Show layton Drug Center Public Inquiry A public inquiry into operations at the 1 ity Crisis Center in was held on at the Layton City persons attended the which was called by a citizen's committee concerned about methods used i An inquiry committee comprised of seven mem bers was consisting 1 of Layton City Council man John who will serve as Jim John 1150 Elaine Ruby J. Lee E. Second and Don N. V. THEY were assigned to study the present charter and and to meet with acting per at the center and the Board of They will present the facts of the investigation back to the citizens committee at a public time and place yet to be A MOTION was passed at the meeting to have the Board at the public The Community Crisis Center receives a State Grant of per which is handled by an The acting director of the center receives no salary under the present THE CENTER came der fire by several citizens who said they were denied access to the center as and that the Board of Directors was inaccessible when they attempted to explain their Elaine a former organized the concerned citizens' committee and called the public Present were representatives from the Clearfield Job Layton City Mayor Layton City Police Chief Lamar Roy Evans from the Davis County School and representatives from the Layton City RUBY J. school teacher from Vae View Elementary and Civic conducted Friday night's In her opening remarks she sincerely hope that goodwill comes out of this We are not here to discuss but to make recommendations for the successful and continuing operation of the A house divided against itself cannot and that will be our theme here We're not here to close but to make it bigger and SHE said she envisioned a large Youth Complex with a year-round enclosed swimming pool in Layton of which the Drug Crisis Center would be a small as opposed to the small wooden building in which the center is now Volunteers both praised and criticized leadership at the but all lamented about the slowness of the community to become concerned about the center's At times only the efforts of one or two persons has kept the center SPECIALLY praised were one of the original founders of the and Gloria who came along a little later and who had devoted many hours to the center as acting and in other volunteer Specific questions about center operations which were raised the present board Who appointed Why is there not an Advisory Council in the set Are the Bylaws open to and why are they not more generally available to the THE present board carrying its responsibility to the center and the Are minority groups Why are the regular meetings publicized in the press ahead of time so that interested parties may James Daniel of the Community asked if Price and her group did not indeed represent a separate group making two and she replied that this was the but that it was her hope that the two groups would emerge as MAYOR Shields questioned at length Vaughan Fowler about who present committee members their meeting by-laws and financial A question was raised about how the present director was selected and as to the legality of the Fowler said he did not know who called the present or by what authority they were LESLIE a former volunteer who said he felt like he has been squeezed out of the said that he and other volunteers tried to organize a grievance but that the board was too nebulous and inaccessible to respond to their Several young people were in the audience and spoke fluently about their impressions of the The meeting was opened with prayer by LeRoy |