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Show Board Decide on Bonds, Steam Contract for Burn Plant Will APRIL ADAMS Review Slat! FARMINGTON- - Final deci- sions on whether up to $64 million in bonds will be issued to build a burn plant and an answer on a proposed steam contract with the Air Force are expected either tonight or in coming days. Board members of the special solid waste district will meet again tonight and will probably decide either this week or next week whether to issue the industrial revenue bonds to finance the project east of Hill Air Force Farmington Firefighter Will Retire SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Review Correspondent FARMINGTON It takes dedication, dependability and just a little bit of crazies to make a good volunteer fireman. Norman G. Gardner, retiring veteran of the Farming-to- n department, fits the description. You knew that if you were working with him, hed back you up and be there, said Daniel L. 30-ye- ar Miller, a 40-ye- ar firefighter. Base. preliminary resolution approving the issuance and sale of the bonds was approved last month by the board. A on a proposed steam sale contract with the Air Force should also be wrapped up in coming days, according to both base and district officials. . Though the contract is still in the process of negotiation, first year steam revenues are expected to rake in about $3.5 million to approximately $14.5 million in A yes-or-- ten years. Waiting for contract approval, along with a lawsuit to prevent the resource recovery plant from being built, has delayed the sign ing of a bond purchase contract to have been ready on Nov. 28. "But decisions could be made as late as the second week of December and possible still market the bonds, said district board chairman Glen Saunders. We need to make the ultimate decision on whether we go with the project or dont go either this week or next week, he continued. Warren Gregory, public finance division vice president of the districts proposed bond underwriting firm, told board members Wednesday night projects such as this are not without their controversy. It exists in all communi- ties. But steam markets are difficult to find, said the representative from Smith Barney Harris Upham and Co., Inc. But if you cant satisfy yourselves that the risks of the steam contract are more than the plants benefits, I dont think you should buy my bonds, he continued. He said though individuals had bargained in good faith on the contract, he didnt know whether or not we will be able to achieve all we can achieve in the steam contract. After a local resident who at r Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, December 5, 1984 tended the meeting told board officials the burn plant may pose a health hazard, Gregory said he becomes "very mad when people criticize them unfairly. He warned the 5 board members if they had any concerns they couldnt get an answer to, 1 dont finance the plant, and come back another day. David Packer, Fruit Heights councilman and board member, told listeners the Air Force needs the steam worse than we need the market for the steam. Packer has been involved in negotiations with the base. If a contract with a termination clause is approved, the base can terminate the contract with one years notice and payment. g the plant to produce electncity rather than steam was discussed. But sale revenue would be reduced by about 40 percent based on current kilowatt price, if this occured, said Wil Jefferies, executive director of the Wasatch Front Regional Council. Retro-fittin- If the base terminated the contract, they must also pay an approximate $2 million penalty equal to the price of the steam Read The Classified pipeline, he said. Hes been really reliable. Fighting fires is teamwork. You are always depending on your buddies. You work together and know where each other is, said Gardner. When I first started we went out to fight the fires in shirt sleeves. We only had one truck, said Gardner. He said the changes through the years have been so gradual, the biggest being the new trucks. He remembers the Smoot Dairy fire and the Lagoon fire as two of the biggest ones he fought. But he still remembers when a car hit a trailer full of ammunition. When the fire started, ammunition was poppin everywhere. People dont realize what it takes out of you physically and emotionally, said volunteer Fire Chief Don Ball. There are more firemen lost every year than policemen. Todays hazardous and toxic materials are the greatest threat. Training is the key. The Tuesday night training sessions give the firemen a sense of security. The teamwork, compatibility, and friendship are important in gaining the trust needed to fight, fires, said Gardner. Friends look after each other. Gardner was always willing to participate, congenial and easy to get along with, said Ball. At one time he was assistant chief and I worked under him. We made a brush fire truck and he spent an enormous amount of his own time and money to build it. He was always willing to do his share and go beyond, said Ball. Our volunteer firemen are always there and willing to do what we have to do. Some people think they are going to be charged for our services, theyre not. Wed rather be notified of a fire and call out all the trucks and not have to use them than to wait and have a complete structure fire. Riding Arena Wont Be At Cemetery CHERILVN KAWA Review Correspondent CLINTON - A proposal for a riding arena in Clinton citys cemetery was put to rest during a public hearing last week. Dean Hill, spokesman for a group requesting the arena, withdrew the request after hearing opposition from residents. He said he did not want a place that would create ill feelings. Hill said the group will now seek another place for the arena. The city has approved an area in Greenspan Park but it would not be available for one or two years. Many older residents of the community objected to the cemetery property being used for a riding arena. am opposed to me or any of my family being buried in a horse arena," said resident James Mitchell. He said the land was given to the city for cemetery use and thought the land should remain scared." Councilman Steven Weller agreed that cemetery land should remain sacred. He said the city needs to look at the older people of the community and their feelings toward the area. Weller proposed a motion to bind the use of the land for cemetery use only. I nI t 3A |