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Show JULY 20, 1983 Concert Layton - Davis Residents LAYTON The Layton Civic Arts Association will sponsor a special concert in the park on Thursday, July 28 at 7 p.m. in front of the Layton Heritage Museum, 403 Wasatch Drive. There is no charge for the concert. Rank Third In Utah Income By TOM BUSSELBERG n, living in such facilities at the Clearfield and Weber Basin Job Corps. If you decided long ago that marriage is definitely in, in the county, the statistics of families bear you out, with four-fiftheaded by both spouses in the home, while are so constituted in the just over Mr. state, Bailey says. CLEARFIELD - Davis County families on average garnered the third highest income among fellow Utah counties and lived in homes that ranked second, when average cost is considered. -- THOSE FACTS, and dozens of others OTHER family, or two or more people living together, make up one in 12 situations, while of the 39,000 families, 24,417 have children. On the other hand, nine percent of families, or one in 11, have females at their head in the county with 7,405 resi- field Job Service and their labor market information section in Salt Lake City. It covers 36 population attributes, says Job Service Manager Jack Bailey, noting such facts as that Emery County was the fastest growing of the states 29 counties, adding more than one resident for everyone who was there in 1970, down to one in seven added in Piute, for the lowest while the state as a whole grew by 38 percent. dents listed as divorced or widowed, for nearly one in 13. Davis County exemplifies the American dream of owning your own home, where 77.7 percent-- or nearly four in five-hoare at 64,000 residences. mes owner-occupie- in 10 owner-occupie- ld AT AN AVERAGE value (at census time) of $64,400, houses in the county held a higher value than anywhere else but Summit, with the almost empty Garfield county, averaging less than a person per square mile. The state average isnt much higher, at only 18. with that county having many higher-price- d units at Park City, for example. It costs a little more to rent, in Davis County-- at $210 per month in 1980 vs. the state average of $187 and rents of $203 in Salt Lake and only $174 in Weber. Conditions are generally uncrowded, in the county, with only 4.7 percent of units housing more than one person per room vs. 5.8 percent in the state. Looking more closely at Davis Countys 146,000 people (in 1980 census), or a jump of nearly 50 percent over the 1970 count, about one in every 26 is of Hispanic origin, vs. the state average of just over one for every 25, Mr. Bailey notes. d of the near 15,000 JUST OVER residents counted in the census were born in the state-- at 36.9 percent foreign bom-ju- st slightly under the states 66.3 percent e-born. Reflecting the mobility evident more than ever, today, more than in another county be35.1 percent-liv- ed tween 1975-8Some other statistics: 2.8 percent of housing units were condominiums; one in seven households had more than six memof mothers have babies bers; two-fiftunder six; 56.2 percent of the countys residents work in Davis County, lowest incounty percentage of any county while just the workers were employed over in government. one-thir- county, as many young families and school administrators can confirm, with the median age at 22.4 about 1 Vi years under the states 24 thats the lowest in the country. More than four of 10 residents are underage 18, seven percent higher than neighboring Weber and five percent over Salt Lake. Just over half the population-5- 4. 1 in the big 4 age bracket while about one in 24 is over 65, in the county, just vs. about one in 14 state-widA YOUNG nativ- 0. re e. BURGEONING school enrollments again reflect the high fertility in the state of 515 surpassed per thousand women ages in the county where its than Utah County by a small margin. Households are big in several ways, in the county, as well, averaging a third of a perthe state average, son larger-- at 3.58--thwhile the countys families, who often include some living away from home, are nearly four-- at 3.89 vs. 3.67 for the state average. one-four- th 15-4- 9, 553-hig- her WEST POINT- -A West Point incoming high school sophomore has been honored for outstanding scholarship in history and government. ol state, but that probably reflects about 2,000 PECIALDMDlIMNOTlCfr- -S- Because our office will be CLOSED Monday, July 25. Our Classifid Ad Deadline is Friday, July 22 at 6 PJL -- DOUG GRAHAM, manager for Sure Commercial plus Carpets in Salt Lake City, but himself a Bountiful resident, is angered the district is spending $13,000 more for carpeting he claims is compatible from his firm but was rejected for what he bejieves are invalid reasons. You win some bids and you lose some, he said not the problem, the manager in an interview-tha- ts firm deals with agencies ranghis continued, noting hundreds of thousands of dolof contracts from ing lars at Hill Air Force Base to state government agencies including the University of Utah, and area school districts. SEVERAL questions are raised by Mr. Graham, who says hes concerned as a taxpayer why the district went to a higher bid for reasons he claims How do you know somearent justified-sayi- ng, we have about every reason wrong-isnt going thing to believe there could be problems, he said. District officials quickly list several reasons awarding the higher bid, citing what they believe are problems with the way Sure Carpeting presented their bid. We accepted the lowest bid that Board Clerk Roger Glines met the specifications, said. We dont want one that will unravel, there has to be a guarantee against that in the specifications. be--hi- . 19-2- 0, The review team asked those concerned, though to continue to explore options for development on inpatient and residential mental health services for adolescents and children and housing options for chronically mentally ill adults. able, but not at the level that would be adequate-we- re just making do right now. Noting this problem is fairly consistent across the state, he said the problem was raised by the local staff to the visiting officials. We discussed this not something with them-- its unique to our area. CITING money as the key obstacle to a separate facility, Dr. Williams indicated adults and adolescents are currently housed in the same building in Layton although its sometimes difficult because adults want to be more reserved, quite while adolescents are more mobile. We do not have a secure facility where we can take adolescents who are just out of control and we need to stabilize. Im sure that will be my next goal to raise money and get contributions. We can staff it and provide clinical services. We will be starting to ask for donations, etc. he added. OTHER areas were generally viewed favorably by the team that was charged with de- termining compliance with state standards for mental health programs, whether contracts for services were being fulfilled, while also determining what services and their nature and scope were available as well as offering ways the state could assist in improving those offerings. The group reviewed every-thin- g from the agencys policy and procedures manual to the disaster plan, checked the administrative organizational chart, comprehensive plan of services, patient clinical charts, reviewed means of collecting fees and fire and life safety reports. LN REVIEWING the agencys personnel administration, the team called the procedure and said it used excellent could be of benefit for other mental health programs" and said of Davis Countys progthe center ram evaluation, has distinguished itself through a major contribution to statewide program evaluation and for progress made in measurement of mental health treatment outcomes. Recommendations for fiscal administration noted the fiscal policies and procedure should be updated ana suggested petty cash funds be audited at least once or twice a year. IN THE collections area of accgunts receivable, it was suggested that you ensure therapists transcribe patient notes and put in patient charts in a timely manner as well as strengthening some billing procedures. Area Births July 1, 1983 Michael and Susan Henrie, 1983 N. 1225 W Clinton, girt Kevin and Elizabeth Workman, 143 W. Center Street, Kaysville, giri 75 S. 4500 W. in West Point was similarly honored for science previously. July 2, 1983 Michael and Sheryl Beazer, 2881 S. 1000 W., Syracuse, girl Lee and Tamara Higginsoo, 64 W. 1425 N. No. C, Sunset, giri July 3, 1983 LORILIN HAWKES RoDin and Patricia Calkins, 1062 W. 550 S., Layton, boy Kerry and Glenda Judkins, 2135 S. Main, Clearfield, giri July 5, 1983 Terry and Sherilyn Davis, 1527 Melanie Lane, Syracuse, boy July 6. 1983 Keith and Julie Eberhard, 577 W. 250 S., Farmington, giri Brenda and Thomas Larry Burk, 3441 N. 2650 E., Layton, boy July 8, 1983 . Cheryl and Matthew York, 528 Bartow, Clearfield, giri July 9, 1983 Deniece and Jeffrey Wood, 706 N. 400 W. No. 4, Kaysville, girl July 10, 1983 Kathy and Terry Gardner, 1848 W. 1620 N., Layton, giri July 11, 1983 Essie and Daniel Webster, 1259 S. 2000 W., Syracuse, boy July 12. 1983 Kathleen and Ronald Goodlad, 11 S. 400 E., Kaysville, boy Lisa and Kevin LeRoy, 1741 W. 1700 S., Syracuse, giri Renae and Ronald Sturdevant, 3018 W. 1925 N. Clinton, giri Kay Jean and John Parry, 371 E. Knowlton No. 16, Layton, giri Cynthia and Jeffrey Ritch, 1 N. 500 W Clearfield, giri . Flood Payment Plans Gellin This spring has shown the need to get moving on these FARMINGTON Davis, projects. I think the recent County officials are moving flash rainstorm has convinced ahead with plans to develop a people of our vulnerability. If n dollar bonding we dont have the facilities to handle snowpack or storm waproposal to pay for flood control projects throughout the ter runoff, over the years it could result in heavy local county. costs, he added. By MARK FOTHERINGHAM - THE COUNTY has authorized Com. Harold Tippetts to contact various bonding companies in connection with developing fiscal procedures for the bond issue. The bond would be used to flood finance county-wid- e control measures, said Com. Tippetts. He emphasized that the projects would be for the THE COUNTY is already in the process of evaluating preliminary studies into the physical facility needs for county Now were looking at the financial flood control. entire county, not just for areas affected by the ravages of natures recent excesses. aspects, said Com. Tippetts. First we need to identify each project and estimate amounts for them, he said. He indicated that the various projects would have to be built in progressive stages. WE ARE hoping the replacement of culverts and such BEFORE THE issue reaches the public on the November will be handled through federal assistance programs, he said. The bond issue would be used for expansion and betterment of flood control facilities throughout the county. said their carpet meets wanted to do it verbally-th- ey all the specifications. They didnt submit anything from the factory, a guarantee or anything. n note across the bid They wrote a Mr. Stevensaying this meets all the specifications, son added. MR. GRAHAM said he did not bring all the guarantees with him because the bid document didnt require that but was ready to submit them after the bids were opened- -a process he claims is normal elsewhere. Such material wasnt requested, only such specifications as no edge ravel and not less than five years under normal use. They based their bid on Lees Faculty, Mr. Graham said. With public money (used in payment) it has to be that or equal. We submitted on three projects that were equally-a- ll were for considerably less money. Weve been reviewing the bid list and they had only one bid on the highest priced product. Out of five bidders, only one bidder on the product ended up selected-- at the highest price. WERE GETTING laboratory tests showing they are in fact equal (products), he continued, although those results werent yet available at press time. Mr. Graham contends his firm wasnt allowed to provide back-u- p documents proving guarantees because they werent presented with the bid opening, although while that was to take place at 2 p.m. June 29, it didnt actually transpire until about 9 a.m. June 30 because Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Dean Penrod couldnt attend the regular time. hand-writte- 20-ye- ar IN REVIEWING their visit five staff members April from the state division of mental health did everything from comb through samples of patient files to a review of services available, with a report prepared by Program Specialist Don Muller noting the center is doing an excellent job and has made several contributions to the total mental health system of the state. said, We do have them avail recorded by the Library of Congress. Lorilin is the daughter of Douglas and Marge Hawkes of didnt even produce any specifications on FARMINGTON - A Bountiful carpeting distribuhe tor is upset with the Davis School District-n- ot, but a of because bid, losing nearly $100,000 claims, because he believes unnecessary extra funds are being spent. - Director Russell Williams School, receiving national recognition with the honor to be NOMINATED BY social studies teacher Alva Kiene, Lorilin says she also enjoys riding horses and will enter Clearfield High School next month as a 10th grader, tb , FARMINGTON Calling mental health center activities generally excellent, a state review team had mostly high marks for the program that coordinates activities at centers in Bountiful, Farmington and Layton covering a wide range of needs from counseling to drug and alcohol treatment. LORILIN HAWKES received the award for her activities at North Davis Junior High THAT BRAND (submitted by Sure Carpeting) By TOM BUSSELBERG North County Editor By TOM BUSSELBERG ADDRESSING that need, Davis County Mental Health multi-millio- THE CHERRY orchard days are long gone, for the most part, as noted in only 1 .5 percent employed in agriculture vs. 2.2 statewise compared to less than one percent in Salt Lake and over nine percent in Morgan. High-schocompleters number 83.6 percent, slightly above the state average, while one in six has completed four or more years of college. Median family income came in third behind Carbon (Price), and Morgan, at just below $22,000. ONLY 2.2 percent live in group quarters in the county, compared with 1.7 in the E 324-25t- 625-512- 2. at 18-6- i Administration (FmHA). FmHA HAS low interest loans available to all who qualify to help replace that which was lost due to the flood. You should contact the county office located in room 1124, Federal Building, h Street, Ogden. Telephone number is d statewide varying from 17 of 20 so occuied in Sevier (Richfield), Piute, and Juab (Nephi) vs. less than three in five in Daggett (Manilla). ly developed, that many people-- on live there. Davis County, as the state's smallest county in land area, came in second, at 490. Those figures vary starkly - All farmers who did not attend the flood OGDEN disaster meetings that were held recently in the Farming-to- n Junior High School and in the Walquist Junior High School in Ogden concerning flood disaster aid have until Sept. 19 to sign up for help through the Farmers Home d, That compares to seven SALT LAKE County, as might be expected, is the most densely populated, at 819 per square mile, Mr. Bailey notes, meaning that if every square mile was equal- i Deadline For Flood Help From FmHA Sept. 19th two-thir- like them, come out of the 1980 Population of Utah Atlas just released by the Clear- ITS PEOPLE attending should bring their blankets or chairs. In case of rain, the concert will be moved into the museum. FEATURED on the one-hoprogram will be Chorali-tioa vocal group consisting of 22 people with a small accompanying combo. The musical group is directed by Dr. Ronald Wooden of the Weber State College music department. The musicians are from Weber State. Choralition specializes in Jazz improvisition. Some popular numbers will be included in the program. THIS OUTST ANDING Summer concert is part of the Golden Spike Empire Summer Festival, dmg Mental Health Center; Excellent DISTRICT Purchasing Director Douglas Richins ballot, the county hopes to have a master plan ready that will outline the different projects and assign priorities to them. Although the projects will likely cost millions of dollars, the county does not plan to tack on extra tax levies. Com. Tippetts said the county hopes that the recently passed one mill flood control levy will be adequate to service the bond indebtedness. HE ADDED, however, that Mother Nature would have to cooperate for a while if the flood control assessment was to remain stable. If the incidence of storms increases and we have to accomplish the projects quicker, then that could change, he said. We dont want to add to the financial burden on people wijh added taxes, but we have got to get going on these projects. He said that the present flood control levy along (without bonding) would be inadequate to handle projected flood control needs. COUNTY Flood Control officials have identified eight major drainage basins that they will analyze and set priorities on. Com. Tippetts said that was done with Board Clerk Glines and a purchasing department secretary as witnesses the next day although no bidders were contacted about the change, with only Mr. Grahams firm attending the original bid opening later postponed. He said thats normal procedure and indicated perhaps a change should be made, notifying bidders in the future. He wanted to turn in an extremely vague bid and then more or less sell the product (to us), Mr. Richins said of Sure Carpetings bid procedure. Conversely, Mr. Graham says the district wasnt willing to make any telephone calls-tmight lead to saving $13,000, because it didnt meet their convenience. THE DAVIS School District Procurement Policies, adopted in July, 1982, say no late bid, late modification or late withdrawal will be considered unless received before the time fixed for the closing for submission of bids. Exceptions would only be if district personnel had errored in actions with bidders, it says further. As for submitting additional information after the bid opening, Mr. Stevenson said June 29 was the deadline for submitting those bids. Any supplementary material a bidder intends to submit must be submitted by that time. Its the vendors responsibilindividual failed to ity to provide all information-th- is t do that. SCHOOL OFFICIALS cited what tney felt was a disclaimer about the ability of the Sure Carpeting bid to meet specifications by their national dealer, but Mr. Graham said that dealer was referring to impossibility of meeting a specific requirement for Lees hat Faculty-althou- gh comparable ability was provided said that the majority of the effort would be focused on panding the retention capabilities upstream of these basins. Specifically, petts. He added that the costs of building for a phenomenon couldnt be justified. he stated that the projects would include building more debris basins, check dams and retention ponds with controlled releases, increasing the capability of existing channels to handle storm water and snowmelt, and installing new channels and pipe conduits. ALTHOUGH maintenance costs are higher for closed pipe conduits and they are more prone to become blocked during heavy runoff, the county still recommends them in residential areas because of the hazards to children playing near open channels. Even with these major improvements, no one is promising that all flooding dangers would be abated in the county. I dont know that it is possible to build enough to handle a major snowmelt like we had this year, said Com. Tip THE PROJECTS will likely take several years to complete. The county hopes to get county-wide support throughout the life of the projects. Even though the Northwest part of the county was not severely affected by runoff problems this year, cities like Clinton, Sunset, Syracuse and others wont be left out of the im- provement plans. There are no major drainage channels in those areas, said Com. Tippetts. He added, however, that they do need im- proved storm drainage sys- tems. WE WILL extend invitations to all the major bonding agents to come up with proposals for a general obligation bond. The bounty has an ex- cellent bond rating at sent, he said. pre- under a different process name. While Mr. Graham questioned not conducting the bidding in an open school board meeting, as some other districts apparently do, Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson insisted We have numerous purchases of that type-- by law they do not require that those bids be opened in a regular school board meeting. The board authorizes the administration to proceed. In the monthly accounts payable they would review and approve such purchases, in this instance, reviewing Julys in an August meeting. THE POLICY manual says further quoting the Utah Procurement Code, opening and recording of bids 'shall be opened publicly, in the presence of one or more witnesses, at the time and place designated in the invitation for bids and in the case of schoolhouse construction, such bids shall be opened and read by the board of education publicly. Projects over $20,000 are advertised, as required by law, Mr. Glines says, in a newspaper of general circulation-- in that case it was Salt Lake daily papers, and in the Utah construction trade journal. I DONT think theres anything that specifically says what has to be opened by the board of education at the board meeting, Mr. Glines said. Every time they (board) pass on the claims, theyve reviewed all those, know all about them. Board Pres. Sheryl Allen said in a telephone interview she hadnt been aware of that specific bid opening until notified after Mr. Grahams complaint but Mr. Glines said the carpeting was for the new Sarah Jane Adams School as well as several other buildings and would be considered previously authorized as part of general schoolhouse bids, which were conducted in an open board meeting. |