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Show THE MANTI (USPS No MESSENGER 3284 0000) is published weekly for $12 00 per year (In County) and $14 00 per year (Outside Sanpete County) by Inc 35 S Messenger Enterprise Main, Monti Uoh 84642 2nd class Utoh postage paid of Monti Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant POSTMASTER Send address changes to The Monti Messenger, 35 S Mum 30 Manti, Utah 84642 Phone 835 prcopy 4241 New city officials take over government reins MantVs first woman mayor takes oath of office Monday BY PATMELLOR Citing a long list of municipal projects on which she hopes her administration will work, Manti Citys first woman mayor was inaugurated on Monday in a special ceremony at the Manti City Library. May Peterson took the oath of office from her brother, City Recorder William A. Mickelson, and then addressed an audience of about 70 persons, outlining her goals for her administration. Mrs. Peterson expressed concern attitude about the "down-and-oeconomic locally concerning development in this area. "I cant Mayor May Patarson and Councilman Max Call (left) and Jim Petersen (right) took the oath of office Monday from City Recorder Bill Mickelson (far loft). promise you we will win (at fighting she told the unemployment), assembled citizens, "but we will work to broaden the economic base with as much time and effort as are required. Mrs. Peterson named several areas which she would like to see committees of citizens serving. them economic were Among emergency services, development, water rights, finance, recreation, heritage and tourism, streets and sidewalk sanitary improvements, e a and landfill, annexation program. The city needs e planning in several areas, Mrs. Peterson observed. in long-rang- long-rang- So far as city administration itself is Peterson Mrs. concerned, mentioned the possible development of a personnel management system, a purchase order system, and continuing inventory. Being sworn in for Sterling Town Is Stanley J. Spencer (center) as Town President, and Curtis K. Ludvigson and Cheri Denton as Town Board Members. Sanpete County will provide several new job openings BY PAT MF.LLOR A number of new jobs will be opening up in the near future in Sanpete County departments. At Tuesdays regular monthly Commission Sanpete County meeting, the commission approved the creation of a new position to work exclusively on alcohol and drug abuse prevention and rehabilitation. The new position will require someone capable of working with alcohol and drug abusers, preferably with some social work background, and will pay $16,500 per year to start. Candidates for the position will be interviewed first by members of the Mental Health staff and then by the Sanpete County Commission, which will have the final say in hiring. The position will be funded by alcohol and drug moneys received by the county which previously went to Richfield. The alcohol and drug rehabilitation specialist will work with the Sheriffs office but will be under the supervision of Central Utah Mental Health, under a with agreement cooperative Sanpete County. Jailm soon be county will advertising for two new jailers, also. At present, two deputies are attending corrections school in Salt Lake City to become certified corrections officers, and when the new corrections school opens up in April or June, two more men will be sent to be trained as certified corrections officers. The county plans to advertise these positions about three weeks in advance of the school The openings. help to make entries on countys new computer system will also be hired, the commissioners stated, as a result of an agreement Progressive Management Services, marketers of the countys computer system, has made with clerk Wayne Part-tim- e the j Beck to kick back about $1,500 of the countys monthly maintenance fee for the next few months in order to bring extra help in to get the computer system on line and functioning smoothlv. New elective position The Commission meeting also marked the creation of a new elective position within the county. Jay Alder was sworn in as County Auditor to serve in an interim this year until public capacity elections can be held in November to select a county auditor. Mr. Alder was a member of the staff. Until Tuesday, was one position, filled by Wayne Beck. The positions of Clerk and the were Auditor by split Commission, creating an elective position for each. By statute, the position must be filled through the elective process at the earliest county election, which will be held in clerk-audito- Clerk-Audit- November. Water District appointee The Commission is also seeking a of prospective appointees to Utah Water on serve the The District. Conservancy Commission will submit three names to the governor, who will make the final appointment of one person Until from Sanpete. recently, Sanpete had no representative on the commission of the District. Neil Ncilson, Centerficld, was the first Sanpete appointee in several years and his three-yea- r appointment is now expiring. A change in rules, however, has created a permanent for a place on the commission from each of the representative counties contributing to the Central Utah Project. list The Sanpete County Commission tabled the naming of new members to the Sanpete County Planning Commission until its February meeting. The Commission County unanimously approved the dropping of 16 acres of land acquired by the LDS Church from the tax rolls. The land located in the Mayfield area is to the former adjacent Stakes cattle feeding operation, which is now operated by the Gunnison Utah Stake as a welfare project. I was shocked by the number of names on the delinquent tax list: are we sure we have enough money to Commission run this county? Chairman Wendell McGarry asked. Manti-Gunms- Commissioner Newt Donaldson agreed that the list was somewhat and noted that overwhelming, among the delinquencies he noticed was a tax bill in excess of $13,000 owed by Doves Market in Mt. Pleasant, which may pose serious for Mt. Pleasant's consequences redevelopment commission, because the county intends to see to it that other entities receiving tax moneys collected by the county receive only their apportioned share of the lax moneys collected, rather than their apportioned share of the otal tax Id imagine mat moneys assessed. $13,000 delinquency would take out most of (the redevelopment agencys) money," Commissioner Donaldson stated. Jail contract approved The commission unanimously approved and signed a contract with the State of Utah to accept State prisoners at the Sanpete County jail as soon as the jail is certified and has enough properly trained personnel to operate under the legally the State. The of requirements county is hoping to house about ten state prisoners at a time at a rate of The present per day. approved daily rate is $28.00, but the corrections division expects the Utah State Legislature to approve a raise to at least $35.00 in its upcoming session. $35.00 Public money is a trust and must be used with care and wisdom, Mrs. Peterson stated in calling for e financial planning and close budget review. long-rang- the In area of municipal improvements, Mrs. Peterson said the big jobs, with the exception of the hydroelectric development, are already done, and the funding for the hydro projects is in place. Councilman Galen Christiansen conducted the program which began at 1 1:30 a.m. in the public library. In addition to Mayor Peterson, Councilmen Jim Petersen and Max Call were also sworn into office. chairman Republican party is also the wife who Carolyn Bessey, of outgoing mayor Bob Bessey, organized the special program which began with the pledge of allegiance followed by an invocation offered by Manti Utah LDS Stake President Lee R. Barton. Six Manti Elementary School students, Cy and Cami Amesquita, Jessica and Amanda Davison, and Alex and Chris Keeler, presented a patriotic medley and a medley about Utahs pioneer heritage, under the direction of Mrs. Bernice Keeler. Gail Jensen, Former mayors Frank Garbc, Frank Wanlass, and Ben Kjar were recognized and commended for the achievements of their respective administrations. Mr. Garbe and Mr. Wanlass were of present to witness the swearing-ithe newest Manti mayor and it was noted that Mr. Jensen and his wife had both planned to be present but n were unable to attend because they were both suffering from influenza Robert Bessey. Natasha Madsen and Councilman Lionel King all addressed the group, expressing their for the appreciation opportunity to work as members of the governing body of Manti City and to their fellow council members. Mayor Councilwoman Councilman Cox was Larry introduced to the group by Mr. Christiansen, who noted that Mr. Cox had only recently been sworn in as a councilman to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Kent Larsen. Prior to the benediction offered by Councilman Lee J. Anderson, Mrs. Keeler led the audience in singing, Utah, We Lose Thee. the benediction, Following refreshments were served. Bob Bessey Mayor Outgoing observed, tongue in cheek, that hed prepared a better speech but was afraid to give it in front of so many people. "I owe my wife an apology, he I told her nobody would laughed. There show up at this swearing-in- . arent any scats left." The program is a nice start to what I hope becomes a tradition," one attendee observed. "The people who serve for us all those years when deserve a public thank-yothey step down, and those who arc coming in need a little public encouragement. Anyone willing to serve in one of these jobs certainly deserves a little recognition when they are installed in office. u Sterling Town Board Presiden t, new Board Members sworn in Stan Spencer, Sterlings new town president, and two new town board members, Sheri Denton and Curtis Ludvigson, were sworn into office in special ceremonies Monday night by recorder Aleen Larsen. Mr. Spencer, Mrs. Denton and Mr. Ludvigson won their seats in November in a town election marked by an unusually heavy turnout. According to election judges, only eight to ten of Sterling's registered voters failed to cast ballots. is a Sterling Mr. Spencer businessman, and Mr. Ludvigson is a sales representative. Mrs. Denton, a housewife, won her seat in the November contest by a margin which resulted in several recounts before the results of the balloting were announced. one-vot- e Mr. Spencer said the incoming town officers met with the outgoing administration on Monday night to review ongoing town business. and town president members replace town president John Lee Ludvigson and board members Yvonne I arsen and The new board Gary Olson. The first meeting of the new for administration is scheduled January 15 at the town hall. Governors lean budget would impact local School District BY BRUCE JENNINGS If Governor Norman Bangerters recombudget recommendations mendations that the governor himself says provide for a noare approved by growth budget how will the the State Legislature District be School South Sanpete affected? recomGovernor Bangerters mendations provide $40 million more for the public schools than getting this year, according to Supt. Scott Bean. theyre But most of the extra money will go, he explained, to provide for the additional 13 million students that will come into the schools next year. Overall, Superintendent Bean explained, the governors recommendation would mean an increase of two percent in the current $1,180.00 allocated for each WPU in general (Weighted Pupil Unit) terms around 27 students). This two percent increase. Superintendent Bean said, would only cover the increments on the present salary schedule. Employees at the top of their pay schedules would receive no increases. This would mean, taking into account this years 3.1 inflation rate and a 1986 rate that is expected to go a little higher, that the district's fall would employees actually behind so far as their salaries are concerned. The two Uniform School Fund in 1986 will still require a small increase in the levy for the schools. "We are now dead last in expendiper pupil in the nation, Superintendent Bean said. And in tures percent increase per WPU would also mean, Supt. Bean said, that, taking into account the costs of textbooks, increasing the supplies, fuel and other items money available for these items would be even less than now. The governor has also proposed an additional $9 million for the Career Ladder program, intended to and $1 improve teaching quality million to fund a new program that Governor Bangerter describes with the acronym Alert. class size, were highest nation. The outlook for in the adequate-financin- g of public education doesnt offer much hope for improvement. Of more immediate concern. Superintendent Bean said, is a two percent decrease in the amount the state is this year providing for the schools. "We've already taken a small decrease but an additional two percent cut would put us in a severe financial bind." The $1 million he recommends for Alert would cover the administrative costs involved in getting thousands of volunteers to come to the aid of the schools in such roles as classroom aides. The state has had a $25 million shortfall in anticipated 1985 revenue and some legislators are proposing that during the 1986 session a two percent reduction be applied on the 1985 funding for all state agencies. The governor promised no tax increases this year while a candidate for the states highest political office. However, the 22 mill property tax that supports public education is bringing in $7 million less than anticipated this year. Governor Bangerter has called education the biggest challenge to Utah in the future. His budget recommendations represent a combetween that promise meeting challenge and facing up to the economic realities in a state that has used up its surpluses and is seeing some of its industries in recession. state-mandat- To get the same amount into the |