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Show pG Council delays garbage rate increase peasant Grove City Council ia makinS a decision on a pickuP rate increase re-'MlSt re-'MlSt Week following a meet-Co meet-Co Dick Zobell f Laidlaw Je Sterns. Jouncil decided it wanted to ,'"er study the request and the :e contention that it should not J'ng higher rates for lr( "s service than American : 'a7 Came to the citv ,ast :'vJ ask'ng for a 60 cent per bell .per montn rate increase. pansa'd that since then the 'h cut li's overhead as ;k as. 'hey can and are now 'ease dty for a 35 cent in" hat pnasked tojustify the reason iyjn esant Grove is already :orerbout 30 cents per month aid ft " Amencan Fork, Zobell tie c e company has the 'nt t or overhead, equip-;,;es' equip-;,;es' secretarial help, etc. in both as ' 6Xcept that American Fork re homes and therefore the company makes about $ 1,800 more in revenues there than in Pleasant Grove and so they can offer them the lower cost. The Pleasant Grove City Council Coun-cil had some problems with that reasoning, saying that if there are less homes in Pleasant Grove that should mean less cost to the company com-pany no matter how you looked at lt- At the present time Pleasant Grove pays $5.39 per household per month while in American Fork the rate is $5.02. . Both American Fork and Lindon have recently raised the rates 35 cents as requested by Laidlaw. The last rate increase took ettect in July of 1987 when the dumping rates at the landfill went up necessitating neces-sitating the increase. Zobell noted that this cost increase went to the landfill and not to the solid waste company. , Tne council is expected to make a decision about the rate increase request at the next city council meeting. In other action, the council approved ap-proved a rental fee of $90 for the Senior Citizen Center with a $100 refundable deposit required. Councilman Lloyd Ash said that the city had been charging $50 to rent the area with $10 refunded if the building was left clean. However, he said that there had been some damage, a $250 table was broken, the senior citizen director di-rector was having to spend too much of her time with the renters, and it was costly to clean up after the area was used. He also mentioned that lights and air conditioning costs needed to be considered. With the increase in the rental fee, they could pay the senior citizen citi-zen director for her time involved and also give extra to the custodians custodi-ans for their increased work load. The refundable deposit of $100, although not enough to pay for a $250 table, would help to pay for damage or cleaning if needed. The council approved the variance vari-ance on a turnaround in Heritage Hills Plat I. The developers explained ex-plained that because of the lay of the land the turnaround would have to be a little shorter on one side. The council did caution the developers de-velopers that since it will be a long time, if ever, that the road goes all the way through, the turnaround should be installed adequately. They also suggested that a compaction test for stability at the end of the plat be done. Pleasant Grove City received a trophy and certificates from the Salt Lake Tribune Beautification Contest. Councilwoman Mary West reported re-ported that she had gone to Salt Lake to accept the awards which she presented to Parks Foreman Deon Giles at the council meeting. She said that the city received four awards of merit, one each for the en trances to the city, the parks, the municipal swimming pool, and to the city as a whole. The city also received a trophy. |