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Show City Officials' Views Next - utah ike3c Jo7 m m Assuror; EAST 3PD SOUTH LAKH CITY LT Government Forms Outlined For Committee weaknesses - of their government systems. An overall view of the situation WEST VALLEY. What form of government is most effective, representative, flexible, workable, was added by Dr. Doyle responsive? Commission? Council-manager- Buckwalter, dean of the public administration school at BYU. Murray employs the commission form currently in use in West Valley; Sandy and Salt Lake City have slightly r different systems; and Orem uses a system Ogdens is framed within a city charter. Having digested that information, the special committee will interview the three elected West Valley officials -Mayor Henry (Hank) Price and Commissioners Jerry Wagstaff and Renee Mackay - in a closed ? Charter? Each one of those forms is best. At least thats what spokesmen for cities which employ the various systems told a committee investigating a possible change in the form of West Valley Citys government. In the third of a series of meetings on the change of government question, the committee heard presentations Monday night by spokesmen from Murray, Orem, Sandy, Salt Lake City and Ogden outlining the benefits and to a far lesser extent, the Council-mayor- ? three-memb- council-mayo- council-manage- council-manag- - r; er executive session at the next meeting, May 5. Public input on the change of government question will be accepted for the last time in an open session that same day. The session obtain the city officials opinions on the effectiveness of the commission form in private because of the highly personal remarks that could surface in the interviews. will begin acknowledged that is split over the form of government issue, with Mayor Price firmly supporting a change to a council-mayo- r system, while Commissioners Mackay and Wagstaff favor retention of the current format until more attention can be devoted to the issue. Committee members also ruled out the charter option Monday, pointing out that the process to adopt that document took far more time than was available in West Valleys current situation. The city, if the commission opts for a vote on a different form of at 7: 30 p.m. at City Hall. Rumors that petitions were beginning to circulate seeking an r form election on a in the city also caused concern among committee members. Committee chairman Norm Bangerter requested that petitions not be circulated, and that city officials refrain from either backing or opposing the initiative petition until after the committee submits its recommendation to the City The committee has Commission. set a May 29 deadline for that accouncil-mayo- tion. Committee members decided to Committee themembers commission Three Sections - government, must hold the election prior to Aug. 3. Describing the characteristics of their particular forms of government, the invited speakers said: - Mayor LaRell Muir, Murray: Commission form can act quicker and is more flexible because commission members decide and administer policy; flexibility also causes a lack of separation of powers; - City Manager Daryl Berlin, r Orem: system is good way to run a government because the manager is a trained professional accountable to the elected council, which is accounto table to the public; growing communities; manager could become too far removed Council-manage- well-suite- d from public; -- - Council chairman Jim 34 Pages 1111 Mecham, Sandy: Council, mayor both accountable to public. Chief administrative officer who handles daily government affairs and department heads are responsible to only one person - the mayor; perhaps slower than commission form; - Chief Administrative Officer A1 Haines, Salt Lake City: both councils more economical than commission; city manager form more workable, efficient, flexible; mayor form has greater separation pf powers, more responsive, more accountable; - Mayor Stephen Dirks, Ogden: Charter is good because it fits citys particular needs, but takes time to draft and adopt, council-manage- r system in Ogden has worked well. - Dr. Buckwalter: Most cities of West Valleys size have changed from a commission to some form of council; most opt for council-manager; council-mayo- people; WwtVaWeu council-manag- r closest to provides expertise, professionalism in operating city; handicap of council form is time required to determine districts equitably. THE VOICE OP VALLEY CITY WfSr UTAH USPS MURRAY . . . OREM Moyor LaRell Muir said Murray's commission form of government was effec- Daryl Berlin manager said Orem's City professional. Granite Board A i Green Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at 1SS E 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscription rate $17 SO per year POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. system was council-manag- tive. By . . . 656 380 V Thursday, Apr. Volume 27, Number 23, 1981 All 16 departments 262 6682 Allen Aposhian - Spending Cuts Are Termed 'Agonizing' GRANITE PARK. Terming it an agonizingly difficult two weeks, the Granite Board of Education gave approval to an administrative package of spending cuts in special option categorical programs here Tuesday amounting to $980,000. The board had studied the issue for the two weeks between board meetings and entertained from the public and exchanged ideas for two hours Tuesday before giving approval to the ad- ministrative recommendations. A resolution will be drafted and sent to legislators serving Granite district concerning the hardships imposed by legislative action. To the board and to the public the most painful of the cuts appeared input Student Election Held to be $208,000 whacked from the elementary guidance program which will undoubtedly eliminate aides who have been serving students requiring remediation. There was also input on gifted and talented, an area that Superintendent John Reed Call is proposing be considered in the maintenance and operations - Sefakis Is Cyprus Winner man. MAGNA. Student body officers school year have for the 1981-8- 2 been announced at Cyprus high. Pete Sefakis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Sefakis, will serve as student body president. He will be assisted by Glenn Sorensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sorensen, first vice president and Jeff Olsen, son of Mrs. Beatrice Olsen, second vice CHAG officers include Joanne Colovos, president; Wendy Larsen, vice president; Sandy Maestas, secretary; Jolene Sorenson, reporter-historian. Serving as CAM officers will be Cory Jones, president; Kelly Wuth- - rich, vice president and Vic Car-se- y, secretary. Varsity cheerleaders include Kammy Crawford, Kelly Damron, Holli Harmon, Lori Harwood, Johanna Powers, Debbie Rasmussen, Diane Shepherd and Lisa Sud-week- s. n ! How do Green Sheet classified ads perform in selling Easter bunnies - live ones, that is? Ask Mrs. Larry Anderson, 3901 So. 4620 West, what happened when SIX WEEK old Easter bunnies, $3. Good selection. she tried it out. Shell tell you, We sold all 16 rabbits by 3 p.m. the day the ad came out! The West Valley ladys experience isnt unique. The Green Sheet reaches more than 50,000 homes where over 210,000 potential readers reside. to place your ad. Dial Save $1 by paying before it runs. mid-valle- 262-668- y 2 Ask us how. NAMED . . . Cyprus high student president Pete Sefakis is surrounded by fellow officers Jill Rushton, Jeff Olsen, Karen Pinelle, Jeff Sorensen, Leah Alvis. Youll get results! here's a point The discussion over coffee waxed rather warmly the other day on the subject of cap- ital punishment. Its no secret that we favor the death sentence for particularly heinous crimes. ster describes heinous as shockingly evil; outrageous. Which aptly describes the most infamous recent Utah murderers and and K e 1 b a c h , Pierre (now Selby) and Andrews, the Hi-killers, Calhoun -and the conspirator in the murder of youthful Ken Gilbert. V. Several board members had areas where they were uncomfortable with the cuts, but an effort to reduce elementary guidance and compensatory education by a total Miss West Valley - Pageant Event Is Slated Wednesday WEST VALLEY. The stage at West Lake junior high will be the setting for the Miss West Valley Pageant Wednesday night at 7: 30. Ten young women will seek the crown in the first annual scholarship pageant, with the winner representing the city in the Miss Utah Pageant. Miss Utah will compete for the Miss America crown. Dave Campbell will serve as host for the affair and the queen will be crowned by City Commissioner Renee Mackay. Others assisting pageant director Ron Day have been George Goebel, Brent Fredrickson, Joan Perry, Jim Morgan, Brenda Pike and Rhea and Lory Kiisel. The contestants have ties with three high schools. They include Cynthia Jean Chadwick, 5086 W. 3500 South, a Cyprus senior; Penny Jo Moorsman, 3405 Cheerful Dr., a 1978 Cyprus graduate now atten ding Utech; Marylynne Aposhian, 6570 W. 3500 South, a 1980 Cyprus grad now attending BYU. Also, Nataleen Davis, 3321 So. Redwood Road, a Granite high senior; Annette Pickering, 5449 Janette Ave., a Cyprus senior; Carrie Lyn James, 4427 So. 3245 West, a Utah State University student and graduate of Granger high; Jennifer Rochelle Allen, 2888 LeMay Ave., a 1979 Granger graduate. Others include Heather Lee Brown, 3962 Marsha Dr., a Cyprus senior; Whitney Lee Cook, 2432 W. 3995 South, a Granger senior and Brenda Stewart, 3310 W. 4305 South, a 1978 Granger grad now attending BYU. The pageant will include competition by the contestants in evening gown and talent. Members of the city police force will serve as escorts. " by Jim Cornwell Which doesnt encompass all the killings with which our state has been plagued in recent years, but sums up those which evoked emotional reaction in this area of Utah, running the gamut from disbelief to abject fright and utter anger. Web- sources. Other areas where less money will be available are field trips, compensatory and bilingual education and textbooks. of $46,000 to funnel $40,000 into gifted and talented and $6,000 into parent education died for lack of a second. Richard Andrus proposed that the administrative recommendations be approved noting that the board is paying its administration to come up with plans based on their expertise in the field. Im not suggesting that we simply rubber stamp everything, but Ive no better alternatives to offer, he said. The board was working under pressure of having to have its overall budget prepared by June 1. Dr. Call warned the board that to heavily commit maintenance and operations funding to the special programs would be a mistake unless the board was willing to raise taxes beyond what will be required through the state equalization program. The board did instruct the administration to seek areas in the private sector where aid or money might be available from service and advocacy groups. Granite Education Assn, director Robert Pierce asked the board not to lose sight of the regular programs in its dealing with the special optional areas. president. Also elected were Karen Pinelle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pinelle, secretary; Jill Rush ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Leah Earl, reporter-historiaAlvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Alvis, assemblies chair- - All 16 Sold budget; responsible parenthood and elementary music. The elementary vocal music program was eliminated, as was funding for the districts parenting program. Cutbacks also included community education, where an expression of support for the districts action was expressed by former board member Wayne Ursenbach who explained that community education can assist the district in solving other problems. Despite the cut in the categorical spending, $1.24 million is projected for the community education, program from other Some of that anger eventually swung from the killer (s) to the courts as each criminal, in succession, escaped the noose or firing squad and became, instead, a long-tim- e inmate of the state pen- itentiary. Though those who gauge the attitude of Americans by means of sophisticated polling say otherwise, theres a growing undercurrent in favor of capital punishment. Weve no idea who the pollsters talk to, but its not people with whom we come in contact. Our private poll has yet to turn up an individual who doesnt think tice was blind when Lance, jusKel-bac- Pierre (now Selby) and Andrews faced the court. A statewide referendum, wed wager, would reveal favor their execution. Calhoun might fare better because of his youth, but the murderer of Thayne and Lorraine Acord will not soon be forgotten in Utah. Sadly, no one will ever know the true facts of the Gilbert killing. Kidnapped by two Oregon penitentiary escapees, he was shot by one or the other - or both. Since one committed suicide, hell obviously get the blame from his partner. All these were dissecondary in our coffee-cusertation, however. The subject actually came up when the attempted assassination of the president was a topic. It swung to appropriate punishment for the deluded young man who pulled arch-crimina- ls p the trigger. The fact his victims seems insufficient reason to avert a death sentence. survived If youre old enough to remember the Kennedy assassination, you can imagine the chaos that wouldve followed a fatal shooting of Mr. Reagan. Americans were in a state of shock after JFKs death. Today, in a nation struggling to regain economic health while controlling galloping inflation, great faith has been pinned on President Reagan. His death at the hands of an assassin wouldve left a void difficult to calculate. Someone observed Hinckley felt he would die in the shooting attempt and therefore wouldnt have been deterred by capital punishment. But others noted his execution would make certain hed never repeat his folly and it would serve as an object lesson to others. And a law making such a crime punishable by death would surely have some future effect. The coffee shop gang concluded the courts have been too soft on those who take the life of another. For years theyve masked their sentences behind the Supreme Courts manifesto on the subject and convinced themselves they couldnt execute a killer. But that isnt the case. If the laws of the state are properly written, society can exact the and supreme punishment Utahs laws are. - Lance and Kelbach, tried at a time when the death sentence could not be imposed, are destined to have free room and board until a parole is given them. The fate of Selby and Andrews isnt yet decided, but thered be few tears shed by Utahns if the death sentence already given them were carried out. Calhoun? Hes destined to again walk freely in society someday. The sentence and his youth make that almost certain. But his age doesnt make him any the less a calculating murderer. Nor does it erase the horrible crime of which he was convicted The coffee cup verdict? Capital punishment is not the private domain of lawmakers, lawyers and the courts. The issue should be placed on a ballot and Utahns permitted to decide whether or not they want the maximum punishment exacted if the crime fits the standards. The outcome of such a referendum is predictable. Shocked, outraged, frightened citizens would line up to cast an affirmative ballot. A majority feel the absence of a death penalty is all the incentive some criminals need to make taking a life a simple thing. J |