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Show i WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- VIS i f NEWS JOURNAL. NORTH DAVIS LEADER, DECEMBER 23, 1981 Council Will Not Rescind Layton Receives Audit Action To Withdraw From Report County Library System CLINTON Last week, members of the Clinton City Council heard a very positive audit report. For the first time in several years, Clinton city received an unqualified opinion audit. This means Clinton city is keeping adequate records. They know how the city revenue is spent. THE GOOD audit report is a result of city employees paying more attention to details. They are putting more work into the record keeping phase of city business. Clinton city had $651,690 in their general fund. Expenditures amounted to $607,803 for fiscal year. The the 1980-81 mill levy was set at 17.7 mills. This figure will go down to 15.2 mills for the 1981-8- 2 fiscal year. There will be no increase in taxes for Clinton residents, dmg Leora Bennett of Kaysville shows off her artistic crafts at Silver Age Yule bazaar. SILVER AGE BAZAAR The Silverage Senior Citizens hosted a Christmas bazaar for the sale of hand- crafted items produced by the senior citizens. The sale was held Saturday Dec. 12 at the Silverage Center, 34 E. IsN., Kaysville. SEVEN BOOTHS displayed dolls, baby cloths, oil paint- jngs, polished semi-precio- stones, silver jewelry, belt Motherly Advice buckles and artistic beadwork. These quality items were admired and purchased by the many who came to do their Christmas gift buying. The mother lion opened her eyes lazily and saw her young son chasing a hunter around a tree. Junior, she called, dont play with your food. Library Plan member, that could be forthcoming from the commission through federal J .'iO-- j revenue sharing as well as about $13,000 from library construction monies. That came in light of the probability Layton will remain out of the library system, meaning a loss of $130,000 in taxes from those residents. The Layton City Council decided to keep the city out of the system last Thursday unless the commission can assure the levying of one mill next fall for construction of a facility in Layton. But Com. Saunders reaffirmed previous discussion by the commission that such a move would be unlikely by the full commission although he said the economy could improve to a ten percent growth rate, by then. Such a growth rate has been listed as necessary by the commission before such action could be taken. AMONG THE points approved formally by the four members of the board who attended the ing were: Continuation of the rated meet- south county, operated much as now but with some modifications possible, such as transition to paperback where possible and contract for bookmobile service in north county from the state library board for those areas remaining in the county system and a subcontract ghrough the county And Establish New System The Kaysville City Council voted to withdraw from the Social Security retirement system and to establish a new re- tirement system for its em- ployees effective Jan. 1, 1984. Council members were instructed to study the retirement system and determine which options would be most appropriate and beneficial for the city. RICHARD HARVEY, director of environmental health for Davis County, met with the council for their answers on the resource recovery agreement he had presented to them at the previous council meeting. John Thacker, city administrator, told the council that the interlocal agreement had been revised and following a discussion, Councilwoman Page moved to adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the execution of the interlocal cooperation agreement for a joint or cooperative action with other public agencies in Davis County for solid waste management purposes. THIS WAS passed by the council. Mrs. Page was authorized to attend the meetings in connection with the resource recovery project until such a time as a city representative is appointed. The new chairman of the Kaysville Planning Commission, Steve Crammer, was appointed by the council members on Tuesday evening. Mr. Crammer replaces Roy Layton who had submitted a letter of resignation. Mr. Davis Plans 2 More Ski Schools Two more Davis County Ski Schools remain to be held this winter with registration for the next session slated for Saturday (Dec. 26), according to Russell Whitaker, director. THIS SESSION is always the largest of the said Mr. Whitaker, who has directed the ski program for the past several years. We county 500-60-0 students in this sessions, but we have usually can accommodate a large and accordingly plan group. Registration for the next session will be Saturday between 10 a.m. and p.m. at the north end of the Mall in Bountiful; at the Davis School Administration Office, 45 East State, Farmington; and at the Clearfield Sw imming Pool, 934 S. 1000 E., Clearfield. three, THE NEXT session w ill begin the follow ing Saturday (Jan. 2) and be held the following three Saturdays a total of four weeks. South Davis County skiers will use Alta Resort while north Davis County skiers will be transported to Snow Basin for their ski lessons. Both courses offer qualified ski instructors. COST IS $45 each for students w ho use the bus as transportation or $20 if participants offer their own transportation, said Mr. Whitaker. Bus schedules will be announced at the registration. THE QUESTION of what happened to the money a previous county commission for the Lay ton library conhad struction went unanswered. The feeling was this money was put in the general fund and later used to construct the new jail. The past county commission made a firm commitment for a Layton library . The commission set the decision aside, leaving Layton without a libraiy and without any realistic commitment to a library. ACTING ON recommendation made by the Layton Library Board, the Layton City Council Thursday unanimously agreed to stand by their original decision but to leave the door open by sending the county commission a letter expressing the desire to remain in the county system if certain conditions were met. Layton is willing to accept a smaller library that can be added to as the need arises. pie-se- THE COUNCIL wants a firm commitment from the county commission that a one mill levy or 'the equivalent amount of money a mill levy would generate for the purpose of constructing a library in Layton would be assessed in the 1982 budget. The county commission in a letter dated Dec. 9 stated they would set this one mill levy as soon as the assessed valuation of the county reached a 10 percent growth level. City Planner Scott Carter said this kind of growth would probably be two or three years down the road. EVEN THOUGH the library question has been widely discussed and well publicized, there were only two or three Layton citizens in attendance at the council meeting who had come specifically to hear the councils final decision. If the Davis County Commission accepts the recommendations of the Layton City Council, before Jan 1. Layton city will remain in the county library system. There will be no loss of revenue to the county library. ONE LAYTON board member in an earlier meeting described the library situation by saying. The ball is in their (the county commission) court. Its up to them now to play it. Crammer has been serving as a member of the planning commission. THE COUNCIL agreed to advertise for someone to fill the vacancy that now exists on the planning commission. Applications will be accepted until Jan. 1 at 5 p.m. at the city office. In other matters the council agreed to support the justice of the peace system. They felt the 1 with Layton for service there is the city desires it. TRANSFER county-ope- bookmobile in Council Voted To Withdraw From SS Retirement System By NORMA PREECE LAYTON The door is still open for discussion with the county commissioners but Layton will not rescind their action to withdraw from the county library system. THE CITY council considered the promise of a mill levy when growth reached this level as a meaningless offer. The Dec. 9 letter stated one commis ' By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON Monday night programs and story hours will probably see the axe but no staff cuts are planned, at least for the present, the Davis County Library Board decided Monday morning. THOSE DECISIONS came after a lot of juggling, including indications from County Com. Glen Saunders, a library board sion cannot bind another commission." Layton City Council felt it was w ise to get a binding agreement out of the commission rather than take chances with a different group of commissioners in 1982. By DONETA GATHERUM system has served the citizens of Kaysville in an effective manner and of less cost to the city. NEW LICENSES were issued to C. Kay Nielsen of Arctic Circle; Kevin L. Schofield of Four Seasons Sales Corp.jTed Houghton of Wood Roses Sale; Debbie Knapp of U.S. Public Civic Inc. Magazines. np OF the $13,000 from the nine-hundret- mill approved for construction of the Layton headquarters library will go for general operations and Com. Saunders said there was a possibility although it would need commission approval for transfer of the revenue sharing monies. book Conservative purchases will be the rule for at least the first few months of next year with a review of the board planned later to determine if that needs to be further curtailed. ANY STAFF reduction is not planned, currently, but will be reviewed based largely on expected patron droppage in j . the north branch due to Layton's drop from the system. While 1.9 mills has been approved for the library for 1982, that amount could be adusted upward by the commission before expected setting of the 1983 years mill levy in June. Com. Saunders said he will discuss possibly raising mill meaning h the more about $40,000-$50,00one-tent- 0 revenue with the board, bpossibly when they meet this afternoon. IN ANY event, the library board is planning operations based at $800,000 for next year with Library Director Jeanne Layton set to present further information on staff and other Veterans Adm. Request Assistance The Veterans Administration has requested assistance in obtaining information on any veteran who was a prisoner of war for 30 days or more. Information requested is: NAME, ADDRESS, telephone number. V A claim num ber. social security number, older veterans serial number, and whether veteran is receiving VA benefits. Send information to the American Legion No. 134 or call Arthur N. Howell. Named Manager Of Layton District Mt. Fuel Supply Co. officials have named Rod Lewis manager of the companys Layton district. He is responsible for company operations in the area and continued service of more than 22.000 residential and commercial cus- tomers. MR. LEWIS brings over 30 years of service experience to the position, having started with Mt. Fuel in July 1981. He has been a serviceman, laborer, local agent in Clearfield and customer 1 from service foreman in the Lay ton office from 1972 to his new 1965-197- appointment. This area has experienced great growth in recent years, said Mr. Lewis. Service per- sonnel installed 650 new meters in the Lay tor district this year alone and we expect to see continued expansion in Layton. We stand ready to continue to provide our tradi BUSINESS ASSOCIATES needs in Januarys board meeting. LAYTON - Eighteen years ago the Fort Lane Shopping Center in Layton opened for business. One of the original stores in the center was At the end of will go this year, Mode-O-Da- Mode-O-Da- y The Utah State Division of Parks and Recreation, a Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Ener- -' gy , has reactivated the Recrea- ' out of business. MANY FRIENDS have been made by the store employees over the 18 year period the store has operated. Layton shoppers will miss the store and its employees. tion and Weather Hotline for winter season. The hotline will provide winter recreationists with current snowmobile information. trailgrooming sche dules, snow conditions, avalanche dangers and a weather report. areas covered in the report STATE PARKS and recreation field personnel will be collecting information for the report as they make their regular patrols. Snowmobiling and Hardware cross-countr- y skiing play clude: Fairview in- Canyon-Sky- line Drive; Mirror Lake-L- ake Creek; Monte Cnsto Ranch, and Wasatch Ml. State Park complexes. Daily contact may be made by calling this Salt Lake number: 539-014- will still have retail outlets in Ogden. Roy, Bountiful and Salt Lake (Tty. Mode-O-Da- y Layton hout 20 ladies tioin the Ltiytnnhih Ward Rebel Socies ty attended a special ( social and home tour. Sis beautilully decoi.tied homes were visited. Relieshmenls were served along the way. Mrs I thel Adams tcimncd home last week alter spending over two months in Virginia where she attended a special school in connedion with her employ ment Her husband. Hams. Hew to V irgmia to meet his w ile and to return wih her. hilst-m.i- Layton Needs Contingency Plan Continued From Page 2 THE LAYTON office has 24 employees. "These are the people who make it possible to give our customers such good service." he added. Mr. Lewis and the employees who work with him maintain a large area. The Layton District extends north to Sunset and south to the more definite answer to Layton. I know its hard to change your mind (for the commission). I really think they are being very unwise to take this stand concerning what being without Layton will do (to the county system). She said the board has discussed a lot of things as possibilities including instituting a city wide one mill levy, the same as the county would assess all county residents for library construction. MR. LEWIS also said his district has two of the largest natural gas customers in northern Utah. Both the Freeport Center and Hill AFB are served with the compnay." Mr. Lew is said he looks for ward to his new responsibilities. I enjoy the area, and hav ing been born and raised in Davis County feel very familiar with it. Mr. Lewis is married and has six rons. Mode-O-Da- Recreation, Weather Hotline tionally good service for these new people and all our customers. Farmington area. Helen Sizemore, left, is current manager of y in Layton; Anna Mac Rudd, is an employee while Marge Dehning, store owner for 16 years, is at right. Not pictured is Carol Rowley, who has owned the store for two years. SHE ALSO raised another concern thats hardly We think we have a serious claim for our equity (for library facilities based on tax dollars contributed to the county). We ow n a share of the w hole newt. system." But County Attorney Rodney Page has previously indicated a city withdrawing from a county system couldn't take books or other "equity" and City Attorney Bruce Barton could not be contacted for comment. Layton did contribute shelving, art work and furnishings to the old library that were retained by the county residents and the cit . Mr. I leaps suiJ 10 TURNING concern for a solid, continuing city library if one is formed now Ms. Wilcox s,nJ. Im fearful that in going on w e may ha c the commitment of the first city council and another counul may say we have enough books for this year, for example. Theres no guarantee of a really fine library." But a major reason the city has moved away from the county as seen by at least some residents was again brought up by Mrs. Wilcox. I think it makes a lot of difference it the people have access to the library. MEANW HILE, the commission hadnt received a d letter as of Tuesday morncity ing. but Secretary Nancy Burningham xaiJ the issue would "possibly" be discussed in Thursday morncouncil-sanctione- ings session if the letter haJ arrived by then. Tne city library board had set no additional meetings, as well. |