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Show utau W ciT.T - S- L-- fJ, w'uWH sm - 0 ir L LL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1981 VOLUME NUMBER FIFTY-TW- O TWENTY-EIGH- T I Election Coming For Cities Nov. 3 city official says. By TOM BUSSELBERG SUNSETS mayoral It may not have all the glitter Demo- of the Republican and cratic national conventions, or all the media blitz the big national guys seem to muster, but it's politicking time in North Davis County, and the results could have as great or greater an impact legally than what happened last year. ELECTIONS are slated in each of the eight cities, although some voters will have to go to the polls only once on election day Nov. 3, rather than to an earlier primary on Oct. 6, where contenders will be weeded out for the final battle. Those cities without a primHeights, West Point and Sunset. As a result, no conclusive lists of candidate filings were available at press time. A breakdown of what will be happening election-wise in those cities: in Clinton, the mayors slot will be available as well as that of four-yecouncilmen Bruce L. Niederhauser and Rodney F. Vaterlaus. The filing deadline is Oct. 9. ar IN FRUIT Heights, Mayor Neil K Noordas slot will be open as well along with that of two-ye- HARVEST TIME Layton Withdrawal From Library System To Include Tax Money By MARK D. MICKELSON FARMINGTON Plans by Layton city to withdraw from the Davis library system will likely include a request that county officials return all Layton tax revenues generated by the countys August mill levy for county wide library operation and construction. according to Com. Glen Saunders. COM. SAUNDERS Tuesday said Layton has filled an official letter of intent to withdraw from the county library system. But. he said he docs not think the city can legally" demand the return of county tax revenues this year. Com. Harry B. Gerlach said the mill levy has been set and agreed with Saunders that Layton cannot withdraw its revenues until January when a new county budget is She said Laytonites will no longer have county bookmobile service. Families, she added, will have to pav $10 for library cards and a $5 charge will be levied against Layton individuals requesting private library cards. LAYTON CITYS decision to withdraw came when the county commission said they would be unable this year to begin major financing on a multi-millio- dollar Layton n library. BOTH COMMISSIONER Saundjrs and Gerlach said the county throught about the major financing-before ever sending it to the Layton City Council. LAYTON WILL be required to include provisions for local con- struction in their own mill levy if they withdraw from the county library system. County Auditor Ludeen Gibbons said. Registration Dates In Place At SW t THE KAYSVILLE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 "B North Main St., Layton, Utah 84041 Phone Published Weekly by 3 CLIPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Stahle, Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid at Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out of State Subscription $5 50 Oversees Subscription $15.00 (Payable in Advance) unanimously in favor of withdrawal from the county system. KAYSVILLE has had their own library from the beginning and have never been a part of the county library system, the commission explained. Com. Saunders estimated that it will cost over $3 million to pay for the Layton Library building and to stock the center with books and furnishings. THE INCREASE which will hike residential water rates from $5.20 to six dollars, garbage rates from $2.80 to $3.75 comes as a result of an estimated deficit of more than $20,000 in the citys 1981 utility fund. City Attorney Alf presented the city council with a formal resolution calling for adoption of the rate increase. After a lengthy discussion, however, split two against two on whether or not to approve the increase. council-membe- Their decision to withdraw is not a big surprise to us as a commission, Com. Saunders said. approved. library operation and The letter prompted city councilmembers to vote CLEARFIELD Saying Clearfield must protect itself from future utility fund deficits, Mayor Donal Townley Tuesday cast the vote in favor of increased commercial and residential water and garbage rates. SOUTH WEBER -I- may not be the presidential race thats up for grabs this year, but those elections that affect the grassroots local level will take place in November. EBER residents SOUTH should register on any of three dates at the Luella Byram home, 869 E. South Weber Drive on Sept. 29, Oct. 27 or Oct. 29. Further information is available by calling W 479-505- The mayor and two city council seats will be up for election with the primary set Oct. 6. IT WOULD have taken of a mill (counlibty) to operate the Layton excommissioner the rary, plained. He said the county cannot make that kind of a funding commitment at this time. THE CHOICE of Layton city (to withdraw) was their own," Com. Gerlach said. three-quarte- CITY MANAGER Gayle Starks explained that Clear- field retains a modest amount of money in the bank for the waterfund, but said the money may be depleted by January. Weve had to pay for 700 acre Kays. Cou During Tuesday evening's city council meeting, the Kaysville Redevelopment Agency which consists of Mayor Gar Elison and council members met to discuss three issues of the projected Redevelopment project for the city. THE FIRST issue was, who may participate and rules of participation. Persons or entities holding interests in property within the project area shall have an opportunity to become participants in the plan, in contrast to developers whose interests in the project area are acquired solely from the agency without having held other interests in the project area are acquired solely from the agency without having held other interests in the project area, it was explained. Priorities and preferences are opportunities conferred on participants to be given the priority over developers with respect to any aspect of the redevelopment plan, the agency board noted. THE participation opportunities shall necessarily be subject to and limited by such factors as the following: removal, relocation and or installation of public utilities and public facilities; the elimination and changing of some land uses, the realignment, abandonment, widening or opening of public streets and A TOTAL of $461,584 was budgeted for the city utility fund in 198 , Councilman Neldon Hamblin said. Total expenditures are estimated at $482,436, however, forcing a deficit of $20,852. The water, garbage and sewer departments are combined to make up the total in the city utility fund. Only in the last five years," Clearfield financial advisor Rod Davenport said, has Clearfield begun to lose money in the water and garbage funds. The loss, he explained. is beginning to eat away at money the city has set aside in the bank for the construction and operation of future water and garbage commodities. 1 SPEAKING OUT in opposition to the rate hike. Councilman Hamblin said just dont 1 dence. evi- He suggested the pos oil four-ye- Jay council- deadline there is Sept. 30, a feet of water we didn't sell," he told the council. He said if the water is not sold this year, the water department will continue to operate at a deficit. feel we have enough councilman man Lynn Benson. Filing Mayor Oasts By MARK D. MICKELSEN ar Fisher and A father and two weary helpers exit the corn fields near Sunset. The onset of fall spells the end of this years harvest for many north Davis farmers. posi- tion, currently held by Norm Sant, will be up to voter selection along with two four year council seats now held by Tom Lightfoot, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Bruce Watkins, and Ned Shelley. Filing deadline is Oct. 9. Elsewhere in north Davis, primaries will be held with voter registration possible Sept. 29. Herea breakdown: IN CLEARFIELD, incumbent Mayor Donal Townley will square off with J. R. Bar-loand current Councilman Neldon E. Hamblin in the primary to narrow candidates down to two while two four-yea- r seats are up for election. John Baird, Paul W. Boggs, Don a Bradshaw and Robert G. Browning are seeking one seat while Don E. Bush, Rulon C. Cummings, George S. Erickson, William J. Storing and 0. Wayne Thornock will be contending for the other. w ary include Clinton, Fruit HERES Lynn C. Maxfield and Robert Bob" Stevenson. ' IN LAYTON, three have filed for mayor including In- cumbent Lewis G. Shields, Robert G. Austad and Nathaniel C. Johnson. and one two-yeTwo four-yecouncil post will be open with contenders for the seats including Incum-ben- t Lynn W. Wood, Glen L. Budge, Ann B. Harris, William K. McGuire, and R. Sam Trujillo. Seeking the two year slot are Incumbent John A. Baker, THIS IS Layton's first primary, a city official says, noting a change in state law has made it mandatory. In South Weber, Mayor Rex Bouchard is running unopposed but six candidates r will vie for the two council seats including Incumfour-yea- bent Lynn D. Poll, Jeffery G. Monroe, Arnold S. Poll, Ernest Miller, Mark K. Wilson and Rex E. Fcustel. IN KAYSVILLE, Mayor Gar T. Elison will be opposed e Councilby former man Gerald A. Purdy. Incumbent councilmembers Carol R. Page and Clair E. Snow will be challenged by Robert E. Lund-gree- n and Steven W. Major. With two candidates for each long-tim- post, no primary will be needed. In Farmington, the mayor and four of five council members will be up for although therell be no primary contest for mayor with only two candidates Incumbent Merrill R. Petty and Clair M. Seeley, running. IN THE council races, four-ye- ar contenders are Walter Bain, Victor T. Corbin, Milo Kirkham and Brent R. Peterson. Candidates for the two-yeposts are Kathryn "Terry Benedict, Robert L. Clawson, Richard 0. Ellis, Gary C. ar Flood and Jonathan S. Hughes. Breaking Vote Tie- - sibility of transferring money deout of other "profitable partments in order to make up for the water and garbage deficit. Councilman H. Kay Chandler, a supporter of the rate hike, argued that the transfer of money will only force a larger deficit in the overall utility fund. IF WERE going to change the rates, Councilman we Hamblin continued, ought to at least know what were talking about. Interest money generated by utility fund money already in the bank should be taken out of the bank to compensate for the losses, he told council-member- s. COUNCILMAN Hamblin questioned the law as to what the city can earn above the 100 percent figure. "Were looking at $2.3 million in replacement costs, Davenport said. the resolution. Effective immediately, water rates for residential customers are set at six dollars, garbage rates at $3.75. MAYOR TOWNLEY said city's bank reserve is the equivalent of the depreciation cost of the system. He purposely pulled away from the question of city assests and told councilmembers the reason for the rate change is to increase the utility fund cash flow. equal percentage basis, according to Atty. Van the WE WOULD be defeating our own purposes, he said, if the increase is not approved. The mayor told council-membeand a relatively small audience that the proposed rate increase will keep the city from asking for a larger sum later on. rs MR. DAVENPORT ex- plained that there is approximately $400,000 in the citys public utility account money used according to water, sewer and garbage operating costs and deficits. He also said the state allows cities to retain 100 percent of the replacement cost of the water department system in case the system is ever destroyed. COUNCILMEN Hamblin and Tom Waggoner said they are opposed to the increase. Councilmen Chandler and John Beutler voted in favor. The vote was cast by Mayor Townley in favor of COMMERCIAL and industrial charges will increase on an Wagenen. Sewer rates will not increase. Beer License Approved CLEARFIELD-- A Class-- beer license has been approved for the JP Texaco station on 700 South. THE CLEARFIELD City Council approved the license application Tuesday night following a favorable recommen- dation from the Clearfield Police Department. The license was approved in the name of John PetrofT Jr. Adopt Also the ability of participants to finance acquisition and development in accordance with the redevelopment plan; reduction in the total number of individual parcels in the project area; the assembly and development of areas for public and-o- r private development in accordance with the redevelopment plan and change in orientation and character of the project area. BEFORE making offers to purchase property in the project are, the agency shall notify the persons or entities holding interests in such properties by certified mail with return receipt requested. The purpose of the relocation rules and regulations are to assure that relocation payments and assistance required and-o- r authorized by the act and provided by the Kaysville Redevelopment agency will be administered in a manner which is fair and reasonable, to assure that such payments or assistance are as uniform as practicable and as prompt as possible and to provide a procedure for review of agency. THE AGENCY shall pay all relocation payments required by law. In addition, the agency may make additional relocation payments which in the opinion of the agencys governing board may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purpose of a redevelopment plan for any redevelopment project. Such additional relocation payments shall be subject to the availability of funds for such purpose. The Architectural Services agreement is recommending ways of using architectural plans, a specific theme use in mind. The proposal presented is to ascertain the basic dimensions of the building on the west side of Main Street between Center Street and 1st North. To prepare a number of preliminary studies depicting recommended ways of de- veloping more adequate parki- Then based on the imput and review received, another study will be made by the company compressing the best ideas developed to that point. The submittal will consist of a block plan and a rendered print evaluation indicating a possible solution to the improvement of the building facades. THE COUNCIL voted unanimously to adopt all three proposals of the Redevelop-men- t project for downtown Kaysville. John Thacker, Kaysville City Administrator ng, visual enhancement of ex- to Mayor Elison a presented compiled isting structures and guidel- document containing the offiines as to remodeling criteria. cial minutes, of the meetings, work sessions, data and progTHESE SKETCHES are to ress accomplished by the agenbe submitted by Sept. 22. cy to date. |