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Show ' I Spencer BnUersal MlcrofUS HI Are. Laka City, Salt ?Urot ,3th 3U01 REVIEW PHONE ocky Mountain NUMBERS Advertising, News, Office 47-740- 1 . Action Ads 47.2271 Circulation Vol.2 No. TOUR SUBSCRIPTION HELPS YOUR CARRIER 47-11- 9 OQUlRRH EDITION 3 January 20, 1966 The Weekly Newspaper Serving Murray , Midvale. Sandy, Union Taylorsville, Granger & Kearns First Proposed Decade Ago A (Ctmtad im luPodk (ojuixu explicitly to permit incorporated places to contract forall or of their municipal services with counties, other cities, special districts or private enterprise under proper safeguards for the welfare of the inhabitants and the economy of . operations. The recommendation was contained in a report on Utahs by J lm Baldwin It to it! takes a long time part - but sooner or later we get around Heres a excerpt from a report: "The legislature should enact a Contractual Services Act, Sewage Pickle Bugs Ski Spots moons cut into the doors of may influence the International Olympics Committee in its consideration of Utah as the site of the Crescent kTSenators indicate?? possible iuture trend than expect in their concern with economy 1972 Winter Olympics. Failure of the state of Utah and the governing- bodies of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County to acknowledge and act to remedy a negative sanitation situation - Bit Low The Tills A 1965. ttiG , Wholl Pay The Piper? On This One? On' a bright day this spring a contrac- -. tor will roll some heavy equipment to the corner of 4800 South and Highland Drive and start digging a big trench for project in Salt Lake Countys long range flood control project. The contractor - who he will be Is a mystery until the bid opening February 8 - as he' digs his way east on 4800 South will run into some sewer lines. The storm drainage line he will install will . too big to go over or be a big one under those sewage lines. The only alternate will be to knock those sewer lines out of the way.All the way up 4800 South (sometimes known as the Murray -- Holladay road) that contractor will have an inspector peering over his shoulder, watching out for those sewage lines. Wholl pay for the damage to the sewer ... - (Continued on page 4) suceeds Keith C. Brown in the boards top job while Richard Winder goes to the number two slot. Money, proposed federal requests, and a report depicting Granite. School Districts shift in growth were among the major items on the 100 plus page agenda. The audit report for 1964-6- 5 was given by Orson Osborne, of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company. Showing that current taxes collected for the year ending June 30, 1965 were only 93 percent compared to 95 percent for the previous year. Although funds received from Utah were $235,654 more than those for the privious .year, they fell short of the amount budgeted by $1,092,548. Maintenance and operating fund expenditures increased $1,677,341 over those for the previous year and were $35,513 more .than was budgeted. Capital outlay expenditures ran in the 'black by $3,535,203 while total expendibles for all purposes were $3,872,186 less than the budget estimates. Mr. Osborne voiced concern over the the two percent tax collection drop and recommended to the board that a perpetual inventory be kept. This will be a sizeable job to initiate, but I believe it is an essential (me, he said. Dr. John Reed Call, director of pupil reported to the personnel services, board that although the Granite School District is still growing, there is a decrease in the increase of student population." Based on the latest census, he predic ted that by 1967 the elementary population will be divided half East, naif West of the J ordan River. Dr. Call saif that the census shows there are 469 fewer preschool children living in the district with Dr. .Phillip M. Howard, committee chairman, warned that failure to properly develop sanitation facilities at once could have negative effect on recognition of the Wasatch range as a winter sports center, whether or not we are selected by the International Olympics Committee. To date, Dr. Howard reported, each of . the. potential Olympic sites (Alta, Brighton, Park City and Snow Basin) have attempted to solve their Individual sanitation problems, independently of one another, with little interest in I establishment of an overall plan. Immediate consideration of an economic and motivational base for a joint committee, representing the four major dki zones, Dr; Howard reported, should be given to effect study and development of a long-ran- ge plan for sanitation facilities in the areas. He cited the waste involved in spending possibly thousands of dollars on temporary sanitary facilities. The necessary alternative, he (Continued on page 2) - this year than While there are 1,623 more school- - last. children this year than last, two of the school pre-cin- ts, precints one and two, show deage -- creases. Dr. Call pointed out that on the east side,4 there probably wont be any need for Junior High school construction, however, on the West needs are side, quickly catching up with space available. Dr. Ted Peterson to the suggested board that they take r service The Sheriffs Department or Salt Lake City Police could vastly increase the service to communities such as Murray, Midvale, South Salt Lake and Sandy, by contracting to do the service for those communities. The contract price, at a profit to the service com munity, would be approximately half the present budget of the smaller of Utah. Susan B. Anothony - the original leader of the women s .suffrage movement would have been proud. .The Granite School Board elected its first president from the ranks of the fair sex Tuesday Mrs. Howard B. Summerhays night. se, The act promises an average erf 50 savings in the cost to communities of acquiring government services by having other localities contract to perform at those sites likely to involve Winter Olympics competitions was cited this week in a report prepared by the Sanitation Cafamittee for the 1972 Olympics NEW GRANITE BOARD PRESIDENT - A WOMAN FACES FINANCE, POPULATION PROBLEMS Its ... All About The Review last week presented, for the first time in the Salt Lake Area, a detailed evaluation of the economic potential which exists in the Utah Interlocal Cooperation Act, adopted by the Utah State Legislature in es The Utah Senate awaits in joint session ALL IN A ROW the report from the Little Hoover Commission. Throughout the course of a special session which has run a little longer Contract Idea, Heres What cities. Such contract service could be per formed in areas including garbage dispolsal, street lighting, purchasing, data processing of records - almost any service that one community per forms for its citizens in common with other communities. The Utah Interlocal Cooperation Act, provides for a broad area of cooperation. Key statute to contract service between communities is found in Utah Code Annotated, Contracts between public agencies to perform governmental services, activities or undertakings: Ahy one or inter-commun- ity 14. (Continued cm Special Purposes Districts, prepared by Dr. J. D. Williams, Institute of Government, University of Utah, on July 5, 1956 ten years ago. One year ago the recommendation was accepted by the 1965 Utah State Legislature with the adoption of the Utah Interlocal Cooperation Act . an act which provides for the full scope of contract service potential as recommended a decade ago. Monday morning, at the Hotel New-houat the First Annual Conference for Utah Mayors and Town Presidents, all the delegates were urged to give serious consideration to the contractual service act. A. M. Ferro, legal consultant, Utah Municipal League, told the mayors and town presidents that the Interlocal Cooperation Act enables them, to enter into another city or cities, agreement-witwith school or county boards. He cited snow removal and sewage facilities as an area for contract service. Mr. Ferro pointed out, The act enables several cities or counties to join together and establish and support a mutual service, such as and hospitals. Bear In Mind By all means," he urged, b&r this (the contract service act) in mind and use it! Use this power to consolidate function's and save the taxpayer dollars." In the report of 1956, Dr. Williams recommended a statute to permit functional annexation for attachment of an unincorporated area to a neighboring community for certain specified services. The legislature did it; Kearns took advantage of it by creation of the County Service Area Number One under die Utah County Services Areas Act. The act has since been declared unconstitutional, although such acts are common in other states. Kearns also was cited by Dt. Williams (Continued on page A 4) page 4) h fire-fighti- ng Kearns Lanes: The Other Side a serious look at Granites junior high class ratios. He also pointed out that although the situation is better, many math teachers dont meet the requirements set by the Northwest Association of Secondary Schools. They have established a minimum of 24 quarter hours for senior high school teachers teaching one or more periods of Algebra I or above," he said. Considering both junior high and high school teachers, 27.2 percent have less It should be than 24 credit hours. stated that many are not up to date in their training. Some with 30 or more hours credit have had no mathematics courses for 20 years or more," he said. Dr. Petersen noted that Granite loses most of its math teachers to industry, But those in local industry are coming back," he said. And then the Kearns As was Review, a more than then is the other side to Lanes story. reported last week in the petition weighed down with 500 Kearns signatures was presented to the county commissioners Tuesday morning protesting the approval of a beer ticense to Kearns Lanes. The petitioners chose to center their theme laround a moral issue, that the beer in the lanes might have a negative influence on Kearns children. The agitation was started by church leaders in the community. The implication was that the beer drinking in the bowling alleys lounge might adversly influence youngsters bowling, or eating lunch there. However, it appears that the owners In a run a legitament .establishment. letter to the Salt Lake County Commission, License Director Persyl L. Richardson stated, It is the opinion of the License Department that this license was applied for according to the law and until the law is broken or changed, there is nothing we can do but continue to keep this license in force." I talked with Mr. George Pazell of the sheriffs office. He informs me that the conditions are much better now than they were before the license was granted. He (Mr. Pazell) said before the tavern was there, people brought in cans of beei and drank them in the bowling alley in the presence of teenagers. Now, no beer is allowed in the bowling alleys," he wrote. Mr. Richardson noted that he contacted business adjoining the bowling alleys and that they confirmed the statements made by Sheriff Pazell. They said that before the license was issued, almost every person that came to the alley of beer. This brought their own beer was consumed in the alley and on the premises and beer cans were strewn all over the place," he wrote. Mr. Richardson further explained that other business men reported this practice has stopped and the beer drinking can now be controlled since the license was issued. I checked on school children and found that only two or three a day come to buy their lunch. to the bowling-alleon page 2) the six-pa- ck I y INTERLOCAL COOPERATION: FIRST REACTIONS MIXED WBal rs"your reaction to the proposal ter contract service between public agen- cies as a substitute Jo r Metropolitan government? . These reactions were given this week as a result of The Review proposal that contract service would better serve the needs of the county area which, by 1985, will have a population of 750,000, compared to a Salt Lake City population of 250, 000. Ivan Woodbury, chairman, Granger- - Community CouEcTfc I think the Idea Js-- a very good" one. Im against Metropolitan government. It would take us farther away from the individual. Contracting services is a very good idea. This way, the community can retain its economical control and identity, yet possibly save tax money. Mayor William E. Dunn, Murray: If we could increase services, it would be ; but if it just puts a lot of people the payroll Im against it. (Ed. Tftint? note: the whole idea is to eliminate unnecessary duplication of payroll payments.) Mayor Henry Beckstead, Midvale: "Pm hot in favor of consolidation at all." When asked how he would feel if it could be shown that he could save half bis present police department budget, I want my own the mayor declared: police chief. Our tax load is not heavy." Commissioner Marvin G. Jenson said 'Im thrilled with the possibilities of the very good stopgap arrangement," but Idea. He compared the interlocal cooperation idea to metropolitan government with two ingredients that must be seri- Ive never felt that Salt Lake County is ready for metropolitan government Im not against it per se, ! just dont think we re ready for it, but saying .... this contract idea offers several advantages." Commissioner John Prestem Creer saw advantages and drawbacks to the .interlocal cooperation idea, calling it a ously considered; first he noted, there must be true cooperation, sec aid he is dead let against it as a permanent oo everything it can for If this were not the case it would be to governments advantage to es do anything without many duplicate prerogatives to itself. ser-vic- solu- tion. Mr. Creer said on the first- - point, Without cooperation no municipality will agree to forego its rights to another level of government. The spirit of cooperation is lacking in this area as each governmental body jealously guards its All we would be doing is combining two inefficient forms and have two inefficient governments, which dont make one efficient government. I dont think anyone believes our 1893 government ca- - (Continued on page 4) 3 J ! cr r I ir fV: s T" v T X 'Y v . v t " V- -- "V a MARVIN G. JENSON the possibilities." 'Tm thrUled with JOHN PRESTON CREER Its a stopgap arrangement." excellent If we could ta-- as if it Just puts but crease services; fine; a lot of people on the payroll, Im ' against it." WILLIAM E. DUNN HENRY BECKSTEAD Im not in favor of consolidation at all, I want, my own police chief." The community can retain its economical control and identify yet possibly save tax money." IVAN WOODBUr JAMES L. BARKER ly explore it." We Sh&fld serious- V |