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Show 2A ri for power Kaysville fights Lakeside Revie w, Wednesday, January 1 4, 1 987 the law granting publicly owned utilities first access to the electric- ROBERT REGAN Review staff ity. A powerful KAYSVILLE fight is raging between this small Initially the power sold from northern city and the states largthe dams was more costly when est public utility company. the generating began 80 years ago. The battle is over preference Now, with rising costs for enorrights of the electrical power mous plants like Hunter II, the generated at federal dams. hydroelectrically produced power The City Council decided Kays- is the most ville, which has its own power Wanting to tap into this lower-cocompany, will join in a lawsuit power UP&L filed another against Utah Power & Light suit this year. The companys first Currently Kaysville and other contention to the law was more publicly owned utili- than 20 years ago while it also ties are able to buy power from launched one in 1983. federal dams in preference to an exUP&L claims if investor-owne- d utilities like Utah clusion and it granted desired its if gains Power. 200 megawatts of Colorado River This preference principle" is Storage Project power, it would being challenged by UP&L who lower its rates. Because of this filed a suit in federal court quesmany cities and customers are tioning the constitutionality of rallying behind the company. cost-effectiv- e. st non-prof- it, In a cover letter circulated by Thacker at City Manager John the latest City Council meeting, Kaysville City Power manager Walt Meacham said that UP&L has failed to mention its present 30 percent surplus in generation Meacham asked, Now that its 60 percent paid for is it right for them to come in now that its cost effective? The view of the city, in passing the resolution to fight the giant power company, is that it is not fair. Mayor Purdy said, Cities capacity. like us are in the .public power 200 How can UP&L add and we oppose this. business unsold megawatts to an already been paying our way all reduce Weve surplus and expect to along." rates? he asked. Kaysville joined the Colorado Meacham told the council. De- River Storage Project when it bespite the fact the city does not gan more than 80 years ago and have a vested interest in the UP&L didnt, according to dams, Kaysville has been paying its power bills for 20 years, he said. If the lawsuit passes and UP&L allowed access to CRSP power, is The city pays anywhere from will lose, according everybody month $115,000 to $170,000 per The end result is Meacham. fito for its power according to city of competition. the killing director Dean Storey. This is really a fairness issue, . nance School board may cut uniform fees drill team uniforms Officials look at $500 limit allowed for cheerleading, Several FARMINGTON Davis Board of Education members believe it may be time to cinch the districts belt and lower fund-raisin- the limit allowed for drill team and cheerleading uniform fees. Staff photo by Rodney Wright "Protesting a proposed increase in taxes, Byron Baird - stands near the state capitol building with other citizens. - The noose around his neck symbolizes the proposed tax increase the 1987 Legislature will consider. But no matter what happens, the Layton senator firmly be- Budget From 1A $115 million short in revenue from last years level of funding. I cant set the position Ill support, he said. He added he would have his committee review the budget, and look for efficiency and make cuts where neces-sary. lieves something postive can come from this tight budget situation. I dont look at this as being all negative, Barlow said. A lot of good comes out of things when we get into tight places. It makes us make priority decisions. Which in turn strengthens our education system. Barlow said another positive aspect behind the states number one concern is that the tax increase will be more like a tax transfer. Barlow said he refers to it as a transfer because federal taxes paid by average taxpayers during the next several years will decline by approximately $180 million, while state taxes may increase by the same amount. Sort of like a tradeoff, he . Knowlton said, I will not lock vinto a figure (for a tax increase) but I hope and expect it to be considerably below the governors proposal. The process of how the legislature worked was explained by .Knowlton. He said, We start out with we do have (in terms of revenue) and then see how far it will jgo. Then, only if it is absolutely said. necessary, we see if we need to go Sen. David Steele, get more. Point, said, I really like changing - He said the state has $1.2 bilthe direction of money from the lion to work with this year. federal government to the state. I Thats one billion, two hundred that wholeheartedly. support million, he emphasized. Last The change in the federal tax years state budget was approxi- code will, on the average, reduce mately $1.3 billion. In years where there is a short- a taxpayers federal tax payment while increasing the amount paid age of money, he said, you start to the state, he said. Steele said it looking at priorities, in allocat- amounts to shifting approximateing the sparse dollars. $32 from the federal coffers to ly One of the bills he is introducthe state coffers for each taxpayer ing, he said, could help alleviate this year. the shortage of funds by restrictHe is hopeful the legislature ing the use of sales will not follow the federal lead purchases. He would do that by and amend the state tax code to requiring a legislative review of reduce tax levels. In fact, there all exemptions. will in a tax inbe, mind, my ; Presently there are approxihe said. crease, g mately 19 cases in which The freshman senator, who adcan be sold with no sales mits his perceptions are certaintax collected. He said these usually warped being a rookie, is a ly stand well alone but as a group believer in the Thomas Jeffersothey vary a great deal, and are nian rule of government, that is, being abused and being used un- the that governs government fairly and are costing us more least, best. governs than expected, he said. Im at a point where enough ; Typical tax exemptions are for is enough, he said, government religious groups, but should the and he predicts he would vote to food for the social be exempt? restrict government intervention he asked, and for business plant in lives on bills presentexpansion. He said the costs of ed peoples for vote. buildings and equipment could be The lone Democrat from the taxed and bring in more than lakeside area is Rep. Joseph Hull, $10 million. from the district that There are $50 million to $100 ; the Davis and Weber Counsplits million in exemptions, he said, line. He said without question ty Twenty percent of our tax base the major issue is the raising and has eroded away. of money in the state. spending ; He said if it were possible to It appears we are raising taxexpand the tax base there would es, and we are, but were doing it be less of a need to increase taxas the federals are lowering just es. he said. I Other legislators also expressed theirs, because he represents a He said the their concern with issue, even in the middle to low one constituency thought something though he would like to bracket income come could the out of positive see a States budget troubles. progressive type of tax. A ; The major issue this coming progresive tax is one that in;scssion is to be able to find ways creases as the ability to pay the tax increases. to fund our state government, 'said Sen. Haven Barlow, -- R-W- . tax-exem- pt . some--thin- We simply do not have enough available revenue to pay for the state services we are currently receiving, Barlow said. However, the veteran senator .of more than 30 years said he isnt sure whether the state legislature will totally support the governors request. If the legislature believes all the neccessary reform has taken place, then they might raise taxes, but I dont know if they will go as far as the governors request, he said. ; y Jeff, not Toni, shown in photo caption for a photograph on the business page of last weeks Lakeside Review incorrectly identified the person in the photo as Toni Wehus. The person is actually Jeff Wehus. Toni and Jeff Wehus are owners of Tonis Flower Villa and Balloon Saloon, 360 S. State, Clearfield. The newspaper regrets the error. tions. But some board members believe that $500 is just to much to However, it was decided by board members at a recent meeting that the belt would not be cinched until input is received from parents at a Jan. 20 school board meeting. If $500 is the limit for dress, Roy names Thompson The honor presented to Thompson was the first of 25 plaques to be awarded during 1987. One award will be bestowed during each City Council meeting. From 1A standard we should tell our Thompson, a contractor, was a member of the original Roy town board, a City Councilman and helped establish Roys secondary water system. Thompson was the first Roy marshal and the citys first dog schools that they cannot impact an academic grade on the basis of h. g.r tardiness. rfs, ft' V, catcher. S' Nelda Meerderink, Thompsons oldest daughter, said her fathers hobbies include horse trading and fishing. If he doesnt have a horse he is dead. He really loves his horses, she said. Vern Thompson Thompson lived in Roy for 75 years and now resides in Salt Thompson has six children, Nelda, Anita and Lee of Roy, Glen of Colorado, Donna of Texas and Wayne of California. Lake City. re-b- id re-b- id pany, they will wait an additional 60 days and spend another $30,000 before making a decision. It all started when bids were let out for the project, estimated to cost $9.6 million. Alder submitted a bid for $8.9 million $1.6 million less than the second lowest bid. Several days after the bid opening Alder asked if it could revise its bid because of a mistake. We had left some of the work out and showed it was a mistake," said Bill Barton, estimator for Alder. Leon Allen, district project engineer, said at the meeting that errors are not uncommon and that Alder left out the dewatering Lakeside Review portion of the project and recommended the board accept the revised bid. However, because of the threat of a lawsuit from Harlin Con- struction, the board in a 2 vote will accept new bids. In essence I protested the award of the low bid, Bill Harlin Jr. said in a telephone interview. 4-- He said it was not fair competition to themselves and the other bidders. The board followed the advice of its attorney Felshaw King, . Heath suggested tardies should only impact citzenship grades. Other board members agreed. Board member Bob Thurgood said he agreed with Heath that only citizenship grades should be impacted, but he also said a uniform policy should be set up and enforced, as well as the students parents kept informed. Thurgood said this would prevent students from different schools discussing why each is required to follow a different set of rules. However, one top school District to bid out project again In a rare SYRACUSE move, North Davis Sewer District authorities decided to a project due to a mistake in the accepted bid. To avoid threat of a lawsuit, the districts board of trustees the passed the motion to next phase of expansion at the Syracuse plant. The accepted bid of $8.9 million needed a revision to $9.6 million since the cost of a portion of the project had been left out. Initially, board members considered accepting the revised bid from Alder Construction of Salt Lake City but because of pressure from another construction com lution. Tardy Outstanding citizen' He was first back then ROY and he is first again. Roy native Vern W. Thompson received Roy Cijtys first Outstanding Citizen of the Year award for the role he played in the citys development. Thompson, 78, received the plaque last week from Mayor Wayne Kimber in conjunction with the citys 50th anniversary celebration. wide, so there is some pressure on the kids. I would be hesitant to reduce it too much. Some board members also felt cutting the maximum limit in half might not prove to be the so- Board member Henry Heath then everyone is going to try and said the price needs to be limitspend $499 to try and stay under ed but realistic." it, he said. If the board cuts the limit in it felt this year, will problems arise also he half said Thurgood was not fair to have cheerleaders next year with the students who and drill team participants feel they were slighted, he asked. Heath suggested board memcharged more than football players. High school football players bers consider the matter further are charged a fee of $30 and are at their next meeting Jan. 20 before making a decision on whethnot charged for uniforms. Associate Superintendent er to reduce the limit for Gayle Stevenson said the reason uniforms. for the high cost for uniforms is The board approved the because the kids perform state- - ask of either the parents or the students. The costs are too high for cheerleading and drill team uniforms and they should be reduced half the cost," said board Disto School Davis to According trict officials, many expenses in member Raymond Briscoe. Briscoe said the reason for the the operation of schools are beeducacosts of high cost is because both the yond the ordinary and drill teams have cheerleaders such involvement as student tion, two different uniforms during the in drill and cheerleading teams. The cost for those two pro- year. In comparison pep clubs and grams involves a $500 limit for uniforms for each cheerleader performing music groups are al who, according to plant manager Robert Hohman, said the district could be vulnerable to a lawsuit. Do you tardy, said Gayle Stevensen, associate superintendent for the Davis District. Heath then made the motion to have administrators draft some minimum standards, with the stipulation that students not have their academic grades impacted by tardies. 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