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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show Archives Deseret News Archives, Sunday, December 21, 1997 Weber to study proposed cities Associated Press Weber County will spend $25,000 studying the proposed incorporation of four townships into two cities in the northwestern corner of the county. The townships of Marriott and Slaterville have petitioned to merge, as have the townships of Warren and Reese. Supporters of incorporating from both communities said the state's township laws do not provide protection from surrounding cities looking to expand. "We've got Ogden city on one side, West Haven on another and Farr West on a third. We feel, in a little bit of time, they are going to be picking off our territory," said Rob Smout, a petitioner for Marriott-Slaterville. Townships were approved by the Utah Legislature in 1996 to give residents in unincorporated areas control of their neighborhoods without having to bear the cost of forming cities. The Legislature then changed the township law in 1997, removed much of that control and left townships with planning boards that can merely advise the county. Weber County's studies must be completed by Jan. 31. After that, the county commission may schedule public hearings. Then residents of both cities must refile incorporation petitions and the county must schedule an election. Marriott-Slaterville would be located south of Farr West and Plain City and would have Defense Depot of Ogden on its east border and the Weber River on its south and west. Reese-Warren would be west of Plain City, bordered by Salt Creek and West Haven City on the east, Great Salt Lake on the west, the Box Elder County line on the north, and 3300 South on the south. Reese-Warren's population is 900. Marriott-Slaterville's is 1,350. Duncan Murray, chairman of the Warren Township Planning Commission, said that local control is the only force driving the move to become cities. With the construction of more subdivisions in their areas, Murray said, "it just makes sense to have local people making these decisions. It's just basic, elementary democracy." 106 |
