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Show City Council Holds Meeting Monday Various matters of city affairs af-fairs were discussed at the city council meeting held Monday evening. Councilman Cornell Haynie served as mayor pro-tem pro-tem in the absence of Mayor Jack Cook, who had asked to be excused. Councilman Michael Mich-ael Vicchrilli was also excused from the meeting because of his work. Art Steele, city general superintendent, sup-erintendent, met with the council coun-cil and gave his monthly report to the council. He stated that outside work projects had been hampered because of the weather wea-ther but expected necessary work to be done when the wea- ther becomes btter. j Mr. Steele stated that gravel is being hauled to make road repairs on city streets. He said that because of the weather asphalt as-phalt patches were not holding hold-ing and that there is a great need to make street repairs. He also asked that streets being be-ing constructed by some dividers divid-ers in the city not be accepted until they can be properly constructed con-structed and improved. He gave examples of such roads and stated that it is best for the city if the subdivided be held responsible for the proper construction con-struction of these streets rather than placing the repair and construction of these streets on-to on-to the city crews. Blaine Gray, street foreman, was also present at the meeting meet-ing and requested the city a-dopt a-dopt a uniform curb and gutter gut-ter and sidewalk plan. He said that advanced planning of these improvements and stipulated stipul-ated specifications of such results re-sults in a more uniform and ordered or-dered appearance than the i present policy being followed by the city.. The council mem- (Continued on page 3 ) City Council Meeting Monday painting machine. He stated that he felt it would be advantages advan-tages to have such a piece of equipment in the city and requested re-quested the members consider this item for the new budget (Continued from page 1) bers voted to investigate this matter. Sherwood West, waste collection collec-tion foreman, joined the council coun-cil to give a report on his department. de-partment. He stated that the truck and hoist are old and is need of constant repairs. He requested consideration be given giv-en for a new and larger garbage gar-bage truck. Mr. West stated that one of the employees on the garbage collection department is close to the end of his work period for the city. He requested that this employee be given consideration consid-eration for full employment in this department. The council stated that they will review this matter and make a decision decis-ion in the near future. Don Fenton, chairman of the Pleasant Grove Stake Old Folks Committee met with the council coun-cil and requested the city contribute con-tribute to the senior citizens party being held conjointly by both stakes. The council authorized auth-orized this budgeted contribution contribu-tion he made to the committee Members of the Strawberry Days Association joined with the council and reported on the activities in preparation for Strawberry Days 1972. They re-uested re-uested that city employees and equipment be used to make the necessary improvements at the rodeo grounds. Much work is need to be done on the grounds and structures to make them ready for the celebration. The council assured the committee com-mittee that city equipment and personnel will be able to assist on the proposed improvements. Shelby Seem, representing the Provo Herald, was present at the meeting to ask the council coun-cil if th city would pay for an article and advertisement in ' the upcoming progress edition of the paper. It was explained to Mr. Seem that this item was not budget for in this year's budget and therefore the city could not pay. It was proposed that the if the Strawberry Days Association felt that this would be of benefit to them they could pay for this item. The matter will be referred to them for their consideration. Councilman Neil Fugal reported re-ported on the meeting that he and Mayor Cook had attended recently relative to the solid waste disposal program in the north end of the county. He mentioned that it was the opinion opin-ion of the county commissioners commission-ers that the garbage dump should be closed at night. No final decision was reached at this meeting, Councilman Fugal Fu-gal reported, but this matter County Council of Governments for consideration at their next meeting. Councilman John Huntsman gave a report about the meeting meet-ing that he and Councilman man Haynie had attended relative rela-tive to long distance telephone calls in Utah County. It was the feeling of most of those present that there should be no long distance charges for calls made throughout Utah County. This would be similar to the policy followed by the telephone company in Salt Lake County. Robert Fox, student at the high school and a member of the Key Club, discussed with the council plans of the club for an ecology project, which would be a large scale community clean up program. He asked if city trucks and equipment could be used for this project. The council told Mr. Fox they would investigate this matter and report to him which equipment equip-ment would be available on the day the cleanup was planned. Councilman Fugal reported he had talked to the engineer about refinishing 200 South St. This work could be done with funds from the Collector Road System. The cost of the project pro-ject would be approximately $37,500 and would extend from the high school to 1500 East. Mr. Fugal said this road is in much need of repair and he felt the city could receive approval from the State to use the collector collec-tor road monies for this project Michael Francom, city re-' re-' corder, stated that Councilman Michael Vicchrilli had attended attend-ed a meeting with representatives representa-tives of cities in the north Utah County area relative to estab-lishement estab-lishement of a Northern Utah County Sewer district. The idea of the program would be to establish one centrally located sewer plant in the area to provide pro-vide services of water treatment treat-ment for residents. The federal feder-al government would look with favor on such a project and grant funds would almost be assured. It appear from the discussion discus-sion at the meeting that all three cities, American Fork, Lehi, and Pleasant Grove will need to enlarge and modify their present sewer plants in the near future and combining of these plants may be the most economical plan to follow. Councilman Hay-ue presented present-ed a brochure to the council members showing a street |