold the meeting. Complete minutes of all public meetings must be kept and made available to the public upon request. Business Utah, native, is president of Boyd Martin Company - a Salt Lake distributor of professional and commercial , landscape, excavation and maintenance equipment. He is also president of the Steve Regan Company, a Salt Lake agricultural-farsupply and animal health product firm. Murray is a Harvard MBA graduate and a former Korean air ace. He is now serving on several company boards of directors and is involved in civic affairs. BOUNTIFUL CITY Council has conformed very well with the above provisions, even before the new state law, said Atty Forbes. He noted, however, that in the past the council has discussed and voted on matters not on the agenda. NOW ALL the council can do in such a case is talk about the matter in question and wait until the matter is officially placed on the agenda, the attorney concluded. ALLAN L. Van Pelt has been a vice president for Boyd Martin Company and a sales engineer for a California-base- d firm, Jacobsen Manufacturing Company. He is a licensed pilot and has been a company executive pilot as well as a flight instructor. Van Pelt was a pilot during world war II and obtained the rank of major in the U.S. Army Air Corps. CHARLES W. Chuck Penrose is a native of Downey, Idaho, and attended Brigham Young University. He has been a president of C. W. P. Contractors and and president general manager of Century Equipment, both of Salt Lake City. 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