Show they will be higher M It Ii is 18 now a certainty that property owners in Grand county are going to pay more per dollar of assessed valuation valuation val val- than they did last year With the passage of the 1959 1969 budget last week by the Grand district board of education and with mill mm levies forthcoming from Grand county and Moab City local taxpayers can fairly well determine what they will need to satisfy the demands of ot the annual personal property tax this year decision of the Board Board of Education to raise tax taxes s in order order to finance needed building in one year was waa one that undoubtedly took much thought The policy we believe is a sound one There is no question that school construction is needed and since it can be fi financed fir fi- fi jn In n a single years year's budget under the tho legally prescribed prescribed prescribed pre pre- r scribed maximum tax ceilings this appears much better than stringing it out over a period of years through bonding Although bonding for capital improvements is the order of or the day for most taxing units we see danger in extending the bonded indebtedness of an area when eve even thee the t e. e greatest optimists optimist's cannot definitely predict a future economy By budgeting capital improvements in one year the tiie building will vif be done not only while the need is great but I the is at a level that can an support the added year one-year burden And school officials state that it is the their intention to cut the J levy levy- vy back next year year to its average average average aver aver- age operating level Jevel Moab City officials believe at the tho present time that the they can cut their tax levy by one mill However it appears ap ap- appears pears fairly certain that the drop will be absorbed by Grand county which has found itself in need of or added funds It seems out of place that city county and school 1 s 's hould lr have ve the rd r making f Ki gt tax x levy de- de visions without b benefit of taxpayer of advice nut But Jut for Individuals in individuals individuals In- In to attend budget hearings is so so uncommon lit ill l' l this area that the burden 1 of decision falls faUs completely on elected officials In light of increased demands for government services services services ices and spending in the tho last five to ten years it is commendable commendable commendable com com- that elected officials have done as well as they j have in determining the answer to the prime question where the increased monies would come from |