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Show Existing Pool 'Just Won 't Handle Demand Layton Residents to Vote on Pool Proposal Aug. 20 LVNDIA GRAHAM bond election on Tuesday, Aug. Review Correspondent LAYTON The outcome will be announced at another special meeting of the City Council Aug. 22. Schroader said his committe favors the pool package the city has put together because it would give the city a no frills" pool big enough to meet residents needs without raising taxes. It would have some flexibility to meet future needs of Layton residents, he said. The City Council has reviewed several options over the past few months. They recently chose a pool competi package with 20. With a bond elec- tion date for a new swimming pool fast approaching, a committee of "interested citizens" has called for support of the citys efforts to build a new pool. Fred Schroader, chairman of the committee, said the current pool operated by the city just won't handle the demand" of Layton residents for swimming facilities. The City Council has approved the $890,000 pool package which will go before the public at a Our existing pool is nearly 30 years old and was built when Layton had only 7,000 residents," Schroader said. "We now have nearly twice that many children in Layton." - A special public hearing will be held at this weeks city council meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Council members will hear input from residents and answer questions about the pool. Following next Tuesday's election. the votes will be tabulated. er tion capacity and increased space the old pool to, accommodate up to 650 people. City Parks and Recreation Director Richard Hunt said the current pool will hold only about 100 people at a time. He estimated that 200 people each week are turned away form the pool for lack of space. The proposed pool would be located to the west of the current pool site. Hunt said there is a possibility the old pool could be maintained as an extra source of income for over the city to rent out to private groups during evening hours in summer months. This could be done without increasing the total pool maintenance costs to the city, he said. The bonds would be paid back through franchise tax revenues the city collects, without raising taxes of Layton residents, he said. The money from the bond election would only be used to construct the outdoor pool, maintenance facilities and support rooms, such as dressing rooms. Hunt said. Additional money to construct a "bubble to turn the pool into a year-roun- d facility has been set aside in the Parks and Recreation Departments budge. Hunt estimated it might take around $200,000 for the bubble to be installed. The necessary funds would be available from money put into the park impact funds. He said if the bond election is successful, construction might begin this fall with swimming possible by next summer. The bubble could be installed by next fall, making continuous d operation possible during the pool's first year. year-roun- Vol. 5 No. 33 Wednesday, August 14, 1985 Allegations Of Misuse Investigated SOUTH WEBER The Davis County Attorneys Office is investigating allegations of misuse of public funds by Mayor Rex Bouchard. Citizens in South Weber who asked not to be identified, say they have received advertisements by mail for Von-da- s Tanning Salon," Bouchards wifes business. The advertisements appeared to be postmarked with South Weber Citys metered mail postage stamp, the same stamp they see on their water bill. If an individual uses a citys postage meter, paid for by public funds, for personal use, the individual could be guilty of misuse of public funds, according to Davis County Attorney Loren Martin. e The charge is a felony, with a possible sentence of up to five years in the state prison, Martin said. Weve got people out taking a look, said Steve Major of the County Attorthird-degre- neys Office. Bouchard said he used the citys postal meter for personal business use, but said he wrote out a check to the city for the amount of the postage the day he used the machine. He paid for use of the address labels, he said. A receipt for $48.75 is in the citys general ledger, said City Recorder Ginger Miller. ENGAGED in one of a childs favorite recre- ations, Jennifer Pluim blows what appears to be a stream of bubbles into the wind, daughter of Mike and Colleen Pluim, she is never-endin- A g visiting her grandparents in Syracuse before school bells ring. To Upgrade Parks Clinton Bond Election Sees Poor Turnout, But Passes Nolan Young. Eleven percent of the citys registered voters turned out in a special election last week to approve APRIL ADAMS Review Staff CLINTON Expansive soccer fields, baseball diamonds, shady trees and lush green grass - all are the $500,000 general obligation in store for two of Clintons bond sale. Of the 2,679 voters in Clinton, parks. 203 voted in favor of the bond finance the to Bonds upgrading should be sold in another week or passage, while 89 voted against. Though city officials were dis so, according to City Manager appointed with the voter turnout, they were pleased with the re- $70,000 a year. This is the approximate amount the city spends a year on the parks anyway, Young said. ! sults. We feel the community is supportive of the, parks improve- Part of the revenue from the ment idea. Its hard to remember city franchise tax to come to a, special election," will pay off the debt. Residents will not see a deYoung said. j The bonds will be paid off over crease in the tax for a few years, a period, at about at least. However, no property four-perce- nt 10-ye- ar ' School Board Sets Aug. 20 Vote tax increase is anticipated for the bond debt, he said. Most of the upgrading will not begin until next spring, though some has been started already, Young said., A majority of the bond pro- ceeds will go toward the Clinton City Park, located next to the city office building. A new softball complex, complete with lights, three diamonds and bleachers will be installed with a portion of the bond money. In addition, 14 acres of sprinklers, 250 paved parking lots and 260 unpaved parking lots, picnic tables, barbecue pits, a youth baseball diamond, 40 trees. j Policy Prohibiting Tobacco, Drugs May be Approved APRIL ADAMS Review Staff FARMINGTON A proposal outlining punishments for stuoth- dents involved in sports and activities who er are caught using drugs will be voted on Aug. 20. The Davis school board considered policies recommended by extra-curricul- ar the Davis School District at its board meeting last Tuesday. The board will vote on the issue next week. Offenders of a proposed policy banning tobacco, drugs and alcohol will face an automatic school suspension for up to three days, the policy recommends. The portion involving tobacco was added following a study by a school. committee formed by the board. Use or possession of the subIt prohibits use of chewing and stances while a stusmoking tobacco at school or re- dent attends a school activity, lated activities, even if d will be treated as a off-camp- school-relate- I - offense. The use or possession of alcohol The student may be cited either and drugs would be prohibited on ' by police, who may be notified, any school campus in Davis or at or school officials. A conference between the stu any activity sponsored by the dent, parents, and school officials would also be necessary before the student may return to school. After the second offense, the student will be referred to police and juvenile authorities. Students involved in activities, such as sports, chorus or student government, extra-curricul- ar will be suspended from participating in their activity for either two events or two weeks. The decision will be left to school officials. Another requirement for students breaking the policy is completion of an approved counseling program on drug and alcohol use. Enterprising Families Selling Memberships to Build Pool I the city planning commission to Review Staff the Meadow Lane Recreation AsSome Kays-vill- e sociation to build a swimming KAYSVILLE families are plunging in and pool in a vacant lot in back of building a swimming facility in their homes. The lot touches the boundaries their neighborhood. A conditional use permit and of a condominium complex. Six families got together last. site plan approval was granted by CHERYL ARCHIBALD New Clinton Manager To be Announced The name of CLINTON the new Clinton City manager was to have been announced at the City Council meeting last night. City officials interviewed the seven finalists Saturday. Approximately 42 applications were received for the position. said City Manager Nolan Young. Young is resigning his post this month to take a similar position in an Oregon town. His decision was announced a few weeks ago. of He estimated received by the applications the city were from areas outone-fourt- side Utah. h May anil formed the club and petition stating their intentions to build the pool, said Debbie (Miller, one of the groups signed organizers. We wanted a pool like the do con- has,! A perfect place to construct the Foij Fall . pool is the vacant, two building lots size field, which wasnt useful for building a house or anything else on, she said. The group has met once a week since May, and has now sold 30 memberships at $2,000 each. After 60 have been sold, others waiting list. After 45 memberships have been sold, the price will be $2,500. The money will pay for the restroombathhouses, a few barbecue grills, picnic tables and the pool. by 25-fo- ot 60-fo- ot The club hopes to have a finished pool by fall. Now that we know we can do it, well start putting out bids," Mrs. Miller said. Memberships will increase in value; the club will buy them back at same price plus interest. Municipal Elections Handful of Davis Candidates Registered CHERYL ARCHIBALD deadline in cities having primary Review Staff elections. Sept. 21 is the deadline for Some candidates for municipal offices in Davis County have registered their intentions, but others may wait until the last minute. Though deadlines for mayoral aijd city council candidates are npar, some cities in north Davis have not received any filings. I Aug. 27 is the candidate-filin- g jut cit- without primaries. Layton and Clearfield, the two largest cities in north Davis, have no filings for candidacy yet. In Clinton. Charles Walker is seat on the running for a ies two-ye- city council. ar Farmington has received applications from Robert Arbuckle for i H wanting to join will be put on a Vi mayor. Betty Fisher, Don Sperry Redd, Paul R. Reid, and Brian C. Gough filed to run for city coun-cilme- n. In Kaysville, incumbent Mayor Gerald Purdy is the only candidate for mayor registered. Gerry Collins and Reed Adams have filed their candidacy for city councilmen. Kirk Gossett, W. Bart Johnson, Larry Ashdown, James D. Bridges and M. Gayle Smith are running for seats on the city council. Roy has received applications of James H. Thomas, Raymond L. Stain, Neil Meister and Richard Tubbs all running for city council seats. The South W'cber candidate registered so far is Catharina (Toos) Pluim. |