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Show Lindon City honored for improving traffic control ly KALYN SECRETAN Lindon City was honored with he presence of Bryce McEuen at a ecent City council meeting. Lin-onwasrecognizedfor Lin-onwasrecognizedfor outstanding erformance in the Traffic Control "rogram. An engraved plaque was warded to the city with the follow-lg follow-lg message: Extra Mile Award resented to Lindon for Outstand-lg Outstand-lg Improvement in Traffic Control afety - 1987-88. McEuen represents the Utah isk Management Association, indon City's liability carrier. The m ssociation is made up of 40 cities. The cities joined together to form their own company. They are doing an exceptional job in reducing losses. Public Works Director Don Peterson Pe-terson and his crew were commended com-mended for their participation in the Traffic Control Safety Program. Pro-gram. The Association presents awards each year, five awards were given this year. Lindon did a great job, bushes and trees were cut, directional signs were placed and private citizens were encouraged to cut their bushes back. McEuen informed the group that future insurance premiums will be determined by how well programs are implemented. The real bottom line is to prevent losses. The city has been successful so far. The biggest area in city liability is lawsuits concerning land use and zoning issues. Training will be offered of-fered to the cities on land use and zoning. Jody Burnett will conduct the seminars. McEuen noted that they appreciate appre-ciate Ray Brown, Lindon City Administrator, on board as chairman chair-man of the claims committee. In conclusion, he left with his parting advice, "Remember Safety is no Accident." In other council business, Don Peterson reported the crew is going over every piece of equipment they have, making needed repairs and gettingit ready for spring. With all the snow, the road crews have been busy distributing slag and salt. Lindon received a bill from Pleasant Grove for $3,400 for help during the canal break. Lindon asked them to settle for fifty cents on the dollar. Pleasant Grove agreed and was paid $1,721. Garbage fees were discussed, the city is changing $5.75. They are paying Laidlaws $5.72. It is not adequate and they need about a 25 cent buffer to pay for administrative administra-tive costs and bad debts. The Landfill is so unstable now that they are thinkingof extending the site as long as they can. At the last Landfill meeting, they voted to approve raising the telephone lines. They have some money but not enough for a new site. A decision on garbage fees will be made at a later date. A resolution of the Special Improvement Im-provement District east of the freeway free-way was discussed and the dates for the equalization and review will be held February 15, at 6 to 7 p.m. Feb. L6 and 17 at 4 to 5 p.m. |