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Show B By lira l. JENNIFER BRANDLON Associated Press W liter SALT LAKE CITY Norm Bangerter. armed charts and graphs showing t.I'- t.tr ,(..tLUli i"l , vniaKe! s his l . thinking behind tin spending stragegy h - Gov. AI Pitches r tec i 7 b dialled i i n i In! with A. expected. Bangertei tiehied the most questions about his desire to use llood funds to oitset a pi ejected i2b million delicit in the cunent budget and to replace the lunds, l! needed, with revenue h Horn a percent sales tax claimed by cities and towns Bangerter said he had been under pressure to turn that revenue source over to local governments. long-ter- improvements in L'tah s economic prospects, got down to the business of winning support tor his budget program Tuesday In other action, a House committee gave informal approval to a bill that would require I'tuhns to wear seat belts while traveling in automobiles The governor took about two one-eight- Ui tHtV lidU glUUiIil to wait until the tunds are .'UMJ jgreed uau ami teleased m the summer ot 1H87 Hnwever. he reminded lawniak-e- i s meeting in joint caucuses that new tmancial needs loomed in the coming years, including water development tiii the growing Front and highway construc-- t Wa--at- ion Funding education remained Bangerter s lobbying locus on Tui-sda- Figuies presented by Budget director Dale Hatch show the admin- - .'ratinn epH N pivsnr in I tck schools to ease in the next ea!"s. especlallv alter the sf.de l! poi'.ilatlon stops growing lastel' than the population as a whole in the early 1.hos. Hatch said state revenues ale pected to increase by an average ot 6.5 percent annually during the next decade. probably picked the worst I ' The committee did not have the proposeu law before it. but the straw vote indicated the measure will have no trouble passing the committee during its next meeting The bill's sponsor. House Speaksaid er Robert Gartl. front-sea- l and drivers requiring passengers to wear seat belts could The next live years are the critical point, tnen it gets a little easier lor the state.' Bangerter said. ais to be governor hi other action the House Trans poMatlon and Public NaieU Committee took a straw vote m tao: ol a mandatory seat belt law y :! prevent more than deaths and injuries on I a:, hit' v.iy s each ear Gartt said a ( tai:i is ir.j .,: on the load eery elesi-.umutes. and six people die eveiy week in tlattie mishaps liartl said the cost in medical care and insurance is around S2i4 million a year No one in the packed hearing room spoke against the Lill i - (See related stories below and on 3, 5) Pages Huse Stay Committees Sn By BRUCE SOLBERG Herald Staff Writer NO 112TH VKAH. 145 UTAH. PROVO. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15. VM ?fi 00 A MON'IH PRICE CENTS 25 move to speed up legislation, the Utah House of spent the entire day in committee meetings, yesterday. In an unprecedented Representatives House Committees met to weigh the merit of topics ranging from seat belt legislation to a new-stat- song. No time was spent on the House 7" ft r i "s. - " ' Ut-e-ic xr I 3f '''Fife .J-- &?'4. ' r - rfV l ..A Brian Tregaskis I'holo Freezing Drizzle SHckens Streefs in Utah The number of fender-bender- s Valley soared this morning as drivers were greeted by streets paved with ice. "It's one of the worst days I've ever seen," said an Orem Police Department spokesman. "I don't know how many accidents we've had, we haven't had time to count them." The dispatcher at the Utah C.ounty Sheriff's vKf I'f x.-.- dispatcher. She said Provo had 21 accidents by about 10 a.m., most of them coming in a period about 8 a.m. The Provo patcher said the worst injury in that city was a broken nose. The Utah Highway Patrol said some of its about 30 accidents calls resulted in trips to the hospital. Office reported "tons and tons" of accidents, including several on Ironton Hill between Provo and Springville (above). She noted four or five were handled by Sheriff's deputies and others referred to the Utah Highway Patrol and Orem City. "People think the roads are fine and then they get on them ..." said the Provo Police ome on Co uncil Question Jenkins By LISA MOTE Herald Staff Writer Relations between the Provo mayor and some city council mem- er, seemed dubious of the mayor's authority to make all the changes without consulting the council. Council member Anagene questioned whether the mayor could set up new city employee positions without the council setting up a classification or budget Cot-tre- bers appeared strained Tuesday night as they debated the validity of some of the new mayor's recent actions. Mayor Joseph Jenkins showed the council a Provo City organizational chart that maps out changes he has made in the administration during his first week in office. Some of those changes include rearranging some department heads and appointing a director of strategic planning and special projects and an economic develop- ment director. In addition, he put the new economic director over the city's Redevelopment Agency ad- ministratively. Jenkins has also appointed an executive assistant and given the city's chief administrative officer responsibility for all the city departments exept legal services and economic development. Although the city may be overlapping for a short time on some of the positions. Jenkins said in the long run the changes will save the taxpayers money by eliminating duplication of efforts. Some council members, howev ll for the position Where's the advice and consent of the council and where is the ' budget As far as I'm concerned, the cart got before the horse." said Cottrell. Jenkins responded that the strategic planning and economic devel- - Library Board Wins Support g For Activities Fund-Raisin- By LISA MOTE brary appropriated budget. $2,000 as previously authorized from a contingency fund, and $8,800 to be appropriated in the 1986-8budget. Herald Staff Writer Fund raising on a new Provo library will soon be under way "You cannot raise money withthanks to the city council's support out money.'' said Marvin Wiggins, of the project. chairman of the Library Board. In The council voted Tuesday night order to build the library the to support fund raising on the about $2 million. building by increasing library apDon Nelson, financial consultant propriations for the to the board, predicts the drive and passing a resolution supeffort will bring in about $1 porting the construction of the new million. library. The resolution authorizes the li"We would like the Provo City brary board to spend not more Council to support a bond election than $22,800 in to raise the rest,'' Wiggins said. activities. It says $6,000 will be taken "We must have your support to from the unappropriated fund bal(See LIBRARY, Page 3) ance, $6,000 from the current li 7 city-need- fund-raisin- g fund-raisin- fund-raisin- s g g opment director positions were filled on a contractual basis, which can be done w ithout the consent of the council. He also said the changes will be revenue neutral so they will not atlect the budget. Cottrell also asked how Jenkins could afford to hire a new economic development director when the city already has a director who is on contract until June 30. With the city's economic development department facing a 35 percent cut in Community Development Block Grant funds. Cottrell said she wonders where the mayor will find the extra money. Jenkins said that the city has an economic development coordinator, not an economic development director. T have a right to hire. We have the budget and I have a right to create staff positions. We will come ' in at the end of the year under budget." Council member Chuck Henson supported the mayor saying the city budget is not a line ordinance budget, so "the administration has a right to move money around." City attorney Glen Ellis said staff positions have to be established by ordinance with a job description only if they classified (See COUNCIL, Page 3) Herald Staff Writer A $16 million state building in Provo and perhaps even a building may be nearer to realitv because of legislative lobbyCommissioning by Utah County new-count- ers. "We're not studying any more." Commission Chairman Gary J. Anderson said. "We want the state-officbuilding here. It can save us oodles of money it we can combine a package with a new county buile ding" Commissioners J. .. unen iwinci Gramm-Rudma- n - The ax begins chopping away at federal spending today with the release ol preliminary figures that could require as much as $11.7 billion in cuts from nearly every area of government. The Congressional Budget Office and the administration's Office of Management and Budget have readied figures that reportedly call for the $11.7 billion cut in spending by March 1. Every federal agency, from Am- WASHINGTON Gramm-Rudma- n i UP1 budget-cuttin- g and Anderson met Tuesday with Utah legislators, the chairman ot the State Building Board and others to staighten out any hangups. This was an attempt on our part to get them to put the state office building as a lirst priority in this legislative session." Anderson thinks they were successful. As a regional project, the state office building may very well receive number one priority as a lease purchase project by the House Capital Projects Committee. The proposal calls lor ' privatizing" the lacility, which would be located on the block immediately east ol the Utah County Courthouse in Provo. The county, which already owns most of the property, would sell the land to a private developer, who would build the state building and then lease it to the state. The building would then be purchased by the state within 15 to 20 years through paying the lease. Anderson said the lease purchase agreement has two primary advantages. Such an arrangement is cheaper and also does not require raising revenues through bonds The General Accounting Oil ice has until Jan. 21 to approve the cuts, but the final figures are not expected to vary greatly from those proposed. The affected programs and agencies have until March I to make the cuts. Release ol the ligui es is the I li st balstep in the Gramm-Rudmai- i anced budget law which ruires the deficit to be cut to zero in five years. Gramm-Rudmais already the subject ol a lawsuit charging a ot it unconstitutionally delegates congressional budget authority to the president by requiring the president to make budget cuts ii Congress tails to reduce the deficit to levels specified in the law. n SKN Press UK Ht'solutions Iniroduccrl ( olllIlM ii SR2 CI ." Ihl ''!: Mi Miitiiii !ut helping i ,iisr in; U in .il .lensen Ii, ,11 pi. ml Hi, ink lliusc uln r.iiitnliiilrcl Hills Introduced SHI 12 IChiiLirn Toucan ., I". iimi i'l lilt' tAclsf up tMs.thilr .Mil Inl f Ir. ill, ill cill( les W lilc ci c, ill. 'II c till jt l SBlltl HUM! ll'.lirit'ii. M,, n. s linci , ,i liiiril on ir. ii.'S limn ii,' W.iii'i !(' tihM I'llll r- .i!i"li .lllii ItM'loj'lllt 111 o nd shiuiiij rci am in Ihc hunt SB114 Corn; t'.u line i:i. nm.t h rcl.itinn SB115 ( In am. .hull lliih.i (I (TaiiU piuculurcs i.n in criinin.il cases SB1I6 'Swam Make Hie I iiiiiinillec ul iinsiiincr Seiwces an inilepcmleiii Mate agency able In lure independent ie.d counsel ami prnwdc iililiK bill inserts SB 17 iMuthesiin' Appmpi late v million loi the construction and improvement ot access loads to paiks mads and parking areas within slate ji.irks SB118 'Carlinj! I'lai d otlens.-- u,i lud ed in one demon! ol set and d'Viec minder. SB119 'Carlinj' Vineiidiiieiils to the pi obate code SB120 't inlinson ( liaiite tlic dcliniiion ol telephone cm pot ation to exclude re sellers ol telecomiiiunicalKMi services SB121 Stratum! I'ruude that the district court have juiisdictum user a juve nile SB122 Holmgieni Increase Die lees ieiiiired to register a recreation vehicle SB123 Asav Remove a mandate Ihul ieuires establishments to make animals available tor expei and give that establishment discretion in making animals available SB124 'Cornabvi I'rovide additional procedural guidelines regarding orders ol the Judicial Conduct ( omiiiissioii SB125 iSmvanCi Allow peace olliccrs to make wariantless misdemeanor dries ts HOI SK The House did nut hold session Tuesday The (lav was spent in committees Wednesday: NCAA Stiffens Drug, The NCAA concluded its winter meetings in New Orleans and has taken a firm stand against drugs, gambling and students who can't stav in school academically. With Gamble Rules the recent problems of steroids abuse and gambling, the NCAA figures stiller rules were necessary See story on Page ii. point-shavin- Babies Respond to Cuddling Baby stroking tor massage as it is called in Far Eastern cul- attracted professional interest in the West. For more on the subject see Page 17 of the Today Section. Freezing Rain, Fog Forecast 11 Freezing rain will drop over Central Utah tonight, says the National Weather Bureau, and highs will be only the upper 20s Thursday. Overnight lows will be in the low er 20s. Even so, some fog will remain to plague us. Further weather news is on Page 11. Here's Where to Find It All lull-blow- n e two-bio- Ax Takes First Swing iraK to me ;alionai .oo. will lace an eMimated 4.3 percent cut, with the exception of Social Security and a lew other programs designed to aid the poor. The military will have to shoulder a 4.9 percent reduction. Thf Asori,it-i- B Six election reform bills will be considered in this legislative session, according to Moss. One under consideration by the House State and Local Affairs Committee would strengthen financial disclosure laws in election campaigns. The bill is supported by Lt. Gov. Val Oveson and sponsored by Moss. the Orient, Only recently has it the state olfice project is approved by the legislature, it may also make a new county building on the same block more feasible, according to Anderson. Both the city and county have oltices scattered all over the area, and both are in dire need ol more room, according to Anderson. The proposal would requite 100 East in Provo to be cut oil at Center Street and 100 South. The courthouse, slate regional building and a new county administration building would ail area. be in the Lineup Of Legislation year. tures! has been practiced tor centuries by mothers in parts ot County Pushes Building Proposal By BRUCE L. SOLBERG floor debating legislation Tuesday. Instead, all standing committees met on the same day for the first time, according to James R. Moss of the Utah House of Representatives. As a result, when the house convened today, more than 100 bills were ready to go before the floor. 'The objective of holding all the committee meetings on the same day was to get a fast start getting the bills onto the floor," Moss said. Bills discussed in committee meetings in the House of Representatives Tuesday include: Testimony on a proposed law which would require seatbelt use. This law passed the House last year, according to Moss, but died in the Senate. "I think it will pass the House again this year." he said. "Whether it will pass the Senate. I don't know. Last year the legislative session closed before the bill got to the floor of the Senate." The alternative to the state's voluntarily passing seatbelt legislation, according to Moss, would be a federal mandate requiring automakers to put airbags in all new autos. A new banking law which would expand regional banking in Utah was considered by the House Business, Labor and Economic Development Committee. "The Governor thinks the bill would be a good thing for Utah," Moss said. "The state bank people feel good about the bill, too. if it means stronger banks in Utah." Utah already allows regional banks to come into Utah from some states with which it has exchange agreements allowing Utah banks to go to their states. A similar bill was defeated last National-Internation- 16 9 Obituaries Opinions Sports 22 22 Today 23-2- 7 2,16 4 21 8 H-- lj 5 Utah-Region- 11 Weather at Federal Spending stands the court group challenges effective because But even il it a taxpayers that it will not be Congress will find test, Amusements Business Classified Ads Comics Crossword a way out ol it. James Davidson, chairman ol the National Taxpayers Union, said is going Tuesday Gramm-Rudmato "dissolve long belore the budget deficit is brought to zero.'' and the nation's children are going to have to pay the price in higher taxes. country's 60 million children, who. the sponsors said, will shoulder an additional, tax burden of $10,000 each lor each year the deficit stays above its current $200 billion annual figure. prevent the government from rolling up more debt on top of the current $2 trillion limit and to set a target date lor elimination of existing red ink. The premise of the suit, the group said, is that the young people are being denied equal protection of law under the Constitution because the deficits pose a "discriminatory burden on today's chil- Taxpayers Union official and A'ill n The taxpayers group filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Tuesday on behalf of the dren." The suit seeks a court order to Bonner. 7, "representative'' class-actio- n suit, son of a National a of children in the said he didn't know what a delicit was but said he doesn't "want the' government to take all the money. 1 won't have enough to do other things with it." |