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Show M IX1 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1982 TOM BUSSELBERQ MEWS EDITOR - VOLUME 546-473- 5 By DON'ETA GATHERUM The protest movement ajainst raises in salaries and e accounts for Layton council members and the Mayor has gained momen-- t im since the June 3 council meeting in which the increases h pay was approved. (ravel-expens- VOTE of 3 to 1, the I ay ton City Council approved i. creases in salaries. Council members will receive $150 per month, an increase over their present pay of $3 1 . The mayor will receive $300, an increase of $174 per month. Councilman Golden Sill was the only person opposed to the salary increase. The council approved increases in the travel and expense account of council members and the mayor. The vote on this proposal was split. Council members Ann Harris ard David Pratt favored the increase. Golden Sill and Bob Stevenson opposed the raise. Mayor Lewis G. Shields broke trie tie vote by favoring the increase in money. BY A Contestants in the upcoming Miss Layton Scholarship Pageant MISS LAYTON clude back, Lathleen Isom, left, Teresa Wimmer, Mikole Hunt and Heidi Cabading; front, Marcey Morgan, left, Christina Tawrone, and Kim Harris. Barrie Bryant isnt pictured. ENTRANTS operator of a charm school for girls ages LAYTON The annual Miss Layton Scholarship Pageant will be held June 26 at 8 p.m. in the Layton Hills Mall. Cost is $2.50 for adults and $1.75 for children. The girl selected as Miss Layton will represent the community at the Riata Days July 4th celebration and in the Miss Utah for Miss America Pageant. Seven girls have entered this year. They are: TERESA WIMMER, daughter of Warren and Edna Wimmer, 1917 W. Ann St., graduated from Layton High School in 1981. She has attened WSC for a year. Her composite college major is communications and English. While in high school, Teresa represented the school as a Sterling Scholar in the performing arts. She participated in state MACEY MORGAN, daughter of R. Frank and Peggy Morgan, 3538 N. Hwy. 89, has ten years of training in jazz dance and ballet. She graduated from Clearfield High in 1982 as a honor student, a member of the class committee, a seminary graduate and a member of the pep club. She received many business awards. Macey is an active outdoors girl. She enjoys water and snow skiing, baseball, racquet ball, tennis, swimming, sailing, ice skating, soccer and running. speech competition, receiving excellent 2. CHRISTINA TAURONE, daughter of Ralph and Theresa Taurone, 2467 Cheryl student with a minor in Way, is a pre-lamusic as WSC. She is a very talented musician. At Layton High she served as orchestra president and received superior ratings at regional and state violin solo competitions. She was named Layton High School Student of the Year in Music. She attends WSC on a music scholarship. Christina has played violin for nine years and piano for five years. She says, Music is a big part of my life. w BARRIE BRYANT, daughter of Tony and Cathy Jensen, 840 Elm, is a graduate of the Evans School of Modeling and the winner of the Miss Boise 1980 Scholarship pageant. She has completed two years at Boise State and Ricks College. She has special training in piano, dance, voice and dramatics. She plans to graduate from BYU with a degree in commuications and broadcasting. Her goal is to become a TV news broadcaster and a stage actress. She is an aerobic dance instructor and the 'wner and -- News, Detroit. DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Main St, Layton, Utah 84041 Phone 3 Published Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stahle, Jr. Publisher Second Cto Postage Paid at Layton Utah SUBSCRIPTION s4.50 per year Out Of State 550 per year Overseas Subscription 15.00 Payable in Advance MIKOLE HUNT, daughter of Mrs. Barbara L. Hunt, 548 W. 2475 N., graduated from Layton High School and is presently a student at Weber State. She received superior ratings in the high school solo and ensemble festival and an excellent rating at the region solo and ensemble competition. She was a member of the Laytones and the accappella choir, the high school yearbook staff, the musical theatre. She served as FHA historian. She volunteers as a candy striper at Davis North Medical Center. She is an honor graduate of Layton High and received honorable mention in the schools poetry contest. Her plans include a degree in elementary education. KATHLEEN ISOM, daughter of Samuel and Margene Isom, 2589 E. 2550 N., is a graduate of Layton High School this spring. She plans to attend USU this fall. She has had 14 years of training in drill, ballet, jazz, gymnastics and cheerleading and will pursue a career in dance. She has interest in the field of business as well. Kathleen was named outstanding gymfor Miss Drill nast and second runner-u- p Team U.S.A. She was the first runner up for Miss Drill Team Utah. She has been chosen as a song leader at USU and lettered in volleyball at Layton High. HEIDI MARIE Cabading, daughter of Richard and Carmen Cabading, plans to earn a bachelor degree in police science from WSC. She participated in the regional occupational program in business (ROP) and received an award of merit in band and the Wendy Ward charm fashion make-u- p and personality appearance honor. She enjoys skiing, riding horses, tennis, modern dance, volleyball, swimming and girls basketball. dmg School Board Filing Deadline Is COUNCILMAN SAM Tru-- l was out on busi&1es when thdof town was prebudget sented. d Under the resolution, the mayor will receive $400 travel-expens- e money per month. This is an increase from $173.68. Council members will have a $175 12-1- ratings and a fifth place in the Portia Douglas Oratory. She was a member of the debate squad and the acappella choir. She received the presidential accommodation for outstanding scholastic achievement in the communications dept, at WSC for 1981-8She worked as a volunteer at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind and has worked as a reader and interpreter at WSC for disabled students. SHE MAY BE The girl as cute as a kitten sometimes may be as cunning as a cat. in- June 30th The FARMINGTON ing deadline for those interested in peeking school board positions from Centerville north is June 30 at 5 p.m. fil- PRECINCT FOUR covering South Weber and Layton, Dee Forbes will be seeking to the four year post. Matjorie J. Seager of Layton has filed, as well. In precinct five, covering other areas of the countys north end, Incumbent Bruce Parry will be challenged thus far by only Dan Stanger of Sunset. THE PRIMARY election is set for Sept. 14 and general election Nov. 2. Polling places for both elections will be advertised later. Board members receive $1,200 a year and generally attend a minimum of two school board meetings a month plus numerous special Photo newly-adopte- Deadline Friday Noon monthly travel-expens- TRAVEL AND expense LAYTON - Supporting the in salary and travel expenses for the Layton mayor and City Council members, a committee of the citys businessmen has formed to combat what they claim is the being hysteria and half-trut- spread by a small vocal minority. A W. Kittrell justified considering the involvement of the present Honored the annual Southern Utah State College Thunderbird Awards Assembly. fastest-growin- OTHER MAJOR honors went to Cheri L. Trejo, named SUSCs Woman of the Year; Norman Adams, Personality William-Broug- h, Talent of the Year; Michael Chidester, Scholar of the Year. Thunderbird awards are presented each year to students who have achieved high academic standing and-o- r who have made significant contributions to the college in departmental and activities, said Debbie Evans, event publicity nator. coordi- MR. KITTRELL is a senior at SUSC majoring in physical education. A defensive linebacker for the Thunderbird football team, he is a 1978 graduate of Layton High School. Council members in operating a $3.2 million budget, a news release says. Layton is no longer a city where its leaders meet once a week over ice cream and soda pop, he said. As one of the communities in the West, this city demands leadership and expertise--an- d you dont receive that kind of talent when salaries are less than those made by a high school student working one night per week. Even with the increases, the salaries are much lower than those paid in comparably-size- d towns. back-woo- Wane Kittrell, Layton, has been named Man of the Year at of the Year; F. SPOKESMAN for the group, Bryan Gray, the operator of an advertising and public relations firm, said the salary and expense hikes were WANE KITTRELL About 25 the June 3 citizens attended budget hearing. It appeared all were in opposition to the pay raises for elected officials. TWO PEOPLE emerged from the public hearing as organizers of the protest movement- - Robert G. Austad, former Layton Councilman and Loralee Despain. The protest movement has assumed a dual character. First, petitions have been circulated throughout Layton asking for the resignation of the mayor and all councilmem-ber- s except Golden Sill. A separate sheet is attached to the petition for each indi- vidual. SECOND, MR. Austad has researched the law and has formulated some changes in the city code that will make it difficult for this situation to occur in the future. He has also prepared a proposed recall law patterned after legislation enacted in California and Arizona. Mr. Austad will present his findings to the council at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday evening. He says a large crowd of citizens will attend the meet- g. The presentation should last only 5 minutes. g HE POLNTED out that the total increase for the mayor and council members comes to d of $10,380, less than one percent of the total city budget, and that the salary increase was the first in 12 years. one-thir- While the percentage increase may appear high, he said, citizens must consider the increased involvement of the individual items or of tabling the whole matter for future consideration. If the council chooses to table the proposals or to reject them, Mr. Austad believes there is enough support to get the issue placed on the ballot in November. WHILE CITIZEN support at the meeting is encouraged by Mr. Austad, he feels the people should be orderly and respectful of the city officials. The amendment to the existing city ordinance Mr. Austad proposes reads as follows: No Layton City Council may raise or lower the salary of the mayor or council and have the change take effect before the next city council election. AN ADDITION to this ordinance would read, All members of the Layton City Council and Mayor will submit to the city recorder travel and expense vouchers to cover expense occurred on business such as public meetings, visiting building sites, businesses to be licensed, or training-relate- d travel, all of which meet with the concurrd ence of the council as business. city-relat- AT 7:45, DR. Roger Felt will speak in favor of the mayors raise. The council has the option of accepting or rejecting growth and prosperity for Layton City is tied to competent management. Its a shame that the hysteria over a ridicu- tax is wrong- -I personally think some of the dissenters are acting out of personal jealousy toward the successful lously low salary is overshadowing the real issues the city faces, issues which demand meetings four and five times per week. Noting that the Council includes three independent businessmen and businesswomen, he said it is silly to expect that members will get rich on a $31 per month salary in- crease. MR, GRAY said his group is especially incensed at the s and sour half-truth- of the vocal grapes attitude minority. He cited the comment by former City Council member and mayor candidate Robert Austad who said that the increase will allow Mayor Lewis Shields to make $81 per hour and City Council members $45 per hour. LN REBUTTAL, Gray said that Mr. Austads figures show that he doesnt understand the time involved in leading a large city. If he thinks you can run a city of this size by spending several hours per week, then I can understand why voters rejected his candidacy in past elections. Most of the other citizens who complained at the recent budget hearing are peo- ple who have repeatedly turned thumbs down on any new idea proposed in Layton City. city officials in planning and major projects. A RADICAL minority has grabbed the headlines by complaining against anything in- THE BUDGET is larger than many of Utahs corporations, said Gray, and future volved with government. City recreation is wrong, the public schools are wrong, any kind of THE TRAVEL re- imbursement for the mayor, council would be the same as for other city employees. This is currently 24 cents per mile. The amount could be changed by resolution at budget hearings. The ordinance Mr. Austad proposes would be worded much the same way as the existing California and Arizona recall laws. These states reof registered quire a voters signatures. The law Mr. Austad will present to the city council will set this number much higher. two-thir- d MR. AUSTAD hopes the recall law will be accepted by the Layton council. He believes this would be helpful in getting recall support for a state-wid- e law. Mrs. Loralee Despain has been a leader in the circulation of petitions throughout Layton. The cover sheet reads in part, We, the undersigned residents of Layton do hereby declare we want the immediate resignation of Ann Harris, Bob Stevenson, David Pratt, Sam Trujillo and Mayor Lewis G. Shields. city-relate- No travel pay is allowed for travel to city offices for council meetings in the same manner no city employee receives reimbursement for travelling to their work site. No travel payment will be made without appropriate voucher. Falsification of travel vouchers will be grounds for dismissal from office. e account. This past year, they received $138.32. recent increases money is not tax reportable income. The elected officials do not have to turn in vouchers proving how this money was spent. NUMBER THIRTEEN riFTY-THRE- business people now serving on the City Council. Critics at the budget hearing claimed that the mayors assistant, Randall Heaps, had received a large salary increase; a check of the records shows. Gray said, that Heaps received a new position, not a salary increase. He said that Mr. Austads criticism of increasing the travel and expense monies is ironic since Mr. Austad himself when a city councilman seconded the motion to move money from salaries to ex- penses. GRAY SAID his group is in the process of collecting funds IF FOR ANY reason we should fail to receive their resignations, we request they rescind their pay hikes and start listening to the people. The position of Mayor and Councilman were proposed by our city fathers as a position of honor, not a position of remuneration. The response to the petition has been good Mrs. Despain states. to support competent and con- servative business-oriente- d candidates in city elections, the news release says. Conservative does not mean being anti government, he said. The present City Council has acted as a conservative body and despite criticism has listened to comments from city residents. It's interesting that the budget was open for review for a full month--an- d yet no criticism was raised until the vocal minority packed the city budget hearing. WE NEED to back candi- dates who show management down-to-eart- h skill, not those who merely squawk at any government proposal. Park Projects Get Approval LAYTON On June 3, the Layton City Council unanimously approved the final three bids for construction of improvements in the Oak Forest Park and the East Layton Park. In all three cases, the low bids were accepted. GEM Construction will build two boweries (one in each park). The cost is $17,500 each. The tennis court construction bid was awarded to D. and D. Construction with a bid of $18,500. THE FENCING contract of $14,261,90 was awarded to Roylance Fence Co. This amount includes tennis court fencing, backstops and perimeter fencing, dmg |
