Show 14 I Iu u fJ L Statehouse Report r u 1 tr- tr Two Utah Counties Reduce Levies After Affer Heavy Henvy Valuation Increases BY DY C. C SHARP 1 r Only y two of the five Utah counties which had larga Valuation Increases year tb t their fa tax fa levies the I Tax Commission dis closed thill thi w week week- ek ThIp f t 0 a plea pica macle a e A gi 1 by Pov rv C Calvin CalvinL L j urging irgIn such counties not to Increase their heir spending to u uc c e windfalls which would come from Irom the tio higher valuations Davis and Weber were the fhe two counties with big valuation vat val Increases which cut their levies Salt Lake County which md the biggest t valuation Increase of ot any county raked raised Its levy jevy eVy from to moi mills m This amounts i ito to K 2 more nore per 1000 property pro pros perty valuation Under pressure from Irom taxpayers tax taX- payers the Silt Lake county co Commission voted to cu cut the tho levy to mills which Would haye have mant a ax net In Increase Increase In In- crease of or 5 of a mill But nut the county failed to notify the state stale last of any desire to reduce Its le levy Ie Ic- vy although the state would welcome a n reduction Salt Lake Lako City school district district dis dis- dis cut Its total levy from Crom 52 to mills This was made manIc possible only because because be be- cause the tIe state school levy vas was cut from Irom 86 to 73 mills county had a valuation atlon Increase of ol million mil ml lion to a n total valuation of oI million It cut Its levy to mills and andUs Its Us total school chool levy from to mills Weber county valuation rose roc by 30 65 05 5 million to 1244 1241 61 4 million It cut its levy from to 1725 mills Ogden Ogden Og- Og den City school district cut its total school levy from to mills The other two counties with big valuation increases were u Cache which retained Its Us mill levy but cut its total school levy from flOm to Tooele which retained its 10 iQ mill levy leyy but dropped its total school levy from to mills Evo Even some some- of the coun counties tics ties with drastic reductions reduction in valuation cut cat their le le le- vies Box Dox with a n l reduction reduction tion of U million Ti In yalu- yalu 11 lowered its levy from flOm to H. H ml ls n and cut It its total school Jevy from o to Sl San Juan county hardest hit of pf any county with a aj j of million to the present million million mil mU- lion valuation raised its le levy levi levy le- le vy vi from com to mills and its total school levy from to Carbon county with a drop of 11 million million in valuation val t retained its leyy of mills its ts total school levy from to mills Emery county had a gain j of 3 in valuation to toa a total of It Increased Increased in increased In- In creased its levy from to fo mills and cut Its total total to to- tal tat school schoot levy from to o mills Cut the Death Toll ToU The rhe National Safety Council Council Coun Coun- cil cli told state officials last week how they could cut Utah's annual traffic death th toll lOll b by tightening up lie several aeverill sever erM er al M procedures nl all t of pf which Woud cost taxpayers money This state had harl a better 1965 record than the average average aver aver- age among 13 other western states excluding California but can do considerably bet bet- ter according to Alton Allon P. P Boise Idaho district dis director for lie proposed I I Extending present eve eye tests to Include color depth of perception and field of vision Administering reexamination re- re e examination for or Ill alt drivers requiring person personal appearance appearance appear appear- ance to that general physical physIcal physical phys phys- ical and mental conditions may ay be observed observe 1 Governor Governo had advocated si similar sl- sl milar steps cat earlier Her in the week Focusing attention on all rural motorists where the accident rate Is higher This would require more person person- nel nd Providing more mora and better better bet bet- ter training Ami refresher courses for enforcement of of- ulcers Raymond A. A Jackson the stole coordinator of public safety reported that without the additional services suggested by y the Utah driver can expect ex cx- peeL an increase in their driver license fees lees The budget for Cor the driver drivel licence division will have to tobe tobe be hiked between once and a n halt half to twIce Its Us present t I level lavel to begin converting the present prent slow and tedious manual system to electronic data computing he said Since Since there nr arc nrc about license renewals every ev ey- ey cry ery year ear about three times Umes as Cs many examiners would be required to administer q toad road te tet t for lor each r renewal Mr Jacl Jackson on pointed out John Hose nos press pres secretary to 10 Gov Hampton Rampton was ws assigned l to chec check costs of the refinements proposed HP lie wilt will make recommendations recommendations to Gov Coy Rampton Hampton who wh will in III turn recommend action action ac ae ac- ac tion to tho the 1067 1967 Legislature I Equal Opportunities I I cov ov Hampton a dele oh Of PI Nc Negro Ner r hI last wet vec that ho he Is deter dete th t all qualified am lilt- students should be beable beable beable able to obtain a college edu edu- education cation jj Tuition fees will wilt have to tobe tobe tobe be r to help pear bear ear sky sky- I r lit rocketing costs of at hg pr e ed education ed A he saM said v However the way war must be left open upen by student loans and other programs by which any qualified students students stu stu- dents ambitious enough to work hard can go through u college he said said- I |