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Show ' If c. v w L M ci;x, .. rw v.k h 1C7 ui n I I ; r IT u; i i t I ! 1 f t i ! MI i il ' Tif N. i 1 1 i 1 I I f ' ' - I j ji. Mf I1 n 1 ifi" 1 f Li nri ( Miinifli i v E? N hi? K lii.als Mr BUT THE rnatu r mut n . yet be permanently rest I. ' since Ace Ambulantt Ati t my Stephen f arr said trai script of the hearing wi to the D dim be ( oart to determine v. het u r i th' i the decision to tt liceii-,- t a,-- c Duels County Ambulant Directly made TFailittrv u. as issued to Daui ( m i u Dts i mber ir Ace Ambulantt F l ha Farr, representing aH r and Iier e Brig It, : t ut a that a certificate of i on i mence should have nevt r ten issued to more than on. j i nbulanie company in Di' r ( unt since the value set ice d'd not show a ne d Uti I ast April Deseret alance Company, which la't I'turne North Davis Am ludame Company, was issut a la ense to operate, but tin Ace license was not revoked n til August I ! During the hearing Dr H stn said the license lot Da ,s County to operate an am bul mce was allowed since the of Ace Ambu'ance Con pany was uncet ta n status THAT South Ogden base d company ts currently opt rat tng based on a restraining order issued by Second Dis trict Court Judge Duffy Palmer Judge Palmer dered that the board of he or- alih not close down the firm wi'hout conducting a heating so 3ttermine whetKr the Ai gust decision to revoke Ace Ambulances license was justified Monday Dr Olsen said the revocation appeal could not be heard since the 900 pages of &r3Z2a3; Weather seems to vary a good deal from year to year, but the hardy crocus seems to bloom about the same time regardless. Each late winter (we cant call it spring yet) they appear to run a race to he sure they are first out of the ground (do they have a hot line with the ground hog?) In any event they are appreciated each year. HEEEERES THE CROCUS HMD I IPdoJ The test of a $4 3 Prior to the construction, Willard Bay water had been available only to small areas adjacent to the bay The $4 3 million project includes, in addition to the six, 1,250 horsepower pumps, a 100 acre foot equalizing icservoir located in Roy and about three miles of 60 inch million emergency water relief project is being delayed because thrust blocks, for the six pumps, were not built into the pumping equipment by the manufacturer WAYNE Winegar, manager of Weber Basin Water Con pipes servancy District, said the thrust blocks will tost only THE project will allow water to be pumped from as compared to the six pumps which were purchased for $25,000 each But he said the district cannot try out the $3 3 million dollar pumping system until the pump motor company provides the thrust $300, blocks, hopefully next week The test had been scheduled about three weeks ago and-wa- cancelled because of problems with oil circuit breakers Another test was set, but cancelled due to the thrust block problem THE emergency relief project will allow Weber feet Basin to pump 50,000 acre of water from Willard Bay DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Main St , Layton PHONE 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING C8. John StaMe Jr , Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION S4.50 per year Out at State Subscription S5 50 Overseas Subscription 115 DO (Payable in Advance) Gs into the Davis Weber Canal By ROSELYN MRK WaSeF Willard Bay and used to irrigate areas near the bay m exchange for 40,000 acre feet of water which can be stored upstream to supply other district water users Mr. Winegar said the emergency relief project is With that insurance amount of water exchange possible, its just like having a reservoir upstream without the high cost of constructing the reservoir HE COMMENTED that even if the thrust bolts are installed, we may find some more bugs The present plan is to try for another test of the project near the end of March The deadline for the completion of the project was extended until Jan 31 The water district met the construction deadline, but has been plagued by a series of small problems in getting the pumps working for the test testimony compiled during that hearing were not in final order That decision will be carried over to the March meeting THE BOARD had revoked the Ace Ambulance license last August after receiving CAP The question of whether funding to Davis County Community Action Program (CAP) will be cut was not answered by federal Community Services Administration (CSA) officials on Tuesday They said the $80,000 allocation could be lost unless the local agency comes up with persuasive arguments for refunding ALTHOUGh the local board had hoped for a definite answer on whether federal would officials accept mana"!ment plans which they noped would clear up procedural deficiency, three federal officials said it could be months before the decision was made. Carl Chappell, Davis County CAP director, and in advisory board expressed frustration at not receiving a direct answer and said they were not sure what steps to take in submitting additional information to the regional office DAVID E Vanderburgh, Regional CSA director, ad vised local CAP officials that they had two weeks to submit additional materials to convince the regional CSA office in Denver and federal of- ficials in Washington that Davis CAP should be refunded Mr. Vanderburgh said, The burden is on you to persuade us we should refund You must try to address this Commissioner Glen issue Flint was first notified on Dec 22 that the local agency was in danger of losing CSA support for 1978 Since that time, the Davis County CAP Advisory Board has met several times to come up with administrative plans to forestall the loss of money AT THIS second meeting with CAP officials, Mr Chapsubpell and the CAP boardcontrol mitted a management system and an official statement explaining the roles of the governing and of two advisory board These necesthe documents were federal sary to comply with officials CSA regulations, said Mr Chappell said that the Affirmative Action Plan had been resubmitted and was accepted by the regional office The failure to file an acceptable Affirmative Action Plan had been cited as a deficiency in the local CAP program Mr. Vanderburgh did not say whether these management and administrative planswere acceptable, but ques- l u v i ilc I Mr d s h r cioih, denied ch lan f arr had subpoenaed Mr L m bit v , Dr Richard ' 'is and Sheriff v ill. am J iwrcme to supply testimony in me board, but did not call - n formation from Dr J 'o-- - ,r from Toni lenux who fu in Sheriff wn ru s stead i' M i MR FARR argued that the ns id bad made the decision to u ve Davis Coun'y illeg-nSim no hearing had been held put i to issuing that license I c i hanged that guidelines set p b the Fubhc Strvice Com n is1 inn had not bet n followed WHEN NORTH Davis Am hulance lost their financial harking in December, Davis ( ounty submitted an applic a t on for a license, which by Dr Olsen and a proved by a mail vote decision of the board The board later approved the ac non at the January met tir g F torrey General said those guidelines were under another statute Based on regulations for licensing set up by the Division of Health, Dr Olsen has the authority to act Mr Nelson said the only hearing was the one presently i Dr Olsen Monday told the board his decision to grant Davis County a certificate of convenience was based on his decision that, although North Davis Ambulance was ter p'inatuig their operation northern Davis ( ounty ntcu d an ambulance service Hesad n was uncertain whether Ace could continue to provide am bulance service since their re licensing was in question 1 he county had been satisfied with the service provided by North Davis Ambulance, he said REED tmbley, one of the owners of North Davis Am bulance, subsequently became the operator of the county based service Mr Farr said it appeared Mr red Nt Ison, Assistant At (inducted Mr Farr also argued that here was no evidence that another ambulance service was needed in the county He objected to the granting of a icc in Davis County and I v , g i he county to supply e i that carrier DR. JOHNS, Davis Countv Health Administrator, Said that coumy tomm'ssuiners in tequesting the license had been acting on the legal opinion of County Attorney Milton J Hess According to Dr Johns, Mr Hess had recommended that the county take over the operation of the ambulant e tompany when North Davis Ambulance folded due to financial pressure The county eration of the service was Faced on a yearly trial basis, he said The county had four other alternatives but Mr Hess had advised the countv that only the alternative stlected was plausible, he uj said ACCORDING to Dr Johns, the countv made the decision not to turn the operation of the service over to Ace Ambulance and allow them to operate the two county purchased vehicles since Ace was then in the hearing process which would determine whether their license would be revoked The board decided that Dr Olsens decision in issuing the lit ense was proper, agreeing that he had the legal authority to issue the license and the have been procedures correctly followed Corp Director Rex Barber of 2252 South West, Syracuse, has been named new deputy director of looO the Clearfield Job Corps Center, it was announced by Mose Watkins, center director MR. BARBER, who has served as director of finance and administration, manager of accounting and manager of management support, has been employed by Thtokol Corporation which operates the Job Corps Center since 190 grb I JU $1 5 million that Mr Frand sen estimated the structure By ROSELYN KIRK Architectural plans for a square foot addition to the Davis County Jail were approved by Davis county commissioners on Tuesday Sixty-on- e additional inmate units would be added to tne present jail 18,000 PLANS ARE to call for bids on the addition in June and begin construction in Julv, according to Deputy Sheriff Jan Cunningham A plan submitted earlier by Architect Don Frandsen, Hodgson, Frandsen and Chamberlin Architects, Ogden, had suggested a three story 45,000 square foot addition, but commissioners said the county couldnt afford the would cost ARCHITECTURAL draw tngs approved Tuesday show that a 1 12 by 82foot addition be built on the east side of the present jail The 18, 400 square feet of space will be available thiough the main floor and basement level Commissioner Flint said the main floor addition will enlarge the jail capacity from 38 to 99 cells Fourteen of those cells are planned for individual oc cupancy The county plans to complete the main floor addition, which will also include a visiiors area, in addition to kitchen and storage areas Allhough the county is hopeful that a portion of the 9100 square foot basement area can be finished, Com- missioner Flint said the county will complete as much of the be built near the Burke Lane Interchange with I 15 and US 89 91 in Farmington mended basement as they can pay for with the $1 million that has been budgeted 1 THAT money will be raised a capital through improvement mill levy set over a two year period Sheriff William J Lawrence said that he feared the jail would be outdated in 10 years due to the growth of the county, but said he could the expansion live with plans Sheriff Lawrence had earlier proposed the construction of a public safety complex which he recom was THAT proposal scrapped due to the cost The plan approved Tuesday ts the third plan that Mr Frandsen has drawn Earlier Commissioner Glen Flint had said that based on the present property evaluation, the levy of two mills for two years would raise over $1 million for the construction of the jail The county decided not to use revenue sharing funds for construction sinie too much red tape is attached to federal funds, they said Jeepanri s dividual members of the local n in kag ie with Dr ih ns and iJav is f jn fUil By ROSELYN KIRK ilj'u a' iT 1 wn , i i . 'y G -1 - o'ptaled tnat decision and ha i mtinued to operate darn g the ap;dl period i i v- i- umipiaints from Dat-- ( ou mi ians and ho' piul of 1 - I liOO Lilli u l)a is County s In ensf ' an ambulant sort a tptir'i v. as aDirmed Monday w In n the I tah State Board of Ht dih decided that Dr I nun OK o dn nurof the Utah )i iMor y H i h d'd have the auth U giant that Ik ense .Jj r I 1 ! oriT NUfLLP CjRT E yiiiiiiu TOsf LT i 5"if "i )hrv f Honed the local board exten sively about whether low in- come people in the county had identified their needs to the CAP advisory board through participation in neighborhood councils MR. CHAPPELL answered, saying the first priority this year was the strengthening of neighborhood councils Janet Johnson took over as neighin borhood organizer November According to Mrs Johnson, the neighborhood council in the south has met and identified needs for the poor in that area According to Lynda Bow ns that council identified the first need as an active neighborhood council and saw other problems of poor as cost of housing, functioning schools and the high cost of utilities ALBERT Trujillo, CAP board member, said low in come people in the north end of the county have met and now recognize the need for neighborhood planning "This would be the wrong time for Community Action to drop out Mr Vanderburgh said the show cause meeting conducted yesterday was not a judicial hearing The process will be for him to make a decision based on material that has been submitted at the hearing and send a recommendation to his federal superior, the assistant CSA director in Washington, D C I'VE GOT a management decision to make to my superior as to how funds can best be used to improve the lives of low income people There may be other means that are more effective than the Davis County CAP, he said The hearing was not called to determine whether someone is innocent or he said The next step is for the agency to see what additional information they can come up with to convince regional officials that they, the ageniy guiltv, should be funded THE question is, if it didn't work in the past will it work in the future Well have to weigh that information before making a decision, Mr Vanderburgh said Richard Nelson, Title 20 director represented the Davis County Commission at the hearing Commissioners were not present since a regularly scheduled commission meeting was being held at the same time Mr Nelson The commissioners were supportive of CAP and felt that Mr Chappell had said, done a fine job in implementing the program BOTH Mr Chappell and Mr Ed Cammack, chairman of the advisory board, asked for more presenting materials Mr Chappell said he felt the local agency had presented answers to the deficiencies sited in the December letter which notified CAP of the in- tention to deny funds We feel like were playing a guessing game We're not sure what you want MR. Vanderburgh said the local CAP agency will be officially notified by federal authorities as to their decision The agency has signed a contract which will provide CSA funding through April CAP has an annual budget of $370,000, most of which is available through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), a work exeprtence youth program The CAP agency is only in danger of losing CSA funding |
