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Show Pleasant Grove City Council Holds Regular Session Monday For their second regular meeting in February, 1968, members of the Pleasant Grove City Council met Monday night in the city hall. Mayor Paul T. Fordham presided and all were present, except Councilman Marvin Green. Larry G. Sorenson, representing represent-ing the Utah Valley Sweeping Company, a Pleasant Grove firm, submitted bids for hourly rates, for the sweeping of Pleasant Grove s "city streets. The proposals were taken under un-der advisement by vote of the council. James Hindley and Clive Beck, representing Strawberry Days Association, Inc., asked for council approval for the holding of Strawberry Days in June, 1968, and also for cooperation cooper-ation in the use of city facilities. facilit-ies. Both requests were approved. appro-ved. Mr. Hindley and Mr. Beck also pointed out the need for repairs and renovation of the rodeo arena. They asked for the help of the Youth Corps in such a program. This request was also approved. Robert Hassell, representing Utah State University Extension Exten-sion Service, suggested that a "Youth Division Council" be established in Pleasant Grove. Council membership would in clude local representatives from city, church, school and club organizations, he explained. explain-ed. The purpose of the Youth Council would be to build a better community by working with the youth, with emphasis on skills, self - improvement, family building, etc. Mr. Hassell Has-sell noted. The Council voted approval . of Mr. Hassell's suggestion and appointed Jay F. Harmer to represent the city in the new youth development movement. The Council voted approval for the purchasing of filing cabinets cab-inets for the storage of city maps. Council members also voted approval for the destroying of old Water Revenue Bonds, which are now paid up and have been kept on file the required re-quired length of time. Councilman Harmer introduced intro-duced Lorin Bone, Blake Fordham, Ford-ham, Bill Hoglund and Robert Secretan, all applicants for the position of 1968 City Recreation Director. The four applicants were interviewed by the Council Coun-cil and then excused. After the applicants had withdrawn, the Council continued contin-ued the discussion, but no decision de-cision was reached before adjournment. |