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Show Y j Department Parleys Underway Tony Brooks, Pleasant Grove water superintendent, was the first city department head to meet with the city council under a new plan to improve dialogue between the council and the various departments. The plan will have a different department leader sitting in periodically with the council to discuss departmental problems. Brooks reported on the breakdown of the pump at the Monson Well, the automation of the Brimley Well, and switching over a neighborhood to the Battlecreek System in order to maintain water pressure in all parts : ' of town. ' ' ' ' ' ': ' ' ; : Brooks said the pump burned out because it was running continuously to meet demand. He noted that the majority of schools in the city are on f the Monson System. Brooks en- couraged the citizens to water their lawns either between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. or between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Those with automatic sprinkling systems could water during the night to ease the water problems, he said. The use of the cemetery well has helped other wells service their areas, he said. The council suggested the cemetery well be checked again for water quality. Brooks and the council reminded citizens that the city is not responsible for irrigation ditch problems. These should be directed to the irrigation company. A number of homes near 100 North and 600 East are so close to the Monson line that they do not have good water pressure most of the time. These homes will be changed over to the Battlecreek system. ' The line will be run to 500 East and dead end. A fire hydrant will be put on the line in that area. When the changeover occurs, those people near 600 East and Center Streets, 600 East and 200 North and 600 East and 100 North will be notified to prepare for temporary service cutoff. Fire Chief Ray Newman asked the council to give consideration to providing funds to repair the recently acquired fire truck. The department estimated it would cost about $10,000 to get the truck completely ready for use. Chief Newman said the truck will roll on every fire when it is fixed. Mayor David Holdaway said he felt it was a high priority to get the engine repaired. The city population has doubled in the last 10 years but the fire department has stayed the same, size. - Mayor Holdaway reported that the Utah League of Cities and Towns sub-committe sub-committe has lobbied for sales-tax legislation which he said would help out Pleasant Grove and nearly every city in the state as well. He said towns that would lose by the proposal are places like Alta which are primarily resort communities. He said the proposal is to have -a' distribution of local option sales tax based one-half upon point of sales and one-half on population in 1987. At present the distribution is only on point of sales. . .' |