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Show GedarCiiy Budget revised to a Ccil.ir City's budget for lit7)-75 was revised al I he meeting of the Cedar City Council Thursday evening lo include a number of special projects. The approved new budget was set at $4.!l,000, the largest in the city's history. Mayor Kerry Jones indicated that the revision was necessitated to include the Canyon Park expansion, construction con-struction of the Sewage Plant, extention of the Airport runway to lKon feet, and the assembly of a new Coal Creek Canyon water storage tank. All of the projects are being assisted through funding programs ot the state and federal government. Action of the revision was taken by the council following a public hearing on the proposed changes. l et fuel ISiris bids were opened covering the supply of gasoline, diesel fuel and furnace fuel to cover city needs for the balance of 15)75. other bids were opened covering the cost of drilling an exploration (test) water well. Standard Oil Company of Cedar City was awarded the bid to supply gasoline, Canyonland Petroleum (Arco) was the low bidder on diesel and furnace fuel oils. Henry (irimshaw, at $111,000 was the successful low bidder on the test well Consider New lUiilding There was some discussion about basic plans for a new City Municipal Building. Representatives from some federal agencies have pointed out that many people who attempt at-tempt to coordinate local projects involving federal lands and finances often must visit with personnel in six separate government offices scattered in different locations in the city. j It has been suggested that a i new city building might be part ! of a complex to house all local and federal government offices to provide needed service in one ' location. Council members and i citizens are urged to think I through that concept. Council members officially accepted a gift of land in Coal Creek Canyon adjoining the new Canyon Park. The donor is the Henry Esplin family, former residents of Cedar City and now residing in Nyssa, Oregon. The j gift amounted to approximately 12 acres. Council members asked that a letter of appreciation ap-preciation from Cedar City be sent to Mr. Esplin. Need Suggestions The Federal Government, through the Economic Development Agency, has indicated in-dicated that Congress has allocated over $100 million for job creation projects and that on a 80 percent federal and 20 percent local matching basis, j Cedar City could qualify, within 90 days for up to $.r00,000 for a labor intense improvement project. Council members and citizens are asked to come up with project suggestions. One idea has been to line Coal Creek channel from the canyon steam plant to the Fourth west block plant with large rocks and cement - as has been done on the banks in the new canyon park. Job j requirements on the EDA I projects must be 60 percent labor. The City manager was authorized to negotiate for the purchase of a new 12' width lawn mower for use on the two city parks, golf course and flat headstone section of the City , Cemetery. Cost is estimated at $8,000.00. Satisfactory results j Jim Broadwell, the City Animal Control Officer, was ' invited in to discuss the animal control program, some complaints com-plaints about having not been i active enough in the I management of loose pets and some complaints about being too j tough and "picking up pets which hadn't been out of the house more than 15 seconds." The concensus was that if tighter control measures are desired an additional employee must be hired. If people are concerned that sale of unclaimed j pets are simply putting more ! dogs back in the city, the ordinance or-dinance will require a change excluding that section calling for unclaimed pets to be sold for the ' highest price available. ' The discussion led to the conclusion that the animal control program is working in line with the adopted ordinance ' and is giving, generally, satisfactory results. As a final item, authorization was given to call for bids for a 4- : wheel drive pickup truck for the City Water Department. |