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Show J m ROBERT REGAN Attorney Felshaw King, of King and King Law Offices, said I have been asked to prepare one (an ordinance) and .will furnish it to the city next week. He declined to give any information about the ordinance citing the attomeyCclient relationship that prohibits him disclosing any information. However, Storey said, at a work session last week the basic structure of the ordinance was hammered out by the council. He said there are two possible ways for the ordinance to be written. One way would require the landlord to n with the tenant when the tenant applies to the city for utilities. The city provides garbage collection, sewer, sewer treatment, water and electrical services. The other possibility will be for the Review staff KAYSVILLE Renters in Kaysville may soon be able to let their landlords worry about their city utility bills. An ordinance being drafted by the city will require owners to sign with tenants on the application for utilities, said Dean Storey, Kaysville finance director. What this means is that landlords will be responsible for a tenants debt to the city for city services including elecor act as a middle-ma- n for the tricity payment. Kaysville city owns its own electric company and bills its residents for pow- landowner to sign entirely for the services and then pass the bill on to the tenant, thereby acting as a middle-ma- n for the payment. Either way, the landlord ultimately will be responsible, Storey said. He also said in regards to the ordinance, We havent finalized anything for sure. This all started at a recent council meeting when Wayne Sheffield approached the council and said, I am here to protest an injustice against me as a landlord and a taxpayer. He was protesting that the city would not turn on power to one of his rental units because the tenant had moved, owing the city $407. The city claimed since he was the landowner he was ulti co-sig- er. The City Council is expected to vote on the ordinance Oct. 21. mately responsible for the debt incurred at that location. Sheffield replied, I see no reason I can be accountable for another persons debt. At the work session following that council meeting a resolution was made that released him from that bill. Storey said in a telephone interview. The reason for not requiring Sheffield to pay the bill was, according to Storey, Mr. Sheffield did not get proper notice beforehand. In 1985 the Kaysville Electric Department sold $2,836,8 10 of electric power to Kaysville residents. Of that figure $1,619,977 was used to buy the electrici-- . ty. Most of the power was provided from the shares of Hunter I and Hunter II power generation plants owned by the city. From the approximately $1.2 million in gross profit, the city paid interest, salaries, bought supplies and equipment and allowed a $100,000 transfer to the general fund, said the finance director, in lieu of higher taxes to the citizens. There was also $10,493 written off as bad debt something less than of percent of gross sales. We run a pretty tight ship, Storey 1 -- one-quart- er said. All of the bills written off to bad debt were sent out for collection, he said, and some of that comes back in. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Serving Roy and northern Davis County Volume 6 Number 41 Wednesday, October 8, 1986 Roy historical group sells city calendars BRYON SAXTON 1 Review staff 'f - ROY The Roy City Historical Foundation is selling calendars depicting the new and old 'T CLINTON According to a AU " , t school district official, the top Davis School Board will announce Tuesday its decision of i $ "T ? f. no decision on a request for an J r r.J i i 4. t .V fin '? r t Y ' a 4 VV i ti 1 '1, additional teacher at Clinton Elefi I mentary. S . 4 .. V At District Superintendent Lawrence Welling said the board intends to announcing a final decision on the issue which will leave a crowded classroom situation as is. Parents who asked for the additional teacher plan to continue their efforts and a state legislator said the district would be able to hire another teacher if they budgeted money more wisely." Several weeks ago the board was approached by approximately 75 residents of Clinton who requested one additional teacher be added to the Clinton Elementary ' fourth and fifth grades in order tol alleviate overcrowded classrooms. The parent group at that time ITS HARVEST TIME and warmer weather the past few days is making it easier to take presented the board with a petition and letters endorsed with more than 400 signatures from Clinton residents. Board members at that time told the group said they would take the matter under review, but explained to the parents a shortage of money would prevent the school district from taking action. BRYON SAXTON 'The noise of the racing of the engines will carry Associate Superintendent Gayle Review staff A demolition derby. ROY Stevenson said the school board a long way. I guarantee the west Roy area will has 16 other classrooms in the What a smashing idea. The Roy City Council is considhear it district with similar problems Willard Councilman which the administration would ering a proposal to establish a Cragun on proposal for demolition derby Roy arena in Roy have to address if they approved unique summer holiday fixture which would provide good enthe request. tertainment to area residents. The parents group also rethe eliminate a district to quested The form of entertainment - a the landfill site to determine a arena and materials donated by split fourth and fifth grade class, demolition derby. area businesses expressing an inpossible use for the property. formed by school officials to take In a City Council meeting last The derby could to be held terest in the idea. some students from the crowded Trease said he felt the admisweek Hooper resident Dale four times a year: Memorial Day, fifth grade classrooms. Trease approached council memthe Fourth and 24th of July, and sion price for the derby would be Betty Gilchrist, spokesman for bers low because of the donated mateLabor Day, Trease said. proposing a demolition derthe concerned parent group, said rials and time. arena be constructed on Trease said similar derbys held she was aware of the shortage of by to in vacant adjacent property city Councilman LaVar Smith supHooper have been extremely money in the Davis School Dis- the site of the old city landfill. successful. ported the derby plan saying he trict, adding, but the Clinton Eunderstood further ground work But the main selling point of his lementary School desperately A small portion of the more e is would idea have to be done to make it was it that teacher. needs a inexpensive. than 35 acres, located at 4300 W. The derby would be of no cost a viable idea, adding, but I think Gilchrist said each of the three 5700 S., near the HooperRoy the idea does merit considerclasses at Clinton Elementary has border, is being utilized by the to Roy, other then the use of the ation. more than 34 students. Roy Junior Posse as riding property, he said. And when fiAccording to school officials, grounds. Smith suggested the council alnancially feasible, the surplus the Davis School District has a it the low organization to money made from the derby 27-- 1 We could build a demolition pupilteacher ratio districa on use area the of back into the temporary basis would go funding twide. e derby track and set up the arena Roy City Parks. combefore making a Gilchrist, in a telephone interadjacent to the rodeo arena on the event. to mitment Trease said his group is a nonview, said if the board plans to the same (landfill) site, Trease However, other city officials exsaid. e profit organization that would announce its decision of not build the pressed concern over the plan. Presently the city is studying have both the labor to TEACHER, page 2A sights 4 4 5 -- mini-trivi- fifth-grad- non-prof- long-tim- hon-Se- Oops, article incorrectly lists hopeful An article in last weeks issue of the Lakeside Review incorrectly stated Jeff Frost is a candidate for the office of justice of the peace in Davis County. Frost was defeated in the county primary election. Candidates actually vying for the position are Dean O. Gus" Anderson and John D. Stewart. Their names will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. The Lakeside Review apologizes for the error and any confusion it may have caused readers and t BRYON SAXTON Review , Accord- ing to National Weather officials Utah weather record books have been rewritten during the past decade. Bill Alder, meteorologist-incharg- e for the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City, said the last 10 years has been the wettest period since the pioneers arrived along the Wasatch Front more than 100 years ago. Several records have been browater ken during the 1985-8- 6 endOct. which and began year ed Sept. 30, Alder said. Water records for the past year include readings taken in Farmington which measure above normal, he said. ,,For instance, the Farmington 1 ' y staff SALT LAKE CITY f. area during the course of the 1985-8- 6 water year received 39.18 inches of precipitation, breaking record of 33.45, Althe 1982-8- 3 der said. Alder said the normal precipa-tatio- n level for Farmington is 20.32 inches. Other areas throughout the state receiving record precipitation levels include the LoganUtah State University station and the Bountiful Bench, which received 42.23 inches topping the 1982-8- 3 mark of 39.37 inches. Alder said the RiverdaleOgden area received inches of above normal for the year, but fell three inches short of a record. However, even with the recent precipitation in the month of September, the level of the Great 1 1 preci-patati- Salt Lake showed only a slight increase. The lake was measured on the first of October at 4210.75, after measuring 4210.70 in September, he said. Alder said during the evaporation season, which runs from May to September, the lake level decreased by 13.8 inches. The normal amount lost during an evaporation season is 18 inches. The evaporation was normal, but the inflow into the lake was well above normal, Alder said justifying the low evaporation rate. Alder said due to the late spring it will take approximately a year to 18 months for the soil to recover from the wet period. September was a bad month , .V V v? 5. Layton takes action Staff photo by Rodney Wright corn from the field. toward new city hall LAYTON An agreement to commit to a three-yea- r contract with Deseret Architecture has boosted Layton a step closer to a new city hall. Councilman Willard Cragun said he is concerned over the noise the derby would bring to the residential areas that are in close proximity to the proposed derby site. The noise of the racing of the engines will carry a long way, Cragun said. I guarantee the west Roy area will hear it. I am also concerned about liability insurance, he said. If something were to happen, Roy City is the deep pocket. City Planning commissioner Jack Seamons supported Craguns The contract will cost the city $1,000 and will begin a hard look at the citys needs for a new building. The current city hall is a e of additions made to a federal housing developments recreation and kitchen complex built in 1943. City Planner Scott Carter said the wiring and plumbing was not updated as the additions were put on, leaving a hazardous situation in some areas with brittle and broken wire. In planning for a new building, Carter said future growth and needs of the citys departments would need to be considered, based on a plan. hodge-podg- 15-ye- ar Layton Mayor Richard McKenzie said the addition of a concerns. second circuit court in Layton I can see an awful lot of problems with the idea, ...including must also be considered since noise abatement (problems), that addition will probably come Seamons said. Next thing you within two years and there is no know people will want to go space available at the present time. down and practice in the arena. Its very important that the Trease said he is seeking the of a new city hall move building landfill site because of sufficent in the up citys priorities, he space and because he feels the said. is probably the worst Ours derby will offer people in the Roy in the area. area good entertainment. The contract with Deseret ArThe Roy City Council will furwill give that firm the chitecture before review the ther proposal submit ideas. to ahead action. go taking any peaking recor Wet we 825-832- 731-619- moiitioBi d -- of Roy. Each month the calendar shows photos comparing early Roy history with more contempo-ar- y pictures taken, along wiih a brief explanation of the business history. The calendar, sponsored by area businesses will sell for $4 in locations throughout the city, and a include a Roy quiz. is rich with its memoraRoy bilia and landmarks, as well as its significant events and people. Therefore, we have organized the foundation with the primary purpose of founding and maintaining a museum, said Emma Russell, spokesperson for the foundation. For further information regarding the purchase of a calendar call 1 or ' for us, Alder said. It really set us back. The month of September is usually dry. According to State Park Rangers the high lake level has also impacted the Antelope Island ferry service. A load of cement was recently delivered to Antelope Island to complete a concrete cap on a fresh water well, said Lyle Gingery, Farmington park ranger. Gingery said once the cap is in place the fresh water well will meet the requirements specified by the Davis County Health Department for supplying drinking water to the island. The County Health Department last spring discontinued the ferry service out to the island when the See WEATHER, 2A On the agenda The Davis County Council on Aging will host a forum to introduce candidates to the public Oct. 9 at 12:30 p.m. at the Heritage Senior Center, 562 S. 1000 E Clearfield. For more information, call the center, 773-706- 5. Dost quote 'Sometimes, when we have a tendency to make things too good for people, they want to come back County commission candidate Harold Shafter on proposal to construct a new county jail. |