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Show UTAH SI Air- r 7 EAST 3SS L.W2 FEBRUARY THURSDAY, 21, c. - Cin.f .- -1 :ulvi 198- 0- LegjnsDaifiMire By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON While it -A- PPROVAL FOR local school boards (other than already approved Salt Lake ceive some leeway in the handling of their financial affairs, two Davis Education Association officials feel. District) to help meet critical operations needs by allowing for limited funds transfer. Uppage of the state voted leeway guarantee to $17 a mill per pupil unit on the first two mills, up from $13. ALTHOUGH THE legislature didnt pass all measures hoped for by educators they say, some headway was made including: Passage of an II percent increase in the basic weighted pupil unit upon which funding is based for students. OF THE percent increase DEA President Mary Ellen Leatham said, "The governor had recommended 12.1 percent and we were looking for a cost of living plus increment and lane change increases and that falls about three percent below that. was still a legis- lative budget session, the states school districts did re- VOLUME 22 Pages 1 1 1 think too many times people dont realize the increment is built in and that leaves the district about three percent short of the previous cost of living. guess w hat the legislature w as saying was find other sources to fund it." she continued. 1 DAVIS COUNTY legislators worked very hard and "were very close, they knew what was going on." the North Layton Jr. High instructor said. The weighted pupil unit was the highest increase ever, from $852 to $946 for the year. It w as short of the 14.3 percent sought by teachers, however. Made Seiraue Thanks to the legislative action, Davis and other districts can use up to one mill (about $330,000) from capital outlay $69,000 reserve at the beginschool year ning of the 1979-8- 0 compared to $2.2 million in Granite. $3.9 million in Salt Lake and $800,000 in fast- (building) funds for school maintenance and operation DEE BURMNGHAM, DEA rams, ' "Let s Mrs. Leatham said. eliminate some that aren't the basics. The 3 R's is where it's at." And Davis District doesn't have a lot of money sitting around in its capital outlay accounts. Mr. Burningham said. "Salt Lake has twice the capital outlay. They spent $23 executive secretary said, We see that as a bit of temporary relief. The district can alleviate a small part of the problem if it transfers funds. We are not long on capital outlay money." He cited recent figures showing Davis District with million last year compared to $11 million (on build- legislature has to explain why hasn't cut education or it w ill have to cut. The legislature it ings)." Salt Lake District has about 25.000 students compared to 38,000 in Davis. hasn't discriminated very dollar plus losses in Federal 874 funding for students w hose parents are employees of federal installations, the district could raise money through a special mill levy, he said. "1 suspect the board will have to transfer some funds. Had they passed the leeway (defeated last November) the money (available) wouldve been almost twice as much." The state provides funding assistance for the first two mills levied in a leeway election and would have received such aid had the district's Nov. 27 election passed. IN SPITE of those funding increases, Mr. Burningham said. "People have to realize it SZi NUMBER FIFTY our FACED WITH million "I WOULD hope we can help the district prioritize w hat are the most important prog- E IHleaielwa growing Jordan District. programs. In light of the tight financial bind the district is experiencing, such a move was welcomed. EIGHTY-ON- was a very conservative, tax, Republican-controlle- anti- d legislature responsible. If they (public) continue to push for a hold on taxes then either the much on cuts. People have felt they can cut the limb and all will be the same but Utah is projecting w ithin a decade to hav e 50 percent growth. Utah is not the rest of the nation." BOTH educators explained that when attending regional and national conventions educators from other areas talk about grappling with declining enrollment while Utah districts fight to keep up with burgeoning classloads. "We better be pretty careful of which of these (taxing) moods we accept," Mr. Burn- ingham said. "This very conservative Republican dominated legislature struggled with tax limitation even though cities and counties had a terrible time with the law. The Republicans were going to "lock up the amount to schools, cities and counties" with the House of Representatives passing a tax limita tion bill that was stopped the Senate. by "MOST LEGISLATORS were convinced that they couldn't live with the law. let alone the amendment. T hey decided no" on specifies so the law won't be implemented. It was a bad law with no teeth." But the major failing of the legislature came in not approv ing additional capital outlay funding for the districts, he continued. "Fortwo years the legislature has known they would have to finance it and now they know it will be within three-fou- r years where we will have some districts where a majority of students w ill be on double sessions." THAT PROBLEM could be specially serious in Alpine and Jordan districts, but could also occur in some areas of the Davis district, he said. "The whole pattern of family life will be altered" if double sessions become a reality. Such a situa- - (Continued on Page 2) Convenience Store Cleans Its Shelves A Kays-vill- e KAYSVILLE convenience store has removed magazines that were considered offensive to the citys standards. Mayor Gar said Wednesday. Eli-so- n A GROUP of residents had informed the council of concerns it had that some magazines being sold at the Circle K store on Main were not up to community standards, the mayor said. City officials contacted the stores manager and he said the magazines would be pulled. "We express gratefulness Monday mayve been a holiday for many who could stay inside and watch the pouring rains but for Union Pacific crews it was more than a normal workday as they cleared derailment in Layton. wreckage from a r weeks to remove the railroad out 6:30 a.m. Monday, but ter. For a time, until track cars and finish cleaning up the trains moved over it very slowcould be relaid, trains were TRAIN DERAILMENT 40-ca- LAYTON Union Pacific trains resumed travel early Monday over one of two tracks that had been ripped up Sunday morning when 40 cars of a freight train were derailed. No one was injured in the derailment. 65-c- with cherries, soybean meaw and a variety of other items. Railroad cars were lifted off the right of way by a giant railroad crane and will be removed from adjoining fields la routed over Denver and Rio Grande Western tracks further west. One track had been and was in service by ab- - ly. Ordinarily 20 to 30 trains area, wwl pass through the area daily. IT IS expected that it will the discomfort of section crews who were replacing track and cleaning up the right of way. but workmen were dressed for the job in slickers and waterproof clothes. Cause of the mishap has not By TOM BUSSELBERG been determined. Clarence "Rocky Rockwell, a Union FARMINGTON The North Davis Ambulance wi under Davis County control. Pacific public relations Spokesman, said. The sixteenth car back from four locomotives jumped the track as service could be sold. But of the four bids received, three mentioned specific subsidies they would require from the county. It was that piece of straw that broke the camel's back. "There's no reason for us to let an ambulance crew come in that we have to subsidize. It becomes a greater expense than it is said County Comm. Morris Swapp. now, BIDS WERE received late last month from Ace. Mountain West and Magic Valley ambulance services and Reed Embley. NO INJURIES 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by gffltaaa. John Stable, Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Be tm lirrVi CM 115 JO (PayaMkiMnnc) derailment in Layton created more than a few problems for railroad crews and even those having to get to work early Monday but crews worked through the day to get things back to normal. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. Change Made With Anthony Dollar At Kays. Post Office DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL 197 B North Main St., Layton PHONE remain BIDS HAD been sought from private firms to determine if (he A large The KaysKAYSVILLE ville Post Office is using the new Susan B. Anthony dollar coin when window clerks are making change, acting pos- tmaster Don Colman announced today. NATIONALLY, the postal service is supporting the efforts of the treasury department, the postmaster said, be cause widespread use of these dollar coins could be of great benefit to both our window clerks as well as our cus- tomers. They are easier to handle at the counter, and they can be mechanically sorted and counted. We will use the dollar coin in making change, unless a customer prefers not to accept them, the postmaster said. THE SUSAN B. Anthony dollar coin, introduced last July, was designed to be convenient and easy to handle in cash transactions. Over 600 million of the new dollars were produced in fiscal year 1979 by the Bureau of the Mint. Approximately 300 million have been released to Federal Reserve banks for distribution to commercial banks. couple of others (stores), Mayor Elison said, "but we have no evidence of anything there. We will continue to do routine inspections. If we pick it up (literature considered obscene) they will be cited just as we do for beer. A GROUP of residents ex- pressing concern about the issue was to have met with the council in their regular Tuesday night session but the matter was shelved, Mayor Elison said. In other action, the mayor said only two residents appeared at a hearing to finalize the city's $523,000 federal Housing and Urban Develop ment grant. "We are going ahead and did okay the allocations in the grant to move forward," he said, wiih the council deciding to use funding to build a storage tank, extend water lines and replace curb and gutter in various areas. IN ADDITION, some money will be used to assist in site acquisition for elderly housing, he said. The council also received a petition bearing about 225 signatures requesting permanent blocking of Center Street e at the Fruit border. "We acknowledged receipt of the petition." Mayor Elison said, and assured them we didn't get a request to open it." Heights-Kaysvill- HE ADDED that the council indicated it would move to provide immediate control, that asphalt would be laid and barriers replaced, tb Ambulance Service To Under County take from several days to HEAVY RAINS during part of the day Monday added to the long freight train traveled from Ogden to Salt Lake City, paralleling King Street. Other cars followed, many of them wrenched off their wheels and axles by the force of the derailment. Rails were twisted, railroad ties splintered, and heavy iron parts strewn in the mud. MORE THAN a quarter of a mile of two parallel tracks were ripped up. and wreckage of the cars' was visible from Main Street. Traffic was delayed along Main Street and King Street for a time. Many of the freight cars were loaded for the manager's willingness to work with the community to keep their business acceptable. We have reviewed the citys pornography ordinance, the mayor said, noting a number of groups around tow n had met on the issue and were concerned about the availability of what appeared to be pornographic material. HE SAID it was known "for such literature had certain been available at the conveni- ence store because it had been found in Clearfield and Layton with police reporting it had been purchased in Kaysville. We are also looking at a director of the countys North Davis Ambulance. County Health Director Richard E. Johns told the commission the countys emergency services council, which evaluated the It would probably bids, had made no specific recommendation. he inappropriate for us to make a recommendation inasmuch as we're running one of the services." COM. ERNEST Eberhard made the motion for the county to retain the service. Health official Allan Parker said those bidding "are thoroughly pleased with the county service. They are concerned that it stay under county control. Reed Embley has done a yeomen's job. I think youd be hard pressed to get anyone that didn't like the ambulance service." rate increase, from $70 d Mr. Embley said a base and $2.50 a mile to $82 and $3 a mile, will aid the county in providing a service that wont be a burden on all the taxpayers but will be paid for by those using it. recently-approve- IT WILL help put the ambulance in the black maybe down 5 years. But, he added, I don't think the county wants it to be a burden on those (users) who can't pay." the road 4-- HE SAID about 80 percent of users have insurance .He noted , however.the service wasnt able to collect full reimbursement for medicare. Part of the concern in looking at possible sale was that a large part of those in the south end of the county were saying you're providing service to the north' hut thats not so." Mr. Embley said. It would have to be a county council of gov ernment decision if a district should be formed in the north end. THE ambulance service in the south is in the black and they feel it's adequate." Commissioner Eberhard said. "They feel of employ ees as firemen very comfortable with the multiple-us- e policement. etc.). But Mr. Embley noted the south service is not staffed a day as at North Davis Ambulance, based at Layton's Davis North Medical Center. THE CREW there performs only ambulance related duties "People are saying it doesn't cost as much to run hut in Salt Lake County they're proving that if it costs $100,000 it doesn't matter where the money is funneled from." ( NORTH DAMS Ambulance has an staff based at the hospital. It has been operating for about three years firm had provided coverage Prior to that, a private Ogden-bas- e In south Davis two ambulance services are operated, including Bountiful for city residents, charging $40 for calls plu and South Davis, that serves the unincormileage for porated area and cities south of Kaysville. It charges $55 base and $2 a mile. around-the-cloc- k BOUNTIFULS service is operated by full time firemen at the station a day with backup available for the station. If the second ambulance is needed. South Davis employees e l emergency-medicatechnicians are called to the station by pager. Suggesting similar city participation in north Davis County. Mr. Parker said. I think it would be very advisable to look at some participation from the communities separate from the county health department (under whose jurisdiction it now oper ates). I think the cities should participate if were transporting their citizens. part-tim- BUT DR. Johns noted that all of north Davis would have to be served whether a city participated financially or not. A special ambulance district should be studied. Commissioner Eberhard said. Mr. Parker noted he could provide statistics and information about districts operating elsewhere. |