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Show BOX 2503 3-- 71 CITY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Count Organizing Convention Slated to Fill Vacant Positions The Salt Lake County Demo- cratic Organizing Convention will be held this Saturday, June 16, at the Carpenters Hall, 120 West 1300 South, for the main purpose of electing a new county chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer. Along with the selection of the elected officials of the county party the convention will also deal with the filling of several vacancies in delegate posts. In a letter that was sent out to all delegates and Central Committee members, County Chairman Robert Moore said that since the last mass meeting many vacancies have developed due to resignation, death, or othed disqualification. The delegates to the county , convention and the state convention, are those who were chosen in last years neighborhood mass meetings. In order to have a full contingent at the state convention, which will be held in August of FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1973 City Employes in Store For Salary Raise Salt Lake City Commissioner James L. Barker made the motion for a pay raise to be effective July 1, for all city employees. The motion was made at the City Commission meeting. The cost of living salary increase for Salt Lake City employees, a funding item that will cost the city some $800,000 during the next fiscal year. The Salt Lake City Commission voted to accept the motion. The action was taken unexpectedly after Commissioner Jennings Phillips, Jr., cited the possibility of presidential pay freezes. Commissioner Phillips said that he cant guarantee the money for the increases will be found, but that the action will pave the way for a legal increase in case of a freeze. The proposed increase amounts to 5 percent and would be added to the citys budget for the. 1973-7- 4 year and Mr. Phillips also indicated that the matter of providing cost of living increase was discussed some six months this year, the Central Committee would fill vacancies prior to the June 16 convention. Also in the letter to the delegates and the Central Committee members, Mr. Moore said he will not seek He has served as chairman since September 1970. Thus far no candidates have made formal announcement for the post of Salt Lake County chairman. Mr. Moore also said that since this is an odd year election that a very liight turnout is expected at the county convention. Other matters of business at the convention will be the election of Central Committee officers for a two year term. Many names have come and gone as possible candidates for the chairman post, but no one will announce or make a definite commitment. The present county officers are Robert Moore, chairman; Vee Carlisle, vice chairman; Louise Jorgensen, secreago. tary and Leonard Cosco, This is being done now because we dont want to penalize the city employes for the action we didnt take six months ago. City Auditor Lawrence. A. Jones gave the Commission the okay for the passage of the motion saying that the money to fund it will hopefully be found. Mr. Jones gave the tentative budget that would amount to more than $25 million with a $1.1 million deficit if the cost of living increase was approved. re-electi- on. Government Study Commission Meeting June 19 at West High Conrad Harrison, Salt Lake City Commissioner, will be the featured speaker at the next weekly public hearing of the Salt Lake County Government Study Commission, to be held on Tuesday, June 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Panther Room, West High School. The public is encouraged to attend and contribute ideas for the modernization of Salt Lake County government. The Salt Lake County Government Study Commission, established by law under Senate Bill No. 184, General Session of the State Legislature, 1973, and by a resolution of the County Commission, is engaged in full study of the nature and effectiveness of Salt Lake County Government. As a result of its findings, the Study Commission can draft a plan for a new form of county government and submit the plan to county voters for a ratification. Any plan drafted by the Study Commission would have to be in compliance with the Optional forms Constitution Amendment adopted by state voters last fall and Senate Bill No. 184, which outlines the options available to all of the States counties. Merger of Salt Lake City with the County and the use of a council and elected county executive, rather than a commission, are two of the options under consideration. Feeling that it is vitally important to obtain citizen input three-memb- er Four Cities File Suit Claiming that County is Responsible Comm. Conrad Harrison in the decision making process, the Study Commission has now scheduled weekly meetings at schools in the county. The Government Study Commission will complete its recommendation in February, 1974. Preliminary plans will be adopted in August, 1973. Following this hearing at West High the next will be at Kearns (Continued on page 8) Four of the municipalities of Salt Lake County have filed suit against Salt Lake County alleging that the responsibility for providing indigent misdemeanants with an attorney rest with the county. The four are Salt Lake City, Murray, Midvale and South Salt Lake. The suit stems from Salt Lake Countys decent refusal to fund the misdemeanor project of the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association forcing Salt Lake City to allocate some $5,300 in emergency funds to keep the program going. The suits have been filed in the Third District Court. Roger Cutler, deputy city attorney, has Drepared the suit, saying that the Utah Code provides that minimum standards for defendants who are financially unable to obtain defense in criminal cases is a county responsibility. Mr. Cutler said that County Attorney Carl Nemelka issued an opinion advising the county it is not legally obligated to pay for legal representation of in- -' Continued on page 8) Governor Heads Delegation On CUP Environmental Study Governor Calvin L. Rampton will lead a delegation from the Board of Directors of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District to Washington, D.C., to meet on Juen 20th with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner L. Gilbert Stamm. The Governor and Dan Lawrence, Director of the Utah Division of Water Resources will go with us to express to Commissioner Stamm in the strongest terms possible our wish that the Environmental Impact Statement on the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project be forwarded immediately from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Secretary of Interior and further forwarding to the Council on Environmental Quality, said Clyde Ritchie, Heber City, the president of the CUP board. We are also requesting that Utahs entire Congressional delegation meet us at Mr. Stamms office to further demonstrate a total support for this project by Utahs elected leaders. It is our understanding that the statement has been completed and we have been advised that it fulfills the requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act, the Utah water leader said. The Board of Directors of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District wants the statement filed now. The water needs of the citizens of Utah cannot be delayed any longer, he said. Construction on the CUP will 1 Governor Calvin L. Rampton come to a halt in less than 90 days unless the Bonneville Unit Environmental Impact Statement is acted upon immediately, said Mr. Ritchie. The situation is critical. Unless the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Interior act immediately, and we mean now, not next fall or next year, construction of the Central Utah Project may be closed down causing a considerable loss in terms of money and water to the people of Utah and the U. S. to say nothing to the distinct possibility of the need for water rationing in Utah in future dry years. , TODAYS A 4 No Energy-- No Future Every aspect of our countrys future economic, military, social and political in the final analysis, hinges upon one factor, energy. It can be said without exaggeration that without energy there is no future. Thus the report issued a short time ago by the National Petroleum Council entitled the U.S. Energy Outlook, is without a doubt, one of the most significant doemnents ever published as far as American citizens are concerned. The Council is an industry advisory body to the Secretary of the Interior. This study on the nations energy outlook analyzes various changes in government policies and economic conditions which will have bearing on the nations energy posture for the balance of the century. Primary emphasis is placed on the 1971-198- 5 period. The report is voluminous and will likely be read (Continued on page 4) |