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Show I unit STATS3 PP.SSS S0. EAST CUT. r L.us ASSri f 21UU 0 A AA y t THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 1981 28 PAGES VOLUME NUMBER THIRTY TWO FIFTY-TW- O Officials Agree To Investigate Possible Sewer Leaks Along Ross Drive e erates a child center in their home and has been forced because of the floodto keep students away ing until the problem is resolved. He said he knows better than to go down in the basement when the sewer backs up, but said the children do not. By MARK D. MICKELSEN CLEARFIELD day-car- Clear- field officials agreed Tuesday to investigate possible sewer main leaks along Ross Drive after several residents complained of flooding in their basements. RAYMOND Chavez, 164 Ross Drive, told city council CHAVEZ AND his wife are worried about possible health hazards present as a result of the sewer flooding. Mayor Donal Townley said two or three times each year the city receives complaints that the sewers have backed up and said the time has come for the problem to be corrected. VAEAE HAD those problems all the time and there is very little the residents can do." the mayor said. Hg said empathize" with every Clearfield family who members his basement has been flooded with sewer water and "muck several times. He said he was told the problem existed before he and his family moved into the neighborhood. Recently, Chavez said he hired out an Ogden sewer company representative to investigate the problem. WE WERE told that the sewer main was outdated." he said. City Manager Gayle Starks and Mayor Donal Townley in- spected the Ross Drive area recently and informed Chavez scanner that a camera-lik- e would be lowered into the sewer main to search for possible leaks. 4 n? '-- n - ' -- v " I;' - J .. , AV k CHAAEZ SAID his wife r YiHa v x j g AJ ?$ & tt'M ?7rAs , '?$ i svrv jT.0 . t CHAAEZ TIESDAY said he has not been contacted by either city official about the results. Mr. Starks was unsure whether or not the scan had been completed, but agreed to check with the city worker in charge. V V f sSrWLyt&&' op- - 1 has been affected by the ! flooding. THE MAYOR said an "orderly upgrading" of the city's sewer systems is needed where the more severe problems are occurring, but said there may be some cost to property owners in those areas. Before we can really de- cide." Councilman Donald McDougal said, we have to do some research." He suggested a sewer camera scan and asked city officials to have engineers check and see if the CONT. ON PAGE 3 Two Withdraw From Nov. Race t? .'Ms fZ.sP V. Two candidates one for FRUIT HEIGHTS mayor and the other for city council have withdrawn from (he Fruit Heights Municipal election next month. BOTH CANDIDATES are from the community's Sagebrush Party and party officials have nominated two others to fill the vacated positions. Former councilman T.J. Jones, who had been nominated by the party to seek the mayor's post in the November election, cited "personal reasons" for withdrawing from the race. NED GILLS, who was seeking a scat on the council. cited a "conflict of interest" with a business position he holds. He said that as president of the local chaper of the Insulation Contractors Association. an industrial group which lobbies city governments. he is prohibited from holding public office. Sagebrush officials have appointed Dean 0. Brand. 122 S. Mountain Rpad. to replace Mr. Jones as candidate for mayor. Ross M. Phillips. 370 South Mountain Road, was named as the replacement for the council post. ar OTHER SAGLBRUSH Party candidates are Don 389 S. East Oak Drive, will compete for the council scat, and Luci Beth Paulsen. 29 South Mountain Road, is seeding the post. The Pine Cone Party will have Lynn H. Benson, 24 South Village Way, opposing Mr. Brand for mayor. Mr. Benson presently is a city councilman. Fraser. other THE KAYSVILLE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 6' North Mw St., Layton, Utah 84041 Phono PuMshod Weekly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. covery (waste disposal and 451-295- 1 JOHN STAHLE, JR. PUBLISHER Second Da Postal Paid at Layton, Utal SUBSCRIPTION 14.50 pf year Out Of State 15.50 per year Qreraeaa Subscription $15.00 Payable In Advance With FARMINGTON einected to run out sears at the West Riuiniiflil diimn site nhns are movine ahead for construction of aTniEe multimillion dollar nace i resource recovery plant. A PLAN currently under study would see construction of a $40 million resource re- - plant either on or near Hill AFB. As ex- plained to the county health board by county Environmen- tal Health Director Richard E. Harvey, such a plant would be an alternative to running out of landfill space in south Davis and a",'ier 18 eKara Slte near !j,ek!or We don't feel it will be pos sible to relocate landfill any- where in Davis County. We're looking where at some point we will have a precipitous nse in costs to over $20 a ton if garbage was taken outside of the county with no feasible sites left inside Davis County RESOtRCE recovery would, in the long run. provide cheaper costs "down the- road" and include the possibility of not only getting nd of waste but also creating energy for. in this case. Hill AIB. Speaking of a triumverate of interests back- (three-some- ) ing the proposal Mr. Harvey said, "The public wants to dis- pose of it. Hill AFB needs the energy and fre enterprise wants to invest m it. We want to make sure each group nefits." Calling fantastic" plans being put together he related data from a visit to facilities in Chicago and Boston and said a number of plants' are lo- cated in the eastern United Slates. Japan and Germany CONT. ON PAGE 3 REPRESENTING the Pine Cone Party for the two council posts will be I red Bergold of 605 South Cherry Lane and David A. Packer. 152 East Country Road. Carol Stew art. 973 East Country Rd., will seek the council scat. Since the two women are competing for the lone council post, it is assured that one will be elected Nov. 3 becoming the first woman to serve on Fruit Heights City Council. ar 1 |