December 16, 1998 Ogden renames Defense Depot Ogden OGDEN - Ogden's newest business park will no longer be * known as Defense Depot Ogden. Tuesday night, the city council accepted the reuse board's recommendation to call it the Ogden Regional Business and Industrial Center (ORBIC). Residents of nearby Marriott/Slaterville township had asked that the business park be named East Marriott or Marriott Park to reflect the history of the land before it was turned into the Defense Depot. The base was closed several years ago when the military began downsizing. The city is buying the former Army supply base from the government for $5.9 million. Marriott-Slaterville awaits election One of Utah's newest cities still has one more to go By CHERYL BUCHTA_ Standard-Examiner staff MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE With November elections a faded memory, most politicians are looking forward to either status quo or starting their new job in January. But not in Marriott-Slaterville. One of Utah's newest cities still has one more election to go. Last summer, residents in this Weber County community voted overwhelmingly to form a new city - mostly to have some say in the rapid growth surrounding the community of 1,500. The city had to hold a primary election in November to whittle down the field after 17 candidates signed up to run for five council seats. Now, the 10 winners will join two mayoral candidates in a Feb. 2 election. Then they'll start the process of putting together a government for the new city. While two elections so close together may seem stressful to most professional politicians, at least one Marriott-Slaterville candidate says his city's candidates aren't worried about the upcoming Feb. 2 election. December 24, 1998 "Anybody elected will be good," Orvil Holley said. "Everybody's interested but they're not too worried about who gets elected. If they get in, fine. If they don't, somebody will who will do a good job." That's because most of the candidates have known each other for years and have worked together in church or civic affairs. Mayoral candidate Keith Butler agrees. He was born in Marriott and lived there for his first 15 years. His family then moved 1-1/2 miles north to Slaterville. His opponent, Randy Phipps Jives in Marriott. Holley said the city's potential officials are so laid back about the politician thing that they aren't even worried about getting paid. "People out here have been working in planning committees for many years," Holley said. "Some have been on for over 30 years and never received a dime for their labor. If we need to serve with no pay, I think most would be willing." The communities banded together to form a city after the state Legislature did away with townships. "We were both townships," Holley said. "Under the law when we became townships, we could get everything we wanted to as cities. But we wouldn't need to have a mayor. But the state Legislature wiped that out." Even with its new status, Marriott-Slaterville won't start functioning as a city for months. "We don't have a pencil or piece of paper to start with," Butler said. 181