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Show tOCAL GOVERNMENT A PROGRAM CONSTANT One el t•e stnn1est c-unity illlages •f tlle SaR Late Lea1ae er WelNII Yaters overtlle years hu ••en usecialien ..«II the altftlpt te ••tlemize local Al -o1cr members tnev this .,d al nev •e111•ers preba'-ly llaYe usor•ed ii. Most members tnov o•fo• principles f • propnetl cllan1e. This basic ,es11on vas reac11e• early an• realflrllle• reglllarty ever al•• the lut fevynn. Here is a Imel Netgreund on t•e confusin1 present situation re garu,g Salt Late Ceunty 1evern•ent struct..a change. • ve stu.-,a s,ecific proposal lbal emeries a a Nllot ii oat to •e ef tnly acient llbt ery_ Far nov Ille lat hie tteca•es wl •• t •• para111et en! Citizen and Le9islaliYe Action - T•• E ~ In 195& the veters el Uta.II seuruly defeated a conslitutieMI 8111endlllenl tlaal veuld have alleved ·metropolitan 1nem111enr (a very nuly term lo some. but in voaue at u,e tbneJ. Anev eff ert le change lecal gevernment struct•re vu N. lbe state Ioverrnenl level.. undert•e aaspices ef the Un.:Yersity el Utah,. w• federal doDars and a 129 memberadwsory or citizens and efficiab,. an extensive study vas undertaken in 1969. TIie recemendations 111ade ltythal in 1972 resuled in veter appreval or a constitutional amendment do1-in1 eptienal f enns of ce•nty gevemment. The 1973 iaplemented the . . endnl ent _ Tllre e structural and tllree 111ana1ement eptions vere definetl f • c em ltinali en; Iegislalive and executive povers lnul te •• seperale. TIie mnt cH1plexstruct•• joined the largest citywb the c~untyand _ creal etl cemnuanity ce•ncils that b•t did not replace et lier city Ioverrnents. Also.. censelidalion el all special districts was 111andal e ti I11uler tllis eption_ Eil •er tile ceunty c e111111ission er an a,peint e • st con11Rissien ceuld dewse a prepesal ror presentation to Ille elect eral e. The county c ommissien quickly appointed astudyca-bsion ( incladinI Leag•e mem•ers Pe1gy Eble and O.ltara Burnett lat er replaced by Gina Ri et e).. vbicll a yeerlat~ prepesed the c811119anil~•Ulcil comelidation option 'Wllh an elected executive. Yoters tlefealetl tins plan in Muell 1975. In 1915 the le9islalure alse u•e• afelll'lh option vllicll vu consolitlalien ~n•s t•e cean111u1nity collllCil santncture. Abo it aloved more time.. 11 ••nt•s.. to do ib vort anti gave clies censent ,overt• receive anyne'Wly proposed ce•nt)-iwide senice. In 1977 anelher ,re,~ fw censelidalion vas present etl to tlle coaaissien by f 01111er Govemer Calvin Rantption. Ital vu reiected. R vu at that time tlle LWYSL lacame more ilwelved. The Salt Late teet "imary respensibilly fer wting a cbarter calling lbe cMn9e ·llllitication· AND •ndertatin1 a petition tlrive f • an election. el Leq ue nunben steed el sta1I·s and Albertsons. nl in office ltuildinp valked their neighborlloods and apertment .;aihfinp lo gel Uae ~et1aired_ n una b er of signatures. All t II e p eliti on C8ff\lln a members llad lo be notarized. no longer a requirement. The pers erverence paid elf Unification abe....:, defeated in November 1971 ltyadner 3 to 2 vole. ca-en:iab ••P•;ing unification vere organized by...ter districts. T llis vas a significant facer in its •eteat. (Former Gnemors J. Bracken Lee and Calm Rampton and even tile Utah Taxpayers Anociation vere early preponants of anificali on). In Marcia 1979 voters •euily defeated a change pro,o.sed bylhe CeantyComnri~on. to an ·urban C ountY- structural form 'With an a,peinted administrator. The plen continaed a lbree-member governing ltody elected at a.,e_ R vu apposed by Uae Leag11e.. not becaase it van'l consolidation. lnlt because •f its repraentation veatneH and for several otlaer serious na...s. It vas ab• in 1979 tbal Sall Late City and Sandyc•an1ed to a.mayer-council form ef _ I•vern• ent under a dill erent stalut e Iovemana cities,. pa=ed in 1975. T•e L~•a•e pl~yed a strong part in tlle SaR Late City campaa gn for change and the electien of officers. In 1982 lhe County Cenunbsion a.pin called an election for change_ laut net antler the eptional forms 3lalute. ln3lead the propnal we:, to inc orp oral e aB of Ille unincorp oral: ed •ea of tile county~ a nev city to be called ·eonnewlle City-'_ Maior impetus for the change vas to laaR continued on page '4 Salt Late Voter -6- Februrg 1 987 |
