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Show t f . . i City Officials left to right, seated, Councilman S, Duane Harper, Mayor Robert Marrott, Councilman Wilford Freeman; standing, City Recorder Harold Bullock, Councilmen Niels Fugal, Leo P. Harvey, John S. Green, City Treasurer Cleone B. Shields. Photo by Brimhall Ktera (Softy fflfficsBoDs 7i?oo Odd ED8(?-(y A new administration took over the affairs of Pleasant Grove City Tuesday evening, with Mayor W. Robert Marrott, City Councilmen, 4-year, terms, Neils Fugal, and S. Duane Harper; City Councilmen, 2 year terms, Leo Harvey and Wilford Wil-ford Freeman. Holdover Councilman, Council-man, John S. Green. City Recorder Record-er Harold H. Bullock and City Treausrer Cleone B. Shields. Mayor W. Robert Marrot has seved as city councilman for the past four years. Neils Fugal, as city councilman has served faith-, faith-, . fully for many years; S. Duane " '. 'Harper has had considerable exper " ' lence as city councilman and May-itxthfitTLoo May-itxthfitTLoo "Harvey has served as city councilman. Wilford Freeman, Free-man, a newcomer on the council has been active n community affairs af-fairs for many years. John S. Green the holdover city councilman has had two years and has done a fine job as councilman. Pleasant Grove can well be proud of our "City Recorder Harold H. Bullock and City Treasurer Cleone B. Shields. They are very efficient in their work and are both very valuable to the city management. The final meeting of the old administration was held previous to turning over the affairs to the new officials. The outgoing citey officials were Mayor Harvey Smith, City Councilmen Neils Fugal, Robert Marrott, Harold Smith and A. B. Gibson. During the past two years a number of important actions have been taken by the city council, which was necessary in a program of expansion which is taking place city officials were Mayor Harvey and his councilman have spent a lot of time and thought in doing the things that would be for the advancement and betterment of the community. Among the most important matters mat-ters handled was the purchase of the Big Springs from J. A. Wade, and the piping of the water to the "city- water tanks, ' which is now' completed. This was a capital outlay out-lay for about $45,000, and gives to the people of this city an adequate ade-quate culinary water supply for a number of years. As has been said many many times,' water is the life-blood of a community. Another major item was the purchase of the new fire truck for the people of Pleasant Grove, Lindon and Manila. The citizens purchased the chassis, but the city purchased one of the finest fire fighting trucks available. The extension of water lines, new roads, new trucks, have also been needed due to the growth of the city. . Pleasant Grove City is showing a substantial increase in home-building home-building each year, and while there are several sub-divisions being built, the majority of the homes are built along existing roads and water lines which generally is a more economical method. The new administration goes into in-to action with a budget setup of $79,725.25, which is no doubt the largest budget ever approved for one year. The first official action of Mayor Marrott was the appointment of committee for the coming two years, which are as follows: Water Utilities NeilsFugal chairman; Leo P. Harvey and John S. Green, members. Streets and Sidewalks John S. Green, chairman; Wilford Freeman and Neils Fugal, members. Public Safety, Police and Fire Department, Wilford Freeman Chairman; John S. Green and S. Duane Harper, members. City Porperty S. Duane Har-Wilford Har-Wilford Freeman membrs. per, Chairman; Leo P. Harvey, License and Finance Leo P. Harvey Chairman; Neils Fugal, S. Duane Harper, members. January 14 will be deadline for receiving applications for City positions. |