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Show Soma Say Ves, ?! Otas Mo To JOSI I Biil. ABiEraeiiatBon W "w"d neighbors' let's be friends," said Mayor Morris Swapp to about 400 Val (V its airing annexation at a public meeting. Si I 3r'Scoe- Presiding over the meeting held at the South Davis Junior High .c I fcili,5""". "early lost command several times as the over-zealous audience nil i?'tt,resseir opinions. Z 10 0311 meeting, you call it and I will come if I want to," he said. He "w , m"lee Iha had called the meeting. He asked for 20 minutes, unin-'"apalinthe unin-'"apalinthe issue. . - :"SRNttls?prime concern. Bountiful residents pay 16 and one-eighth more. This 0t 'souuLiaree proPerty owners from wanting to annex into the city. 'At finer mi ' by lower electrical rates when the transfer was complete from '29 l B0Unt'ful Power ComPany' according 10 Bountiful officials. l9t VlBMrSCE was explaining issues such as better tennis courts, parks, police J '-'MhtrJ dy from the audience took the microphone to speak. Residents S ' erS,heaskedner Questions. J Si8s "ne of her questions to Bountiful Power Department Director Berry thai 21 tnat yu have a special deal with the government as preferred rjiV ' " 1 lasl forever? . i'itS!lll.llave t0 8 "P and if yu have 10 extend everyone's rates will go '-h Pow she continued, "that it is possible your future power will come f HichirT rand Light?" ,1 1 "'idtiorai!!?lajned tnat Bountiful has more than ample power, at the present, jj WN"rrTD e"ts fr several years- 1 J ?ril source Ulah Power and Light was one of the future possibilities as an --r ces a tA -v U?Uln ConsumS being considered such as power development through the In-4flJ: In-4flJ: '1,le-Utahan(ia fS Power Association, a 3-million kilowatt development in Im,. thermal development at Cove Fort, Utah. T 'H,Ml0Val VerdV0Cate Gary Marsh. pieaded for better facilities, which have Wi va earecreaiina,'n their cunty-oriented government system. 1 !EvERal Sltuation in 'his area tha is second only to a cow pasture, f :i"t?eSeetl7i,ded Bountiful's recreational facilities. Dr. Briscoe pointed out V :Z tWo Wimr- area' Buntiful had four tennis courts. It how has 18 courts, y Uo'C?LPO(!'s' tot parks-handba" courts' etc- It r!1 '"ghtiiuT w ,'laimed 'hat snow removal, street repair, garbage collec-': collec-': ' JNT warn ""Prove while others verbally doubted the promise. " Fr eCOme a" island surrounded by cities where we don't have a A Some Say Yes, Others No To Btfl. Annexation CONTINUED FROM FRONT When someone asked about the county's position, Commissioner C.E. "Bill" Moss, seated in the audience, left his comfortable position to join the dignitaries at the head i. of the gymnasium, facing the audience. ; ii "IT IS none of the county's business. You people can do what you would like to do," he said. "I have had several people come and ask about recreation. The only way you ;j can get recreation here is to organize a district with a special mill levy." "The only other way would be to incorporate or to join Bountiful," he said. DAVIS County Sheriff William "Dub" Lawrence gave his side on the claim that ! Bountiful's police service was more efficient than the county's. "You are comparing peaches to plums," he said, commenting on the comparison of over-all response time to emergency call response time. "BOUNTIFUL'S response time to emergency calls is a lightening speed averaging 90 seconds while the county has cut their emergency response time to 8 minutes," he said. He didn't give a breakdown showing response time in the extreme southern end of the j CfTZ protection became an issue. Some claimed better service would result from ! - joining Bountiful while others said the county's service had been efficient and adequate. ' BOUNTIFUL Fire Chief Darrel Mcllrath said Bountiful is working toward a new i rating with the addition of a substation in the southeast part of the city. ' He pointed out that as the Val Verda area started to grow, commercially, the rating t by the fire marshall would change. DAVIS COUNTY Fire Chief Russell "Buck" Earl said it seemed that in the past, ' . annexation discussions had made the county's fire department a whipping boy. "If you annexted tomorrow you wouldn't get one bit better fire protection. Maybe ' " next year. But to this point, we are even," he said. CITY MANAGER Grant Petersen was put on the hot seat by residents asking about f ' the budget cutoff date. He has asked that Val Verda residents make their decision by June 18 to allow time to include the additional expenses in the budget. He explained that the extra mill levy that would be assessed would be just barely ;: enough to provide police and fire prorection while the rest would come from other sources such as power bills and sales tax. "WE CAN do nothing but lose if this annexation is completed," said Mr. Petersen, ! ' "speaking as a Bountiful citizen." Tax moneywould not start to come in until ! November while the services would have to begin upon annexation. Sales tax is distributed on a point-of-sale basis. Bountiful received $400,000 last year i : from sales tax. This year's expected revenues will be $675,000 with the Legislature's :- latest increase of one-fourth percent. THE AUDIENCE verbally opposed Dr. Briscoe's statement that there were hundreds of people, not at the meeting, who didn't feel strongly against the issue. Only the petition will tell and it will take at 50 percent majority or one-third of the property owners to swing it. DISCUSSION groups continued after the meeting ended. Some are philosophical about limiting government and keeping their country atmosphere. |