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Show 1 & The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, September K K, 197 Davis Pay Spat Going to Court Jim Woolt Tribune Staff W rite r Davis Counts Sin riff William FARMINGTON I Dub Lawrence told iount commissionei s Phursdav be is suing them for disc rinunation Tlie announcement touihed off a unit nt deluiti lasting over an hour between commissioners the countv clrk personnel direc toi the sheriff and some JO of his deputies Undermine tifm e When it was over, the sheriff had an used I commissioner Glen Flint of' pinposefullv tnmg to undermine the sheriff s office, and Commissionei Flint had vowed to the sheriff I 11 do everv thing I i an to pet rid of you The episode was the latest and most seven in a long series of conflicts between the shi riff and the especially Commission r Flint commission Sheriff Lawrence made the announcement during a regular commission meeting by calmly reading a letter accusing the commissioners of 17 violations of federal and state law Prominent among tin i barges were complaints about the commission s refusal to grant the sheriff bo'h a $0 pay raise for all emplovees and a 3 of his emplovees )wrc ent merit raise for a third an have either of the ( omnussioners say the sheriff l aises, hut not both Wlit'n the sheriff completed reading hi' ucusa Rill" Moss lions Commission Chairman C FI 'sound1 like wc ought to lie m tail if we did .(nipped ail those tilings " was visihlv Commissioner Flint, however ' angered and tend the sheriff That s the only wav in court W e vou re going to get anything from us havent hull you one iota Deceitful Practices' Sheriff Lawrence's 17 accusations include charges that the commissioners permitted deceitful prac attemptices m calculating employees benefits coin ey ed ted to hamper legitimate inv estigatums " and false information to the public intentionally attempted to create turmoil within the ranks of the sheriffs office Ihe sheriff said suits containing all of the charges will be filed m federal and state courts by Sept 19 Shenff Lawrence said the commissioners have purposefully' tried to ruin his departments merit system in order to gam more control over the sheriffs office Commissioner Flint denied the charge How can vou say stuff like that Aou know it isn't true," he said After the two men recalled past personal insults 1 11 do everything I Commissioner Flint shouted can to get rid of you" Commissioner Wendell Zaugg suggested a conn tywide pay plan which uicludes the sheriff s office Currently, the sheriff's office has it' own sjlurv schedule Was That a Threat If you take awav our pay scale you niav have a problem like they do m Memphis. retorted Garv Oliverson referring to a recent strike by police officers in Memphis, Tenn Mr Oliverson is a Davis Counly deputy shenff and nee president of tlu International Brotherhood of Police Officer R 1 5ol The present conflict began Jan 1 when 21 sheriff s deputies became ebgible for 1 6 percent merit raises The raises were delayed by a commission-ordere"freeze to determine the fiscal health of the counts before increasing spending The shenff claims that dunng a meeting hold Juh 25. the commissioners finally decided to grant the l aises and gave him $11,117 to pay for them Rodney Walker, county clerk auditor, also at tended the meeting He says the sheriff told commissioners the money w as to pay o ertime for deputies and salaries for school crossing guards Two day s later, the county commissioners decided to give all county employees, except those1 in the sheriff's office, a raise The commission ers said the shenff would have his choice of either the $50-- a month raise or the 3 6 percent raise Chose 3 6 Percent The shenff, who say s he thought he already had a pledge for the 3 6 percent raise, met with his nienand they voted unanimously for the 3 6 percent The sheriff says that after the meeting Mr W alker called and told him he was putting $14, 100 into his raise account That's enough to give the to all sheriff's department employees When asked about the phone call Thursday, Mr Walker said he knew the sheriff wanted the 3u percent increase and he knew the countv commission bad giv en the sheriff his choice Then why did he tell the shenff lie was giv mg him Because it w as tlu ask t the $50 a month increase Mr Walker said to figure Ample for Both Once again money was placed into th sheriff budget At this point the sheriff had ampl funds foi both raises Shenff Lawrence says that when hi money appear on his balance sheets h payroll request It was turned down The sioners said thev had never authorized c reases The shenff ixgan threatening a lawsuit if the commissioners didn't process the pwvroll vouchers soon Thursdays formal notu of a suit was the c ulnunntion of the conflict d ' 3-C- CHARMING ACCENT PIECES TO WARM THE HEARTH Our 8.27, 24 Fire Grate 6.67 Our Reg. 18.88, Spark Guard, 37x31 ...14.87 Our Reg. 1.09, Pine Mountain Logs . 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Collision ar Kills Hurts 4 1 rspeci.il to The Tribune A W 1IST JORD AN young mother was k,lled and her three small child! en were injured in a three car collision Thuisdav at 9 a ni at 7S00 South ,.nd 1300 West killed in the crash was Jove cl Parson 25 tM3 Cordell (6'H Southi She and her IV month old daughter, Sarrah were pinned in the upside down vehicle for more than a half hour Sarrah suffered only minor mjurn s Mrs Parson's two other childien remained Ijospitalied at Cottonwood Hospital Chancy 5 m critical and Broc, 3 in scrums condition Also injured was Edgar Stocking 70 4154 S 1420 West who was in a second iar He was trejted for minor injuries at St Mat k s Hospital Driver of the third at Mini Kemp Segura 23 i 1400 S 4000 West andhi;i . and . i v . ih'ldun , c m i Isobhv . LI , m d ' M . I m k ud i West Jordan Police C i . M.uiii car o t' the accident occuned carrying the Parson fainilv cntcud ihe intersection and collided with the east bound ar diivui bv Mr Stocking The impact knocked the small Parson car skidding on its side until it struck the wcsttmuiw Segura car and then flipped on its top . 4 r i. 1 I i t i |
