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Show Wasatch Front Names Director The Wasatch Front Regional Council appointed a new director and made a decision about law enforcement en-forcement planning. THE COUNCIL has resisted giving local law enforcement agencies autonomy in policy making and appointment of board directors. But after a six-month dispute, they made a compromise by allowing local law enforcement planning plan-ning agencies to hire their own staffs and nominate board members. However, since the WFRC is the recipient of federal funds, passed through the state, for law enforcement planning within the region, they will retain veto power over local decisions. THE FIVE-county WFRC named Wilbur R. Jefferies as their new executive director, succeeding Ivo D. Mills. Mr. Jefferies has played a major role in the WFRC since 1972. He has been the transportation trans-portation director and charted chart-ed the original mass transit plan in Davis and Weber Counties. MR. JEFFERIES, who resides in Bountiful, is originally from Harrisburg, Pa. where he was in transportation trans-portation planning. He was chosen even though he was not among the 114 applicants for the $25,000-a-year position. During an executive session before the monthly meeting, it was decided that Mr. Jefferies was best fitted for the job even though the council had originally stated that employes of the agency would not be considered. THE REGION has been split on law enforcement planning with Davis, Weber and Morgan counties in District Dis-trict Two and Salt Lake and Tooele in District One. Ogden City Councilman Karl Macfarlane wanted the district councils and administrations ad-ministrations placed at the Wasatch Front level with money channeled to the region instead of the two dis tricts. The district councils will be kept in tact. MR. MACFARLANE said he was concerned about overlapping problems in law enforcement planning for Davis County with those in Weber and Salt Lake counties. coun-ties. Neither Region One or Region Two has addressed itself it-self to these overlapping problems, he said. THE NEW agreement will be formalized at next month's meeting. The decision was made when Salt Lake City Commissioner Ralph McClure insisted the matter be resolved at Thursday's meeting. |