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Show Mayor and City Council Hold Busy Session Last Monday Mayor Jack E. Cook and members of the Pleasant Grove City Council held a busy session ses-sion last Monday night at City Hall. All answered to roll call, except Councilman Michael Vicchrilli, who was excused. A group of citizens, residents of the 100 North from 700 to 900 East area, requested paving of their street. They were told that this work was scheduled to begin be-gin next week, depending on the weather. The same group also asked if the street could be widened and were told that the widening widen-ing would entail the piping of the irrigation ditches at property prop-erty owner's expense. A group of citizens from the 700 North, 600 to 900 East areas discussed the possibility of culinary cul-inary water line enlargement. They were told that this project pro-ject is a part of future develop- ment under the HUD program. The program will begin when the federal grant is approved. However, the enlargement of the Battle Creek pipeline will have first priority, they were advised. The Strawberry Days Royalty Royal-ty were introduced to the mayor may-or and council. The girls invited invit-ed the city officials to attend the celebration. A request was made by Mountain Bell to construct two telephone lines on city streets at various locations. The request re-quest was referred to City department de-partment heads for study and recommendation. Brent Bullock, representing the city employees, asked for a meeting with the city council coun-cil prior to the public hearing on the 1970-71 budget. The council coun-cil agreed and set the date of 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 22 for the meeting. Councilman Cornell Haynie reviewed the urgent dog problem. prob-lem. He stated that all dogs, not on leash will be picked up if found roaming on the streets. They will be impounded until a $5.00 fee is paid. "This action is necessary because of the abnormal dog population," he stated. Councilman Marvin Green reported re-ported that the repairs to the rodeo arena grandstands are nearly completed, at a cost slightly exceeding the original estimate. Councilman Paul Blackhurst stated that a sidewalk, curb and gutter crew had been employed em-ployed to install improvements throughout the city. The council discussed the new ctiy business license fees. Councilman Coun-cilman Walter Reimschiissel recommended that the fees be based upon net receipts rather than gross receipts. The problem prob-lem was referred to Councilman Council-man Michael Vicchrilli for further fur-ther study. The council also discussed the HUD-235 and 236 homes. These are low cost homes made available through government financing. They are FHA approved ap-proved and meet all city building build-ing codes. Councilmen agreed that it was a good plan, available avail-able to middle-class citizens. |