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Show i. C:AH STATS P3E53 ' 40V EAST ADD SC SALT LAME CIiy UTAH 84111 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, VOLUME SEVENTY SIX 1981 NUMBER THIRTY-NIN- E 30 PAGES Davis Officials Ponder Housing State Inmates By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON Davis County officials are considering approval of a contract with the state to house 15 minimum security inmates from the prison in the Davis County Jail. of the contract were presented to commissioners last week by Sheriff Brant county Johnson who said the state has already agreed to pay the county $125,000 a year for space in the new jail. The sheriff said he recently met with 28 Utah sheriffs and several prison officials who were told by state authorities that money will be available to counties who agree to house state prisoners to alleviate overcrowding problems at the penitentiary. PROVISIONS IN ADDITION to helping out the state. Sheriff Johnson said he sees the contract as a way to allow the jail to hire two additional deputies and a Santa Comes Sat. The long CLEARFIELD wait for Santas arrival is about over, for Clearfield youngsters! Clearfield business, will fall to THE JOLLY old man is due to make his appearance, via a Clearfield Fire Departments engine, Saturday at 10 a.m. in Lakeside Square. Hes promised to spend the day, or as long as it takes, to give everyone a chance to tell him their Yule secrets. Santa wont steal the entire show, though, as gifts from heaven will descend on those AND IF thats not enough, the Lakeside Cinema will feature a holiday movie Dec. 19 at a.m. as part of the 9 and Clearfield Chamber of Commerce Yule activities. The citys Christmas tree is now up at the intersection of State and Center, thanks large- gathered thanks to Kent Smiths airplane services, as more than a thousand ping pong balls, all stamped with a the ground. Those lucky enough to get one can redeem it at the business mentioned for a treat. 1 1 ly to efforts of the TEST Squadron, HAFB, helping add to the holiday spirit. To top things off, Clearfield businessmen will advertise their holiday offerings next week in a special section of the paper. Contract For Circuit Court Space Signed - CLEARFIELD Space in Clearthe field municipal building is going to cost the State Circuit Court system $25,000 this newly-remodele- d year, according to a lease agreement presented to city THE KAYSVILLE WEEKLY REFLEX council members last week. THANKS TO recent state legislation, the circuit court -now housed in Clearfield will have to pay a top dollar leasing fee for courtroom, jury and conference room space, said city attorney Alf - The contract, which covers a period from July 1, 1981 through July , 1982, was written for a total of $25,000. HOWEVER, according to the state legislature, the circuit court is required to pay only $22,000. And, last Tuesday, sources from the circuit court 1 B North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 197 1 Phone Published Weekly by 451-295- CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. JOHN STAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out Of State $5.50 per year Overseas Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance system requested that the additional $3,000 be used to pay for a couple of additional court clerks. Atty. VanWagenen presented the contract amendment which was unanimously approved by the city council, All expenses for the 15 prisoners, except for food, will be taken care of by the state. This will leave approximately $65,000 in unbudgeted funds which the sheriff told commissioners he wants to use for additional, desperately needed personnel. HE SAID the state has assured the county that there will be a constant income for inmate housing for at least two years. Sheriff Johnson said he is aware of the county's hiring freeze and budget restrictions, but said the money is a "gift from the state that cannot be turned down. HE SAID even if the county refuses to take in additional prisoners there is still a need for more employees at the jail. "I think we ought to take these prisoners, Com. Chairman Ernest Eberhard said. That's $65,000. AUDITOR LUDEEN Gibbons argued that the county is too far into the budget year to allow the sheriffs department to take on additional employees. Then well have to open the budget, Com. Eberhard said. I DONT KNOW what you base your thinking on, Sheriff Johnson said, noting that the daily prisoner population runs at an average of 80 to 100 inmates. The jail will hold 120 prisoners when the new addition is completed. When the south cell block is finsihed the sheriff said there will be an additional 20 bunks. HE EXPLAINED that just because prisoners are booked into the jail doesnt mean theyll be needing a bed. Many are awaiting bail or criminal hearings. Id like to see the implications this (contract) has on the budget, Com. Saunders told the board. THE FIGURES to manage the jail are reasonable and accurate, Sheriff Johnson argued, urging the commission to accept the states offer while it is still available. Mrs. Gibbons, one of the architects of the fiscal 1982 budget, said a number of county departments said if they could have additional personnel they, too, could generate some revenues. THE JAIL is top priority, Sheriff Johnson said, noting that severe civil problems can arise if the invite any of facility is not managed properly. Id shift in the building you to spend an eight-hou- r (jail), he told the county officials. He said those few personnel who man the jail have to keep a lid on around the some potentially dangerous situations clock. We are at risk if we do not run a safe jail, Com. Eberhard said, agreeing with Johnson. EVEN AT the state prison level there is one staff person for every five prisoners, the sheriff said. One prison in Colorado, he said, has one jailer for every two prisoners. PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 2 L ) WINTER SCENES BRIDGE IliTO WINTER In FARMINGTON - Dispersal of county recreational -- monies directly to cities shouldnt have any impact on the program, school district officials said Monday. TELEPHONE interviews with the district superintendent, business manager and physical education supervisor all painted that picture after county mayors weie told last week the school district would no longer handle it. Com. Chairman' Ernest Eberhard said the school district was returning recreation back to the county and said the county-distriprograms for volleyball, basketball and the ski school will complete their schedules although it will basically be turned over to the HE SAID the county doesn't have the organization to handle the program, that includes dispersal of about $41 ,000-t-he same amount as has left the kitty for the last five years, and noted individual cities are doing more, with many employing their own staff and accounting capabilities brought on by growth. The county will continue to maintain its golf courses, tennis courts and ball diamonds at Nichols Park, Fruit Heights, he said, adding, We wont just drop the pieces. In the spring, the cities will pick up also indicating the softball, crunch as a budget countys factor bringing the change. SUPT. LAWRENCE Welling said he had met with the , It may be difficult for motorists to maneuver the slick city streets and highways, but nothing is more beautiful than an early winter snowfall, especially when its accented with a bridge that crosses a mountain stream leading into a summer picnic area. Davis County experienced two snowfalls the past week and the weather forecast calls for more of the white stuff being on the way. By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON Davis Countys new jail facility is not even one year old and the inmate population has nearly doubled, Sheriff Brant Johnson disclosed last week. WE AVERAGED 45 pris- oners per day when the new jail addition was completed last February, said Sheriff Johnson. Now our average 5 enrollment is up to per month. He said the new addition provided an additional 60 beds for a total of about 1 10 beds in the old and new facilities combined. The second phase of the jail construction and remodeling project will be completed within the next few days. THE REMODELING phase of the project being completed is in the old section of the jail 80-8- complex, adjacent to the Davis County Courthouse in Farmington. This will provide two modernized cell blocks which are being brought up to jail standards, the sheriff said. One cell will hold 12 inmates and the other will facilitate 20 persons. They will be used primarily for holding persons booked into jail awaiting release on bail. ALSO INCLUDED in the second phase of construction is the completion of the second floor of the jail which is used for storage of microfilm records for polygraph and investigation rooms for the Sheriffs Department, and offices of the Utah Highway Patrol, Davis County Council on Aging, and Utah State University Extension Service. He emphasized that although there are a maximum of 10 beds, the capacity of the jail is much more because there are no beds in the drunk tank or in the holding cells. single time, but only for a matter of hours, the sheriff explained. Thus far, we have had adequate facilities to accommodate inmates but there are times that we have been near capacity." Meanwhile, county commissioners are considering an offer for the Davis County Jail to house-u- p to 15 Utah State Prison inmates. THIS WOULD be a good program because the state has offered to pay $23 per day, or about $126,000 annually, for the privilege of having the county jail house the inmates and relieve an extremely overcrowded condition at the state prison," the sheriff said. "Also, the state would pay for all medical costs, transportation, commissary allowance, etc. That menas that the only cost to the county, in addition to personnel administration, would be cost of meals. 1 if it commission and asked for might not be appropriate some other agency to handle accounting procedures that included tallying records and making out payroll checks. That process probably cost the district an estimated $10,000 in time from various district personnel, business manager Roger Glines said. The superintendent said some cities are raising the issue of cost to use district facilities for recreational programs noting, Theyve always paid for them--thanot new. If ts they havent been paying, thats been something leaking through the crack. Any city that wants to talk to us about that is certainly welcome to do so. HE SAID the district was handling any inequity by "keeping the records for those expenditures when the cities could handle it. Mr. Glines said the district follows a board policy that school buildings be available for use of citizens for their well-bein- g with charges set for community and recreational activities to cover the cost of a custodian and utilities. FOR A high school gymnasium that would mean $17 for the first hour and $12 for each additional hour and $10 per hour for shower use. In Clearfield and Bountiful use of such facilities is traded for student swimming pool use, he explained. Were trying to get this back (recreational funding) to where theres better accountability, with cities knowing V Year For New Davis Jail mdm cities starting next month. A Customers Nearly Double Recreation Goes Back To Cities By TOM BUSSELBERG i7--S i MRS. GIBBONS said the fiscal 1982 budget, beginby ning in January, has to be on the counter Friday, Nov. 27, and told Eberhard she doesnt have the personnel to handle any major changes. Com. Glen Saunders sided with the budgeting arguement, saying, I honestly feel that those (jail) slots are going to be taken up by local prisoners. f v, their employees, etc. Were not the culprits--wer- e trying to keep this thing running, Mr. Glines added. JAMES L. Hill, who oversees physical education, said the district started handling the accounting and dispersal more than five years ago at the request of some county officials since cities were using district facilities. We discussed with the (present) county commissioners that money they were supplying had to be increased. We evaluated very carefully why we were in the recreational program and felt it should be handled by the county com- missioners. They get the money and mutually we agreed they should take the program back. What business are we doing in the recreation business, anyway? h" asked. 109 WE HAVE had as many as incarcerated in jail at a HE NOTED that meals cost the county 45 to 65 cents per meal per inmate each day. Sheriff Johnson has asked the commission to allow useage of the surplus of the money from the state fo. prison inmate care to be used to hire two deputies and a secretary. WE NEED these added personnel to adequately staff the jail, said the sheriff. It requires 20 persons to man the jail and we have only 17 for these positions. So we need the added personnel whether or not state prison inmates are housed here." Sheriff Johnson said cost of meals for the state prison inmates, if approved for the county jail, would cost about $10,000 annually, leaving a surplus of about $15,000 that could be used towards hiring of more personnel. Its money that wasnt previously budgeted so would not be a part of our budget request that is presently being reviewed, he stressed. HE SAID the prison inmates would be "short termers," most of them serving less than 90 days. However, new inmates would be assigned to the jail periodically over a minimum of two years while prison officials improve and enlarge present prison facilities. Clearfield City Council Reverses Earlier Decision CLEARFIELD The Clearfield City Council, reversing a decision made several weeks ago, voted Tuesday night to approve beer license for Kents Texaco, a Class-666 North Main. The license was approved in the name of Peggy Brooks. A THE COUNCIL denied an earlier request by owner Kent Brooks for a license after police department investigators voiced some concern over the application. In a second request last week, however, Peggy Brooks, another representative in the business, asked that the license be granted in her name. council as a representative of Mrs. Brooks, said any time the city "can pick up money on beer or anything else, it should be permitted. Mr. Gibson, a member of the Clearfield Chamber of Commerce, said Mr. Brooks station "is just exactly like the station across the street, which has a beer license." CITY MANAGER Gayle Starks explained that the police department recommended that the license be denied in the name of owner Kent Brooks, but would not deny the license in Mrs. Brooks name. Therefore, the council approved the GERALD GIBSON, who spoke to the license, mdm |