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Show ! 'City Will Tighten Security ground Ambulance Office system. the engineer's estimate for the excavation had been $8,534. Council approved the expenditure of storm drainage fees to pipe an existing drainage , ditch near Garden Continued on Page A-12 Jhefts totalling over $1,000 in value (WriPOrted t0 Pleasant Grove City Wm (Tuesday night causing the 'hi agree t0 expenditure of aficeseCUre ambuIance bay Bezzant, president of the Ca?he( uASS0dati0n' told the LI that his group felt that the W5 f securi"g the building were loss a.ry ause of the continual -kula materials from the amines am-ines and the offices. lua Clted instances when the ara-equinjf ara-equinjf crews have reached for in th7enl ey had recently placed l ambulance only to find it had 1 e8Madboit locks wfl be placed on all Koto S t0 the building and 'i'nlywl Crntro1 dev'ces will be the I He c i Peni"g the bay doors. fPeratpn. the disPatchers would foors e remote control to open the i iirinaTvf3"1 said that the cost of ' He al doors would be $410- lso received approval for the purchase of uniforms for the ambulance am-bulance personnel and for pagers. The uniforms would cost $675 and would be an asset since the group does a good deal of teaching and it would identify them as well as build the morale of the crews. He suggested there be a medical type uniform with a patch on one sleeve identifying them as Pleasant Grove Ambulance Personnel. The other sleeve would have the Emergency Medical Technician patch. Six new pagers plus reimbursement to all those ambulance personnel who have paid one-half the cost of their present pagers would cost $2,167. All these expenditures are within the existing budget for the association. The city accepted the low bid of G. & C Construction of $4,276.60 for excavation of a storm drainage system on Locust Ave. near the Melvin Lemon property. Also accepted was the low bid of $6 940 from Geneva Pipe Co. for the pipe to be used in the drainage City Council Continued from Front Page village Mobile Home Park. The city engineer, Lee Wimmer, also told council that a soil study i would have to be done at the site of this proposed mobile home park. He had concluded that some of the soil there is unstable when it is saturated with water. He said there was a question of whether lo raise the roads or lower the water table.. The study should be completed by the next council meeting. Nancy Bristol, representing Reyes Syndrome Foundation in Pleasant Grove, explained the goals and needs of this organization and received the support of the city council in behalf of the group. She said they would be seeking funds locally lo assist in research on the disease. With the council not being too familiar with the Reyes Syndrome, Mrs. Bristol explained that this disease effects the liver in children, sometimes adults, which in turn can cause the brain to swell and then this can result in affecting other parts of the body as well. The desease attacks primarily healthy children ages 18 and under, males and females equally. Onset of the disease usually follows a viral illness such as flu or chicken pox. it can be fatal or can leave the patient with varying degrees of disabilities. It is a non-communicable disease. Survivors of Reyes Syndrome usually recover completely but some do suffer brain damage. Newly elected council members, Dell Young and David Dickerson, reported to council on a workshop they attended Tuesday evening on distribution of the sales tax which was sponsored by (he League of Cities and Towns. During the workshop, legislation was drafted which will request an additional one-fourth cent sales lax which would be distributed on a per capital basis rather than on point-of-sales. There is presently three-fourth cent sales tax. At the end of five years a full one-half one-half of the full cent would be distributed on population basis rather than the point-of-sales. This legislation, if enacted by the legislature, would bring about $100,000 more into the Pleasant Grove revenues the first year. This would increase each year as the percentage was changed. Pleasant Grove City presently has a suit against the state tax commission asking that the method of distribution be changed from point-of-sales to population. The city has contended that many actual sales occur here but that the sales tax goes to the Salt Lake City area because the home office is there. They feel that this is unfair. The approval of this legislation would be a great boon to Pleasant Grove and other small communities throughout the state, the council said. Police Chief Mike Ferre reported that Officer Jim Jones has resigned and council approved the hiring of Cody Cullimore as a patrol officer. This leaves the city without an Animal Contrdl Officer so the city will be seeking a person to serve in this capacity. Applications are available at the city hall or the police station. The council also approved the appointment of Val Scott as a volunteer fireman. Since Mr. Scott is a full-time fire fighter for Hill Air Force Base, Fire Chief Mark Johnson said he would be a real asset to the department because of his expertise. ", - , " 1 ' ' . -w ........ ............... i ' , v ; . ' ... , ' v Is k k &$'f - r v'' f ' "VI JhTV- "4- . -.vv.W-wS-iW?' iM.v imitMtiu Htm-" '""" ' . "t 1 F .... Vn :yJ cf, "r - B . . t: . -; ,. ' .1 1.. ....... - .v -..v "ji 1 . . j : - CHILDREN FRO.M (iKOVECKKST SCHOOL cross 100 Fast whore drivers are being asked to slow down. Story on Page 1 |