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Show is iiiiig Pgiite By LE ANN ALLEN A new concept effecting the role of the Wasatch Front Regional Council has been developed as a result of conflict between counties and fear that individual interests mil be compromised. "LOCAL OFFICIALS want regional in-rolvement in-rolvement to be limited to a coordination (unction or to facilitating," said George Armstrong, WFRC director of human resources. "The thinking is that local people in each county should do the bulk of planning plan-ning with most of the money to come through WFRC to the counties." THE ORIGINAL idea of the WFRC is being modified. The independent regional council with its own large staff is being discarded. Instead, more local planners will be making decisions and the council's staff will be kept minimum. One issue before the council now is the administration of Title 20 funds. The state has proposed toadminister the $20 million funds, but Davis County, one of the five iHiber counties, objected and state of- Seals agreed to let the administrate go ! laugh the WFRC. THE COUNCIL staff will meet with , counterparts of the state staff to iron out ! differences prior to the next meeting Aug. . 2!. The new alternative basicly gives the I county the right to contract with either j e state or the council for staff help in Ms which the county cannot provide. EIGHT MAIN programs are included in e council's responsibility-aging. Community Com-munity Action Program, volunteerism, S "enforcement planning, manpower, :: ohol and drug planning, health and " 20 planning. ' Assistant Ogden Mayor Karl Mac- tae has been named physical planning j aamm supervise such programs as housing, transportation, land use environmental en-vironmental quality and energy. Wilbur Jefferies, a staff employe and former director of transportation, assists Mr Macfarlane. THE COUNCIL was established in 1967 It s purpose is to coordinate planning between counties and satisfy federal requirements for allocations and grants to counties. The problem of looking after the welfare wel-fare of everyone as the population increases becomes overwhelming. Some fear large regional organizations while others see their need. "THE NEED for planning becomes apparent ap-parent with the energy boom," said Chairman William H. Levitt. "The state will be hard hit on energy programs. Unless there is good planning, there will be chaos in the energy towns. It will be destructive beyond any benefit." "Each county thinks it can do the planning plan-ning on its own, but more and more it can't. If we don't have the planning, we'll lose the federal funds." AT THE LAST monthly meeting, the council approved the way in which the water system at the Clearfield Freeport Center is being given to Clearfieid-sub-ject to approval by the Davis County Council of Governments. A controversy over Law Enforcement Agency Planning funds which is developing develop-ing between the council and the state was tabled until the Aug. 28 meeting in Roy when the state director and staff will meet with representatives. ANOTHER ACTION was approval of the Human Resources Committee which will approve a technical committee composed of representatives from each of the five counties (Morgan, Weber, Tooele, Davis and Salt Lake) similar to the transportation transporta-tion committee. It will place the present technical staff members in a supporting role. |