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Show Page 4B South Edition' Lakeside Review Wednesday, January 25, 1984 . Hill BARRY KAWA AFB s Impact Felt Throughout Davis HILL AIR FORCE BASE -Without them, wed be dead, says North Davis Chamber of Hersh Commerce chairman gricultural salaries in Weber, Davis, Morgan and Salt Lake 6,575 of the civilian population Counties and total impact on reside, in Davis County. This Utah is 6.9 percent of all amounts to over 52 percent of jobs. Total fiscal imthe workforce who reside in the pact on the state in 1983 is county compared to 38. percent estimated at $1,080 billion. who reside in Weber County and The report says, wages and salthe. 4.8 percent living in Salt aries are not the bases only benLake County. ' efit to Utahs economy. Total employment at the base Significant quantities of services increased more than 6.7 percent and materials are purchased from 1974 to 1983. The transfer from the area such as missile of the 388th Tactical Fighter parts and food for the. Base Wing (TFW) to Hill AFB beginCommissary. About four percent ning in Dec. 1975 helped in- , or $77.7 million were contracted crease the military work force by to Utah firms out of a total of 55.5 percent in those nine years. over $1.9 billion in fiscal year The civilian work force has fluc1983. tuated and has had a 4.5 percent Base employees contributed decrease since 1974. over $400,000 to charities in ' The total payroll to base work1983. The 1982 ers has more than doubled from program contributed the equiva1974 to 1983. In 1974, the total lent of $70,800 in money and payroll amounted to $245.9 milgifts to 219 families, 575 chillion as compared to $494.6 mildren, 431 senior citizens and.20 lion in 1983. The average organizations in Davis and Wemonthly wage per employee was ber counties. about $2,000 in 1983 but the reHill AFB consists of the Ogden port notes an employee actually Air Logistics Center, various asreceives about seven percent less sociate activities and an Air pay in constant dollars than he Base Group. The 28 associate did in 1974. activities include organizations Total salaries to Davis County of the Air Force Reserves, the civilians in 1983 amounted to Tactical Air Command and the $164.7 million and $84.6 in the Military Airlift Command. The military. The base also created $66.4 million in salaries for jobs aircraft operations made the in Davis County. Hill AFB repHAFB runway in 1983 the busiresents 7.2 percent of all nona- - est in the Air Force for a single nona-gricultur- al 1 Ipaktchian. Theres a good percentage of those working at Hill Field who live in the south end of the county so they do have a big imsays Bountiful pact here, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Haven Burningh-am- . The two chamber officials agree with a recent Air Force study on the impact of Hill Field on Utahs economy. Prepared periodically by the Cost and Management Analysis Branch of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the report is sent to elected officials, chamber officials and the various media around the state. Deputy controller Lee Florence admits the report could be considered a lobbying and public relations tool for the base. I find a lot of people doYit realize the impact of the base, he says. I would hope it might influence some of the legislators and they would realize how important the base is to the community. reAccording to the sinis Field Hill the largest port, gle employer in the state with a total of 14,961 civilian and 5,643 military employees in 1983. Out 28-pa- ' of the 20,604 employed at the base, 4,202 of the military and -- Review Staff Sub-for-San- ta m meeting one-quart- er in forecasts. pe If all economists were laid end to end; they wouldnt reach a conclusion, .he .quipped. Someone else er way, Theyd i: directions."3" R- - ROBSON Robson, who is also a profes-- . sor of management and a re- search professor of economics at the University of Utah, said next year should bring a continued strong economic recovery in the ; . ; ! he added. ; ; state. ; , I- 1 . The total household income in the state will increase by nine percent in 1984. Utah residents will earn as a whole $1.5 billion more, in 1984 than in the previ- ous year. The state has a population of $1.6 million people, Robson said. The total income of Utah residents totals about $16.2 bil-- ! ; ; ; ;! I lion. i' , N ' " ' .s I & I, ! - - ' " ' -a- s-- t 4 Beginning with the 1984 crop year, farm borrowers of the ; Farmers Home Administration ; will receive better financial plan-- , assistance through a new ' 'ning coordinated financial statements (CFS), according to Lee Hawkes,' FmHA state director for Utah. . , - v Previously, farm borrowers have used the agencys farm and home plan" to analyze their operation and plan financial strategies. The farm and home plan has served th6 agency and its borrowers long and well, Hawkes said.' It has not 1930s. The Base is. an essential factor of the counties economy. HILL AIR FORCE BASE has been a part of Davis County and Utah since the late last few years. runway. Florence said the last economic impact study was done in 1981 and the base would like to start making the report annually: He says the economic growth of the base has leveled out in the The CFS, will be phased in over a four-yeperiod, Hawkes said. In 1983, each county office ' ago. is scheduled to use the CFS with The intricacies of modern at least 10 borrowers. In 1985, farming, with its emphasis on 25 percent of the borrowers in large-goeach county office should be usoperations, competitive marketing, and diversity of ing the new system with the production, require sophisticated number increasing to 65 percent financial management tech- by 1986. During the 1987 crop niques. Good farm financial year, all borrowers should be usmanagement is absolutely neces- ing the CFS. The local FmHA county susary for farmers to succeed in the 1980s, Hawkes said, and, pervisors have been trained in the CFS can provide the sophisthe use of the CFS and are now ticated analyses needed to make able to assist borrowers who are sound decisions. going on the new system. changed substantially since it was developed nearly 50 years - al ar . 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And of the course the 1984 national elections will have a good impact on the ecohomy. ever. . , Robson said the political party Robson said the states steel, in fower traditionally makes copper and mining industries sure the public thinks the econowill continue to suffer. The met' my is improving. als industry will continue to beIn 1985,. Robson said he become of less importance to the lieves the nations leaders will be states economy. .faced with, either, reducing He said the states metropolispending or increasing taxes. tan areas will continue to prosIn Utah the state is experiencwhile the ' states ing a very unusual phenomenon per areas will not this year. prosper. The state's governor has profor Millard posed a large tax increase. That County site of the IntermounPoliticians steer tain Power Project. Millard away from taxtraditionally, increases during County will continue to boom. an election year. Why? Because Whereas in the past the state a tax increase often spells the has seen a greater migration of kiss of death for those who residents to the state than those have proposed it. leaving the state, this trend has With the huge budget deficit, reversed itself. the federal government is curThe state is now experiencing rently borrowing an amount an out migration of residents. equal to all of the savings acHowever, the state is still grow- -' counts in the country, Robson ing in population because of the said. high birth rate in the state, RobBut he said he sees no reason son said, huge budget deficits would why Utahs economy is very much ' undermine the countrys econotied to the nations economy, my. He noted that both Japan Robson said. As the nation ' and West Germany have higher goes, so goes Utah, he said. Albudget deficits than the U.S. There will be little change in though at times the states economy is slightly better or worse interest rates until the deficits than the national economy. come down, however, he preRobson said an upturn in the dicted. However, Florence said the selection of Hill Field as the systems program manager for the new Peacekeeper (MX) missile will keep the base in business with the eventual phasing out of the Titan II missile. up. would hope we would grow but I dont think the political environment is such, that we can, he said. If we dont get more money for defense then we might go down instead of going I any sire lob. . . MWK. j Drywall - For kinds of texturinp-al- l drywall and patch jobs. No lob to small. Fred Be a host International Youth Exchange, a Presidential Ink dative for peace, brings teenagers from other countries to live for a time with American families and attend American Floor Coverings schools. 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Some off peak fares GBsa a mmnommGQ Find out what you arid your neighbors can do to pre-- . vent crime. Write to: Crime Prevention New FmHA Loan System to Begin ; ' ' ' It will continue to grow faster than the national economy, he said, but not as fast as in the . In Utah Robson projects a three percent Utah economic ; growth rate. This will mean an I ; additional 20,000 new jobs in ; the state. This increase will just about l'. absorb the number of new work-er- s coming into the Utah labor - force, Robson predicted. I Unemployment will go down. There will be 7,000 new hous-more than last ; ing starts-3,0- 00 year. In mid 1985 there may be another downturn in the economy, he said. Huge federal budget deficits will mean continued high interest rates in the coming year, Robson said. It will also mean a tight federal monetary policy, What is the long term economic outlook for the states econo-my- ? ' : ! . ? Robson, who is executive director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research is used to handing out crystal ball-ty- - economy usually follows a recession. The average upturn has lasted about 33 months. strong economic recovery following a recession, Robson said. The federal government will continue to pour defense dollars into the state in 1984 to the tune of $2.5 billion, Robson said. of the jobs Nearly in the state, are tied to defense, ' he said. There will also be a strong growth in the service sector (businesses such as hotels, res- -' taurants and so forth). The state will also see growth in the health care field. ' And not for profit organizations will also grow during the coming year, Robson predicted. The construction sector of the labor force is growing rapidly in the state, he said. And retail sales during the fourth quarter of 1983 were the Strongest theyve been in a long time, Robson said. Not all is bright and rosy, how- last Wednesday. What will the economy Utah be like in 1984? ' f And thus, as we can see, this will be the second year of a - R. Thayne BOUNTIFUL Robson gazed deep into the wood grain of the speakers rostrum as he spoke to members of the Bountiful Area Chamber of Commerce during their monthly membership ' Vj' rt Economist Tells of Future Review Staff i v ; At Chamber Meeting RON KNOWLTON ' VS'X . . Coalition, Box 6600, Rockville, 20850. Maryland ' Learn how to protect yourself, and... ' TAKE A BITE OUT OF . A message from the Crime Prevention Coalition this publication and The Ad Council g) 1979 The Advertising Council, Ino 4 I |