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Show m m Supports MSL Complex GARY R. BLODGETT v'ORTH SALT LAKE --jy --jy officials here can be 'tired that the Bountiful a Chamber of Commerce I give its support to a new y Hall complex in North I Lake. ALLOWING A tour by en representatives of the amber a week ago, the Chamber leaders and later the general membership gave their endorsement for a proposed City Hall and Public Safety complex planned for construction construc-tion between U.S. Highway 89-91 and the present City Hall on Main Street. Chamber leaders met with North Salt Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist, Police Chief Val Wilson and Fire Chief Earl Lit- 1 tlewood for a tour of the city's current city administration and public safety building on the corner of Main (one block west of Highway 89) and Center Cen-ter Street (Cudahy Lane). NORTH SALT Lake has conducted city business out of these cramped quarters for the past 15 years. Before that, City Hall was located in a tiny structure on the highway about one block south of its present location. "We've never had adequate space," commented Mayor Palmquist. "I think the city has done a magnificent job of conducting business in such cramped quarters." PRESENTLY, the city's volunteer fire department utilizes util-izes about one-half the alloted space in the single, one-story building - hardly adequate for storing the fire vehicles let alone space for training or other purposes. City Administrative offices are located in the other (south) half of the building - which comprises one room for all city business, with the tiny mayor's office tucked off in the corner -- police headquarters and a combined city council and conference room. The latter lat-ter is often too small to accommodate accom-modate the public. THE NEW City Hall-Public Safety complex is proposed to be two stories tall, although no architect contracts have been approved. It will be large enough to accommodate city offices, police and fire department depart-ment headquarters. Mayor Palmquist explained the plans are still on the drawing draw-ing board but should be read for approval in time for the public to vote in the November election in support of a $600,000 (approximate) general gener-al obligation bond which would be paid back over the next 15 to 20 years. NORTH SALT Lake was incorporated in-corporated as a third class city about 20 years ago. A few years later the present city hall was built and since then the city's population has grown rapidly. "There's no question but what a city hall complex is needed. It's not a luxury, but an absolute necessity," city officials agree. |