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Show 1 i I ? UTAH STATC ' TP. SALT LAKE '. 3:. 467 EAST ?PH CI'-- Y, UT.Ml CP.ll . THURSDAY, JULY 10, 34 198- 0- VOLUME Pages EIGHTY-TW- O NUMBER EIGHTEEN Review Group Assigned First Task: Americana Again By TGM Bl'SSELBERG FAXM1NGTON The new Davis County Library book selection review committee aiready has its work cut out has been called on to make what will be the third ruling on Americana. THE NOVEL has been raising more than just eyebrows in the county for 2': years as patrons have requested its removal. Twice before, six member committee made up of library staff has said the book should remain on the shelves and the library board has not overruled that decision. Several months ago, a change in the book review and selection policy led to formation of the new five member review committee, made up of three county residents and two staff members. They may be called on to rule on patron requests that a ook on the shelves be removed or that it be purchased. , V?j;uer, also Bountiful branch ' norarian. The, committee includes Melville Green of Centerville, chairman; Royce Carter of West Point and Janet Weis ol Layton. The other staff member is North Branch Librarian Ronald Heezon, elected also as executive secretary. ROCKETS RED GLARE tel FARMINGTON Use of volunteers to relieve some of the paperwork faced by mental health employees doesn't appear feasible, the Davis County mental health advisory board has been informed. THE BOARD had inquired if Ceiiiy Davis FARMINGTON County is operating in the red with communities of north Davis County that are serving (he unincorporated area with Reservoirs Hold An some work could be done by volunteers giving staff more time for actual patient contact. Budgetary restraints have cut the staff to a minimum and Mental Health Director Dr. Russell Williams has said they will probably be forced to work at capacity to meet de HE NOTED that although the county appropriated $3,000 more for its fire protection this year than last ($27,000 instead of $24,000), the north- ern area of the county is Abundance Of Water Theres an LAYTON abundance of water stored in them thar hills. THATS THE report pre- sented recently by officials of the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District who noted d that all seven of the reservoirs are filled to capacity. In fact, a couple of the reservoirs show to be slightly over the capacity figureof the reservoir, according to the water storage report effective June Basin-operate- 27. PINEVIEW IS at capacity of 110.000 acre feet; Causey has 6,900 acre feet; Echo is at 74.000 acre feet; East Canyon has 48,300 acre feet; Wanship has reached 62,500 acre feet and Lost Creek reports 20.200 acre feet. Even Willard Day, that catches the, overflow of rewater from the servoirs, is at a capacity 185.000 acre feet, the report showed. already $1,300 in the red for the first half of 1980. Unlike the south end of the county which is serviced by a fire station, the county-owned unincorporated area of the north end of the county is protected by contracting fire service from neighboring communities. volunteers what they did rather than to do it them- he said, noting the selves, portion volunteers could complete takes far less time than the clinical reports. 15 minutes in paperwork averaging about four patients a day, which is average, he said "It would take longer to tell another THE CLINICAL reports you couldn't have the volunteers do anyway because they dont know how and it would be illegal. We have the same constraints as a private provider, he said, especially relating to insurance and other third Davis? I KNOW I am at odds with you (commissioners) because I dont agree with contracting services with other communities," the chief told the commission. Then what would you do?, Commissioner Morris provides fire protection to West Bountiful. three cities Woods Cross and Centerville as well as to the surrounding unincorporated area. COUNTY AUDITOR G. Gibbons said the n mula for what the county charges cities being serviced I'D BUILD a fire station in the northern area, too, the chief answered. He then added that he believes the county-owne- d statioii in West Bountiful could adequately serve the unincorporated areas around Farmington at a substantial savings to the county. station The county-owne- d with the THE DISTRICT board of directors also approved a Class A levy for repair, maintenance and construction, but not including operation of the district. The levy is not an increase in the total mill levy, but by law has to be approved each year, it was explained. Weber Water Conservancy District serves pressurized irrigation and treated culinary water to Davis, Weber, Box Elder and a small portion of Summit County. county-owne- d fire MS. GIBBONS suggested that the cities in the north end of the county provide the county with a breakdown of actual expenses incurred while responding to a fire in the unincorporated area. We (county) should be said paying on expenditures, Ernest Eberhard, I move that we set up a system of checking out what they (cities) do so that the county is billed accordingly. COMMj MORRIS F. Swapp, who represents the commission with the county fire department, said he will contact the cities and request specific information concerning the service they provided between Jan. 1 and July 1. (CONTINUED WEVE HAD only one meeting so far, Mr. Mauer said. What we essentially did was elect a chairman and executive secretary. The first thing is to review the book We set up a Americana. routing system whereby Ipville City Council locates $84,000 Fop Cousing By NORMA PREECE During the Kaysville City Council meeting, the council $640,000 Budget For Wasatch Front Group Wasatch BOUNTIFUL Front Regional Council has each of the local counties which comprise the WFRC will contribute the same amount this year as last year, a total of $21,139. Davis County will contribute $4,000; Weber County. $5,363; and Morgan County, $796. Salt Lake, Tooele and Utah counties will make up the balance. THE V FRC total budget for the fiscal year will total $880,950, which includes $241,250 that the council will pass on to the Utah Transit Authority, Utah Department of Transportation and to other agencies within the council. Last years total budget amounted to $948,764 of which $279,404 was appropriated to other agencies. Project was reminded of the meeting the rate schedules July 15 6:30 p.m. Anton Tonks ICPA will be in a attendance the meeting. of at cedent for the city and of at DURING THE meeting the city council approved the formal budget hearing on the 1980-8budget of June 24, 1 1980. A group from the Episcopal Management he would not ask this if they weie a profit organization, but fits feelings were that it is a community project which would prove a great benefit to the cm in fulfilling requirements foi housing for the elderly. Bishop Charles stated he had brought documents prostatus and ving their would leave them with the city. non-prof- Corp., with Bishop Otis Charles as spokesman, accompanied by John Debilla and P.J. Albert from the Denver Regional Housing office of HUD met with the council. They were seeking a further commitment from the city toward the housing pro- ject. BISHOP CHARLES said that ten days ago it appeared the project would have to come to a halt, as it fell short of $90,000. But since that time they have been working with HUD in reviewing all aspects in an effort to proceed with the project. They wanted to meet with the council with two requests: ( ) The w aiver of all park and recreation fees of approximately $14,500 and (2) the city consider allocation of $60,000 from the HUD block grant that is available to the city which would be in addition to the $24,000 already committed for site acquisition by the city. 1 BISHOP CHARLES said he recognized that waiver of the park fee might be setting a pre FOLLOVMNG A lenthy discussion of the impact of funds taken from the planned projects by the city, it was moved by the council that the city allocate a total of $84,000 from their block grant money to the St. Marks housing project and that the city administrator and John Janson be authorized to immediately apply to HIT) foi supplement funds for city pro jects planned previously. Sam Bloxham, representing Shirley Jacobsen, developer ol King Clarion Hills subdivi sion, asked the council to con sider a 14 percent grade for portion of Sherwood Road due to the terrain. Mr. Bloxhair said it would be necessary to annex property in order to complete the road, but would like the request to be allowed fora 14 percent grade for abom 200 feet, above the 1 ed Birch property at which point r could be leveled out toabetu--, grade. COUNCILMAN SANDIRs felt the road should go through (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 de- partment and what the county pays cities for contracted fire protection is not fair. She noted that cities of the north end of the county are charging the county equivalent to about four mills for contracted service while residents of the unincorporated area are paying only two mills. Commissioner party payments. W'eve taken a very active role for volunteers. Before the staff cuts we had a volunteer coordinator who spent time Wiltraining all of them, Dr. liams said, tb everyone would have a chance to read the book and the com plaint. After everyone's had a chance to rev lew them personally, we will meet. We are aware of the dale of the complaint and well try to leave as little time as possible between receiving the complaint and actine " THE CURRENT complaint from a Bountiful resident, was received about six months ago The delay came after the library board said it wanted to defer action on the book until a committee had been established. That was done about two months ago. He said the committee wilt fairly probably be meeting soon. facility where the request was received. He checks book reviews and other sources to aid in determining if it meets library selection policy and also considers finances, Mr. Mauer said. That staff member would normally make the recommendation to be followed by the library staff. If a patron disagrees with the decisior he can request a review through proper channels. for- F. Swapp asked. servancy District board of board members salaries be increased from $500 to $800 per year. The same amount was approved for the boards consultants. New district manager Keith Jenson noted that the increase was the first since the district decision: The staff committee chaired by Lucretia Watkins of the Farmington headquarters hour seeing patients and was established in 1960. tee recommended that the UNDER THE newley set pattern, a patron has three chances for review of a book ment plans, he explained. THEY ARE able to spend about 45 minutes out of each mands for services. The use of volunteers in completing paperwork would be difficult if not impossible, though, he said. The staff spend about an hour a day (doing paperwork) and most of that is on clinical records such as progress notes and treat LAYTON Members of the Weber Basin Water Con- A FINANCE study commit- handled by the librarian at the 1 Water Board Raises Pay directors and consultants have received the first pay raise since the district organized 20 years ago. IN THE case of a new book request, the matter is first approved an operation budget of $640,000 for fiscal year 1980-8the same amount as was spent from the operating budget last fiscal year. IT WAS also agreed that Firs In Red For El. fire protection, County Fire Chief Brent Argyle told the County Commission recently. committee and the three member county commission. If a patron still is dissatisfied, he can take the matter to court, Mr. Mauer said. Two forms have been prepared for patron use, one for requests to have a book removed and the other asking for inclusion of an item in the collection. After a patron submits the approvpnate form to the library, he should receive a reply within 60 days. If no response has been received he should contact the library, Mr. Mauer said. THEIR ACTION will come after the six member staff committee has ruled on the matter and a patron is not satisfied with the answer, explained re- view board member Brad Well, perhaps the traditional Fourth of July fireworks arent exfor us actly rockets red glare, but they do represent that red glare of skies color lit the of cascades These Kaysville. sputtering today. Other fireworks were enjoyed in Farmington and Layton. staff, citizens staff review ON PAGE 2) FARMINGTON The Davis County Commission was considering sending a letter to Layton city officials outlining funding plans for the new Layton headquarters library. THE COMMISSION jnet with project architect Robert Dewey of Bountiful in a special session about a month ago in an attempt to determine how much the facility may cost and building size and scope. The Library Board Chairman Evan Whitesides, himself a Layton resident, said in the monthly board meeting Monday the commission has told the architect to prepare the present plans for a $2 million limit. If the bids received exceed that, the plans will have to be redrawn. AMONT POINTS outlined in the special meeting were: Bidding on the project will be in early 1981. A mill levy (alount unspecified) will provide funding to avoid the necessity of using union labor thus reducing the cost of the project. FUNDS from tax anticipation notes will be available in March or April of 1981. The initial mill levy will be levied in August of 1981 with a second in 1982. EXACT levy amount will be set when total building cost and possible assessed valuation increases are known. Previous discussion has called for a building of about 30,000 square feet on two levels. The upper level would be larger and contain the book collection while administra- tive offices and processing operations would occupy the lower level. LAYTON CITY has donated land for the site in their commons area at Hawthorne and Wasatch Drive north of Layton High School. While the possibility of combining a senior citizen center with the library was discussed, such as exists in Clearfield and was the case in Bountiful, results of a recent meeting with Council on Aging officials and Layton Mayor Glen Shields and Kaysville Mayor GarElison point to another location. serve residents from Farming ton to Layton. She will send aquestionane to senior citizens asking what programs they would like included in a center and possible location, tb DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St., Layton PHONE 3 Published Weekly by mPDJSDGGS. 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