OCR Text |
Show I nawinnnHBI CIRCULATION 278 2860 If yo foil to rcceivt yoor copy of t k Rome NEWS. ADVERTISING 278 2866 I t ACTION ADS 278 4142 Vol.x No. I Uhi, pennie in the Here firl oppority in eriee fur even car- - In realize tax dollar - repre-enle- il mitiiy the full text of ilx firxt rejMirt. July 22, 1965 od fc Money Grabber? ay G turr that highly touted boon to efficiency Data processing out to be a money grabber in the first report issued by Utahs Little Hoover Commission A B i rS K ' ht4 i i The Review pointed up the danger last week. He said he has received no instructions for an equallv hazardous corner one block south at 5600 South Street and Highland Drive, a heavily traveled east -- west arterial. Does that give anyone an idea? let the buyer beware Caveat emptor becoming the watchword in Salt Lakes iob market Only the words , is Jenson Offers Auto To Speed Roiul I:go gram l'j It might be a little cold to drive this winter but Salt Lake County Commission chairman Marvin G. Jenson figures the county needs a land scraper more than he needs a Lincoln Imperial. Mr. Jenson has authorized specifications for bids on a land scraper stipautomobile ulating that his county-ownbe used as down payment. The balance will be nicked up in next year's budget. This years budget is tight, he said, but the machine is definitely included in next years spending plans anyway. This way the county will get the necessary equipment sooner. The land scraper, costing in excess of $30,000, will Immensely speed operations at the county mulch plant More mulch is needed to complete this years road building plans. Lack of the paving material slows road paving crews costing thousands in wasted time, Jenson explained. ed For the time being, Mr. Jenson says he'll use his administrative assistants car Unless, of course, somebody would like to trade a new Ford for a nice steam roller then hell probably be walking. should be switched to "let seeker beware " the job The day when an employee could assume that his new boss was reliable in every way has apparently vanished, according to complaints flooding Utahs State Employment Service Unscrupulous pay practices, however, are strengthening sentiment for a sevmern on ere crack-dow- chandisers. an Take the case of Abigail Jones who assumed namefeo protect identity was seekingf employment prior to entering BYU this fall. She responded to a newspaper advertisement and, after a hasty interview, was pleased to report for work from 1 to 5 P.M. the next afternoon. It was a telephone solicitation job a highly specialized occupation, incidentand for two days she dialed the ally phone and read the sales manuscript provided each girl. Then she was fired. Why? Abilgail learned upon dismissal that her quota was 10 sales leads per She produced five appointments day for the firm's salesmen the first day, two the second. She said its very difficult to talk people into allowing a salesman to call -- - they keep hanging up. so good every employer should be free to dismiss unsatisfactory workers. Now, what about the pay due for her So far, brief career? "Come back payday, thats Friday," she was told. On Friday, she was stalled until the next day. Saturday, she was put off again. After repeated calls, the manager angrily told her that as far as he was concerned, she had never worked for him. He had no record of it, there- - evident: A ) There has been a historical pattern of independent data processing installations developing within separate departments and divisions of state government These installations generally have gone their own independent way, without significant regard for services that already This kind were available of overall orientation and approach has resulted in duplication of effort and exces- K JJ I ? sive costs B ) There have been recent successful efforts on the part of the Director of Finance and the Data Processing Coordinating Council to consolidate certain equipment, services, and man- These efforts have power produced actual savings and will produce more efficient This commission is service impressed with these efforts and concludes that an atmosphere has developed that will encourage even further pro- gress It is evident that with sound organization and improved machine utilization, substantial economies can be achieved immediately. C ) u vA. fc Although it is apparent that progress has been made to- ward sensible consolidation of equipment, it is equally apparent that the state government must give consider- - It Is recommended that the Governor, by executive order, transfer this responsibility to the Director of Finance as soon as possible 2.) Give Early Consideration to Achieving Substantial Economies that are Available in the Near Term Cost reduction opportunities have been identified that can save the state $115,000 annually These savings are achievable within a very short period at time by: 0) turning back equipment that is not (2) elimination of needed; excess capacity resulting from low utilization of the present unit record equipment; and (3) certain salary cost displacements Exhibit I following this page, describes the present and the recommended Cost pattern for data processing activities In order to achieve these eco- nomies, the following two steps should be taken: A ) The data processing installation at die Liquor Control Commission (130 card processor) should be eliminated This installation serves no apparent useful purpose, having neither displaced clerical personnel nor generated any significant management This action will reports produce $32,000 annua savings. B.) There are several unit (continued on page 4) Of This week a state highway crew chopped department away heavy foliage which blocked sale vision for motorists attempting to enter Highland Drive from Lake-woDrive, 5420 South. Foreman Jack Reid, who supervised clearing the corner, said some 25 complaints had been received from residents of the area citing the corner as extremely dangerous Foliage was cut away approximately 150 feet along to the the state right-of-wnorth and was trimmed along Two dead trees the south. were removed. Data Processing: Is It Really A u-- . I Complain enough and your government will respond! I The study into governmental waste said Friday, July 16, that taxpayers can save $115,000 if state departments will eliminate some equivalent entirely, avoid letting other expensive automated accounting machines The trouble is not with the equipment but with the in stand idle efficiencies of the men who buy and operate it The interim report, one of many to come, recommended that all state departments date processing procedures be consolidated A $72,000 automatic inventory control machine purchased by the Utah Liquor Control Commission should be eliminated entirely, the report charged Some of the recommendations have already gone into effect Monday afternoon, July 19, Governor Calvin L. Rampton issued an executive order naming Finance Director Herbert Smart as data processing coordinator to consolidate operations of all departments except institutions of higher learning Mr. Smart will review all proposals for acquiring equipment and for utilising existing machines Here is the complete text of the first report of commission: This report is oriented to an evaluation of the state's present organization for carrying out data processing and computation activities and potential immediate and near term data processing savings that are available to the state The commissions review of these activities has been directed toward determining what kind and arrangement of able attention to data processdata processing equipment is ing activities in order to put required by the state to effecits house in order current applitively process cations This review has not RECOMMENDATIONS extended to considerations of what would be -- reauirsd to feeder to achieve a more effective data processing ordevelop an outstanding data processing system in Utah's ganization and operation, this state government. commission recommends the following actions: PERSPECTIVE 1 ) Strengthen the State's Data processing activities Organization and Control over in state government have been Data Processing Activities. Until the point is reached increasing significantly Exclusive of higher education where a plan of overall ordata processing programs, the ganization for me State of state is spending $680,000 anUtah is developed, it is recommended that the authority nually on computer and unit record equipment rentals and for consolidating and other. wise improving data processalary costs involved in these operations Calculating an adsing operations be clearly ditional cost factor for occuvested in the office of the Director of Finance should be pancy or space expense, supplies, and power requireresponsible for reviewing and ments, it is estimated that passing on all proposals for the state is actually spending the acquisition of new data closer to $1 million annualprocessing equipment. This is clearly a signifly Responsible to the Director of Finance in this important icant expenditure and is likeeffort should be a reconstituly to continue to grow as our ted Data Processing Coordintechnology improves Thus, attention should be given to ating Council. This commisdata processing activities to sion recommends a four memassure that they are propber council tobe selected from individuals currently Involved erly organised and conducted in order to serve most efin the management of data fectively processing facilities. Inasmuch as the councils evaluCONCLUSIONS ation and consolidation work As a result of the comis of a sensitive and difficult missions review, several nature, it is important that relatconclusions significant council members be highly obing both to organizational and and analytical. jective operational matters become Tbondoy Crews Clear Corner For Autoists i(MI i- Little Ihntxer (.ommiioii. tough-minde- d i Southeast Salt Lake';, ('ommunit) Vteekh New.uper 2265 Eal 1800 South 26 by Right, please call aarf a paper vill be takes to your home by 10 A.M. Friday maramg fore he owed her nothing. Threatened with the labor commission, he laughed, "Go ahead, you can't touch me." As it turned out, the labor commission It got Abigail's could touch him. money for her in very short order. A representative of the Utah State Employment Service said that evasion of salary obligations by telephone solicitation firms has become such a common occurance they have set up a department at the industrial commission to handle - . v complaints. He also said the employment sefvtcl - never recommends an employee to these outfits. t Now that Abigail has thought It over, the small amount of money Involved is not the point. The telephone pitch people offend at every level, she says. Families complain that their privacy is invaded by the increasing number at gimmick phone solicitations. The same organizations which generate the greatest volume of complaints at the Better Business Bureau for misleading sales practices also require extra tax expenditures to force them to comply with fair employment practices. Sugar House Park Lost To Families 6 9 "Sugar House Park is lost to family type activity! That was the charge of a Holladay LDS Church leader In a letter to Mayor J. Bracken Lee this week He graphically described conditions similar to those which resulted in a riot at Liberty Park several weeks ago. He charged at no time did his group see police or other authorities to halt teenage harassment. Franklin K Brough, Bishop of Holl-adSeventh Ward, told the Salt Lake City mayor that members had reserved one of the shelters ' i Sugar House Park for an outing on Ji ? 9 His letter continued "Public officers have, however, permitted (or deliberately allowed) this park to be lost to the family type activity. Despite obvious markings that the area was reserved, we were completely over-ru- n by teenagers after about 7:30 P M. "They were cruising the parkways in their cars, sometimes racing, careening in circles in the parking lot, trying to crash the entertainment w had provided for our children, making accusing com ay ments that we were intruding on their park and some of them exhibiting a surly attitude when we asked them to permit us to have our party without their Intrusion. "Many of our people were extremely frightened to be surrounded by milling The sir wtg throngs of teenagers. filled with tension. It would have taken very little to trigger an unfortunate episode . We were even more discouraged to learn that this was not simply a mix-u- p in the scheduling of two groups, of Sugar but rather the teenage take-ov- er House Park is a nightly occurance. "During all this time, we saw k police or other authorities to supervise or bring order. "I assure you that the park is no longer a place where I would feel safe to take my family. So many of our ward members were so thoroughly frightened that we will not be able to use the park for our recreational activities next year " Mr Brough concluded his letter by protesting ' what officials have permitted to occur Double Duty For Mount Olympus Site Proposed Firemen read a lot and the Mount Olympus area badly needs more fire proso county commissioner John tection Preston Creer' s proposal for a library-fir- e station complex sounds like a perfect arrangement Creer met with members erf the county library board Tuesday, July 20, to discuss combining facilities on several lots owned by the board at 3900 South and Conrntiiofer Creer with library board member Marhm h. Bateman, Beck-leaand Richard U. binder survey site of d Midvale Mayor Henry 4 prop i--ed complex. Wasatch Boulevard. Emergency fire service is the major goal Creer said "At present, fire trucks must travel a considerable distance, uphill, to reach the Mount Olympus A new station at this location-woularea reduce the time required to reach a fire, increasing efficiency and lessening human danger. Such a complex would contribute greatly to safety to Mount Olympus families " At the same time, be noted that fire insurance rates in Salt Lake County are Added fire protection facilities high would serve to reduce these rates to all homewwners The complex would probably consist of two separate buildings While library board members wont comment until they meet August 3, it's believed they are generally In agreement with the plan. Urban Renetval Antis To Meet Urban Renewal will be the topic at a meeting Thursday, July 22, 7:30 P M in the home of Mrs Floyd Eckman, 2994 South 9th ' ' . East Representatives of the Cit- izen s Council for Protection of Property Rights will pre- sent their reasons for op- posing the measure which Salt Lake City residents only will vote August 17 The public is invited ' ' , , , f |