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Show t ome Bridges May Need io Engineers from the Utah Department of Transportation are concerned that a new process used to repair bridge decks along the Wasatch Front might not be working as intended. did not meet expectations. UDOT engineers stress that the structural integrity of the bridges is not in question. The bridges are safe and sound. The problem involves only the pavement on the bridge decks. The fabric was part of a new process designed to seal out moisture and prevent corrosion in the reinforcing steel in the bridges concrete deck. Preliminary core samples from some of the bridge decks indicate the fabric is not bonding to the asphalt. If the fabric tears under stress, water could then trickle through the mem New pavement that had been applied to bridge decks between Pages Lane and Lagoon on in Davis County this summer has begun to show displacement in spots. Core samples taken from the deck show the fabric installed in the pavement has not adhered to the asphalt. UDOT crews are removing a test section of the deck to evaluate why the process brane and into the reinforcing monitored. steel and cause potholes. The process of putting a memOriginal plans called for using brane between the layers of road the fabric on 112 bridge decks materials is not a new one in scheduled for work this summer Utah. UDOT has used a memand next construction season. brane over cracked roads tp abThe bridge decks are in Salt Lake, sorb the stress of traffic with Davis, Weber and Utah Counties. much success. Membranes in So far, 38 bridge decks have had road pavement have proven efall or part of their decks sealed in fective in holding older roads tothe new waterproofing process. gether longer and minimizing Core samples will be taken from cracking. The combination of the each of the 38 bridge decks. Each fabric layer and the membrane has been used with success bridge deck will be evaluated as layer in other states to protect bridge to whether or not the process was decks from moisture. effective. The bridges that indicate a problem will be closely However, this is the first time such a combination has been used on Utah bridge decks. It was felt that this process would save taxpayers dollars by providing a more efficient moisture seal thus extending the length of time between repairs on bridge decks. UDOT officials are still studying and evaluating this situation for clue$ as to the cause and any corrective action that might be needed based on these findings. UDOT engineers will alter plans for improvement of the bridge decks to avoid similar problems in the future. Work on other bridge decks f w " ' ,T scheduled for completion this construction season will proceed utilizing a method that has been used with success in the past. Instead, of the waterproof membrane and fabric layer a rubber mat will be used. Meanwhile UDOT engineers will continue testing and analyzing the new process. We are in a new era in bridge deck repairs. New technologies are constantly being developed. UDOT will continue to seek the best processes available for improvements to our transportation system," said UDOT Director William D. Hurley. , r QZ&ii C&ntUm J. Wednesday, August 22, 1984 Vol. 4 No. 33 bountiful At Chamber Meeting County Aspirants Explain Positions CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff BOUNTIFUL County commission candidates had a chance to express their election-yea- r, views at a special Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. Incumbent Harry Gerlach, Verda, Dennis DeBoer, Bountiful and Herbert Henderson, American Party, are runterms on the ning for two-yecommission. Incumbent Harold Tippetts, Chuck Johnson, and James Eldredge are posts. running for four-yeIn his address to the Chamber members, DeBoer said although he is running as a Democrat, he has conservative ideas on government spending. He said he is against having a satellite prison jn the county and said he feels a new county jail Is uneccesary because there is space over the present facility for 60 new cells. He said the present jail is near the court house and freeR-V- al D-W- ar ar way. Asked how he feels about having a countyrwide service improvement district set up to solve the countys refuse disposal problems, DeBoer said he is against -- Cautious! On Plant sons: Without it, the burn plant idea is dead. He said each city will have a chance to vote and Clearfield city could be eliminated from the district if they didnt wish to participate. By law, Clearfield could still use the plant for their refuse, but they would not have a say in how the district is run. If they didnt want to change their zoning laws to accommodate a burn plant, the district would have authority to condemn and buy the land just as a city would, Gerlach said. In his address to the Chamber, Tippetts said many issues concerning the county take a lot of background information. He cited his experience in dealing with flood problems as one reason to vote for him. Flood damages and flood control are still being We worked on. by the county havent even started in ..ihe north, he said. He said he is against a satellite prison being built in the county. : However, he said, our county jail is at capacity and there may be economic benefits of a joint CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review BOUNTIFUL Bountiful will be cautious about joining the special service district set up by Davis County to solve the problem of refuse disposal in the county. The county is notifying cities of a proposal forming a district to. build a plant that would turn garbage into steam. The county will pay for the plant, but will ask Incinco Systems: to build it. Cities will have 30 days to back or reject the proposal. If they fail to reply, it will be taken as a refusal to back the proposal. Last week Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy said Bountiful had not received written notifica- tion of the countys plans tor set ' up the district However, the!qity is reviewing the idea with legal.; council. Were not going to join unconditionally, Hardy said.; . A proposed burn plant to be built and operated by Katy Segh-er- s in Clearfield was rejected after four years of study by Bountiful, Centerville, Layton, Clearfield and Sunset. Later, Bountiful and -- facility. Tippetts said he is for the burn plant, even though the issue is controversial. Time is limited for landfills. There are no places anything that has the authority to build new ones, and present to levy more taxes and condemn landfills need to be upgraded. property.. He said the county He invited anyone who disagrees should stick it out and try to with him to call him on the burn plant phone and talk with him about it. get a for the county but not by means Johnson said he believes the s of a special service district. and county is at a Commissioner Gerlach told needs new blood. members of the chamber that he Having worked for the sheriff studies the issues and laws confor three years, he said he supcerning the county and takes ports the sheriff. But he doesnt home piles of books and material believe a new county jail is necesso he will know the best course of sary. He said he feels that if the action to take for the citizens of state would stop using the county Davis County. jail on a rental basis when the He feels that a new county jail prison is overcrowded, there essential because the present one would not be such overcrowding is over populated. If its at the county facility. to Johnson is also against having a its up to provide better facilities, he said. bum plant built anywhere in DaHe said he thinks its a waste of vis County. No one wants it in dollars to build jail their backyard, he said. Since cells that would be temporary landfills have 10 years of life left, over the present jail and then he said he favors research into have to spend millions later to other alternatives to a burn plant., build more cells. Henderson said his party beThe county is spending $25,000 lieves that government should be to a professional company to conreturned to local governments duct a jail study. and should be put back in the In either case, its got to be ex- .. hands of the people. Local panded or another one built berequires involve- fore the court orders us to build ment of the people to make sure officials do what they are supone, he said. Gerlach said that a service dis- - posed to under the constitution. trict is the best way to solve the He said he is qualified because he landfill problem for several rea knows how to work. Centerville reconsidered and agreed to back the plant. But; waste-to-ener- cross-road- over-populat- ed Photo by Robert Regan COUNTY COMMISSIONER candidate Dennis De Boer, lower right, seems to be unimpressed with the financial magic of incumbent Harry Gerlach at last week's Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce flash-papdollar meeting. Gerlach used a bill to illustrate his talk about making tax er Gerlach is seat while De Boer is seeking the countys post. dollars more productive. running for the ar ar tax-paye- rs tax-paye- rs County Now Eligible For Disaster Funds President FARMINGTON Ronald Reagan announced Friday that seven Utah counties, Davis. County among them, are eligible for disaster relief funds. The county and cities involved in fighting problems related to this years runoff may recover 75 percent of the costs involved in and construction projects, said County Commission Chairman Glen Saunders. Last year, the county recieved over $3 million in federal aid for the projects, he said. This year, it will not be as much. But it will still be a sizeable figure. It is flood-protecti- estimated the county and cities will recieve over $1 million in federal aid. Federal Emergency Management Agency teams will come and survey the areas that sustained damages due to excessive snow runoff this year, Saunders explained. They will meet with each community that Was flood damaged in some way and assess the costs used in fighting the floods, he said. The amount of federal funding the county and cities receive will depend upon the FEMA officials. i., Clearfields city council voted pot to change zoning ordinances fo allow the plant to be built; be-- .' tween the present North Davis landfill and Hill Air Force Base.; A bum plant would turn bum-abl- e garbage into steam to be;sold to Hill Air Force Base leaving present Davis County landfills sterile. Pollution control standards would automatically be met at the landfill sites saving .taxpayers dollars to upgrade the sites to stringent EPA standards. County commissioner Ha,rold Tippetts has said that second to the rising of the Great Salt Lake, refuse disposal is the most pressing problem in Davis County. ; After Investigation County Demotes Shelter Director use of county property for personal use and theft of funds from APRIL ADAMS Review Staff FARMINGTON The direc- tor of the Davis County Animal Control Shelter will be demoted, receive a substantial salary cut, and be placed on a probation as a result of a investigation of the facility. Employee regulations and directives will also be set up as part of a new stricter system of controls at the shelter. 1 two-mon- th Other disciplinary actions against employees will be announced today. The investigation was started after a former employee of the shelter and two members of a citizens committee charged the shelter management with cruelty to animals, use of public property for private use and taking unauthorized time off. The possibility of the county pressing criminal charges against some employees will be left open," said Sheriff Brant Johnson in a press conference Monday afternoon. The investigation, still ongoing but at a very modified rate, may bring to light more testimonies, he said. There was some evidence of the center but to such a limited degree that its not our intent at this point to pursue it as a legal complaint, said County Attorney Loren Martin. Some local residents have indicated that they may take legal action if the county doesnt. The probe into charges of fraud, mismanagement and theft began when a former animal control officer at the shelter quit in June, came to County Commissioner Harold Tippetts and made accusations against employees and practices at the shelter. Tippetts is the countys head of the animal control department An interim director will be ap pointed by the county commission today to serve until a new director can be found. Noal Evans, the shelter director who is being demoted, will be appointed as an animal control officer until the new director decides whether to make the action permanent, Tippetts said. We did find less than desirable management and there is substantial report foi disciplinary to be taken against some ac-ji- on he said. employees, The management was not responsible and proper and as a result, we are in the process of providing a very structured, very strictly run shelter. We will have g prologs kept and cedures corrected. It will be a very precise procedure, he said. A new shelter may be built beginning this fall, as part of this pro record-keepin- cedure. One of the charges against the shelter was the amount of missing paperwork on animals brought to the facility. There was also evidence uncovered of animal abuse, Tippetts said. The investigation shows that there was questionable treat- Continued On Page 2A Bountiful to Begin New Debris Basin BOUNTIFUL Bountiful City will begin construction on a debris basin above Stone Creek as soon as the county acquires property at the proposed site. The county is trying to buy six acres of land owned by Carl Kingston, Bountiful. The land has been appraised at a lower price than the owner will accept. Under law the county will either have to pay the price asked, or condemn and let the court decide how much it is worth. However, as soon as a Right of t4 4 i Staff & L. Immediate Occupancy is granid; by the court, construction can be? gin, said Tom Hardy, Bountifulc ity manager. The city willengipcfcr; and build the debris basin, Bids will open in 1 12 -- v.' we$k$-Hard- said. y I The basin will be 85 feet high V V s. X X ! slightly smaller than the Barton ; Creek debris basin. Low cFeek-flolevels will permit worfcto: move along rapidly. The city: hopes to have the basin complete ed by December or January. ; ; ; -- -- t |