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Show ! Centerpill&s Lome Ends L - : By GARY R. BLODGETT ; ; CENTERVILLE-The City Council caught : upon a lot of loose ends at its last regular ' CUnC'' meet'ng' Zf AMONG THE ITEMS discussed, approved V or taken under advisement were (I) the prop-V prop-V ; osei sale of just over two acres of city-owned Property; (2) approval of payment for work HI done on Jennings Lane; (3) approval of a tele-jji; tele-jji; metering system for the city's culinary water ? 'Wem; (4) approved rebidding for hiring a new 1 : building inspector; and (5) approved a chairperson to chair the committee for updat-I updat-I ; ,n8 the city's master plan. In addition, the council reviewed a census rePort of the city; studied a community prog- jss report and approved the concept for a 1 Mure study; and was presented the monthly r and court reports for December. ' K-THE C0UNCIL took under advisement six y : bids submitted for the purchase of 2.02 acres of 'r 1 city-owned property between 600 and 700 East i, j and between 100 and 200 South. t ! nigh bidder was G.T. Electric Company r . hlch offered $30,000 per acre. One bid was as low asS!6,500 for the 2.02-acre parcel which is Partially developed with a creek running throu8h it. The land was appraised at $102,000 . 0r about $50,000 per acre. Jensen J THE COUNCIL approved payment to Stan i Fin ' moot for materials he used as a road base for ennmg's Lane. Mr. Smoot told the council "at the request for payment was for only 30 . pent of the 50 percent the city had earlier a oof: b8reed t0 Pay- Also, he noted, some of his own 'unsel01' Cematerial was used and not charged to the , iniis" !, Councilman Norman R. Wright abstained llbel: 'rom Voing. He said he was not familiar with 2if r h er misunderstanding between the city rth of S loper of the council at that time. A LOW BID of $38,950 for design and installation instal-lation of a water telemetering control board for the city's water system was approved by the council. The bid was offered by Remote Control Con-trol Company of Salt Lake City. Councilman Dennis Lifferth, representing the council on the water advisory committee, said the first phase will be built for $28,270 this fiscal year. The second phase will be paid for out of next fiscal year's budget. COUNCILMAN Lifferth said the telemetering telemeter-ing system will be completed in about 150 days and will not only connect all existing reservoirs but will be designed to serve new reservoirs in the future. Presently, city personnel manually monitor the city's culinary water system at a cost of about $20,000 a year. THE COUNCIL rejected all 46 applications for a new city inspector. They opened advertising advertis-ing again until last Friday (Jan. 28) when all applications were due. Mayor Neil Blackburn said some of the applicants ap-plicants were simply overqualified for the job which pays between $18,000 and $21,000. Also, the State recently released several building build-ing inspectors and Farmington had several well-qualified applicants for a job there that may be interested in Centerville, the mayor explained. JAN ALLEN was approved to be chairperson chairper-son of the city's master plan updating. At the same time, Ann Ziegler was asked to be coordinator coordi-nator with the council for this study. City personnel are preparing a questionnaire for residents asking them to rank services offered by the city; types of residential development de-velopment they prefer and oppose within the city, including sizes and types of residences; type's of offices, stores and businesses they prefer and oppose; expansion of commercial and industrial development; recreation facilities facili-ties desired; neighborhood parks compared to larger, multi-use parks, etc. CENTERVTLLE'S police report for December Decem-ber showed another busy month with 92 criminal cri-minal and 248 non-criminal cases reported. This is a slight increase of non-criminal cases, but a slight decrease in criminal cases reported from the previous month. Alcohol-related incidents again led the list of criminal offenses reported. Five motorists were cited for driving while under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and 24 others were arrested for alcohol-related cases. THERE WERE 10 reports of theft and five burglaries. Two cases of fraudulent checks, three of vandalism and three of illegal use of a weapon within the city also were reported. There were no cases of rape but there were two cases of sex offenses and four obscenity cases reported, according to Chief Clifford Russell. AMONG THE non-criminal cases reported, suspicious persons and vehicles led the list with 50. Motorist assisted accounted for 36; there were 30 reports of abandoned vehicles; and the department assisted other communi- . ties 42 times. Five injury accidents and nine non-injury accidents occurred in the city during December. Decem-ber. No one was killed. THERE WERE 47 arrests during the month, including 25 adults and 22 juveniles. Justice of the Peace James G. Parrish handled hand-led 144 cases during the month, most of them relating to traffic violations. However, criminal crimin-al misdemeanor cases included five for illegal sale of alcohol, 16 other alcohol-related cases; two each for public intoxication, theft, and violation of the animal control ordinance. |