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Show Property Tax Eyed At 11.4 Mills Final City Budget Adopted At 9.67 Million Commissioners Renee Mackay and WEST VALLEY. Taxes will increase but there will not be a reduction in the level of services provided by this city during the next year. Those are the apparent results of the West Valley City Commissions adoption Tuesday of a $9.67 million budget for the fiscal year which began yesterday (Wednesday) and runs through June 30, 1982. Entering the final adoption process, the majority of city officials felt two choices were available, either: - Approve the $9.7 million total and retain the current level of services; or - Reduce spending and trim services by a comparable amount. Retention of the present level of services, the course advocated by Jerry Wagstaff, won out over the smaller budget favored by Mayor Henry (Hank) Price. Price voted against adoption of the budget and vowed to work to reduce spending wherever possi- ble. City officials estimate a property tax levy of 11.36 mills will be needed, in addition to a six percent utility tax, to support the budget. The actual mill levy will not be set until early August. Because of reduced property valuations, the mill levy will cost residents of a $50,000 home about $12 more in taxes this coming year, City Auditor Russ Sanderson said yesterday (Wednesday). The tax total is about higher than unincorporated county $60-7- Two Sections - 28 5 residents currently are paying, although county officials probably will be forced to raise taxes when they complete their budget work in December, he added. The budget adopted Tuesday and submitted to the state was $56,000 less than the $9 72 million figure anticipated at the June 18 budget hearing Sanderson attributed the decrease to larger than expected revenue receipts in the final two weeks of fiscal year 1981 (which ended Tuesday The bonus reduced the city's revenue deficit from what was anticipated on June 18 as ) $521,000 to $345,000 With the deficit expenditure lowered by $176,000, city officials reduced the 1981-8budget by $56,000 and added money to nearly 2 every city department. The amounts varied, ranging from an increase of $223 for animal control, to an additional $38,360 for the Police Department. For the most part, the increases were in the $1,000-2,00range, budget com0 parisons show. City officials considered several means of trimming the budget at a four-hou- r meeting on Monday, but none was accepted, Price noted. He repeated his frequently expressed contention that reductions should be made in the Police and Fire Departments, suggested that $500,000 be removed from the Streets and Highways budget Despite Vote To Reject GRANITE PARK. Classrooms will open as scheduled in Granite School District on Aug. 27, but the mood in faculty rooms across the district may be somewhat strained. Despite three separate ballotings favoring rejection of a six percent salary hike, the pact was accepted Saturday when just over 20 percent of the district's s teachers failed to reach a majority vote to reject. The Board of Education ratified the settlement Monday morning and began immediately working toward having similar pacts accepted by the administrators, THE VOICE OF WEST VALLEY CITY across-the-boar- UTAH d two-third- 656-38- EjEnzxzzminsz Published weekly at 155 E. 490S South, Salt Lake City, UT 84107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119 Subscnp tion rate $12 SO per year POSTMASTER Send address changes to West Valley View. Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Thursday, July Volume 27, Number 2, 1981 All 25 secretaries and classified 262 6682 departments At Granger Park Arts Festival To Open Tomorrow park. The activities will be part of the West Valley City Arts Festival, a celebration commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the nation and West Valley City (July 1, 1980). Sponsored by the West Valley Arts and Sciences Council, the arts festival will be open both days from noon until 10 p m. A fireworks display starting at 9:30 p.m. Saturday will culminate the two-da- y affair. A carnival also is scheduled to run both days. Council members have been preparing exhibits for ihe festival for several months and have been encouraging artists from all over the valley to participate. Booths displaying oil paintings, water colors, woodwork, weaving, macrame and other art forms will be available at the festival, said council spokesman Ron Day, administrative assistant to City Commissioners Jerry Wagstaff and Renee Mackay. Entertainment will be provided by a variety of groups. "Tentatively scheduled to per- - ,Vv r 7 it ' M -- i L.'- i Kathy Kaumans Recorder - Kaumans Is Promoted To Position -- past year. Mrs. Kaumans was appointed City Recorder after having served in that capacity for the past six months under the title deputy recorder. The recorders duties had, technically, been the responsibility So tered the reliable well-rea- d the horror of the Final Solution. Some people term themselves aghast at emphasis being placed on the Holocaust by recent films, TV and books They argue that no purpose can be served by recounting the fiendish acts of Hitlers forces. to- nafosat- the Jewish race that he refuses to ride German-buil- t In our mind, theyre wrong. If nothing more is accomplished than to demonstrate how animal-lik- e man can become, its worth it. automo- Many in both our country and bile. Venting his resentment on y Germans is, it would seem, rather extreme. But one must realize he was a youngster when both his parents were victims of a Nazi extermination camp. Thats certainly enough to provoke lifelong hatred of anyone even remotely associated with abror 1, contend the sordid story of Jewish persecution should be erased from the public mentality. They, in fact, turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to what theyre told and urged to see. Some even argue that no such thing ever happened. Would that they were right. You could put more confidence in your fellow man if you werent John Short study d incorporation anticipated a similar amount for the second year of the citys existence. He blamed the commissioners for the high budget of Those not involved in pre- incorporation (planning) didnt know what was involved, Price charged He said city functions had expanded too rapidly, reaching a level now' that should not have been attained for at least another year - revue, including from South Pacific, Camelot, Oklahoma. My Fair Lady and Hollo Dolly. opted to reject the settlement. Although the decision wms made by less than a fourth of the teachers, GEA executive director Bob Pearce commented Tuesday, I dont think it would have turned out much different had all teachers voted. We had three different occasions to vote on the issue and all three times there was an obvious split. In ratifying the contract Monday, the district indicated that its total package averaged about nine percent, three percent above the new monies provided by the legislature. A fund balance from the current year coupled with a one mill increase to the districts maximum in the voted leeway has already been approved. on out, well be almost totally at of the legislature, Superintendent John Reed Call told the board. For 1,104 of the districts teachers the increase will be six percent. About an equal number will receive between 10 and 11 percent for experience increments and lane changes; 597 will gain just over nine percent. The average dollar increase per teacher will be $1,805. There were also improvements in the term life insurance, adjustments in the personal leave policy and a mileage increase to 21 Animal Control two-third- Before proceeding with efforts to merge the independent departments, COG officials said they wanted the opinions of animal control officers from throughout the county about the proposal. COG secretary Ed Blaney, an employe of the Wasatch Front Regional Council, was instructed to set up a meeting with the animal control officers, who meet regularly, and an existing animal control advisory council. Dr. Harry Gibbons, Health director, urged COG to determine whether his department should proceed with plans to consolidate the various departments. Dr. Gibbons, along with County Commissioner Mike Stewart, vigorously supported the establishment of a county-wid- e animal control system. Officials of several of the countys cities, notably West Valley City, also favor a merger, the health director noted. Only South Salt Lake has opposed the proposal, Dr. Gibbons said. At Tuesdays session, however, City-Count- y Artistic works and patriotic attire, such as the hats worn by Esther, Elisabeth and Rebekah Hussey, will be abundant at the West Valley City Arts Festival on Friday and Saturday at Granger park. aware of what he proved capable of doing in this attempt at genocide. Its all over; why concern yourself about it?" others ask. Our answer is that it happened once in our supposedly enlightened modern society and it could happen again. It could happen right here in our midst if the situation were conducive to it. Absurd? Cer- tainly not. All Adolf had in the beginning was a small group of radical thugs for whom there were no behavioral limits. Once propathey launched ganda and followed it with personal assaults, they had little difficulty recruiting others willanti-Jewis- ing to do likewise. Those who believe there people of similar mentality living among us today are either naive or unwilling to face the truth. The Nazis had no monopoly on cruelty . arent . Gronite chief Kent Gardner terms of ex- settlement to plains school board Tuesday. COG To Continue Study Of Mergers A City-Count- . SETTLED . . negotiator - Department. . . GEA officials were not present at the board session Monday. Pearce explained that teacher leadership are attending the I'EA convention and that staff members had not been notified and w'ere tied to the office answering questions from teachers who had been unable to It attend the Saturday session. was definitely not a boycott, he stressed. the mercy GRANITE PARK. The County Council of Governments (COG) decided here Tuesday to continue studying the feasibility of consolidating animal control activities y under the Health THREE FOR 'FOURTH' cents. In exceeding what the legislature provided, weve exhausted our resources. From here for rejection. mn' .on from the floor Saturday morning brought forth the plan that the pact could only be rejected s by a majority of those present. A move to have a mail vote of all teachers was rejected. When the secret-ballo- t returns were in, 51 percent of those present . -- 262-668- 2 county-sponsore- 30-2- 7 y Sheet ad. Save $1 by paying before it runs. Ask us how. tempted adication of modern-da- Broadway numbers could achieve nothing more through negotiations. That recombut mendation was rejected taken to faculty representatives for a recommendation to the general membership. They voted fulltime baby-sitte- er- in a rock-and-ro- ll ! mid-valle- n fact. ward the tion that Harold The response was unbelievable the phone rang for two days Thats the report of Sally McDer-mai2292 Samuel Dr., after shed circulated weekly newspapers reach over 50,000 homes every Thursday morning. Theyre surrounded by news and pictures about you and your neighbors. That means theyre - and it takes readership to generate results. to place your Green Dial -- bitter is Menachem Begin magician Daniel Hawes, a ballet dancer; the Salt Lake West Valley Chorale, and a band On Saturday, the entertainment schedule includes Corey Mangum, an electric e,,.it. player; ec .pis fiom .hnmlohook by Mo..ide cleme'1' ay students and excerpts fiom Brigadoon by Granger hil ..tudents; the Eight Little Misses singing group; duets by Dale Ann Wright and Susan Leach; country rock music . by. Bitter. Creek,. and the Tanzan Flats Combo. Both nights, the Hunter Community Theatre will present a g international writer, discussing the Prime Minister of Israel not long ago, pointed little-kno- band, Bailey; placed a Green Sheet classified ad help. Obviousseeking baby-sittinly the Taylorsville lady had little trouble solving her problem. Classifieds in Utahs most widely An out a - NEED Kaumans was first employed last August as an accounting clerk. She became deputy recorder in December. Prior to her employment with the city, Kaumans had handled mortgage loans at United Savings and Loan. She also has served as PTA president at Jackling elemenShe is the mother of three Michael, Kristine and Shauna. rock Monday through Friday. resident, tary. form tomorrow are the Suzuki violin group (24 youngsters); Young Generation Singers under Rosemary West; Tapestry, a soft g Response Great! WEST VALLEY. The City Commission here Tuesday promoted Kathy Kaumans to a position which, in fact, she held much of the of the City Auditor. A West Valley employes, who have traditionally been awarded the same percentage of increase as the teachers. vote Saturdays followed an intense day of mediation between the negotiating teams for the board and the Granite Education Assn. They had previously been stuck on a 5.5 percent offer for more than a month. The contracts for the coming year were to expire on Wednesday with the possibility that Granite might follow Jordou districts lead and offer an ultimatum to individual teacF rs - ign or be fired. tnat night the GEA negotiating team recommended acceptance of the terms to the executive board, with the comment that the team early-mornin- WEST VALLEY. Artistic creations, entertainment and fireworks will be in the spotlight tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday at Granger argument. This was not a dream, Price said of the $7.3 million budget he favored, pointing out that the Granite Teacher Pact Ratified Pages WwtUalOey USPS ($1,084,780 as adopted) and proposed the six percent cost of living pay raise for city employes be eliminated. The commissioners did not support the suggestions. At Tuesdays meeting. Commissioner Mackay said ideas of a smaller budget were dreams. She echoed Wagstaffs statement that a smaller budget was desirable, but that budget reductions would be a step backward. No employes will be added to the payroll and no new programs will be initiated this year because of budget restrictions, she said. Price rejected Mrs. Mackays Millions have seen films and documentaries about the Nazi death camps. They turn your TV stomach at the thought of such torture being administered other human beings. But theres no substitute for At seeing the scenario the time we did, little had been disturbed at one of the most notorious camps, Dacchau. If youre imaginative, you can stand in such a compound and somehow sense the ghostly images that represent human lives taken there. The gas ovens in which thousands were cremated - some not even executed before hand. A gnarled old tree, only infrequently used for a hanging since that method wasnt swift enough to handle the numbers arriving daily. A windowless structure into which victims were herded after theyd removed their clothing for a promised shower. As it turned first-han- -- out, the shower was a deadly gas which killed upon inhalation. fenced enclosure in which mastiffs were kept. Now and then prisoners were put in, to be swiftly dispatched by the hounds. A half-starve- d It had the customary electrified guard towers with machinegun emplacements and floodlights for nighttime surveillance. The frail wooden barracks were little more than clapboard shacks since people occupied them for so brief a time while awaiting death. Buildings of the village of Dacchau are visible nearby. But you cant fault the villagers for what took place near their town. Some claimed, when our military questioned them, that they didnt know what was happening at the death camp. But the screams of victims and the odor of burning flesh would certainly have drifted fence, Riverton Mayor Lowell White spoke out against the plan, while Draper Mayor Glen Cannon said he wauled more specific information before deciding whether to support the venture. Several COG members appeared hesitant to back Dr. Gibbons sugpropergestion that a quarter-mil- l ty lax be levied to defray start-ucosts, asking if there were not a better funding formula available. The mill levy would benefit everyone, Dr. Gibbons said. Dog licensing and impound fees would be the major source of income for a p consolidated department and should support the system entirely within a year or two of start-up- , added. Dr. Gibbons said a county-wid- he e system would reduce costs, simplify a the licensing system, better coordinate rabies control, improve public education and unify enforcement efforts. COG also instructed the Health Department to proceed with drafting an ordinance covering the inspection of underground petroleum storage tanks and lines. An enforceable regulation will help prevent potential contamination of ground water supplies, Dr. Gibbons noted that short distance. Nevertheless, civilians were powerless to stop it. That ugly chapter, though it has been filed away in the annals of history, should never be for- gotten People everywhere should understand how a radical man with a cause and the ability to mesmerize an audience with his words can achieve power in a republic - by being voted into leadership. And how he can then strip individuals of their rights and conduct an unholy crusade without concern for opposition because the people are by then paralyzed with fear. Its not really surprising Begin carries his hatred on his sleeve. Or that Jewish groups are still flushing Nazi leaders out of hiding all over the world. And that to many, the inhumanity of this in.iss murder will never be forgotten. And shouldnt be. |