Public Hearing

PLEASANT VIEW — Public hearings have been set for 6 p.m. May 22 at City Hall, 520 W. Elberta Drive, during the regularly scheduled city council meeting.

LAYTON — If one statement summed up public officials’ assessment of the environmental impact of basing F-35 fighter jets in Utah, it was one by Utah Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton.

Yes, he said, the F-35 will be noisier than the F-16s flown by wings at Hill, but “I don’t believe the noise level of the F-35 is going to cause any ill effects other than we may stand a little straighter when they fly overhead.”

FARMINGTON — The owners of two certified Utah Century Farms in Davis County are applying to a conservation board to be placed in an agricultural protection zone.

It is the first time in six years such a request has been made in Davis County.

SYRACUSE -- A $3 million sales tax bond proposal coming to voters in November has quietly cleared another hurdle.

City leaders held a public hearing on the bond package Tuesday after posting legal notices for the hearing in the Standard-Examiner as well as on the Utah Legal Notices website.

No one spoke at the hearing, at least during the designated time set for input to be taken. However, city council candidate Karianne Lisonbee asked to offer public comment on the bond during a public hearing on the sale of surplus property, which immediately followed the bond discussion on the agenda.

Public hearings regarding approval of the 2011-12 budget and revisions to the 2010-11 budget have been set for June 15 during the regularly scheduled council meeting at 7 p.m at 1896 N. 1800 West.

There also will be a public hearing on June 15 regarding sewer rate increases.

OGDEN -- Almost a year and a half after Merlynn Kilfoyle was sentenced to prison for a homicide, the prosecution and the defense are still arguing about his psychological exams.

In court motions, Kilfoyle's public defender argued Weber County still owes $4,300 on the defense bill for psychological exams of Kilfoyle, who suffered mild mental illness. His mental state led to a plea bargain, reducing the homicide charge from a first-degree felony to a third-degree felony.