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Show S ' i Index Business Classified Economy Reiew Home Liing Sports Yol.,1 No. 20 Serving 31,500 Families From Roy Through Centerville 8A 9A 10B 11B 9A IB 2N IB 7B Thursday, January 15, 1981 In 2 Hours Tuesday By MARILYN KARRAS Staff Writer Utah has one fewer cities LAYTON this week after East Layton was quickly disincorporated and then annexed into Laytort City within two hours Tuesday. The final action by the Layton City Council to approve the annexation climaxed months of preparation by Officials and department heads of the two cities after East Layton residents approved the dissolution of their city in a referendum vote last November. , ".Judge J. Duffy Palmer of the 2nd District Court in Farmington signed a disincorporation petition submitted by the attorneys of East Layton and ' Layton at 4 p.m. Tuesday. At a 6 p,m. meeting of the Layton City , Council, Mayor Lewis G. Shields called for a motion to approve a policy declaration on the annexation and to accept the annexation petition itself, a memorable, . calling the meeting occasion. The council unanimously approved the motion by Councilman John Baker. Councilman A. Kent Randall was absent. ' Many people have waited a long time for this to happen, Shields said. And there are those who dont want it to happen at all. But it is definitely an historic event. The residents of the two cities still have five days from Tuesday to protest the annexation, since Utah law provides for that waiting period. The annexation adds 1,475 acres of land to Layton City the area formerly and 43 incorporated as East Layton acres that had been unincorporated and a part of Davis County. The unincorporated property consists of nine parcels which were islands between the boundaries of the two cities. According to state law, such islands must be eliminated, so the property was included in the annexation petition. Property owners in the formerly unincorporated areas will be the only ones to realize an immediate tax hike as a result of the annexation. The mill levy on those properties will be raised from 65.6 to 76.45. The city mill levy alone as applied to the value of the property will result an a .total tax of $901.35, making a difference of $127.93 between taxes collected in Layton City and Davis County. The total mill levy for East Layton residents in 1980 was 76.82, which is slightly higher than that assessed Layton City residents. Layton Citys population will in-- : grease by 3,425 with the finalization of ,the annexation. That figure is East Laytons population according to the 1980 census. Layton will become responsible for all East Laytons financial and contractual obligations, including several claims being made against the city by ' builders and residents. The Weber Basin Homebuilders Association had filed suit to protest building fees charged by the city. That may become a moot question with the finalization of annexation. The entire area formerly within the boundaries of East Layton City will come into Layton in an agricultural zone until further study is made to bring the zones established by East Layton into conformance with the zoning ordinances of Layton. In the policy declaration approved Tuesday, Layton outlined the zoning procedures it expects to follow in relation to the East Layton area before the action becomes final. During that interim period, Shields and K. Delyn Yeates, who was mayor of East Layton, will act as trustees to handle financial and other matters . involving the area. Monday had been set as a tentative deadline for all documents to be ready to present to the court, but the target . ; , MAKING A POINT during meeting of Layton City Council held Tuesday to approve annexation of what was formerly East Layton is K. Delyn Yeates, who was mayor of the disincorporated city, (left) after Layton Councilman date was moved to Tuesday to coincide convened in a closed session after with the meeting scheduled by Layton . Tuesdays meeting to discuss the fate of to consider the annexation. former East Layton employees. Layton Judge Palmer acted immediately to City Administrator Randall Heaps has approve the petition which was the indicated only about half of the East result of many hours of work by the two Layton personnel will be given permanent positions in Layton; city attorneys. When the judge acted today to Everything was in shape, Yeates said after the meeting. dissolve East Layton, he also dissolved Two members of the former East all boundaries between our two cities, Layton City. Council have been ap-- , Shields said. I feel that now we can pointed by that council to represent the work together with one purpose and for residents of the East Layton area on the ehe cause. .... I enjoy being mayor of Layton Layton council. Neal Scheel and Myron Nalder were invited to attend tonights City, Shields said. So I can unLayton council meeting to give input derstand the feelings of Mayor Yeates concerning ongoing projects and as he steps aside, and I know the problems inherited by Layton as a citizens of East Layton are apresult of the annexation. preciative of his taking the reins of The Layton council immediately their city to this point. : ' Free Press Winners in Paper Today 0DDCD0S Fir Hyie Power Foilyire If the power failure had been a week later we would have been ready for it, Davis County Sheriff Brant Johnson said. The Davis County Sheriffs office has recently moved into a new annex to its facilities in Farmington, and one of the items not yet completed was the alternative power source. v Johnson said the power outage which effected all of Utah and several adjoining states was just an inconvenience and did not cause any real problems for his department. The sheriffs departments dispatching was handled during the outage by police in North Bountiful and Layton. Johnson said it was rough for his office and the alternative power would have been helpful. The sheriffs generator for the alternative power system was installed at the time of the outage but a pump , needed to bring the fuel from a storage tank to the generator was scheduled for installation the day aftepihe outage. . John Zippro, directoi'of emergency services for Davis County, said the power outage did not cause any real problems in the county. - It wasnt long enough to have any the loss of heat within buildings, and Zippro said this could have had some serious results if the outage had continued into the evening. He cited the outage as a good example for people and should serve as a warning to prepare for a greater event such as a war or a natural disaster. In these types of situations Zippro said it is likely that in addition to power being cut off many other resources will also be curtailed. Hill Air Force Base was also affected by the outage and nearly missed a vital shipment to one of the Air Forces major weapons system. In a release issued last week, Maj. Gen. John Murphy, commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Command blamed the near miss on the power outage which caused the loss of power to the bases computers. The newly remodeled Smiths Food King in Roy was another entity which too was almost ready for the power . he said. The disturbances noticed by the majority of the public during last weeks outage was serious problems, . Hatch, Hansen At Lincoln Day Sen. Orrin G. Hatch and newly elected Rep. James V. Hansen will be featured at the Davis County Republican Party Lincoln Day celebration Feb. 13 at Davis High School. Party Chairman Gene Peresich said the event will include a reception, buffet dinner, variety entertainment show and speeches by Hatch and Hansen. Awards for outstanding voter districts and outstanding workers also will be made. 1 County Vice Chairman Ruby Price heads a committee of Republican womens clubs planning the event. Further details will be announced later. . r r.Tj i outage, but a quirlf of luck changed all that. V The newly remodeled store has an emergency power system which is operated by natural gas. However, when the power outage occurred last week the gas lines which feed into the store were turned off for repairs. The cause of the massive power outage are still under investigation and the Utah State Attorneys office has recently said the final decision may be reached in court. Utah Power and Light Company released a report over the weekend which stated that the cause of the outage wasa trash fire at the Utah State Prison. The fire, which was ' burning underneath two wires is said to have exploded and short circuited the wires. Prison Officials are now denying this report and the power company has not commented on any other possible alternatives for last weeks outage. high-volta- Sixteen people submitted en- tries in the Lakeside Review Freedom of the Press Contest. Some of the writing was very personal, as witnessed by the winners on page 10A. Some might have formed the basis for briefs in a court case. Others were historical. Nearly every entry received some kind of vote from our four judges, who were members of the staff, but surprising agreement was exhibited in choosing the winners except that a tie in the voting for third place persuaded us to give two third-plac- e awards. First place was won by Janet T. Harvey of Kaysville. Clare L. Goldsberry, also of Kaysville, won second place. Brenda A pair of teen-agerNappies of Clearfield and Christopher Page of Hill Air Force Base, tied for third place. s, John Baker (right) made the motion to annex. The council unanimously approved the action. 'gsiiniizsiflioini lit? LawDoi? Now offenses handled by the city attorneys office between 1976 and 1980. The report 138 such cases in 1976 Layton City which took place Tuesday said there were marked the end of an era for residents and 363 in 1980.' Steven R. Bailey, who served as East of the smaller city and the beginning of a become Layton city attorney, explained in a what long may reorganization process for Layton City letter to Chard that his office has officials who must now absorb the new worked about 40 hours per month on a part-tim- e basis on East Layton area. In reports formulated by Layton City problems. He said that did not include time to department heads and included in an annexation policy declaration approved begin needed legal action against not by the City Council Tuesday, a number developers and builders who are of problems were predicted involving conforming to city codes. Bailey said the servicing of what was East Layton. action should also be initiated against Need for additional city personnel an engineering company which worked and equipment to handle the increased for the city. workload for city service departments Bailey also said East Layton the city was outlined, along with recom- is currently involved in three lawsuits. mendations for joining the utility Finally, it would be my estimation systems of the two cities. In several that for East Layton City to resolve areas, upgrading of East Layton many of its problems, it would require an average of 15 to 20 hours a week by facilities was urged. an attorney for at least a one-yeChard LaMar T. Chief Police Layton said his department will need an ad- period to straighten out the problems ditional three officers to serve the in- that exist and to remedy the problems creased population and land area at a that have not been addressed, Baileys letter stated. projected cost to the city of $67,140. Layton Fire Chief John H. Adams Figured on a cost per capita basis in a letter that he is concerned that said on than rather power per population the increased cost to Lajion could funds received for fire protection from amount to $111,300, Chards report the county and formerly received from con- East Layton City have not been placed stated, calling that figure in the fire department budget. servative. Adams said while Layton City is This proposal for annexing East Layton into Layton City comes at the equipped fairly well with fire equipsame time when consideration must be ment, we are grossly inadequate in given to the need for expansion of the manpower as compared to other cities police department brought on by the. in the state, and nationally, we are a rapid increase in population and the disgrace. tremendous increase in the number of He recommended that a lot reserved new businesses in the community, by East Layton for a fire station be sold Chard said in the report, and the revenue used to purchase Chard also said the need for ad- property for a substation in the Oak ditional personnel in the city attorneys Forest area, and that the same formula office is crucial with the added be used in determining the fire workload brought on by the annexation. department budget as has been used for He cited an increase of 225 in the figuring East Laytons share in the annual total of traffic and criminal past, based on valuation. LAYTON The disincorporation of East Layton and annexation into 'aby Transport Reopens Old Controversy ROY Babies being transported by the Roy City Ambulance service may be reopening an ongoing controversy between two ambulance services in Ogden. Mountain West Ambulance contacted Roy City Fire Chief Richard Waters last week when a Mountain West transport unit designed to handle incubator babies failed. David Lambert, president of Mountain West, said he had contacted Waters to see about obtaining a power converter to borrow when the specialized type of equipment broke down on Mountain Wests unit. Lambert said Roy City's ambulance with the unit was not designed so the converter could be removed and in view of that he asked Waters about covering for his service until Mountain West could get their unit fixed. of Ace Ambulance Eileen Bright, Service, said her company is upset that Roy City has been transporting the babies since the Mountain West unit broke down. She said her company has an agreement with , Mountain West that allows for Ace Ambulance Service to handle any calls in the Ogden area that Mountain West cannot take. She alleges that the contacting of Roy City to handle the baby transporting is in violation of the agreement. Stephen W. Farr, attorney for Ace ambulance, said the provision of service by the Roy ambulance is going against what had been established in Weber County last summer. He said the owners of Mountain West Ambulance are contradicting what they requested County Attorney Robert Newey to instigate in regard to ambulance services for Weber County. Farr said Lambert requested that Newey ask Weber County Sheriffs Department, which dispatches for emergency units in the county, to call on the closest available unit when respon- ding to any emergency. Also stated was that if any backup is required it ought to be Ace Ambulance service. Farr said the controversy started when Mountain West, previously Moss Ambulance service, was purchased. He said previously the dividing line for Moss and Ace ambulance services had been 31st Street in Ogden. Ace Ambulance handled calls in one end of the county and Moss handled the others. After the change in ownership of Moss Ambulance service the request was made to the county attorney. Farr said Lambert had made the request to the county attorney and had stated that his service, now called Mountain West Ambulance, would be the closest available unit and should be called instead of Ace. Farr said Lambert made the claim after establishing a station near the current location of the Ace Ambulance service. Mrs. Bright said she doesn't think it is fair to Roy citizens that their citys ambulance is leaving the city to transport the babies in the incubator. The transporting of the incubator babies involves taking infants just hours after birth to specialized units set up at various hospitals throughout the area. Chief Waters said his service has been involved in several transfers in the last week. He said the transfers involve picking up the infants in the incubators and having a specialized team of nurses and a doctor accompany them to their destination. He said they nave taken tne infants in tne last week from Hill Air Force Base Hospital, McKay-De- e Hospital, Brigham City and St. Benedicts Hospitals to several other hospitals while providing the service. Lambert said he was not aware of any controversy arising from the Roy Ambulances involvement and said there is not a problem with coverage for Roy citizens while the citys ambulance is out of the area on a run. Mountain West covers for Roy if there is a medical emergency while they are on a baby transport," Lambert said. He explained that when the Roy ambulance is gone Mountain West freezes their Riverdale unit at its station in order to respond to any calls from the Roy area. Lambert also said the funds from the baby transporting are going to Roy City. He said he thought the agreement between Mountain West and Ace allowed him to provide backup service to whomever he wants to. Ace Ambulance Services attorney said he did not know at this time if any action will be taken in the matter. A 4 |
