Show Ogden LocalMetro 6 H Utah lawmakers voted yes on tax bills B PHIL JENSEN staff Most Northern Utah lawmakers voted to increase taxes this year with six of those legislators favor-in- g all key bills that will or could cost the taxpayers money Many who voted for tax hikes said during and after the session that they did so reluctantly to pull the state from its financial quagmire and are not prepared to do it again next year The 47th Legislature increased taxes by a record $166 million including increases in sales gasoline and cigarette taxes and major adjustments in state income taxes In addition most voted to raise the ceiling on property taxes that cities and counties can levy for libraries and speed collection of corporate income taxes Three of the seven freshmen legislators from Weber northern Davis Box Elder and Morgan counties — many of whom were helped on Election Day by educators pushing for more money — voted “yes" on all tax bills The lawmaker with the best record this year is Rep Lee Allen Allen voted against every tax except the state income adjustment “The message from my people up here before the session was loud and clear" Allen said today “They didn't want any tax increases and if I’m representing the people that’s what I have to do" Allen said he has received numerous calls since the Legislature adjourned Feb 25 “congratulating me for holding the line" He said he supported the income tax bill because it will shift more of the burden from residents to those who earn more “That’s what they told us it will do and I hope it has that effect" said Allen a businessman On the other end of the voting spectrum two of the six local lawmakers who favored all key tax bills defended their votes today as a necessary compromise to help arrest the state's nagging budget deficits “Some people feel we went too far and some people feel we didn't go far enough” said Rep Ronald Stephens Terrace “This is not a very good time for a politician but I think we struck about as good a balance as we could strike" Stephens superintendent of the Murray School District said he has received very little negative comment since the session ended “But I don’t know that anybody’s real happy" Sen David Steele Point said reaction to his “yes" votes on the tax bills has been mixed “My concern is doing what is best for the state" Steele said “And the state with all the cuts and all the innovative changes is still in financial trouble “Sometimes you have to vote for things you don't like” said Steele vice principal at Gearfield senHigh School and a ator The other area lawmakers who voted for all six bills are Sen Haven Barlow the Legislature’s senior member Sen John River City a Holmgren second-terlegislator and freshmen Reps Haynes Fuller and Walter Bain Sea TAXES KfffiyiR Utah Standard-Examine- r Wednesday March 25 1S37 gl 'fTSfmtilP&aL ‘nf m J Ogden area legislators voted on six major tax increases for Utafu B 35 (Xnrv-1 tax tram 12 cent to 23 cents per pack Increases the 2 H3 103 (Caff) Change state x'div'duai v'come tax deductions and exemption on property taxes tor tpranes 33 3 H3 1!8 Increase 4 HS 235 (leSaton) increases motor fuel property tax By 5 cents par 3C9 (Knowffonl Speeds corporate income tax receipts requnrg quarteny pay 5 S S3 131 (Rogers) Raises the rate tae tax Vt cent Percent cf votes cast against tax increases How buildings proposed for honor By GORDON WEEKS S’jndjrd ExKTunor s'3ff graphic on 20 Roy OKs paramedic proposal By DON BAKER Standard Examiner staff ROY — An agreement that will place a Weber County paramedic unit in Roy was approved Tuesday by City by Jan the City Council The council accepted an offer to run the paramedic unit for $220000 in 1988 — an arrangement that means the city will have to subsidize the service with about $27000 during its first year of operation That decision will give the county three paramedic units and place the third unit in a position to respond quickly to calls in southwest Weber County Ogden City administers the county’s two existing paramedic units under a contract with the county All three county commissioners attended the special council meeting Tuesday to discuss the paramedic proposal While the council accepted the county’s offer in concept City Manager Richard Kirkwood and City Attorney Roger Dutson will have to meet with county officials during the next week or two to hammer out a specific contract Kirkwood said today Roy Fire Chief Padden has been directed to begin planning for the additional staff and equipment that will be necessary to operate the Roy unit Noel Initial plans call for the city to have three current fire department members take paramedic training and hire six additional paramedics who have already been trained City officials had estimated it would take a "bare bones budget of $247000 to operate the paramedic unit in Roy next year But the council agreed to take the county’s $220000 offer with the undersubsidy is only instanding the tended to help get a third unit up and running Kirkwood said county officials have assured Roy they will address the subsi-- f dy issue in future budgets to bring reimbursement from the county’s paramedic mill levy into closer line with actual costs In the 1970s Weber County voters apmills to proved a tax levy of up to fund paramedic service this decided commission The county — year to hold the levy to 096 mills about $750 annually on a $65000 home — and get by on the $615000 the levy will generate However Ogden and Roy have come up with operating budgets totaling $730000 and the county has asked the cities to absorb the difference in costs “We’ll be subsidizing it” Major A Wajne Kimbcr conceded today "But the offset will be that the paramedic unit will help us in our own fire department f that I think will "It will be a " be good for both the city and the ‘A letter to the council from commissioners said the "small subsidy" is a on both sides "sacrifice "Our belief" commissioners added “is that it is a worthwhile investment" Robert Musical celebration Thomas Mack of the Salvation Army’s New York Band keeps his eye on the band’s director during a Maj PopeStandard Man questioned in kidnapping of By MARK PETERSON Standard Examiner staff BRIGHAM CITY — Box Elder County sheriffs deputies held a man for questioning today in the kidnapping of a Dewcyville girl from a Garland school The girl was found this morning in southern Idaho after being reported missing from Bear River Middle School at 6 pm Tuesday a sheriffs dispatcher said The girl was there for gymnastics lessons area by A search of a emergency personnel and neighbors was Authorities said begun immediately about 400 people took part in the search The girl showed up in Malta Idaho a town about 25 miles southeast of Burley about 2 am today Examiner celebration Tuesday of the Army’s 100th anniversary in Utah For details on the celebration see 2C Cassia County Idaho Sheriff Billy Crystal at Burley said the girl apparently was let out of a car in Malta near a grocery where a man gave her a coin and told her to call home The store was closed and the phone was inside the store Crystal said so the girl went door to door until she came to the home of Lee Schlcndcr where she was let in From there police and the girl’s parents were called the sheriff said “She was able to give us both a physical description of the suspect and a description of the car" Crystal said "I understand the man (held at Brigham City) fit the description” The sheriff also said there may be some evidence of sexual abuse in the The OgdenWeber Municipal Building and El Monte Clubhouse both distinct architectural structures built during the Depression were nominated Tuesday to the Ogden Register of Historic Resources The nominations approved by the City Council last December were passed unanimously by the Ogden City Landmarks Commission Tuesday The City Council will schedule a public hearing before taking a final vote on the matter Both structures were named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 The Municipal Building is part of a trio of Ogden art deco buildings built during federal relief programs of the 1930s The othres are Ogden High School and the US Forestry Service Building The three “reflect the contemporary desire for modem progressive buildings evident throughout the United States during the 1920s and 1930s" the nomination said The Landmarks Commission said the Municipal Building and the clubhouse meet at least three of the designated criteria for landmark status Both are associated with the economic heritage of the city embody a distinct style of architecture and are outstanding works by noted architects Ogden City and Weber County officials discussed consolidating facilities for four years before they received federal grants in 1938 to construct the Municipal Building The structure in the 2500 block of Washington Boulevard was completed two years later at a cost of almost $ I million The clubhouse for the Ogden City Golf Course is one of 226 buildings constructed in Utah in the 1930s and early 1940s under President Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal programs It was built between 1934 and 1935 as a Federal Emergency Relief Administration project The Landmarks Commission sent certified letters to members of the Weber County Commission for its opinion on the Municipal Building nomination but has not received any response said commission chairman Ronald Hales The city and county are of the building The city designation could result in grant money -old case “We’re late this morning just thankful to have her back” byNo further details were available this the girl’s father said today morning about whether charges would "I just want to thank the whole town be brought against the man Box Elder of Tremonton and Dewcyville and Garsheriffs office spokesman Sgt Kenneth land — all the firemen and search and Adams was unavailable for comment by rescue people from all over the state and press time said he Idaho" of the state A sheriffs office news release said the He said his daughter was at the school man was being “held for questioning" with her sister and was waiting for a ride The Cassia County sheriff said the when she was taken Utah girl seemed to be in fairly good "He just grabbed her" the father said shape when authorities first talked to her Crystal said the girl was standing inside the first set of a double set of doors "She was very bright and alert and was at the school He added that one of the able to give a very definitive description girl’s shoes was left behind in the abducof the suspect and his car" Crystal said tion The girl was taken to Cassia Memorial The suspect’s name had not been reHospital in Burley and later released to leased by Box Elder County authorities her parents he said Spokesman transferred within Thiokol By BRUCE AUCHLY SurKJjrd Cm "" Huff BRIGHAM CITY — One of Morton Thiokol Inc’s two local spokesmen is headed for another job within the company Gil Moore 59 will join a company task that will try to win government contracts in the next generation of space rockets Moore had served as Thiokol's external affairs director since February 1985 "As the recovery from the Challenger accident moves toward flight there was less of a need for Git in the external affairs area and more of a need in the company's next major endeavor" said Rocky Kaab who remains a company spokesman Raab 40 joined the company in August 1985 and was slotted to take over Moore’s job but the Challenger disaster delajed that transfer Raab said force sstfi In the year after the January 1986 disaster Thiokol used Raab and Moore to field Raab said countless media questions whether another company spokesman will be hired is still undetermined Moore a scientist worked on space proj ects for Thiokol before becoming company spokesman The new task force will be in the company’s strategic division Raab said Government space experts estimate that with the right amount of funding a new generation of bigger space rockets could be in operation within 10 years As envisioned by the National Aeronaut tics and Space Administration a launch vehicle will be able to carry at least 2 'A times more weight into orbit than the space shuttle Raab said The shuttle can carry 65000 pounds of vehicle cargo into orbit The hcavy-h- would be able to transport at least 150000 pounds into space Raab said That means equipment to build a space station could be put into orbit in two or three launches NASA deputy administrator Dale Mjcrs recently told the Senate Budget Committee Seven or eight trips would be necessary using the current space shuttle Mjcrs said The space station’s growing costs have forced NASA to seek ways to cut costs and not delay plans to have the station in orbit by the nud to late 1990s A bigger launcher would also slash two years ©if the estimated five years needed for a space flight to Jupiter from an orbiting space shuttle Myers said Air I orce Bug Gen Robert Rankine told the Senate committee that with more money the first heavy lift v chide could be flying by Gtl Moore |