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Show " TUESDAY August 17, 1993 Volume 54 Number 102 FIFTY CENTS 841112029 2793 03 UTAH467 : 307 $5.8 million give 200 W SALT LAKE Cl TY 5005 UT 04101-12- 1! ounmul the power By PAUL CHALLIS payments to the fund at somewhere between 5.3 and 5.75 percent interest. Bountiful will save as much as 1.75 percent by doing it this way. Hardy said the city will have more flexibility than those cities who borrow or bond the funds. We are also able to hold the rates were we want them. Councilman Harold Shaftcr said, Bountiful could save as much as $800,000 over the 10 years if rates stay near the same level. Bountiful has borrowed the $5.8 News Editor The City BOUNTIFUL Council officially has approved the inter-fun- d loan of $5.8 million for partial ownership in the San Juan, New Mexico power project. The final OK came at the Aug. 1 1 meeting and the money was placed into a future power fund over a period. Bountiful entered into an agreement with Utah 10-ye- ar Association of Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) for partial ownership of the San Juan, New .Mexico 4 generating unit on July 21. Bountiful is among 16 other cities belonging to million from the $30 million balance surplus as currently coal-fire- d budgeted in reserve accounts. Hardy said that the funds will not affect any currently planned project for 1993-9We'll save the city money in the long run in interest UAMPS who entered into the sale of power contract. Unlike most of the cities, y the Bountiful agreed to nearly $6 million while other cities will use bonding as a means of paying for their share of the power 4. rates. pre-pa- The July 23 power sale agreement gives Bountiful 6.5 percent ownership rights and will guarantee the city as the second largest user of the coal-fire- d energy source with only St. George taking project. According to City Manager Tom Hardy, the city will make monthly 1993 PRESS ASSOC UTAH Y"3; - fT a i i I i ; l y . - V '4' nr a larger amount of power. Hardy said that although it is a take or pay contract, the city hasn't gone into the power agreement lightly. We have been involved with the work and study on this long term obligation project for m ore than two years. UAMPS will be purchasing 6 percent of the power from the generator and be a part owner, along with the 17 cities in Utah belonging to the organization of the coal-fire- d power plant in New Mexico. 4 KteJ J T y" 'V 4 'V, . - 4 j I ' $ ;J ' . It Bountiful Light and Power Director Clifford Michaclis said the San Juan coal-fir- e plant is currently operating efficiently and operating capacity won't be achieved until the year 2005. Bountiful and UAMPS have a contract with the New Mexico power plant. Bountiful will get its power 30-ye- ar from Glen Canyon and the Colorado River Storage Project from New Mexico and it will be SEE LOAN ON A-- 2 Budgets cities growing by leaps and bounds & city budgets are growing too, although in some cases not as By MELINDA WILLIAMS It probably comes as no surprise cities in south Davis County are growing by leaps and bounds. And much as population growth might indicate. A survey of nine Davis County cities from North Salt Lake to shows Layton, all one but increasing their budgets. Only Woods Cross decreased its General Fund. City Manager Gary Uresk said last year the city used surplus funds to complete several projects, increasing the General Fund. With those completed, the council reduced its budget by $139,833. Most cities are raising their General Fund for fiscal year 1993-9Among the highest hikes are Layton, which is increasing its i Ole! -- 4. General Fund about $500,000; North Salt Lake, which is increasing about $250,000; and Centerville which is increasing about $290,000. Centerville's Finance Director Blaine Lutz said the city's budget hike was caused by increased operating costs and the of three addition full-tim- e employees. Two south Davis County cities adopted tax rates lower than those proposed by the state. Farmington passed a .002161 tax rate, but had approval for a rate of .0022 1 . In Bountiful, the city council adopted a .001621 tax rate, while the state had set a rate of .001635. The other seven cities adopted the rate set by the state. Salaries for mayors and city councils vary greatly. An overview shows the mayor of North Salt Lake the highest paid at $14,700, although that salary is less than last 1 year's $15,000. City Council members' salaries remain at $3,000. SEE BUDGET ON A fair A-- to remember 3 Aug. 19, 20 and 21, will blend its new direct rhnw in tbe state. Saturday at tne new fairgrounds in with the exception of cost to The 1993 Davis County Fair to be held on facilities with traditional fun, to bring area The fair will be held Thursday through Farmington. All events at the fair are at no the professional rodeo Friday and Saturday nights. rnts 4 The Summerfest International festival dancers put on an impressive-shofor, the event over the weekend. Ten groups of large crowds that attended the three-da- y entertainers totaling several hundred folk dancers,, musicians and singers representing Argentina, China, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and the United States transformed Bountiful's City Park into an international exchange. Blackout aimed to show Congress the light By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer BOUNTIFUL Local consumers looking for dietary supplements Friday were out of luck as independent health food stores in Davis County joined others across the state in a national blackout day. "I lost about $350 Friday, but it was worth it, said Bountiful Nutrition owner Steve Nelson. He said dozens of his customers signed a petition Friday which will be sent to Senator Orrin Hatch to protest the proposal to add government regulations to the sale of amino acids, many herbs, minerals and vitiamins and other supplements. Gregory's Wheat Shop, Nutrition Shoppe Discount Center and Mary's Health Shoppe in Layton joined Bountiful Nutrition in barring customers from purshasing herbs, vitamins and minerals. The move was designed to call attention to Food and Drug Administration regulations that would severely restrict public access to some dietary supplements. Nelson said the hope is that Friday's action will stop Congress from passing the regulatory legislation. He added that 60 percent of his sales come from the items being considered for regulation. It will not take everything off of the shelves--a- t least not initially. But our understanding is that amino acids will be available by prescription only. The regulations will also severely restrict the sale of all herbs.. .a lot of them will only be sold on prescription, said Nutrition Shoppe Discount Center owner Clyde StClair, an industry insider with 25 years experience in marketing and distributing dietary supplements. The FDA regulations are aimed at tightening the reigns on herb manufacturers,' to prevent them from informing customers that products are good for their health. Any health claims would open the way fqr the federal agency to cla.v-.im tnc ov'duct' uuc federal agency ostensibly sees the regulations as a way to promote proper labeling and therefore public safety ; thus severely food additives, restricting their accessibility to the buying public. f Over the long haul, I think they i ii i - - - - - - - - ' - ON A-- 4 BOUNTIFUL REVENUES; SPORTS- SPORTS : Volleyball heads back to the beach. page B1 !l11 opinion makes a faux pas. and letters to the Editor. MIKE STEWART Cyclops, page A5 LIFE ; H" : SUMMER GARDEN TOUR August 28th through 29th. page C3 ll4 AREA WEDDINGS page C4 mif - CHURCH LOCAL MISSIONARIES, Biblical studies offered to theologians. page C6 mnA page B4 l!ll4 CLASSIFIEDS DAVIS COUNTYS BEST consumer marketplace. WEATHER Mostly sunny and mild on Tuesday. HI: 90 LO: 55 4' - SEE BLACKOUT NEWS i --- - are trying to get control of the One said Nelson. market, hundred million Americans are when they using these products-a- nd are not using pharmaceuticals and those kind of things, the FDA has no control. In the 1970s the FDA tried unsuccessfully to regulate vitamins as drugs, a move StClair said was a h V ' Local natural health retailers see the regulations as the latest in a long chain of evidence that reflects the FDA's institutional bias against the industry. The regulations, local retailers claim, opens the door for the FDA to declare amino acids as drugs and vitamins and minerals as L- - |