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Show UTAH STATE P. 0. SALT PRESS ASSN. 13L7 CITY, BOX LAME UTAH 84110 VOLUME THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1976 mw tonoOio By By DAVE WIGHAM areas to the board at their next meeting. Some discussion on the MR. RANKIN told the board that the two companies had first indicated that all 120 new buses would be delivered in April, but that the UTA informed the companies that they were unable to handle all the buses at once, so the delivery process will be over a three month period from April until June. - The Utah Foundation reported that the State Budget was up 11 percent for next year. STATE expenditures totaling $914.5 million were recommended by the Governor in his proposed budget for Mr. Rankin also informed the 1976-7- 7 fiscal year. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in their analysis of the budget presented Monday by the Governor to the 1976 Utah Budget Session. Included in the 1976-7- 7 budget total are $909.1 million for the board that he suggested that the service now being offered from Brigham City to Hill Air Force Base should be discontinued for lack of support. The board approved this measure and the two buses now being used for that service will be relocated to Davis regular expenditures from current revenues plus $5.4 County. million from surplus. THE PROPOSED budget of $909 million from current revenues is approximately $87 million, or 11 percent greater -- than estimated expenditures for 1975-7- 6 and nearly $245 million or 37 percent greater than the expenditure total in. the 1974-7- 5 fiscal year.- According to the Foundation analysts approximately percent of the 1976-7state budget will go for 48.8 7 education. Total expenditures for education will increase by $51.6 million, or 13.2 percent next year under the Gover- nors budget. county region. Following is a breakdown of major areas of expenditure in Mr. Inglish noted that 10 percent of the total population of this five county area fall under the above category. He said his council was concerned with furnishing adequate transportation for these people. and 1976-7- 7 millions of dollars). 1975-7- 6 EXPENDITURE, and 1975-7- mended lic Schools, 1976-7- 7: $247.2, (in Authori-ize- d recom- Pub $283.6; higher education, $144.7, NO ACTION was taken as Mr. Inglish indicated his group would contact other Mn shuttle bus service now being offered in downtown Salt Lake was heard but no action was taken. MR. RANKIN indicated that the service wasnt being used anywhere near what was projected. The board took under advisement the possibility of using those two buses somewhere else. IB iiiiifi Ip 11 in Salt Lake in April. JOHN Inglish from the Wasatch Front Regional Council reported to the board that his council has run a survey concerning transportation for the elderly and handicapped in the five the country to see recommendations - HE SAID that will give Davis County 14 buses, with six of them being new. Several of the new buses to be received in April will also find homes in Davis County. Mr. Rankin indicated that in the long term plan the UTA plans to have between 25 and 30 buses serving pavis County. - of how they are handling the situation and then would make Utah Transit Authority General- Manager John Rankin reported to the UTA board of directors that the new buses ordered from General Motors and American Motors will arrive FORTY FORTY-SIX-NUMBE- R . $160.0; total education, $392.0, $443.6; social services, $155.2; $172.6; transportation, $131.5; $161.6; general government, $77.6, natural $74.1; resources, $33.2, $21.9; public safety, $19.0, $21.4; debt service, $9.6; $9.5; development service, $3.8, $4.6; total $821.9, $909.1. Although the Governors budget contemplates no increase in state taxes, the Foundation report notes that Utahs unemployment tax paid by employers will automatically rise this year under the provisions of exist- ing law. THE GOVERNORS budget recommends that the sales tax be eliminated on prescription drugs, among the other important recommendations included in the Governors budget are the following: State support of the public schools program will be raised by the budget from $621 to $684 per weighted pupil unit, an increase of about 10.1 percent. In addition, it was proposed that categorical grants be increased and a new categorical item of $3.5 million be made to help reduce class size. THE GOVERNOR also suggested the school program in future years be tied to changes in the consumers price index. The increase in the index between 1974 and 1976 amounted to 7.8 percent. As noted, the Governor recommended an increase of about 10 percent in the basic school program for next year. . Recommended appropriation of state funds for higher education be set at $99.6 million for next year, an increase of 13.1 percent over the amount provided during the current (1975-76- ) fiscal year. . STATE appropriations recommended for social services would be raised by approximately 17 percent from $64.2 million in 1975-7- 6 to $75.1 million in 1976-7This larger than average increase for social services is explained by the fact that the State found it necessary to replace some terminated or reduced Federal grants with state dollars. Another transfer of Syracuse has its new fire truck. Driven in from California recently it adds to the citys capacity to fight fires. The truck has a capacity of 1250 gallons. NEW FIRE TRUCK Syracuse has a new fire truck. It was brought back to the city last week by Syracuse Fire Chief Roy Miya and Van the east, it was shipped to Martinez, Calif, where it was completely outfitted. Along with five man cab capacity, it has ample standing space for the additional THE BRIGHT red Mack fire engine was purchased at a cost of $47,000 from the Mack Trucking Corp. Built in Dahl. They were flown to California by Wallace Ramp-towho is the assistant fire chief, in his private plane. n, $6 crew. million from general fund surplus to the Highway Fund IT HAS a 1250 gallon tank capacity storage. The truck was ordered a ago, and was year and paid for by a revenue sharing fund set aside for this purpose several months ago. is proposed. Two special transfers totaling $7.1 million were made by the 1975 Legislature and the 1975 Special Session. The 1976-7- 7 In Davis County, how much Budget also recommends that does it take in terms of in$1 million be appropriated come to stay even in these from general fund surplus to implement a -safe walkway -j, times of steadily rising living tosts? How touch more does a program. local family need today, com- . BECAUSE OF economic pared with five years ago? the Governor uncertainty recommends that $5 million ACCORDING TO figures of the ending surplus be compiled by the Bureau of carried forward in the 1976-7- 7 the Labor Statistics, fiscal year as an uncommitted Board and Conference reserve. If the Legislature other- s- plenty. Since 1970, the elects not to carry forward price of goods and services have climbed to such an exsuch a reserve, he recommends that the $5 million be tent that the purchasing used to provide another onepower of the dollar is off by more than 23 cents. time credit against the income tax. Together with higher Federal income taxes and Social . Remaing surplus funds Security spiraling should be used for other onecontributions, the total cost of time expenditure items such living has gone up by about 39 as state building projects, percent in. the period. Provo-Jorda- n Parkway, AS A result, the average municipal water loans, water household in Davis County is resource development, etc. getting much less mileage out the dollar than it got five years ago. A calculation based upon the overall findings shows that a local family that had an income of $7,000 a year at that time would need close to $9,730 now to equal its former purchasing power. of FAMILIES THAT were in the $9,000 bracket would have to have $12,500. Those that had $12,000 would require $16,680 and those at the $16,000 level would need $22,240 to come out even. With the increase in their earnings over the past five years, residents of Davis County have been better able to keep abreast of the rising cost of living than have those in many sections country. ACCORDING of the TO - BIGGER INCOMES have one harmful side effect, however. As the Conference TaxBoard points out: payers income continues to be eroded by higher taxes on the one hand and by the higher rate of inflation on the other. where the progressive income tax structure claims a larger proportion of income for taxes. i As a result, it finds, taxes have been the fastest rising item in the family budget in recent years, with food a close second. " take place in the very near future, the city has much additional fire protection. Next Saturday, Feb. 7 the new fire truck will be on display on the grounds of the Syracuse Utah LDS Stake Chapel. Weather permitting special honor will be given Jhe Syracuse fire chief, assistant chief and the 20 volunteer fireman crew. THE PUBLIC is invited to attend and watch the water blast off that the truck will display during this time. Time for this is between a.m. and 12 noon, vsb 11 School Board Ohays $6 Million In Building deducting personal taxes, States and with 42 percent in the Mountain States. d group of taxpayers into higher income brackets, the percent rise in the United inflation-fuele- , growth in nominal income puts an increasingly larger figures, the average income in the local area, after reached a level of $15,070 per household by 1975, as against $10,430 in 1970. The increase was 44 percent. This compares with a 36 The WITH THIS addition in the city, and some enlargement "of city water tnains that will The Davis County School Board approved some $6 million in school construction in their monthly meeting Tuesdav. THOSE approvals affecting the Bountiful area were as the state ot the 1977 school year. The additions would be for science, business education, auto shops and graphics. The cost of these additions is $2.4 million. follows: Employment Office To Bountiful In the latest meeting of the Davis County Council of Governments $6,343 was allocated to the Department of Employment Security to enable the department to move their office from Farmington to Bountiful. A SPOKESMAN for Job Service, as the department is now known, said the move was in order to better serve the people of Davis. County. He indicated that Bountiful is the center of population in the county and that with an office already in Layton the department feels that an office in Bountiful would best serve the needs of the residents. The spokesman noted that many of the people in Bountiful would rather go to the Salt Lake branch than go to Farmington, and the reason for establishing the Farming-to- n office was to give Davis County its own office, so they wouldnt have to go to Salt Lake City. THE tentative location for the new Bountiful office is 455 West Center Street. They say tentative because the city hasnt yet decided just what the address will be. The Far- What Have You Done For Your Planet This Week? mington office handles between 60 and 200 jobs each month. Preliminary plans for the addition of a kitchen and food service facility, a new faculty room, a restroom and a new office to the Bountiful Elementary School at an estimated cost of $400,000. PRELIMINARY plans to add two major units to the east side of Woods Cross High will enable the school to become a full high school by East Layton Assigns Councilmen Some new job assignments were made by Mayor LeRoy Onstott to the East Layton City Councilmen, while other councilmen continued to work the same responsibilities as last year. RESPONSIBILITIES are as follows: Ronald Spencer, and police department recreation; Francis Hoyt, streets and roads; Robert water and sewer; Robert Green, finances and mosquito abatement; Don DeWitt, will be the council representative to the planning Hohman, commission. Tony Dobson is new chairman of the planning commission with Sigurd Nilsen, Kenneth Madsen, Melvin Wilson, Max Holbrook, DeWayne Johnson and Gerald Smith on the board. MARY Spencer is the planning commission secretary, dc THE BOARD approved the recommendation from district finance officer Lewis Beck to sell $4 million in bonds to pay for the projects. An exact date for the sale was not set but is expected to be in March or April. This sale would be part of the $18 million in bonding authority granted the board by voters last year. THE SCHOOL calender for next year was undecided as members of the board were unable to decide whether Easter vacation should be Thursday and Friday, or Friday and Monday. The board also opened bids for six new regular buses and two designed especially for handicapped. LOW BIDS of $25,935 for the regular, and $27,195 for the special buses were turned in by Bryson Sales and Service of Bountiful. 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