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North Ogden employees get mixed bag on benefits

Last updated Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 9:42pm

NORTH OGDEN — The city council approved a one-time 3 percent raise for employees; however, those employees will pay a 5 percent cost increase for their benefits package.

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North Ogden council OKs public works expenditures

Staff and correspondents Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 2:00pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The city council approved spending $4,000 for the city to put earnest money on up to two properties for the public works complex.

It also approved the mayor to negotiate a contract up to $556,000 for the purchase of property for the complex.

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North Ogden to consider adding street lights

Correspondent Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 2:12pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The city is considering the addition of several street lights in neighborhoods after residents have been approaching the city council about dark streets.

City policy states that street lights should be every 600 feet at city intersections and some neighborhoods are not abiding by that policy.

Mayor Richard Harris said the city will closely examine and start working toward making that change.

“I think we should at least meet our minimum standard,” Harris said.

City Councilman Wade Bigler asked that the council discuss where the street lights should be put at the meeting scheduled for May 8.

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North Ogden estimates cost of well to be $1.4M

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 9, 2012 - 11:23pm

NORTH OGDEN -- The city's engineer is proposing that a new well be drilled to the tune of $1.44 million.

The city wants to secure its water rights and be brought up to state guidelines for water. To do so, a fourth well is recommended, said Matt Hartvigsen, an engineer with Jones and Associates, the city's engineering firm.

Currently, the city is providing water at guidelines set in 2007, but this new well would put the water system a few years ahead.

Hartvigsen presented a detailed plan at a recent city council meeting, where he explained why a new well is needed in the next fiscal year.

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North Ogden considers more lenient sign ordinances

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 6, 2012 - 5:18pm

NORTH OGDEN — The city will revisit its ordinance regarding temporary signs.

New council members have received requests from some businesses — many from Realtors — asking the city to soften the temporary sign ordinance.

Currently the city does not allow any temporary signs in the parking strip except for those advertising city events. It also does not allow temporary signs on private property, such as open house signs, unless they are put up by the property owner.

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North Ogden’s new communications policy to be tested

Dave Greiling Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 11:20pm

Email is a wonderful tool, making communications faster and broadening the universe to which you can easily send information. Facebook and Twitter take it several steps further, but email still has its niche.

But whether that niche is an effective tool as city officials’ only way of communicating with the media — well, we’re about to find out how well that works.

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North Ogden city media relations policy

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Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 11:15pm

This is the new media policy announced by the North Ogden City Council this week.

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North Ogden councilman on leave left off emails

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 7:21am

NORTH OGDEN -- A city councilman on temporary leave while he is deployed to Afghanistan has been taken off the city's email list and is calling it political payback for his disagreements with some councilmen.

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North Ogden faces recent loss of third city official with finance director's resignation

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 9:27pm

NORTH OGDEN — Finance Director Debbie Cardenas has resigned after eight years with the city. She will take a job as the finance director with the city of Mesquite, Nev. Her last day will be March 23.

Cardenas is the third top city official to resign in the last several months.

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North Ogden residents to vote on revenue bonds for public works complex

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 9:02am

NORTH OGDEN — Residents will get the chance to vote on whether the city should pay for a new public works complex with up to $7 million in revenue bonds.

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