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Show 4$ 4 T if By MARILYN KARRAS Staff Writer A tax limiting initiative ROY which will appear on the November ballot has Roy City officials worried. City Manager Richard Kirkwood distributed a letter to Mayor Joseph Dawson and members of the City Council outlining the effects of Initiative Proposal B on the future of the city He called the impact devastating. Kirkwoods letter stated that the initiative is, in essence, the California Proposition 13 Tax Limitation Act. He said it would limit taxes on real property to 1 percent of market value; county assessors valuation as market value, except on establish 1977 property fe Would ' Limit constructed purchased, or transferred after 1977 when market value would be appraised value; and limit annual inflationary increases in Kirkwood market value to 2 percent. agreement with all of Weber County ' The above, with HB 303 Revenue It would also require a for the Appropriation Limitation, the loss of and its municipalities vote of the legislature to increase state distribution of of 1 cent sales tax sales tax dollars to Roy City and the of a taxes and prohibit new advolorem, it under the implementation method, rather possible 13, would have a would also require a two thirds vote of than the population distribution, that by Proposition devastating impact upon Roy City in its the legislature to increase state taxes June 1 of 1981 Roy City' will have inand prohibit new volorem, sales or curred a loss of more than $300,000 in ability to provide municipal services," Kirkwood said. transaction taxes on real property, expected revenues from sales tax." He recommended that the City This recurring loss had to have been Kirkwood said. Initiative B would also authorize recovered by increasing property mill Council discuss the issues at the City Council meeting Tuesday. He also levies or through imposing additional counties, cities and special districts to of electors vote the urged that State Sen. Ken Pace and revenue such as with generating fees impose special taxes except on real utility franchise fee," Kirkwoods letter State Rep. Lowell Peterson be invited to two-thir- point-of-sale- s two-thir- property, council members were told. The initiative also states that any changes in state tax laws which would increase revenues would require a vote in both the House and Senate to pass, instead of a majority vote now required. Kirkwood reminded the council that it was recognized two years ago that when Roy City entered into the two-thir- said. He also said the likely adopt state legislature will the implementing resolution of House Bill 303 and impose the Revenue Appropriation Limitation on local units of government. That bill limits the amount of tax increase local government can impose, according to a percentage of increase in population and per capita income. join in the discussion. Kirkwoods letter explained that Initiative B would limit the amount of tax that could be imposed on the public to 50 mills. The total tax now imposed by Weber County, the Weber County School District and Roy City equals 8f mills. The schools, the county and the city would be forced to make some very substantial reductions to comply with the limitation, the letter said. They would be competing for a share of the 50 mills, since the proposal makes no provision for proportioning the tax dollars." We have .seen recently how cuts in service affect the lives of our residents with the concerns over cuts in school busing in Weber County, Kirkwood said in an interview Monday. He explained that Roy City adopted the utility franchise tax to try to offset loss of revenues from the change in distribution of the sales tax. The city would have to find other ways to gain revenue if the initiative were passed, Kirkwood said. We thought the utility franchise tax could eventually be reduced or eliminated, but it would probably have to be increased if the initiative were passed. It is all right to reduce taxes, but we also have to decide what services we want to cut," he said. Mayor Dawson agreed with Kirkwood. He said Monday, I need to look at this issue further, but if I had tc. make a choice today, I would have to ask the people to vote against the Initiative B. I certainly agree we need to hold taxes down all we can, but on the other hand people are going to demand a certain level of service and we have to have some form of revenue to pay for those services, he said. He said if the citys mill levy were cut to about 4 mills comply with a ll maximum for county, city and school levies, there would be "no way the city could operate. We have cut services now to a bare minimum, Dawson said. Index Business Church Classified 10 -- 10B-1.I- B Economy Review Editorial Home Lhing Obituaries Centerville Clearfield Clinton, East toyton. Farmington, fruit Heights, Kaysville, Layton, Roy, South Weber, Sunset, Syracuse, West Point Vof. Serving 29,000 Families From Roy Through Centerville No. 4 1 Vairadals Thursday, September 18, 1980 School l 1 11 1 IB RB 12A 6B leave "if Valve On; Fuel LAYTON Several hundred gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Kays Creek and the Great Salt Lake Sunday from Smiths Management Corporation Distribution Center, 500 N. Sugar St., after vandals disturbed some fuel pumps there. The intruders tied open valves on two diesel pumps inside the fenced fueling area, releasing an estimated -- 2,400 gallons of diesel fuel, according to Davis County Health Department chief Richard Harvey. The Health HEpartment, notified of a potentially ' dangerous fuel leak, checked and found that much of the fuel had been absorbed by loose road base in a parking lot near the pumps. It looks like the fill soaked up half of the oil, Harvey said. Between 400 and 600 gallons of diesel fuel went down a strong drain on Angel Street into Kays Creek and into the marsh west on Schick Lane in Kaysville, according to Harvey. It had pretty well hit Kays Creek by the time we were involved, he said.' We had no chance to intercept it. Harvey said as far as his department and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources could determine, not enough fuel was released into the creek and lake to cause real damage. The evidence of oil on the water was almost completely gone yesterday, Harvey said Tuesday. He noted that if 4,000 gallons had drained into the lake as was originally believed, there would have probably been some problems. Environmental The Protection Agency in Denver wanted to fly in the spill when notified, of the incident Sunday, but Harvey said he? dissuaded federal officials from the trip, saying the diesel spill was not' a ", major problem. Much of the diesel fuel had been trapped in a grid settling chamber before reaching the storm sewer andj was not funneled into Kays Creek, Harvey said. Smith Management has since sucked the fuel out of the gid, carted away the road base, and upgraded its the-chec- District Will Add 19 Rooms To Elementary FARMINGTON After much deliberation a decision was reached by the Davis County School Board Tuesday on the Clinton Elementary School. the board authorized Voting architects to proceed with the planning of a addition to the existing m Clinton school. There has beex much concern and debate in recent months on the issue. Citizens of the Clinton area have appeared before the board with various proposals. One of their ideas was for the construction fo a new school in Clinton. That proposal was discussed by the board. Bruce Watkins, board member from that district, spoke in support of the proposal. He also pointed out that the statistics the district has differ from those the citizens have obtained. The proposed new school was estimated to cost approximately $3 addition is million while the estimated at $1.7 million. m security system at the distribution center to prevent further vandalism, Harvey said. He said a civil penalty would be levied against Smith Management for violating the federal Water Pollution Control Act. Congress requires the issuing of a fine when water is polluted by matter stored on private property, whatever the cause of the pollution, he explained. Harvey said his office would recommend the minimum fine of $1 be levied because of the vandalism and because Smith Management had been so cooperative in the aftermath. Police said they do not know who the vandals were. The vandalism was discovered by a Smith 'Management employee about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. CITIZENSHIP DAY flag ceremony was conducted Wednesday by members of Boy Scout Troop 228 at North Park Elementary in Roy. City Councilman Jack Pierce, Patrol Leader Marlene Peterson, Scouts and students salute the flag as it is raised by Kris Kohli. Commanding the chool Closing ram Wednesday By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer A program to CLEARFIELD honor the Pioneer School which will be closed soon is planned Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the old' school. The closing house for the school will feature displays of old class pictures and history books written about the school, said Mrs. Jeanne Swenson, organizer of the program. The school is being replaced by the new G. Howard Holt Elementary held two grades to a room. Mrs. Steed taught third and fourth grades. She said, Classes were held in the basement of the (LDS) chapel in the old amusement hall while the school was being rebuilt. The school is being closed for several . reasons. According to Assistant Superintendent John S. White, the site on which the building is located does not allow for expansion and the buildings are inefficient. White said the district is intending to sell the building and the grounds. Refreshments will be served after the program. Mrs. Swenson said she is still seeking any class pictures people are willing to display during the program. She can be reached at 825-785- 9. mm- School. Former students and instructors at Pioneer school will speak on their memories of the school in its earlier days, Mrs. Swenson said. Speakers for the program include City Councilman Neldon Hamblin and former principal Mark Argile. Hamblin attended Pioneer School and will speak on his experiences. Argile started as an seventh grade instructor at the school in 1931. He taught that grade for five years and then became the eighth grade teacher and principal. He held that position for said he can remember Principal Argiles interest in soccer. He loved to play soccer with us kids, Sessions the 1950s. Mrs. Edith Steed, 82, taught at Pioneer School in the 1920s. She said that in those days the classes were Layton Petition Fiied With Court E. Nancy Lynn Krzton EAST LAYTO- N- A petition calling for an election to be held on the question of East Layton has been filed with the 2nd District Court in Farmington. The petition, containing 418 signatures, was filed by Kim Henderson, the leader of a group trying to disincorporate East Layton and to annex the area into Layton. Henderson said the group figured it needed about 344 signatures, 25 percent of East Laytons registered voters , to have the court set an election on the disincorporation question. Extra signatures were obtained to ensure that the petition would be valid even if some signatures were disqualified, he said. We are pleased to announce that we have the signatures needed to place on the coming Nov. 4 ballot the question of Shall the municipality of East Layton be dissolved, stated a group news release. This action has been taken as a result of our concern for the future growth and development of the area in which we live. Henderson said the group is continuing to collect signatures on a petition requesting annexation into East Layton. The petition would immediately trigger annexation proceedings if the voters in the Nov. election chose to dissolve East Layton City. 4 The Davis County United Way of Utah County. m Craven has lectured widely in the campaign will begin Friday with a kickoff luncheon at noon at the Hill Air area of human relations and leadership Force Base NCO Club. The county training. He spoke at a recent positive group is seeking to raise $333,000 during thinking rally with Art Linkletter, Zig the next years. Zigler and others. The public may attend the luncheon by Loren D. Martin, president of the making reservations with the United The lunch costs Davis County United Way, will report Way office, $3.50 and is being sponsored by the of the last five years progress of the Layton Rotary Club. 7 - charity campaign. The guest speaker will be Rulon G. This years campaign chairman is. Graven, executive secretary of the LDS Church Council of Twelve. He was James B. Bruff, Max Factor director of dirrector of training for the United Way distributions at the Freeport Center.., demonstration of television. He also said, The uniforms for the from athletic teams were cast-off- s Clearfield High School. A former student, Myron Sessions, in Jerry Winegar (right). The flag ceremony was a community project of the patrol to recognize Citizenship Day. Dr. Gene Jones, principal, spoke to the students, and the Roy High School band was on hand to provide music. United Way to Kick Off Davis County Campaign three years. Argile said he remembers that one of the programs held for an assembly while he was at the school was the said. Sessions is helping oo organize the closing program. He attended Pioneer School in the 1930s. I can remember when they started the soup meal at Pioneer, he said. The soup ladies would come and prepare soup and on special occasions they would make rice pudding, he said. The Pioneer School was built originally in 1905. The structure was replaced after it burned on Mar. 28, 1923. The two-stor- y section of the present structure is the replaced sectio was added section. The one-stor-y Color guard is 451-522- 2. Reviewing the News RIDING YOUR HORSE TO school used to be the common mode of transportation back when Clearfields Pioneer School first opened. Twins Jeffrey and Ryan Gardner. 7, demonstrate how it was done back then. There were facilities behind the school to tie the horses up while the children attended classes. The Pioneer School originally opened in 1905 is being closed this year. It will be replaced by the G. Harold Holt Elemen- tary School. Some school children are taught to be afraid of policemen, the bad guys" who cart them off to reform school if they arent good. Not so in Centerville. Centerville Police Chief Clifford Russell has initiated programs for young students in the city, from the age of 5 on through high school, to acquaint them with how the police department meet city officers and the chief, who inform them about problems which affect them and their families, from how to cross the street safely to the dangers of drup abuse. A Lakeside Review reporter spent some time at the police station. To learn how successful the chief's project has been by reading our story on page works. Children get opportunities often to 2B today. |