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Show 4 fuiuvv reoiuut INTERLOCAL COOPERATION.. iyug nr. it Contract Service.. A Proven Idea Where did we find this pig This Utah Interlocal Cooperation Act? This new tangled idea about local government contracting services from other local governments? Was it a vapor dream from a basement hasheesh party attended by Review writers? Something some Sneaky Pete Is trying to infiltrate into the local scheme of municipal administration? Its amazing how little is known about a major governmental act that was adopted by the members of the Utah House of Representatives, the Utah State Senate, and signed by the Utah Governor. Where did they come up with such an idea? Are we at the Review alone in this thing? The Utah Interlocal Cooperation Act Is a carbon copy, with some few modifications, of the National Interlocal Cooperation Act. The act was developed and encouraged for state adoption by theAdvisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Washington, D. C. Its membership includes estate governors - among them Idahos Governor Robert E. Smylie. There are national Congressmen and Senators; members of the Presidents cabinet, city and county W'.s Utah, then, set up as a test area for community contract service? Not at all. Utah is one of 46 United States which have adopted the Interlocal Cooperation Act. There is a big difference in what is being dooe in Utah and what is done elsewhere to inform the electorate, aad PTA Quiz(z)es Reviews Stats Rehab Idea Shapes Up (Continued from page 1 mates, many of whom return. For each $1,000 investment that' succeed, the saving will be impressive. Full cooperation in the proram has been pledged by or s expected from the Salt Lake County Sheriffs department. Third Judicial District Court, Adult Probation and Parole, U of U School of Social Work, U of U Departments of Clinical Psychology and Vocational Rehabilitation, and the office of the Utah Attorney General. Headquarters for the Utah Jail Rehabilitation Project will be at 731 E. South Temple, where Temple Investment Corporation has pledged office space valued at $60 per month for the duration of the project. On date of sentencing, assuming the offender is qualified and is willing, his sentence would be stayed for the jail therapy proSuccess in the six gram. months would be followed by six months work or school-relea- se program. Of the 104 selectees, half would receive assignment to the project at county jail. The other 52 would be assigned to the standard prison treatment and rehabilitation program. The county jail control group would receive intensive education, therapy and counselsix-mon- ths ing. The project - several contemplates confer- three-wa- y ences with offender, member of the family and qualified social worker. This step is taken to solidify family life of the offender and to prepare all concerned for the release and the activities of the offender and the reactions he may experience from society. Upon satifying court imposed criteria in the period, the offender would be released from custody, given an award recognition for his achievement and placed under supervision of Adult Probation post-relea- and make them, subsequently, a lesser drain on society. With probation already nothing more than a reporting process in Utah, because of fund shortages, - the project would, for the first time in Utah, combine the processes of probation and rehabilita- se and Parole. Utah Employment Security , voiM-b- e offender enlisted to counsel to the in relation lociiLlibpr .market .and in doctrinate him on the problems he must expect hi seeking placement. The project group cites the usual minimum of 18 months served by Utah Prison in '' tion. Aware of emotional developments of the past week... A even before they developed, the organization, in its funds application, expressed the hope "that a public relations program will evolve from the an offender project brought to .high, school level .achievement, possibly trained or in training, will be ready for release back into society." The project contemplates gradual wearing down so-th- societys resistance ting a or con administrators, municipal about municipal contract service. In Utah, to date, practically nothing is being done, except what the Review is doing with the help of a few lonely voices. bow about the other But states? How about New York State the state in which the Said Mr. Kosk h aroeuf that California has bad some success in this area, but as yet, Utahns continue to ignore the problem apparently in the hope that it will disappear. The funds application noted that it now costs $1,650 per year to keep one inmate la prison, plus the welfare costs of maintaining his family. The project, too, the organization forecasts, points to the possible development of an ex-cprogram similar to the "Hire the Handicapped program. It is contemplated that 400 offenders will receive psychological and educational ac hievement tests. From these, 104 will be selected, of which 52 will become part of a group to be admitted to the state prison. The Other 52 will enter the program on a probation period in Salt Lake County Jail. A full time professional staff will be supplemented by graduate students at the Union six-mon- ths versity. Each participant must have beat recommended for prison incarceration by the Adult Probation and Parole Depart ment, or his previously grant- ed parole must be revoked to establish eligibility. Each of the 400, voluntarll; Would be given a week to days stay of execution in Coun-;VJtor interviews pal a, battery of psychological, educational achievement and aptitude tests. ail d iifvor many soul-searchi- ng ques- to use the words of tions, Keith Brown, Granite school board member. Did teachers object to children performing in PTA meetings?. They dont. In fact, teachers seemed to want to present their children in programs that were an outgrowth of their curriculum studies. What speakers did teachers think should be heard? They wanted to hear more from their principals, and how parents can help in various curriculum needs, . Would teachers attend PTA meetings if they had a choices? Most said yes, but liked them 3hort and to the point. Asked if the PTA burdens be teachers with jobs, jverwheiming number said no. to accepex-co- - Such me reases become posonly through joint inter- sible local activity. Municipalities are urged, when installing major facilities, such as sewers, to provide excess capacity to accommodate cooperative use at reduced cost. As many as school districts have five acted jointly for cooperative purchase of materials and supplies. .Under interlocal cooperation, state agencies in Utah could, in New York they do, serve as purchasing department for local government units. Three methods of purchase savings are offered: 1. Open contracts: in which the state negotiates with a ven -dor or vendors; the municipality then purchases itenjs at any time during the contract period without prior commitment; 2. Term contracts for definite quantities: in which political units file requirements with the State Division of Standards and Purchases before the state has altered into contract with the vendor. The unit then must buy the items as stated at the contract price; 3. Prompt delivery contracts; used primarily for equipment purchases, in which kly Not only are we lousy at spelling, we cant add either! A headline in last weeks PTA Quizes Review blared, Teachers. (sic) (Correct spelling; quizzes.) As for our arithmetic, we goofed again. Mrs. Jack Schade, Granite Wasatch PTA Council president, under whose direction the survey was made, suggested we add the figures in one of our paragraphs again. We did. Tabulating those voting for lunch on the first work day of school (107), the last work day of school (89) and both of the above (106) adds up to 302, which is quite a majorof ity of teachers lunches for teach;, while 124 voted not at all. (Sheepishly) Our article reported that the majority had voted "not all. The survey asked teachers , ficials Because they are being properly served by the state and informed of interlocal cooperation and its benefits, according to the report of John J. Bums, OLG Commissioner, Units of local government are taking advantage of their opportunities. Where municipal officials have worked out a satisfactory solution to a common problem on a cooperative basis, Mr. Bums reported, They with the are result and feel theyve done a good days work for the taxpayer. New York Municipalities are encouraged to resort to in cooperative agreement three areas: (1) 'Where the most efficient municipal service area overlaps local government barriers; (2) Where substantial economies result from joint activity; (3) Where an interlocal arrangement produces better service. In some areas, the New York authority reported, construction of joint operation facilities decrease in cost in proportion to capacity increase; they decrease in cost per unit of operation per day as per day capacity of operation in in WESTERN NATIONAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION crease biggest metropolitan municipal government in the world exists; New York City? 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