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Show THURSDAY, JANUARY 1 By DONETA GATHERUM No other city in the history of Utah has been disincorporated and annexed so quickly." THIS STATEMENT, made by East Layton City Atty. Steven R. Bailey at an 8 a.m. meeting held Monday, Jan. 12, seems incorrect if you recall the months of preparation needed to get the disincorpora-tioquestion on East Layton's n November ballot and the months that have passed since the East Layton residents voted to disincorporate and then petitioned to annex to Layton. 5, 1 981 - VOLUME 2 3 Pages The validity of Mr. Bailey's statement applies to the swift action that transpired on Monday and Tuesday of this week. MONDAY morning, East Laytons council met with Atty. Bailey for a briefing prior to a 10 a.m. appointment with 2nd District Court Judge Duffy Palmer. Mr. Bailey and East Laytons Mayor K. Delyn attended the informal meeting. Its purpose was to prepare for the actual court session that would be held Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 4 p.m. Ye-at- EAST LAYTON was offi- cially dissolved by Judge Pal mer on Tuesday. Jan H at 4 p.m. Layton'sCity Council u ud to annex the 1,475 acres that was East Layton plus 43.37 acres of unincorporated county land into the corporate limits of Layton city and to accept the previously prepared policy declaration covering this annexation by a unanimously council vote THE VOTING took pUe at 6:15 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, tiie meeting was dismissed and Layton city council members and city department heads were meeting in a special executive session to considei O NUMBER incoipoir personnel matters relating to the annexation. to handle East Lay ton city business during this interum period EAST LAATON residents ere w ithout a gov ernment for just a little more than two hours. According to Utah law, there is a five working day period before the annexation can be considered final. During this tune period, protests over the annex uon can be filed with the court. A period is in Lay ton city population and EAST LAYTON city employees will continue in their present positions until further notice. While it is obvious that Layton city cannot operate with two city managers and two city recorders, it is also apparent that the knowledge also allowed by law to give people opportunity to file claims against East Layton city. This will work in much the same way as judgments in a probate court case. w the annexation of East Layton. Layton city will need to hire more police officers. ITEMS ON the East Layton City Council agenda for Tuesday evening will need to be referred to Lay toncitysince East Layton officials had no power to act after 4 p.m. The population of Layton city is now 26.010 and 13.17 percent of the total population lived within the boundaries of East Layton. and experience the East Lay ton employees hav e will be POLICE protection will be furnished by the Dav is County Sheriff s Department on a day needed EAST LAYTON wilt officially join Layton on Tuesday, 19. Mayor Yeates are the court appointed trustees impowered CITY hopes to employ those Fu'i Lay ton city people who want to work for the city Additional employ ees notice. East Layton water bills will be sent out on Friday as usual, i hev can be paid either at the East Layton City Hall or the Layton City Hall. Mayor Lew is G. Shields and Layton city. by LAITON basis until further Jan. EIGHTY-TW- LAYTON CITY Mayor Shields and City Recorder will be needed and some vacancies will occur as some present Layton city Randall Heaps are optomistic about the annexation. They concede it will take time, work and effort but they feel the sup em- ployees quit their jobs. Because of the impact of the Layton Hills Mail, the increase FORTY-FIV- E e and cooperative attitudes that allowed the preliminary annexation work to go so w ell w as positiv e on both sides and annexation w ill w ork smoothly. Layton city personnel that priorities will have to be carefully established to allow for expansion and at the same time to keep expenses down. AFTER THANKING the government employees and the citizens who had worked very hard to accomplish the historic annexation. Mayor Shields expressed his feelings by saying, "The boundaiy lines between the cities dissolved at 4 p.m. Now we city with one purpose and one cause." ports e arc-on- Want Larger Home Possibility By MARK D. MICKF.LSEN More CLEARFIELD than 25 residents living along Main .Street here convinced the Clearfield City Council Tuesday to leave open the front portion of the street for construction of larger homes. THIS IS the third or fourth time we've gotten together to preserve that area." said John Bradshaw, a spokesman for the residents. He and his friends crow ded into the council chambers Tuesday night to oppose the rezoning of South-wooSubdivision. 1700 South and Main, from a larger home zone to a residential smaller home zone. The group made it clear they want the area to remain zoned as was decided on the city's master plan. d While the chill of winter frosts Davis Countys streams and ponds, there are still a few places our feathered friends can find refuge - like this farm near the Weber Basin Job Corps. WINTER SILENCE e Government Closer To People? By TOM BUSSELBERG OGDEN Utah's junior Senator Orrin Hatch told an Ogden audience Friday that America's defense posture must be improv ed w hile deficit spending must become a thing of the past. HE ADDRESSED a large crowd at the ZCMI Tiffin Room during his annual "Report to the State" that also included stops in Salt Lake City and Logan. "There are many things both right and wrong with America." he said, noting "many changes have ocurred and need to be. On foreign policy and Iran, most experts will say had we acted immediately or within 24 hours we probably would have the hostages back and would have our prestige. WE COULDN'T do it with a lack of leadership" or proper military capability, the former Salt Lake City attorney said, noting 13 percent of the gross national product was spent for defense in 1945 vs. five percent last year. "The diffe'ence is more than $300 billion m social ser- vice transfer payments money transferred from those who work to those who don't. d NOTING A by Teamsters' Union officials. tum-aroun- the nation's largest labor group. Senator Hatch continued. "They said, 'we're been considering females and the draft. tired of a person who gets say $30 for aid to dependent children. $60 for food stamps and $159 unemployment (a week)" and won't work. EMPHASIZING the drop in America's prestige worldwide Senator Hatch said. "When I was in Peking the top foreign policy specialist and top director of North American affairs said. We know you Americans are now number two. " And NATO officials "said repeatedly" the United States is "becoming number two." As an example of that, he cited the growth of food stamps. Food stamp costs have risen from $34 million in 1964 to $12 billion this year affecting one out of six Americans. President-elec- t Reagan should in." options (on Iran). I r know they (Iran) fear Reagan. They know he's tougher and won't let America sink any more. I don't know- what Reagan will do if Pres. Carter doesn't get them back but I don't believe Reagan will back down or retreat. "I believe weU start to restore the respect we had all around the world." IIE RECALLED a visit to Korea where he toured the demilitarized zone in cold, blizzard-like weather. "We got a little feeling of what our men went through. They're there every day and there'd probably be an onslaught if were not ready." change some programs." LOOKING OUT for Utah's interest Senator Hatch said visits with Korean and Taiwanese officials indicated they had vhown interest in possible future Utah coal use. SEN. ORRIN HATCH He said 17 tunnels from North to South Korea had been discovered with at least three proven large enough for jeeps. KOREANS MAKE use of women on the front lines, he said, noting they had to run 15 miles a week along v ith the men. for example, with the commanding officer saying he was "extremely worried" as to what would happen if they were lost. The U.S. Government has The November election has resulted in a shift of congressional pow er to the South and I West, he said indicating. think that's going to be for the betterment of the whole country." CHANCES FOR a bill requiring a balanced budget should be improved with defeat of several key opponents, he said. "The budget has been unbalanced for 44 of50yearv I think we've got a relatively goodchanceittbilllwillpas' " He recalled deficit spending problems with the last congressional session starting in May when Democrats said the budget was balanced and Republicans said it was a $30 bil MR. BRADSHAW said de- velopers in the past have promised certain things to the residents of the area, then failed to carry them through, and he and the others argued that Clearfield has provided more starter homes than anywhere else in the county. "We feel like the master Jaycee Beards THATS WHY it's so portant that we get a change, and stand up for freedom, those things we're interested bring he said, "There are three-fou- lion deficit. Delays in action took it to $50 billion before tne election "and now it will be '90 billion unless we can im- STRESSING the change ACTING DAVIS County Planning Director Albert Cole said the residents involved in setting up the master plan were worried that Clearfield had an of smaller starter homes. To assure some larger homes, they voted to rezone the areas adjacent to Main Street for larger home construction But Haven J. Barlow, who wants to develop the area as Southwood Subdivision, argued earlier that there is currently an overage of lots in and around Main Street that should be utilized, and said a lot of the y ounger buyers will lose out if they can't get into a smaller home. The Lay ton Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a beard growing and grooming contest to start Feb. through July 4. RULES AND regulations are: All persons with a desire to grow hair on their faces are encouraged to participae. During the Rlaia Days celebration anyone who has defiantly resisted growing a beard ri ks the danger of being placed in the "Hairless" stockade ALL BOSSES w ho re ivt let- ting their employees participate in this contest will be asked to report to the nearest lake and required to jump in w ith both ey es open. n There will be two major categories of participants: with hair already on their lace: and those who want to start from scratch. 1 hove of $5 is required of all participants and is due Feb. In July at the local celebration at a specific time and place to be announced, all money will be awarded. Hall of the money A F EF. will be donated to local chanty Send the contribution to Rubert G. Austad. 726 W. Genile. Layton. Utah 84041. Make the check out to the Layton J.C. organization. Participants may live any where but must attend the July celeb-ra- r in to be a winner. . plan should be followed." he said, accusing the council of neglecting equal amounts of land for larger homes. EAST LAYTON and Fruit Heights, he said, all have a lot of larger homes, challenging the city to do the same. "Some of us have built some nice homes," Mr. Bradshaw said. He explained that the idea of the residents along Main Street is not to keep the younger buyers out. hut to provide some room for some more bigger, nicer homes. MR. BARDSHAW challenged Southwood's planners for not wanting to include larger lots and homes in the subdivision, but one of Mr. Barlows representatives. Larry Butters, countered with the fact that communities like Fruit Heights and Fast Layton which have larger homes must provide larger lots because of the hillside location and because of road and access problems. Mr. Bradshaw again argued that there is still a market for larger homes. BUT WITH regard to the things promised by past developers, Mr. Butters made some corrections. First, he said, developers have to know the zoning before any protective convenants can be set up for the residents. Of the 169 lots included in the proposed subdivision, the city council agreed to rezone those in the former agricultural zone to residential, but voted unanimously to leave those lots adjacent to Main Street for larger lots and home construction. Jay Fisher Named Council Member Jay N. Fisher, the newest member of the Fruit Heights City Council, comes to the board w ith a variety of educational and work experiences. He received his baccalaureate degree from Utah State University, his M.A. degree in school administration from the University of Colorado. While there he earned affiliation with Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa v Delta Pi. HE IS ALSO a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College, completed the executive management with industry program with the Air Force Institute of Technology and has a counseling certificate from BYU. During the past six years. Mr. Fisher has served as a counselor and coordinator of Project Outreach with the Davis School District. FROM 1964, when Col. Fisher retired from the Air Force until he was employed by the Davis School District, he managed a stock brokerage and insurance office in Salt Lake City and Kaysville having earned financial management, insurance and investment certificion while living in southern California. During his 21 years with the Air Force he served as operations officer, squadron commander. base director of training, advisor to the Korean Air Force during the Korean conflict, group leader at the Air University, assistant director of Civilian Institutions Programs for the Air Force Institute of Technology, chief of production for the Atlas Missile and as the contract management officer for the Air Force at Thiokol Chemical Co. JAY-N- . FISHER HE AND his wife Carmen have three children and five grandchildren. They have made their home in the Heights area since 1973. I ruit DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 "B" North Main St Layton. Utah 84041 Phone 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO John Stahle, Jr Publisher Second Class Postage Paid at Layton. Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4 50 per year Out of State Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15 00 (Payable in Advance) |