Show t f t Mayors Mayor's Report By MORRIS BUSINESS AND FINANCE Work on the 70 1969 budget is progressing at a slower I pace this year SEVERAL problems have made it necessary to consider J. J the finances very carefully Some of the problems result t from state legislation such as the new police retirement act while others are a result of requests for more services by local citizens 1 However the budget will be ready for the public hearing scheduled for June 18 at 8 pm p.m. in the City Hall Official public notices of this public hearing are appearing in the Clipper on June 6 and 13 7 Utility billing is now more nearly on schedule than it has been for the last five months At the time the switch was made from manual billing to computer billing there were changes that caused delays of approximately 30 days Since that time the billing department has had to put forth an extra effort to catch up As of this date billing operations have recovered from within five days of being on schedule It appears that we will be completely on schedule I before the end of June AS A result of the billing delays accounts receivable of all aU city utilities are larger than normal However now that the billing is almost on schedule emphasis will be placed on collections of accounts Delinquent accounts willbe will willbe willbe be processed and collected as rapidly as possible It appears that congress is seriously considering the elimination elimination elimination elim elim- of tax-exempt tax municipal bonds simply because a few rich people are able to buy these bonds and make a nice gain without paying income tax IF THIS TIllS occurs home owners and other local taxpayers will be penalized Higher local taxes will be needed to pay increased interest charges on local bond issues in order to rectify y the inequity that results from a very few taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- payers paying less than the amount of Federal income tax that they should STREETS AND SANITATION During the last two weeks the street crews have r ta faced ced Larsen Drive and a n hd st star started ft resurfacing a.-resurfacing the west porI por por- por I lion tion of Millbrook Way It appears that the scheduled work for the 69 1968 period will be completed and the allowed funds used prior to the end of the budget year on June 30 BIDS FOR three more small storm drainage projects were opened on May 23 The low bidder was Frank George Excavating Excavating Excavating Company His bid of was approximately 2000 below the eng engineers engineer's neer's estimate The contractor who It was was vas awarded the bid Wednesday evening will begin construction tion immediately i Ten plastic garbage can liners and a packet of instructions instructions instructions were delivered to homes on Saturday May 24 Included in the packet was a question and answer sheet for Cor citizen response Some of these sheets have been returned returned returned re re- re- re turned already and the response is in favor of using this method of garbage collection WATER AND SEWER THE WATER department has been fully completed int in- in t pare the ground for landscaping around the new ingon mg ing on 1050 South West The sprinkling system is installed and top soil is ready to be placed on part of the area i GEOLOGIST have inspected the Mill Creek Canyon area to determine the of constructing a storage dam damin in the mouth of the canyon and to determine the best method methI meth meth- I od ad of developing the springs for culinary use Their survey survey sur sur- vey indicated that the soil at the mouth of the canyon is too porous to retain water It would also be very difficult R to anchor a dam at that location that could impound a large volume of water However they did recommend a method of collecting r the spring water in the area so that it can be used for culinary purposes The Water Department crews will bet begin begin be be- t gin acting upon these recommendations during the week t of June 2 The water department has been fully completed in- in I See REPORT on page 2 Mayors Mayor's Report continued from front page and accepted The total cost of the building was I This is very close to the estimate of before the bl building was even bid BUILDING PLANNING AND ZONING The planning commission has approved three text changes in the zoning ordinance These changes pertain to 1 C 2 zone yard requirements 2 Swimming pool setback from property line require require- ments 3 Definition for Cor corner lots agriculture and house household household household hold pets AN ORDINANCE with the above changes were presented and approved by the city council June 4 During May there were 34 building permits issued Twelve velve of these permits were for single family Camily dwellings the remainder are itemized as follows 1 triplex duplexes 2 16 garages and remodels 1 church 1 church remodel and 1 sign These permits had a total valuation valuation valuation of During May of 1968 there were 50 permits issued with a valuation of PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTIGATORS Ballantyne and nd Garrett attended the Western States Crime Conference in in BUr Burley ley Idaho on May 12 13 and 14 At this conference criminal investigators investigators investigators from Crom the Western States discussed criminals and criminal gangs that might be moving about and working in our area Plans are being made to hold a seminar under the guidance and instruction instruct on of the Davis County Attorneys Attorney's office office regarding the new laws recently enacted by bythe bythe bythe the Utah State Stat Legislature This is will include the n new w I liquor laws traffic laws etc It will be a hour four-hour session and all officers will have the opportunity to attend PARKS RECREATION AND CEMETERY NEW LIGHTS are arc installed at the 1800 South park with working continuing on the backstop Registration for the summer recreation programs began on June 2 Young people that want to participate in the various activities provided by the recreation department are invited to contact Roland Anderson at the swimming pool for Cor information concerning the type location and time of the activity |