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Show Lakeside L'nC$ide Review Saturday. September 1 9, 1 998 Some want to reduce mayors power The Associated Press " PROVO - Some council members say the mayor appoints his favorites and friends to city boards and they would like to reduce his appointment powers. There are some who think I am out here just trying to put all bf my little friends on the boards, Mayor Lewis Billings said Wednesday. Most of these people I dont even know and thats why I am going out and meeting with them and trying to Understand their life experiences. The mayor and his administration appoint all community board members, such as the library and airport boards of trustees, and the council approves or denies their recommendations. It was a recent fracas over li Pool From 1 suit. Froelick realized by the actions the lifeguards were taking that something really serious had happened. She saw a little girl in a pink swimsuit and believed it was the other little girl until her oldest son said, Wheres Hadley, Mom? I sister-in-la- just handed the baby to my and ran over there, w Froelick said. I was utterly in shock. I couldnt believe it. Thats the worse part - I didnt even know my daughter was in the pool. Im always there with them when they are in the pool. It was lifeguard Alexis Gillespie, 17, who pulled the girl out of brary board appointments that started talk of a need for change in the policy. requested Billings There are some people who Billings said he supports that. want to keep picking at that scab and thats their right. Councilman Dennis Poulsen said he is looking at how appointments are made in Sandy where the council gets to choose five people for a board and the mayor chooses two. Provo Council Attorney Neil Lindberg said hes not sure if thats legal under state statute but said Sandys format has never been challenged. Poulsen and other council members also complain they often are not given the mayors appointments until three days before they vote. Council members, particularly Council Chairman Greg Hudnall, are pushing for two or three months to study the candidates. Cindy Clark, library board member, be dismissed at the end of her term. Clark claimed Billings wanted her out because she supports a tax hike to fund the library. Billings, who campaigned last fall against raising taxes, conceded he wanted Clark replaced because of philosophical differences on funding. Critics claimed Billings was trying to stack the board with people who agree with him. He later withdrew his recommendation and requested Clark be reappointed, which she was. Cindy and I had a very big difference about funding priorities and I think we have worked a lot of that out, Billings said. seven-memb- the pool. Gillespie does not feel her actions were anything special and didnt want to comment on the incident. If they need more time, gosh, I think that is a very reasonable request and I would be happy to comply, he said. Councilman hes interested cil the power boards, such Commission. er Other council members say city boards have become lopsided with residents from one neighborhood when they should represent every comer of Provo. Billings believes the system is and improving. The city now keeps maps that show where board members live in an effort to even out the grid, he said. fine guards were there. ea when he noticed through the glass wall that there was a prob- Froelick said Hadley likes to swim underwater and sometimes forgets to come up for air. But her boss, pool manager Rick Wesche, and Froelick both said that if Gillespie had not pulled Hadley out, she wouldnt have had a mermaid-theme- d birthday party the following Saturday, complete with sprinklers and a wading pool. Hadley loves to swim, her mother said. lem. I Froelick said. Viola Kenney, the citys recreation director, said there were 188 people at the pool and five lifeguards on duty at the time of the accident. Even though Hadley was unconscious when Gillespie pulled her out of the pool, Kenney said the best they can determine is that she wasnt in trouble for very long. went up to Alexis afterward and gave her a hug, Froelick said. I think she thought I may have been mad at her. I wasnt. I dont expect anyone else but me to watch my kids in the pool, but I didnt know she (Hadley) was in the pool. Im so glad the life I I saw Alexis pull the child of the water, Wesche said. knew it was something serious. out Shell hold her breath for a long time, Paul Warner said in giving the counto choose certain as the Planning He told the desk girl, April Foster, to call 911. He then ran to help and Gillespie turned the child over to him. He checked her breathing and her pulse. Hadley was not breathing, but she had a good strong pulse like should have, he any said. Wesche did the initial two breaths into the childs mouth and Hadley immediately vom- lifeEvery week, the 30-3- 5 guards hired by the city are required to attend weekly training sessions where they practice rescue breathing and CPR, Wesche said. Wesche was in the lobby ar ited. Wesche continued the rescue breathing for a minute or two, ing a businesss tobacco licenjre after a fourth violation, or citing them as much $10,000 on a fifth Sting From 3 1 continued effort by Food & Drug Administration officials to educate store employees that selling tobacco products to a minor is against the law. Kaluhikana said the state average of stores found in is 28 percent, while Davis stores averaged 18.5 percent Our goal is to get less than 10 percent, she said. Kaluhikana said she suspects this is a goal they will reach by Jan. 1 after FDA and Senate Bill 39 penalties are adopted statewide. Those penalties will fine store owners, rather than citing the store clerk who made the sale. Kaluhikana said the penalties will also be steeper because they will include possibly revok violation should they retain their tobacco license through a health officer. Davis Health officials expect that appointment will come odt of the Environmental Health Department. They really want to make sure these retailers are not re- Kaluhikana peat offenders, said. Kaluhikana said the FDA and lawmakers stepped up penalties because a number of store owners were firing clerks after they sold to a minor. She said the new fines will encourage store owners to provide their employees with the training needed to prevent those sales from occurring. I Contact reporter Bryon Saxton at 776-495- 1. and when Hadley broke out in a cry, those standing nearby began clapping. I wondered, Where did all those people come from? The fire departments emermedical technicians gency showed up a few minutes after receiving the 91 call. It was then that Froelick realized the child was her daughter. 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