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Show Town Board 'Closes' Municipal Power Issue HO INDIVIDUAL SPRINKLERS TO BE PERMITTED; SPECIAL COPS TO WORK RACE MEET; CEMETERY COSTS LISTED The Town Bonrd met in regular -mil for a short while rather tor-ri(l-t-t-ssion last night. Nine visitors. vis-itors. Joseph R. Murdock, James p Williams, George Dunn. Joe C. Smth. E. L. Smith, Allen Bingham, Cliff Mi'Shane, Vance Fisher, V. Wadiloups and George Jefferson, ,v(!re present to present and comment com-ment on proposals having to do villi the welfare of the community. Town Attorney Sam Cline and 'amcs D. Williams clashed on a matter of written opiirons and appointment ap-pointment of commissions, with rather heated discussion enlivening ihe meeting. First order of busness was taking care of unusually heavy expenditures, expendi-tures, most of which were for cemetery cem-etery and sewer work. Total expenditures ex-penditures on the cemetery improvement, im-provement, to date, were listed at qn4;-,.98, with all but a small person per-son of that amount being paid from the cemetery fund. This sum included purchasing and laying lay-ing 2510 feet of sprinkler system water pipe ranging from -inch to 2-inch, with connections, tups, etc.; surveying the cemetery, road, ways, sidewalks, etc., and replat-ting replat-ting a portion of the property; oraveling and cleaning walks (with 41 loads of gravel being donated to the town by the county and i state), and varsous incidental expenses ex-penses such as transportation, i netting of posts, etc. Estimate for painting signs to I direct auto traffic toward the air- port was read, and tabled for later ' consideration. : 1 ally Lions Get Hall Request from the newly organized Lady Lions for permission to use ' the old Library building as a meeting meet-ing place for monthly gatherings va--. approved. A street light was ordered in- stalled at the corner of Ninth and ! Stoddard. 1 Matter of improving the drain-l drain-l age on the street between the depot de-pot and the buildings facing main street v"is U con-Jdced, definite action to follow recommendations of a Union Pacific engineer now being investigated".' It was pro-!,. pro-!,. posed that several concrete "dips" be installed at various points to care for the flow from heavy rains i and storms. No Lawn Sprinklers I Request for permission to install in-stall a sprinkler system on a. pri-i pri-i vate lawn was tabled after remarks by J C. Smith brought out the fact that 75 new homes have been added to Mil ford's list of water users in the last few years, and the water supply is at present inadequate. inade-quate. Mr. Smith stated that requests re-quests from the Town Planning I Board for a Salt Lake engineer to . test the Milford wells, to ascertain 1 if they are producing the maximum amount of water, have not been : successful, and he requested the Town Board to make official representations rep-resentations to the northern engineers. engi-neers. Pending definite knowledge knowl-edge as to whether the inadequacy is chargeable to faulty pumps, , sanded wells, inadequate wells or V domestic waste, the matter of per-f, per-f, mining private sprinkler systems was tabled. 1 I Cliff McShane, of the Telluride Tower company, reported that the a installation of the lighting system at the Fairgrounds softball park, even though work not originally I scheduled was necessary, would I probably not exceed the original I estimate. Mr. McShane also in-I in-I formed the board, in answer to a L query by Dr. Kohler, that the cost fof lighting the park would be approximately ap-proximately $5 for the three hours ?f the lights usually are on on game I nights. I E. L. Smith requested four spe- M cial mounted police for the fair l grounds during the race meet, lj June 27, 28 and 29. The board ap- proved the appointment of the . special officers, and instructed Town Marshal Allen Bingham to y patrol the fairgrounds occasionally each day and night, in an effort to stop the breaking of beer and "mixer" bottles in the grandstand -nd on the race track by persons unknown. G'o. Dunn Dedicates Street t George Dunn proposed that the Jfi town dedicate as a public road 34 j) fret of the fair grounds property . to match 34 feet Mr. Dunn was 90 willing to dedicate for' that pur-.. pur-.. pose, to assure a permanent thor- ,j "ghfare between his property and jf: the fairgrounds. It was empha-Sld empha-Sld that the 60-odd feet of town -V Private property is at present 1- jeig used for that purpose, Mr. um having voluntarily moved a t'"e.ence to Provide more adequate raic space, but that the property had never been dedicated as a thoroughfare. The town attorney attor-ney was requested to draw up the proper legal forms for this pur-xse. pur-xse. Communication from H. C. Jensen, Jen-sen, connected with the advance planning program of the Federal Works Agency, -was introduced, stating that the FWA would loan the Town of M'lford any money necessary for advance planning, including in-cluding blueprint drafting, of any proposed public improvements such as swimming pool, municipal birlding. fire hall, etc. A meeting will be arranged with Mr. Jensen early in July to discuss the matter further. I Williams Asks Opinion James D. Williams, introduced next, restated an earlier request for an opinion from the town attorney at-torney regarding the legal and- financial fin-ancial responsibility of a town board for actions of boards or commissions com-missions appointed by it. Attorney Sam Cline stated that he had been attorney for the Town of Milford for the past 20 years, that he had given many legal opinions, and never had one been questioned in this manner before; that his service was to . the town of Milford and not to individuals; that at no time during dur-ing that period had the town, or any official, been sued or subjected sub-jected to any legal actions, either because of his opinions or through lack of proper legal advice. ad-vice. Mr. Cline also "resented the inference" in-ference" made at .an earlier session ses-sion that his being Milford legal representative for the Telluride Power company influenced his opinion in the matter of municipal power investigations. Mr. Cline emphasized the point that he also was legal representative of the Uy P. Railroad, the majority of the miners of the Ml ford area, most oi the fai-'Hers6T' tieaver "county, and "every merchant on Main street" and he never before had been accused of rendering a biased or prejudiced opinion. The attorney offered his resignation resig-nation if any member of the town board was dissatisfied with the manner in which he conducted the office of town attorney. Board Backs Attorney President Gronning and the board members made it clear that they had no desire for a written opinion on the matter of responsibility responsi-bility for actions of commissions, and stressed the fact that four weeks ago they had by unanimous vote turned down Mr. Williams' proposal that a commission to investigate in-vestigate municipal power be established. Mr. Williams, after making tne statement that previous to the board meeting at which his proposal pro-posal was defeated he had "commitments" "com-mitments" from various board members, including the president, to favor establishing such commission, commis-sion, charged that if a town board was responsible ifor the actions of a municipal power investigating commission, they were likewise responsible re-sponsible for the actions of a town planning board, or any other body appointed by it. President Gronning agreed with the opinion of Attorney Sam Cline that possibly the town board was willing to assume responsibility for the actions of its planning board but not willing to be responsible respon-sible 'for Mr. Williams' acts as a municipal power investigator. Municipal Power 'Closed-Mr 'Closed-Mr Gronning continued that the board had gone on record as opposed op-posed to appointment of such a commission, and he wished to con sider the matter ciosea. stated that he wished to clear up the matter of the "commitment alleged by Mr. Williams Mr Gronning had been approached on the matter of the power investigating investigat-ing body, and had discussed it with Mr Williams. On the day in question, ques-tion, he stated, Mr. Williams approached ap-proached him during duty hours at the depot and said: "Everything Li fixed for tonight?" "Thinking you meant was there certain to be a town board meeting," the president presi-dent told Mr. Williams, "I answered 'Yes' " At' the meeting referred to. Mr Gronning was definitely opposed to appointment of Mr. Williams to head a municipal power invest.gat-ing invest.gat-ing committee. Town Trustee Ben Hillman of- fered the suggestion that if the town attorney were invited to be present at all board meetings, the. board would avoid similar future misunderstandings. Wants Weed Control George Jefferson spoke to the board on weed control, offering at cost and handling charge all the weed-killing chemicals the town needs to spray its property and the vacant lots of any owners who wish to cooperate, or whose property prop-erty the town wishes to spray and assess, as is permitted by town ordinance. or-dinance. Mr. Jefferson suggested such chemicals be purchased after bids are submitted from various dealers. He also called attention to the fact that the county and county school board each have power sprayers, which can be had for the asking. The town clerk was instructed in-structed to contact the county agent and make necessary arrangements. ar-rangements. Cemetery block No. 11, a triangular tri-angular shaped plot between two sidewalk approaches, was sold to D. E.- Kirk at the regular prict of $95 Arrangements are being made to mount the town sprinkler on a truck, it was said, after which the street between the high school and the ball park will be sprinkled each game evening, helping to alleviate the "dustistress" of the residents in that vicinity. |