By Jill Heffner

HYDE PARK -- The city is not going to commit to funds in support of adult usage of the North Logan library. The City Council agreed to send this message in a letter to North Logan Mayor Val Potter, from Hyde Park Mayor David Kooyman.

North Logan is requesting $10,000 a year for the next eight years from Hyde Park for adults to use its library. After the eight years, North Logan does not guarantee usage for Hyde Park residents. Hyde Park children currently can use the library thanks to other funds raised by the city.

Kooyman presented the letter to the Hyde Park City Council for review before sending it to North Logan. The letter prompted discussion of how to provide library service to adult residents.

"I want to be a city that supports a library system," Councilman Reed Elder said.

Councilman Robert Balls said when he was mayor, plans for the current city office building included a library in the basement. He said he would like to see that happen.

Elder said he compared the cost of supporting the North Logan Library to starting a library in Hyde Park, and he is not sure Hyde Park can fund a library for less than the cost of supporting the North Logan Library.

The council said they would like to see a usage fee implemented at the library, but the North Logan City Council has not agreed to a fee.

Another concern for city residents is the traffic on 400 East. North Park Police Chief Kim Hawkes presented statistics from northbound traffic only. The traffic counter, two hoses 16 feet apart on the road and controlled by a computer, picked up 68 vehicles traveling more than 55 miles per hour in a one-day period, Hawkes said. There is not a pattern, citizens aren't seeing isolated situations, Hawks said.

Kooyman said he asked Hawkes to keep a continued presence on 400 East.

The council will hold two public hearings at the next meeting, Nov. 27. The hearings are for the adoption of the infrastructure ordinance and the commercial incentive ordinance. The council will vote on the ordinances after the hearings.

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