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Show 6A Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1984 Sunset OKs Pay Hikes Young BARRY For Workers City officials SUNSET have approved mid-budgyear pay raises for several city employee positions in personnel action taken by the council last week. Raises were given to city law et liver ; , some important information to a representative. Can't talk now, she said as she hurried down the hall to deliver the information to the lawmaker so he could consider it before voting on a bill. After the vote was taken and the representatives were chatting informally in groups, she relaxed for a moment and reflected on the frenzied world of an intern aide during legislative sessions. It really surprised me how or- - enforcement officers, animal control officers, mechanics and parks department employees. The starting salaries for public works employees were also raised. ganged SALT LAKE CITY Legislative intern Leslie Haacke of Bountiful is a blur as she dashes to a Utah House of Representatives committee meeting to de- , All raises for law enforcement personnel are retroactive to Jan and others will be in effect on the first paycheck issued to the employees after the council action. Starting wages for police officers were set at $6.80 an hour. Police sergeants will be raised from $8.91 to $9.26 an hour, detectives from $8.22 to $8.50 and patrolmen from $7.09 to $7.60 an hour. 1 ' morning class and then heads up sues, Miss Haacke also takes notes to the the capitol for a few hours in the floor sessions and committee to of work. She later returns on issues that may inclass afternoon an for meetings university volve her two legislators. In political internship would give and then goes back to the legislaMiss of the day. me a little more experience in ture for the rest earning her three credits for her law and a better appreciation of Haacke will work an average of three weeks of work, she said it, she said. Its interesting to 30 hours without payvhile the Its not at all like a class but see how the political machine legislature is in session. like a job. I feel like Im more '. works. , e and include answering Her duties going to .school As she talked about her expert- V; of her two working part;time. ; constituents letters to ences in the first five hectic days reassigned legislators and doing on the job, the words interestPolitical science classes do not search on legal issues and past and ing and amazing were used issues which capture the atmosphere ses- often to tell of the impression ' legislation on key in a of emotion legislature will help, to keep them informed. inCapitol Hill has made ,on her. V ; said her legislators have also sion. Oftentimes, prospective their Its interesting to find out ex- She off by are frightened asked her opinion on the educa- terns actly how much Work is ininstructors confusing and comincrease and tion reforms budget volved in the legislature. Theyre: plex descriptions of what goes V issue that ,is being' considered. e legislators who dont on at Capitol Hill. get paid a whole bunch of monIm lucky, she said. Some You get a good grasp of the ey for this and Its interesting to of the interns get legislators who machine and you Begovernment all. find out just how dedicated they, hardly talk to them at with im' ' ; are. cause- of my position, ,both of make a lot of contacts said. she portant people, The Bountiful intern attends a mine ask me about education is ence at the end of the session. Miss Haacke hopes to graduate in the spring and apply for entrance into law school. I felt a ttiey are, she said. You feel like when you first get here that its going to be mass confusion. There are so. many people and hundreds of lobbyists, legislators, and staff and everything that goes on in there. But they actually keep things running and on schedule. Miss Haacke is a 1977 graduate of Bountiful High School. She is currently attending the University of Utah and majoring in broadcast journalism. She signed up for the legislative intern course this quarter and will get three credit hours for her work during the three weeks of the 1984 session. Part of her internship requirement is to write a paper on her experi KAWA Review Staff , part-tim- . , , part-tim- t t f H IM w tL d:' The biggest raise went to animal control officers who received a raise, from $5.05 to $6 an hour. Starting salaries for public works employees will increase to $6.30 or $6.50 an hour, depending on their experience" and other fac- tl i i li 12 ii i 'J lY A, tors. Mechanics were raised from $7.38 to $7.60 an hour and the parks specialist position received a 41 cent boost from $7.09 to $7.50. Mayor Norm Sant said the raises were based on a recent comparison study of other similar sized cities and their operat- -' ing budgets. Ott Planetarium Show Scheduled The Layton Ott Planetarium presents, The Universe of Dr. Einstein through the months of January and February. . Doors open at 6:50 p.m. showtime is 7 p.m. Admission for adults is $1 and children 50 : cents. The Layton Ott Planetarium located in the circular building north of the Weber State College stadium. Staff Photos by Rodney Wright ; is DOING RESEARCH is tern Leslie Haacke. ' of" the part job for legislative in- the days in- Leslie Haacke intern listens work, GETTING INSTRUCTIONS for tently to Utah lawmaker who supervises her job. Basins, Channels Flood Project Bids Low BARRY KAWA duct Review Staff $326,624 to $469,244. The engi- - bids control projects in FARMINGTON. on five flood -- - Low was $348,348. -- ; p Wedding Shop $ UNIVERSAL x for c Ky , . I proved a culvert replacement project on Holmes Creek near the King Clarion subdivision in Kaysville. County planning director Rick Mayfield estimates the project cost at about ' $150,000. ,f Commission approval was also given to an $21,000 culvert project on Valley View Dr. in east Layton. Americas Best Dressed Sandwich 2463 Washington Blvd., Ogden 5596 S. 1900 W., Roy 1300 South State, Salt Lake City 3300 South State, Salt Lake City I I l l l I lU COUPON I HOT Dsgrpcv rJioaOnGcv (SCsap-DpcSC- sd FRENCH DIP With FrenchFries and Free Large Cokes SANDWICH Reg. $1.95 Good for up to . n i H Mon. -- Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 21 only2S9 5 orders Save up to $1.80 V ' WITH IS GROWN' UP TOO. THE HAMBURGER YOU GREW-U- P IS BACK IN SUPER STYLE. BIGGER ' AMERICA'S FIRST DOUBLE-DECMEATIER. AND WITH THE SAME . GREAT TASTE THAT, MADE .. BIG BOY FAMOUS. TRY ONE TODAY! K Ofhr wpin. Feb. 15, 1984- j 3 Sco The Class Construction $182,677. 50. Engineers estimate of the project was $391,930 and high bidder was $475,329. On the Barnard Creek project, Herm Hughes Construction was the apparent low bidder with a bid of $71,642. Engineers estij mate was $391,930 and the high bid was $475,329. . ; In other flood-relate- d business, the commission conceptually ap- Tt?01 PARTY & DISPLAY g 3770 Kiesel Avenue ; fi 393-535- ;,.r, 8. Discover... . and Sons G & R Con- ' Low bidder on the Parrish creek basin was M. C., Green PUT THE BITE ON US! LAYTON The Layton Recreation Department is offering classes in arts and crafts and color analysis with class information and registration available by phoning the office, Arts and crafts classes will be for those 8 years old and older. They will , be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday beginning Feb. 7. Cost is $12 which includes supplies. Color analysis' will be taught in a series of three classes starting Feb. 7. Fifth and sixth graders will meet Feb. 7 at 4 p.m., seventh through ninth grade children, on Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. and mothers and daughters on Feb. 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. Cost is $2 per class. One-Sto- : tractors submitted the' apparent low bid for the project. The aqueduct project affecting Second South was estimated at $54,135 by the project engineer. G & R was also the low bidder on the project at $56,560 and high bid was $74,375. The projects will create an underground channel for Deuel Creek from Third East to a point near Main Street where the pipes will emp- - i ty into an open channel. The three debris basins planned will affect Barnard, Parrish and Ricks creeks. On the Ricks basin, G & R was also the apparent "i low bidder with $143,413. High bid on the project was $462,986 compared to the engineers estimate of $293,395. Courses Ogden's from , Layton Sets 544-345- ranged neers estimate for the project Centerville have come in at almost $400,000 lower than the engineers original estimate. Davis County commissioners accepted the bids from various contractors and construction firms last week for three debris basins and two channel projects in Centerville. After bids were opened on'4 each project and announced, the project engineers bid on the work was also announced. On the five projects, low bids amounted to $397,732 as compared to the engineers estimate of $805,530. The county engineer will review and appraise the low bids and awards will be made at Mondays commission meeting. The bids on the 4th South aque- - 2 project HAM n -1 a SWISS Reg. Size , Good for up to 5 order? Offar tieirei Feb. 15, 1984 CLEARFIELD 325 South State Street with C0U9ONJJ OGDEN Y 2132 Washington Blvd., 425d South, Harrison Ave; ROY 5410 South 1900 West |