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Show City Council rejects states right to set standards Enint'erins plans arc basically complrte and ready for the call for bills on the runway expansion program at the Cedar City Municipal airport. A meeting with Coal Creek water users is scheduled for Monday evening, 7:30 p.m. in the City Courtroom. Following approval of proposed changes in irrigation channels bids will be let for March 1975 opening. Total cost is expected to be one million dollars. Brent Orchard, the City Golf professional and course manager, met with the Council to outline his spring and summer golfing program. He asked the City Council to give him more support in advertizing and promotion of the course and the recreational activitiers it has to offer. He has scheduled golf clinics which, through the summer, will offer free lessons to all ages (youth, adult, senior citizens) of men and women who will show enough interest to visit the golf course. Cedar City Council meeting in regular session Thursday evening went on record of advising ad-vising the legislature that cities should not be for ced to meet state imposed standards, but should be allowed to set their own appropriate ap-propriate needs and enact ordinances or-dinances accordingly. The action was provoked by rules set down by the Slate Money Management Council arbitrary requiring a 10 percent of annual budget bond be purchased pur-chased for the city and other governmental units. Mayor Kerry Jones pointed out that the action increases the yearly cost of operating city government by about $800. In cooperation with the sons and daughers of Utah Pioneers, Cedar City will submit an application ap-plication to the Utah State Hisorical Society to have the site of the blast furnace, which was the first one West of the Mississippi, named as a historical site and placed on the national register. The ground would then be set aside and improved as a historical park. It is located just East of 100 East Street at 400 North., Land Fill Service Representatives of Mobile Trailer Parks owners association met with the City Council to discuss the schedule of quarterly rates charged them for land fill garbage service. They are, as a business enterprise, required to haul their refuse at their own expense and do not qualify for free city pickup, yet they are charged on a per space basis somewhat related to residential charges. The council furnished them with a sample rate schedule and will discuss requested rate changes at a future council meeting. Erwin Fisher made application ap-plication to have a 4-lot small subdivision on South Main Street annexed to the City. Council decision was that if the developer will at his expense provide installation in-stallation of necessary sewer and water utilities and if he will install in-stall road blacktop on that portion of the street which fronts his subdivision, annexation will be granted. An emergency medical training school is beine Drovided on a schedule of weekly classes by the Utah State Health Department. The City Council authorized two members of the police department and two members of the fire department to attend the school and the city will pay tuition and expenses involved. This should provide added competence in handling accident victims when police and firemen are called to assist. |
