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Show u:.'ivK?m sic?.omai:;a corp. 72 BOX 2603 CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Salt Lake Cities Model Cities Program To Test Council in Court Suit Pete Grandfossen Salt Lake Citys Model Cities programs will test the power of the coordinating council of that body in a test suit in court. The meeting without a quorum of the board made up of three commissioners each from Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County, the agency director Pete Grundfossen said that the council is smarting over a $12,000 cut from its 1973 budget for the maintenance of a city police helicopter. The largest of the questions for the test suit is where will the money come from to pursue the matter in court. Agency attorney for the model cities programs Allen Mecham said case law indicated that there must be widespread citizen participation in the program. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban affairs officials are looking into the possible implication which could evolve out of the programs test case. Citizen participation gives the life to the Model Cities programs. Without the citizen participation in the program the whole could not provide the means for the citizens. County Commissioner Ralph McClure said he believes interpretation depends on who you talk to. What you end up with is HUD playing both sides of the fence. When HUD officials meet with the citizens they want their love, so they say what the citizens want to hear. When HUD officials are meeting with other government officials they say the things they want to hear. have Some commissioners as unless been noted saying that their special projects are met they will end the Model Cities programs, according to Director Grundfossen. The test case involves just such a pet project, that of the citys police tactical squad for the helicopter which they will run. Mr. Grundfossen went on to say, however, that Im not saying that the individual commissioners are wrong . . . City Commissioner Stephen Harmsen said that the test case which would involve the helicopter is such an emotional factor that it should not be part of the action. He suggested pulling the project and adding the money somewhere else. County Commissioners Vote To End County Vehicle Fee All of Salt Lake Countys com- the only county in the state missioners voted to recommend ing such a fee. the ending of the $5 vehicle reg- istration fee being used only in Salt Lake County. The commissioners voted to end the extra fee at the end of this year. Commissioner William Dunn who originally called for the action said that the Utah House of Representatives already has voted to do away with the fee and passed that measure to the State Senate. The extra tax was added by the state legislature in 1971 as a substitute for the additional one half cent increase in sales tax sought by officials of Salt Lake. City. The city at the time was in dire need of extra funds for the government operations of the corporation but that Salt Lake City could not collect the extra tax without county approval, so the pressure was placed on the county to adopt such a measure without having to increase the sales tax. Salt Lake County is FRIDAY, JANUARY 5.71 84101 26, 1973 County Maintenance Operation Streamlined by Comm. Kutulas Sagebrush Club Announces New Committee Assignments Salt Lake Countys newest commissioner Pete Kutulas announced that he has combined twro of the countys largest maintenance operations into one. The announcements of the consolidation was that of the highway department and flood control department, which was put under the direction of one person, Basil McGlochlin. Comm. Kutulas said that Mr. McGlochlin an engineer and management specialist will start work this week at a salary of $1,495 per month. The consolidation of the department eliminates the jobs held by Lamont Gunderson a former Salt Lake County commissioner and James Delbrook. Mr. Gunderson has been the county highway director since January 1, .1968. Mr. Delbrook was the flood control director for the past two years. The consolidation was explained by the commissioners that the operations are closely related. They use the same equipment and are housed in the same building, but have been directed by two commissioners. To implement the changes I want, Ill need someone who thinks the same as I do, said commissioner Kutulas. The two departments have a budget of some $12.5 million a year. Mr. McGlochlin said there would be no sudden reorganiaz-tio- n but that the combined operations will take advantage of the - C. B. Smurthwaite - Comm. Pete Kutulas new management methods such as the county computers. The revamp of the operation will now feature a complaint department where individuals may call in their complaints. Before there has been no communication between the citizen and the maintenance departments. It will be similar to the sheriff's dispatch system. Comm. Kutulas said that this appointment of Mr. McGlochlin was the most apI made. could I have pointment hired him on his merits as an engineer. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Democratic Sagebrush Club held January 19, 1973, Club President C. B. Smurthwaite announced new committee assignments for 1973, also the appointment of Hugh C. Bringhurst as the new director to fill the unexpired term of John Halton who recently passed away. The club hopes to reach into the district organizations for increased memberships. A special project was announced for early March, to be sponsored by the lady members of the club. Vice president Ann Brown will chairman this event which promises to be a highlight of this years activities. The annual summer outing which is traditionally one of the great events sponsored by the Democratic Party and the Sagebrush Club, will be held in Au gust of this year. Our membership drive is in full swing. The committee invites your membership. RememIf we recall the coal oil and coal gas of earlier decades ber, the early member is a good member. The committee consists as an idea whose time had arrived, then synthetic nf the following; Nick Zolintakis fuels may be an idea whose time has arrived again. and Zina McDonald, The declining availability of natural gas and oil the Other members; George in avoiding excessive dependence on imBlack, Robert Bob Zito, Mari- national interest lyn Mayfield. Leon Sullivan and ported fuels the environmental pressures to use clean Earnest. fuels the possibilities of more advanced synthetic fuel Other committee assignments the availability of nuclear reactors for are: Annual outing committee; technologies Hugh C. Bringhurst, chairman, possible use in fuel conversion and production all of members Leon Reese and vice these point to the arrival of an era of clean fuels. president Ann Brown. Program The U. S. has vast coal resources, but like the electric committee; C. B. Smurthwaite, Cliff Cockayne and Elizabeth industry, the coal industry is plagued with rising costs, Vance. Entertainment commit- labor problems, safety legislation and environmental tee; Robert Bob Jensen, chairover strip mining and the future use of coal man. Social committee; I vie Mit- controversy chell, chairman and Zola Nich- is is, is certainly limited by emission regulations and the ols. Special events committee; unresolved technical difficulties and costs of emission vice president Ann Brown, chair( Continued on page 4) man, Ed Rytting and Carl Alder. non-politic- al TODAYS us- The extra tax caused persons to seek out ways of registering their cars in other counties in the state to avoid the tax. But despite the added tax of the vehicle registration, Salt Lake City gained some $500,000 in monies. County Commissioner Ralph McClure said that the tax was never intended to be a permanent thing. Money was needed to solve immediate problems. The elemination of hte county adopted fee has caused a clash in the city commission offices with city commissioner Philips and county auditor Hansen exchanging verbal battles. Mr. Hansen said that he does not think that Salt Lake City is in such a dire financial plight. With the revenue sharing program Salt Lake City has said that they can now see the light at the other end of the tunnel. Representative Richard Carl- ( Continued on page 8) EDITORIAL New and "Clean" Fuels en. |