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Show Sun Advocate City Council calls special meeting to discuss garbage pickup problem HELPER Garbage pickup problems plaguing this city will be the subject of a special meeting called by the City Council for 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Civic Auditorium. Jerry Lynch, owner of Emery Disposal, the citys current sanitation contractor, appeared at the Nov. 24 council meeting to discuss the possibility of Lamond Williams buying out his contract. Carbon-- Williams owns QC Wednesday, December 15, 19QS City Sanitation, the firm which carries Price Citys contract. The council has agreed to review the situation before taking action. At the councils regular meeting on Thursday, Councilman Jack L. Ori noted that there was no garbage pickup in Helper last week because all of Lynchs trucks had broken down. Somethings got to be he said. done about this, Olsen suggested the council call a special meeting with the citys businessmen to discuss the "Weve got to hurry up and get this thing resolved because we just cant have the garbage sitting around. Lynch now has a five-yecontract with Helper City with about two and a half years remaining. The council must give consent for any transfer in the contract and they must also approve the new contractor. City Attorney Bryce K. Bryner acknowledged in Thursdays meeting that under the current contract, the garbage collector has a difficult time at best trying to make ends meet. If Williams buys out the contract, he will increase the present charge for business The rate is currently pick-u$11 and Williams plans on charging $40. The rate for residential service would remain the same. Helper Mayor Robert E. matter. The way things are going right now, we could force Lynch Ori said. out of business, Then Williams would get the contract anyway. The council will hear views from city businessmen at the meeting this week. Then the matter will be taken up at the next regular council meeting where some action is expected to be taken. In other business: Stan Litizzette and Chris Jouflas, representatives of the Carbon Water Conservancy District, received permission to include Helper City as a party plaintiff in the Gooseberry lawsuit. The suit will test the validity of the assignment by the U.S. Bureau of I,and Management of ar p. water in Gooseberry Creek to Sanpete County. Sanpete officials want to build a tunnel through which water from the creek would be diverted to their county. Officials in Carbon County feel the water rightly belongs on their side of the mountain. Olsen quipped that the only people fighting this type of issue longer have been the Indians. City Auditor David Anderson submitted the annual audit to the council and according to Anderson, all went smoothly. Helper City is in very good financial shape with the exception of their fixed assets, he said. We need to take a 100 percent inventory of the citys fixed assets and I believe that has never been done before. He said Helper City has gone through more money than ever before. In the general fund, we have in available cash. This is up by $10,000 from last year, he said. In the combined statement of revenues and expenditures, Anderson said Helper received $200,000 more than last year, but its expenditures were also up by that same figure. Anderson cautioned the city to keep careful watch over the utility, water and sewer funds. I think we should get tough on outstanding bills, he said. Currently, residents owe the city $110,000 just for utilities. He commended the city on its recent acquisition of a computer. It will help the most in getting tough on those outstanding utility bills, he said. a type of 5 to 11 club." We would $178,000 Helper resident Brent Myers approached the council with an idea to open a fine food restaurant in the old Denver & Rio Grande Western hotel on south Main Street. Myers said the building is on the state Historical Register and he wants to fully restore the building to meet the state guidelines. Myers asked the council about the possibility of purchasing the building and any problems he might encounter. The council said that they have had no offers for the building but would consider any possible offer that he could come up with. We would be willing to take what we paid for it if we were assured the building would be Olsen completely restored, said. Myers said he wants to open take reservations and it would be open to the general public, he said, adding that he would like to see about getting a liquor license. The council voted to raise dog license rates to equal the county charges. The new rates will be $6 a year for altered dogs and $12 a year for unaltered dogs, amounting increase for to a three-fol- d Helper citizens on unaltered dogs. The old rates were $2 and $10 respectively. The council justified the hike saying that the old rates were not making the dog catching program cost effective. Elmer Hamilton attended the Thurdsay meeting to indicate to the council that he has fulfilled the state requirements in order to secure a business license to be a used car dealer. Hamiltons request for the liscense was passed by the council and will become effective Jan. 1. The council set Hamiltons fee at $50. Hamilton is a partner of Hamilton Parts and Repair located in Helper. Clear sidewalks As you pause HELPER from digging yourself out from underneath the latest snowfall, Helper City Police Chief Karl Stavar reminds Helper residents that they are required by law to remove snow from the sidewalks in front of their homes. 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