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Show ! Manna from heaven' aids I business development fund !'.-, By TOM BUSSELBERG . FARMINGTON "Manna from heaven" to the taste of $172,000 will be added to the Davis ; County Council of Governments revolving loan fund. . The addition to those federal pass-through monies will boost the county's economic develoment assistance fund to nearly $500,000, says Neldon Hamblin, Clearfield mayor and chairman of the allocation alloca-tion committee. He told the county's mayors and commissioners the funds "were in arrears" and he termed them "manna from heaven that probably won't continue." The allocations committee reviewed re-viewed requests from several cities and county agencies before opting to recommend all the money be lumped into the revolving loan fund. That was setup about three years ago to assist in financing expansion, expan-sion, job-creating projects for new or existing businesses in the county. coun-ty. Nine such projects have been or are in the process of receiving financial assistance with nearly 200 jobs created. "This will help the entire population popula-tion of Davis County," Mr. Hamblin Hamb-lin said, as mayors nodded approval approv-al with a unanimous favorable vote. In other COG business, okay was given for scheduling of seminars semi-nars to assist planning commission members from the various cities in performing their duties. "There are about 120 commission commis-sion members in the county, including in-cluding city council representatives," representa-tives," Asst. Planner Wilf Som-merkorn Som-merkorn said. "At least one-fourth are new each year." The first will tentatively be scheduled sche-duled for Oct. 27 in the evening. Topics would include zoning, applicable ap-plicable laws, recent court cases and questions. Presenters may include Layton City's Scott Carter, Tim Stephens, Barry Burton and Mr. Summer-korn, Summer-korn, all with Davis County planning plan-ning and Attorney Bob Grow. "We would hold the first of what we'd hope would become an annual or semi-annual event," Mr. Sommerkorn said. "We feel we can raise commissioners" effectiveness. effec-tiveness. "It seems too often planning commissioners don't look ahead to where they're actually going. They get caught up in the day-to-day business." Such seminars could help them understand the impact their decisions deci-sions may make for the future, he continued. Mayors DeLore Thurgood of Syracuse and COG Chairman Rex Bouchard of South Weber heartily endorsed the proposal, questioning question-ing if a seminar could also be set for board of adjustment members. Mr. Sommerkorn said costs would be kept to a minimum, such as $5 a person that might be paid by individual cites. |