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Show UTiu -.p C. Box ?- ! 1 FRF33 ?27 A"mh' s.-.l- t UTAH a 1 13 T1 THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1977- - otiw Hun Tint VOLUME lt- going to be a mixed up election in many of Davis Countys 16 communities come Nov. 8. LEGALLY, everything is on the up and up, but some of the cities general election ballots will leave you a little baffled. For example, in five communities there will be an incumbent councilman seeking the mayors post. But in four other cities there will be no incumbent whatsoever on the general election ballot. ONLY ONE community, Layton, have all the incumbent officers deciding to seek And in Syracuse, voters will need to study the ballot carefully before voting to be certain they cast a vote for the right Thurgood. There will be three candidates with the surname of Thurgood. OF THE five communities in whic.i an incumbent councilman is seeking the mayors job, four have unexpired terms as elected councilmen and one will be opposing an incumbent mayor seeking In the latter case, Laytons incumbent councilman Robert G. Austad will go against incumbent Mayor Lewis G. Shields. If Councilman Austad wins, the council would appoint a councilman to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Austad. IF MAYOR Shields wins, Councilman Austad will finish his two remaining years in his regular council seat. But the four other councilmen seeking will not be opposed by an incumbent mayor. THEY ARE Councilmen Gerald Purdy, Kaysville; Norm Sant, Sunset; Charles L. Payne, Woods Cross; and Elmer Barlow, Bountiful. In Sunset, incumbent Mayor John Nichols will step down as the county's oldest, in terms of years, city politician. He has served Sunset as city councilman and mayor for 25 years. MAYOR MORRIS F. Swapp is retiring as Bountiful mayor after serving 16 years (12 years as mayor). Other mayors retiring are: Glen Cundall, Kaysville; Lon Christensen, Fruit Heights; LeRoy Parkin, Woods Cross; and LeGrande E. Gregory, the latter after serving 12 years as Farming-to- n mayor. FIVE OF the countys 16 communities held primary elections Tuesday. A story with results of this election and candidates to appear on the general election ballot accompanies this story. Farmington, Kaysville, Fruit Heights and Woods Cross are among the communities which nominate candidates by parties that will elect a full a mayor and two slate of new officials councilmen. An adjustment of the Davis County budget will be necessary in December to accom- modate additional expenses incurred by the Sheriffs Department for food for the jail and salary increases for the deputies. William J. SHERIFF Lawrence told county commissioners that the sheriff's department would be about $4,000 to $5,000 over their budget due to an increase in food costs for jail inmates and a raise for deputies. Sheriff Lawrence and the county commissioners had been m disagreement earlier about the increase in wages for sheriff's deputies which Sheriff Lawrence said was not equitable to that received by IN EACH of these four communities, none of the incumbent mayors or councilmen are seeking Since candidates may be nominated by party choice or may file independently by petition, several communities will have more than two mayor and four city council candidates from which to choose. FOR EXAMPLE, in Woods Cross there are eight council candidates on the ballot. East Layton has six council nominees and Sunset has three council and three mayor candidates. But only one candidate incumbent is running Mayor Gary Bush of Clinton unopposed. A MAYOR and two city councilmen will be elected from each city. Following are the candidates from those cities which have nominating conventions rather than primary elections: - CLEARFIELD mayor, 0. Ross Sanders and councilmen, Neldon Hamblin and Raylene Eriksson, Peoples Party; and mayor, Donal W. Townley and councilmen, Donald K. McDougal and Cornell Griffeth, Progressive Party. LAYTON mayor, Lewis G. Shields and councilmen, John A. Baker and Lynn W. Wood, Citizens Party; and mayor, Robert G. Austad and councilmen, Nathaniel C. Johnson, Independents. other county employees.' The deputies received a five percent raise last year, as approved by the Sheriff, although county officials only allowed a 3.4 percent increase. Sheriff Lawrence said that increase reflected only half of the increase other county employees had received. IN explaining the increase in food costs, Sheriff Lawrence pointed out that the jail population during the year had been averaging between 45 to 50 while the increase in budget for food for inmates was up only $50 since 1974. He said the cost of each meal is figured at 46 cents a meal. Based on three meals a day for an average of 40 prisoners over a 365 day period, the cost of supplying food at this rate would amount to $20,000 for Weber Water Stopping Date October 15 is the accepted date for discontinuing delivery of irrigation water by the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District. Our operators will commence deof irrigation systems on October 14. watering their individual valves, after reservoirs cease delivering, to insure proper drainage in preparation for winter.M. Wayne Winegar, manager USERS ARE urged to open R Wfp)9 KAYSVILLE mayor, Gerald Purdy and councilmen, Carol Page and Mike Timothy, Citizens Party; and Gar T. Elison, mayor, and Clair Snow, councilman, Independents. SUNSET mayors, Norm Sant, Filbert Fresquest and Vem Foy, and councilmen Edwin Rogers, Bruce Watkins and Scott Mikesell. All filed as Independents. - FARMINGTON mayor, Gordell A. Brown and councilmen, Boyd Mounteer and Glen W. Howard, Citizens Party; and mayor, Gordon H. VanFleet and council-meRichard C. Jones and Lorenzo (Hank) Semadeni, Progressive Party. SYRACUSE mayor, Boyd T. Thurgood and councilmen Ben A. Thurgood and Alvin Y. Nance, Progressive Party; and mayor, Wayne G. Hall, and council-meMartin J. Fisher and Ronald Thurgood, Citizens Party. n, IF(0)(0)g3 , By ROSELYN KIRK TWENTY-FOU- tf (aleS For NUMBER m-mmG'- Wnndl By GARY R. BLODGETT FORTY-EIGH- T CLINTON mayor, Gary Bush and councilmen, Rodney Vaterlaus and Delbert Francom, Active Citizens Party; and councilmen, Bruce Niederhauser and Dennis Simonsen, Independents. WEST POINT mayors, Loy F. Blake and Soren Wixom; and incumbents Lynn Kirkham, Sherman Waite and Robert Kish. All filed as Independents. - FRUIT HEIGHTS mayor, J.L. Webster and councilmen, Robert M. Griffith and Jack D. Palmer, Pinecone Party; and mayor, Neil K. Noorda and councilmen, Jan D. Henderson and Edmund F. McKnight, Sagebrush Party. EAST LAYTON mayor, Donald DeWitt and councilmen, Robert Green and Tom Hayes, Citizens Party; mayor, Kent Forbes and councilmen, Vard Dailey and Duane D. Johnson, Peoples Conservative Party; and councilmen, Thomas Anderson and James Campbell, Indepen- - dents. WOODS CROSS mayor, Charles L. Payne and Lawrence W. Urry; council-meTerrell F. Bird, Annabell Kagie Dixon, William F. Elmer, Kenneth M. Kieffer, James L. Larsen, Craig B. Lavender, Larry E. Sinks and Ronald L. Whetman, all filing as Independents. D the year, according to Sheriff Lawrence. He estimated the food budget would be about $4,000 short since $16,000 was budgeted for food. SHERIFF Lawrence had anticipated that when one area was overspent, that the office could cut back in another. He told commissioners he had hoped that the budget could be balanced by using money that appeared to exist in an account provided for medical expenses for inmates. But he said the overage in that account had been wiped out in September due to unusually high medical bills. THE budget for these medical expenses is set at but Sheriff Lawrence said that $3,500, or half of the money budgeted for the year, was required to meet the medical expenses in September. At the end of July, Sheriff Lawrence said the budget for medical expenses for inmates stood at $2,800, reflecting that $4,200 was still available. But two large medical expenses during the following two months wiped out the overage. Sheriff Lawrence said he objected to the expenditures, which were charged for one inmate who was treated for a long standing Some trees d on t take any chances in the fall. 1 hcv drop their leaves at the first sign of coed air. Others slowly sip away at the leaves, leaving striking colors and shimmering light effects as sunlight filters through. Just one more of the beauties of autumn. AUTUMN LEAVES GJ)p IsiHSHjDfSS $7,000 j medical I dont mind payproblem. ing for things that happen in jail, Sheriff Lawrence said, but added he felt that more medical treatment should be administered in the jail, rather than sending inmates to hospitals for treatment. SHERIFF Lawrence said he has consistently denied any medical expenditure for medical conditions, but that when the man was taken to the emergency hospital for treatment, that other medical problems of were treated, contributing to the $1900 bill. Dr. Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis County Health Department, recommends medical treatment for inmates. Although commissioners appeared to be sympathetic to the problems that had resulted in the overage in the sheriffs department, they said that, at the present time, there would be no point in opening the budget to take care of the expenses since there is no revenue to cover the expenditures. pre-existi- long-standin- g COUNTY Clerk-AuditRod Walker said the only way to cover the expenditure would be to transfer money from other departments if money is available there in December. Commissioner Moss told Sheriff Lawrence, Youve done all you can do to hold the budget down. I hope the other departments will have extra money when-wjuggle the budgets in December. Mr. Walker said the oppor- tunity for raising taxes is now past since any additional mill levy had to be set m August. SHERIFF Lawrence said that while the sheriff's budget increased five percent in 1976, the office received only a four percent increase in 1977. Syracuse Ordinances Studied On Moratorium Syracuse City Council and Planning Commission were to meet this week to discuss preliminary drafts of the ordinances which would place a moratorium on new rezomng requests. CITY Administrator Phil C. Barber said the moratorium, if approved, will allow the city time to consider adoption of ordinances governing a new and comprehensive master plan recently adopted by the city council. He 'explained that the master plan eliminate., conventional zoning classifications and replaces it with a criteria-basedevelopment plan. THE PLAN divides the city d into development sections and places priorities on various areas. Mr. Barber said there will one be two public hearings each by the city planning commission and the city before formal council of the ordinances DATES AND times of the public hearings will be announced soon, grb adoption The following is the report for the month of August 1977 from the Layton City Council, Layton Building and gineering Department: En- BUILDING permits issued single dwellings, 20, $912,700; multiple dwellings, 2 plexes, 4 plexes, 2, 2, $194,281; $152,434; commercial, new, 2, $112,072; commercial, remodeling, 2, $1,200. Remodeling, dwelling, 12, $36,355; garages, residential, 7, $22,538; fencing, 9. no value; signs, other, 9, 3, no value; $1,000. PLANNING Commission action taken on the following: Denied preliminary approval of Oak Forest No 9, tabled 208 Water Quality and Rob Scott, to allow time to recommended study; approval of Jean Love rezone A to RIB; set public hearing for Liston and Love rezone and for Jack Hill rezone, approved building permit for Davis North Medical Center IB; granted occupancy to Health Food Store and Boots, Brims & Britches; approved lien waivers for Raeo Passey, Viola denied Barget; preliminary appro', al of Avion Vista II Granted approval of LaDonna Mesa II, recommended denial of Liston & Love annexation and rezone and no hearing be set, requested extension on W'ells annexation; approved final linen for Meadow brook subdivision; recommended extension on Jack Hill rezone until Sept 13, 1977; approved Antelope Drive extension and accessory roads. minor collector Kaysville: Overnight Parking Mayor Glen W. Cundall reminds the citizens of Kay- the ordinance of parking will again be effective Nov. 1. The city ordinance provides that all cars sville off-stre- or vehicles of any kind shall be off the city streets between the hours of 2 and 5am from to November to March facilitate snow removal 1 1 further provided that horse trailers, house trailers, junk cars and the like cannot be parked on the city streets at any time. Violators will be issued tickets and fined np IT IS ACTION IS pending on the following 208 Water Quality, building bv railroad tracks, Valley View Road scheme, depths of corner lots as they relate to the ordinance, review of natural waterways, special tax assessment, review of C3 regulations, Bamberger right of wav, curb and gutter forms. BOARD of adjustments: cases presented 2, cases resolved 2, called inspec- tions, 4 received, SO. 37 business license DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B'' North Main St.. Layton PHONE 376-91- 33 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBUSHING CO. John SUhte. Jr.. 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