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Show I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, OCTOBER 29, 1981 married to the former Debbie Smith. Mayor Shields is presently employed at Hill Air Force Base and in early 1982 will conclude 30 years service. He has worked in the Civil Engineering Technical Field and Plant Management as an industrial engineering technician and planner. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Has been active in civic, church and government. An Layton Mayor active chartered member of the Layton Kiwanis Club serving as president for one and one-hayears and presently serving as Lt. Gov. in Division 2 (Utah and Idaho district). lf MEMBER of the LDS NATHANIEL JOHNSON - LAYTON Nathaniel Johnson, candidate for mayor in Layton hopes to bring a new asset to the city in technical training and management. . HE HAS had experience in many leadership positions including chairman. Ogden's Park and Recreation Commission. director on the advisory board at St. Benedict's Hospital. director Utah Lung Association. member U.S. Regional Energy Commission. He holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois. He also graduated from the Army War College and the Armed Forces Industrial College. His major field is nuclear magnetic resonance for doctorial. HE IS the author of several scientific publications. Mr. Johnson is the recipient of the Baker Chemical Award. He was listed in Whos Who in Chemistry in 1958. Mr. Johnson is married to Leetha S. Johnson. They have three children. HE IS employed at Stauffer Chemical Company. He is a member of the Bible Teach Embry Chapel Church. MR. JOHNSON is in favor of a library for Layton City. The more people can do for themselves the less government regulations are required. Layton has offered land, utilities and money to accelerate the building of the library certainly. this is an indication of Layton's commitment for a library for the citizens. We need to continue to purchase library services from the county until Layton has their own services. MR. JOHNSON would support a bond election for a recreational complex. He thinks this should be discussed at Layton City Master Plan meetings in each area as scheduled by Scot Carter. This approach would put the issue to the people. The W'aste Recovery Plant should be discussed at the Layton City Master Plan area meetings. The county representatives and people from Hill Air Force Base should be present. They could present their program from the position of cost, return, water re- Church serving in several responsible positions. Presently concluding a third four year term as mayor of Layton City. During that time served two years on the Board of Directors in the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Two years on the Board of Directors in the Utah League of Cities and Towns. First president and organizer of the Layton City Improvement Association. Organized the Layton Museum Board and the FILL disposal systems have come back to hurt communities such as Buffalo. New York where the land is not available to use. A waste disposal system is safer and the side effect can be minimized and offer energy, mineral recovery and tax base. We LAND member of the stake high council for 11 years. Currently, he is the High Priest Group leader. HE HAS raised a family of seven children; six are married, one still lives at home. If we carry through our present feasibility study, establish our own library system, I would be in favor of it. MR. BAKER would favor a recreational complex if the survey supports it and if the library can be a part of it. The Waste recovery or Resource recovery plant is being brought about by a Federal Funded Feasibility Study in cooperation with the Wasatch Front Regional Council and the Davis County Health Department. This is eventually going to be a high priority item. The study is not complete nor a location decided upon yet. Our city officials need to keep in close touch with the project to insure an affordable facility be planned and in the best city-wid- e Layton Library Board. Served on the Governors Veterans Task Force. Organized the PRESENTLY serving on the merce. The Home Town Builders award twice from the Layton Eagles. The outstanding contributer to Veterans affairs from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. LEWIS G. Shields views on the following subjects: Layton City needs library facilities. 1 plan on surveying the situation from all sides and whichever way will provide our people with these services sooner and at the least amount of cost I press forward. Presently I favor the Independent System. Our community needs a civic center and I plan on supporting it as long as no private party can or will provide it. Even a private facility cannot fill all our needs. I therefore tend to favor the Civic Center under the direction of the city. RESOURCE Recovery is looking ahead to the future and 1 am not opposed to planning for the future of our city. However. 1 Layton city and many questions must be addressed and resolved. (1) THE IMPACT on the roads. (2) The environmental impact. (3) Whose to provide the water for such an opera- Re- do not at this time support the location of the facility in a residential area. We have other locations just as suitable that are not within our residential areas. Layton Council GLEN L BUDGE Glen L. Budge, former East Layton City Councilman is making his bid for the four-yecouncil seat in Layton City. ar tion. She agrees with the concept of resource recovery, but feels we must be very careful in its location, and we must adopt ordinances that will guarantee the quality of its surrounding and the impact on the community. MR. BUDGE was a member of the East Layton Council when voters accepted the proposal to annex into Layton City. I feel the move to one city was a good one, we now have a broader base to work from to provide for our citizens he said. Mr. Budges profession is that of a rehabilitation counselor involved in education and job placement of individuals with operative disabilities. MR. BUDGE feels areas of interest to residents in Layton include: orderly development within the city, the proposed waste disposal energy recovery complex, county library system and sewer district. I feel it is imperative that residents have someone to represent them that is willing to listen to their individual needs and concerns." HE IS A graduate of Brigham Young University and attended W'eber State College. He is active in church activities and leadership and he resides at 960 E. 780 N. with his wife Pat and their five daughters. STEVENSON LAYTON - Robert (Bob) Stevenson is a candidate for the two year council seat He is married and has two children. Mr. Stevenson is a graduate of Weber State College. He has worked on a Masters degree at USU. He taught school fortwo years at Layton High before going to work for Carnation Company where he is presently employed. -- . THE REVENUE saved by pulling out of the county system will not even come close to - LAYTON John A. Baker is running for two year councilman in Layton City. LEWIS G. SHIELDS - Lewis G. LAYTON Shields is a candidate for mayor of Layton City. born and reared Park City, Utah. Educated HE WAS in in Park City and Davis schools. Attended W'eber State College. Moved to Layton in 1950 with wife Elaine. They have three sons, Ronald, David and Brian. Brian is married to the former Nancy Dehning and have five children. David is HE WAS born and raised in Ogden where he graduated from Weber High School. He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for 10 years as a signal maintainer. He then w orked for Hill Air Force Base as a quality assurance inspector supervisor. He retired from civil service employment after 25 years. MR. BAKER has been the Layton Chamber of Commerce executive director for four years. He is presently the chairman of the North Davis Refuse Board. He has served on this board for 1 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Holmes Creek 1 Ann Harris four year term Layton City Council SHE HAS a very diversified background in civic affairs which has given her a good in- sight to the needs of the citizens and the community. A professional educator, she has taught for eight years in Davis County School District independent business woman owning her own business, Anns Fabric Loft, for the past 10 years. PAST president Layton Chamber of Commerce, past presi- dent Layton City Improvement Assoc. Served in Layton City Beautification committee, director of Miss Layton Scholarship Pageant past three years. Currently chairman of Layton City Planning Com-- . Mr. Wood believes the citizens of Layton deserve a library. He would be willing to work with the county if we could have some guarantee on a time for a library but he does not want to continue putting the money into the county system for more years and then down the road have them tell us sorry we are not going to put LAYTON PUTS in excess of $130,000 a year in the county library and we need some consideration. The bookmobile service would be continued if Layton took over their own library. the new library. If we can build and operate a first class library in Layton without increasing taxes, we should then pursue having our own library. If taxes must go up to build a library, the residents should be allowed to voice their opinions by voting for it. MANY DOLLARS will be involved for us to build a recreational complex. W'e need to realize the costs out of each of our own pockets before we put out total support behind a complex. The surveys that have been taken throughout the city have never stated how much money the recreational center will take from the tax payer to help build and run it. I would personally like to have a complex like this in Layton but we all must better understand the costs involved before any of us can really make a decision on building the complex. A WASTE recovery plant is needed in the county to help LN PURSUING a sound tax base we must first acertain that the "cure isn't worse than the affliction. In the near term the most likely solution is to mount a concerted effort to convince the legislature to adopt regulations providing sales tax distribution on a population basis. This change alone would greatly improve our tax base in Fruit Heights. Fruit Heights Council SAM TRUJILLO Sam Trujillo is a candidate for the Layton City Council. HE HAS been a Layton resident for 39 years. As a youth and later on as a homeowner he is acutely aware of the problems residents of this great city face. He graduated from Weber State College with a major in political science. Mr. Trujillo has held several community positions and currently is a member of the Utah State Board of Education Hispanic Advisory Board and a member of the 508th Tactical Fighter Group (Reserves). He is currently serving on the Layton City Council. HIS POSITION on establishing an independent library system in Layton is quite evident. 1 strongly feel the residents of Layton have gone without a library long enough. With the mill levy the county commission has placed on Layton residents to subsidize the libraries in Farmington and Clearfield we could have built one of the finest libraries in the county. "It's a travisty that Layton residents have to drive to a neighboring city just to use the library. We have the team with the current city officials to build and manage one of the best libraries in the area." IF THE residents of Layton want a recreational complex they will tell us when they vote for it in the forthcoming bond election. I am in favor of the current plan as long as it indicates it will be and does not infringe on the current services we are providing the citizens of Layton. He thinks that a waste recovery system will be needed in the Davis County area in the near future. With the current land fill life expectancy of nine to ten years we need to look at the problem now and start planning for the most effective way to dispose of our refuse. surveys both of w hich have indicated that the citizens want this center. I believe the city council has the obligation to gather all of the facts they can. present them to the people and then let the people decide in a bond election if they want or do not want this complex. The information that has been presented to the council so far indicate we will need a waste recovery plant somewhere in the county. Mr. Wood believes more information needs to be gathered as to the best facility and then there need to be hearings with the people to decide the location. Mr. Wood would be against locating this plant, if it is built, where it would damage the value of people's homes, dg WE NEED to take a very careful look at current plan and make sure that it docs not in- fringe or adversely impact Layton residents. Hard and concrete decisions will have to be made regaarding this issue and citizen input will be a must. If the impact of locating a waste recovery system in the Layton area overides the benefits then we should look at some alternate means to dispose of the waste accumulation in Davis County. CAROL STEWART Carol Stewar t - Fruit Heights city council. She was appointed secretary to the Board of Adjustments in Fruit Heights and served as a member of the economic committee. A STRONG advocate that council members should listen to the "voice of the people" then vote according to what the people want. Desires to maintain the basic rural atmosphere which brought the current population and make wise use of the remaining land to be developed keeping as much farm land as possible. Favors citizen involvement such as DEAN O. BRAND volunteer groups working - Dean Brand has been a resident of Fruit Heights for the past years. He and his wife Betty and three sons reside at 122 S. Mountain Road. 1 MR. BRAND has always been active in community affairs. He served as chairman of the Fruit Heights Planning Commission for five years, was chairman of the Kay sville-Fru- it Heights Heritage Harvest Days activities in 1978. and was instrumental in acquiring the first extended area telephone service (Mctro-pac- ) in together for the good of the community. She favors smaller-scal- e commercial development with as little impact on residents as possible. SHE IS opposed to moving in PRUD (Planned Residential School. He has five children and three grandchildren. MR. WOOD has served on the city council for 12 years. Most of this time he has worked with the Parks a..d Recrea greatest tragedy of our time is the all too rapid conversion of our best agricultural ground to housing and businesses. If the present seemingly irreversible trend of conversion continues, we will become almost totally Unit Developments) next to facilities are adequately maintained and the recreational programs are under professional leadership. There is a direct correlation between vandalism and a lack of recreation facilities and-o- r poorly administered recreation facilities, he says. "It is much better to harness the vitality of youth in a well administered recreational program than to permit the same amount of unbridled energy to be turned loose on society. MAYOR TOWNLEY is a graduate of Mt. St. Marys Business College. He also attended American River College and the University of California, majoring in business administration and accounting. He is an Idaho native and a World War II veteran. His experience includes both private enterprise and public service. He worked two years with the management consultant firm of Ernst and Ernst. His public service experience includes command level financial and managerial positions--chie- f, accounting and finance officer, chief Pacific Coast In-- , ternal auditor; chief, plans and programs (systems Analysis officer); chief, industrial engineering with the Air Force and Department of Commerce, and as mayor of Clearfield city. Clearfield Council residents built knowing the area would have PRUD housing She feels you can building a sound economic tax base by careful budget controls and wise land use to produce the needed revenue for services. 1969. After graduating from the University of Utah college of engineering Dean was with Univac in Salt Lake City for 17 years. Subsequently he was president of Devcon Industries which developed the Villa Nova condominiums in Bountiful. He is presently at Brand Electric in Salt Lake City. should be compatible with the needs of the community and improve the profile of the city. Lynn W'ood is seeking the four support of Clearfield residents," Mayor Townley stated. "I do believe, however, the single family dwellings unless Clearfield Mayor TOPIC NO. 2. Existing Fruit Heights Zoning regulations contain no provisions for PRUD. Although I would first expect a recommendation from the Planning Commission. I leel that such a proposal needs to demonstrate definate advantages for the community over more conventional housing before being given serious consideration. C I EARIII LD - Paul W. Boggs is a candidate for Clearfield councilman. He spent the first 21 years of his hte on a farm in West Virginia w here he was also educated. He married a hometown girl (Viviani in 1952 and joined the Air f orce the same year. MR. BOGGS spent 2l years in the Air force retiring in 1972. He worked as a supervisor in one capacity or another for 16 of the 20 years. Since 1971. Mr. Boggs has operated a garage and a couple of service stations in Clearfield. HE SERVED four years on the Board of Directors for the Clearfield Chamber of Commerce. four years on the adv board for Davis County Mental Health, five years with the Clearfield Kiwanis Club of which he is now presidentelect. He is active in church affairs. Mr. Boggs believes Clear-fiel- J needs multiple housing units. HEW Oll.D like to see the. -- Commercial development year council seat. He is a life long resident of Layton and a graduate of Davis High A MAJOR problem, yet unresolved, is the unfairness of the county and state administered properly tax structure that permits a major industrial area to be granted a decrease in property taxes at the same time that the rest of our city and county taxes are being increased. I can only speak for Clearfield and I apologi ze to no one for being outspoken in MAYOR TOWNLEY also supports recreation facilities and programs provided the munity is the most important issue facing our city government. Our tax revenues of approximately II percent sales tax and 89 percent property tax indicate a need for improving our income from sales tax. As we endeavor to improve that ratio by allowing more commercial development we must be guided by two prevailing considerations: I. Commercial development should be confined to areas previously designated commercial in the current city master plan: 2. Incumbent $250,000 last year. Every dollar of interest earned is a dollar taxpayers dont have to pay, says Mayor Townley. through commercial development and I am also for individual home ownership. Unfortunately, both speed up the conversion process. Therefore, with the objective of slowing down the greater peril, I will continue to endorse both zero-lo- t line and multiplehousing developments within the city." TOPIC NO. I: Management of future growth or our com- LAYTON record earned interest of for an expanded tax tase graduated from Ogden High School and Utah State Univ. with a B.S. degree in business and social science. Currently a member of Camenae Club, a service organization. Active in the LDS Church, she has held various teaching and leadership positions. Her husband is Gary W. Stewart and the mother of four children, ages Mayor forthisareaofDavisCountv streets, and improved investment techniques resulting in a sources for food in our generation. This is of grave concern to me. I am a strong supporter SHE WAS born in Ogden, Fruit Heights FRUIT HEIGHTS partment activities and city dependent upon outside THE CITY has received many requests for a recreational center. W'e have run two to generate more revenue which will come from increased property taxes to help pay for the costs incurred by ANN B. HARRIS MR. WOOD ow ns and operates Wood's Service and Lynn Wood Service Center. He has been in his own business for over 20 years. Topic No. 3. Generally everyone favors sound economic tax bases, and I am no exception unless it is to be achieved at the expense of the character of the community. Many cities have a sound economic tax; however, most of us would not choose to live there. a library in Layton. paying for the costs of our own library. The city will then have JOHN A. BAKER tion Department. He served on the Layton East LDS Stake High Council for two years and as bishop of the Layton 9th LDS Ward for four years. nt HE IS an active member in the Layton East 29th LDS Ward. Layton residents deserve to have a library in Layton. Before we dive head first into building a first class library, we must all realize the costs of owning and operating a top notch library. must realize land available is limited and its use must be carefully planned or productivity. recreation and restoration. solve the problems of disposing of our waste. The plant would be an excellent source of revenue for Layton City. The important issue we must face is where to locate the plant. Many north side residents are concerned about having the plant in their back yards. By locating the plant in an area not already inhabited by homes, we could solve the majority of complaints these concerned residents have. The residents were there first and we must listen to their NO. 1 HOW much sooner can we actually have a library in Layton, if Layton goes on its own. No. 2 Can Layton provide the quality service in its own library that we can expect if we stay with the county? this type of operation can cause a lot of problems for Board of Directors (two year term). Served two years on the Small Cities Committee in the National League of Cities and Towns with conventions in Washington D.C. Has received several outstanding awards at employment and honors and recognition from civic, veteran and ceived the Outstanding Citizens award from the Layton Chamber of Com- SHE HAS lived in Layton for 18 years and has great pride in our community. She is truly interested in the future of Layton and its citizens and would like to help preserve and improve the quality of our community and the life style which this community offers. Elected officials must listen to the people of the community and then make sound decisions based on the wants and needs of all the citizens. SHE IS IN favor of the proposed recreational complex. It is something the community needs and would support. However she is opposed on any increase in property taxes, and thinks we should explore all possible means of financing such a complex. A library in Layton is long over due, but she thinks we must answer several questions before making a final decision. the library? The proposed location of the resource recovery plant is not compatible with its present land use. This type of operation is an industry and should be in on industrial area. I think North Davis Medical Center church organizations. mission, which she has served on for four years. NO. 3 AND most important. Are the citizens willing to bond for the initial cost of building Layton City Mayor Vietnam Era Veterans Task Committee, receiving national recognition. Presently serving on the Police Officers Standards and Training Council (Governors appointment for three years). quirement. environmental study, effect on the area. etc. Irrigation Company. Mr. Baker has been an LDS bishop for seven years and a Mayor Donal W. Townley is to office for seeking the purpose of continuing programs begun during his four years of service. Progress during his tenure includes suc- cessfully obtaining Grant Dollars to construct two bridges without cost to Clearfield residents; a new fire station fully paid for; a new method of financing to pay for the addition to city hall without using local taxpayers dollars; the upof grading our recreational de y CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE |