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Show Statehouse Report ... End ef Csor&eiffeg Councils Exiesfssl If 19 Leolsfefere i2 it 'iJ' BY C. SHARP In addition to appropriated money for expanding educational educa-tional and needs of the state, the 19G9 Legislature will consider major revamping revamp-ing of state government organization. or-ganization. This was made clear at the seminar for legislators conducted by the Legislative Council Nov. 15 and 16 at the Capitol. The 1967 Legislature began be-gan the job by grouping 18 state departments, commissions commis-sions and agencies under 3 new departments, Health and Welfare, Natural Resources, Re-sources, and Development Services. After a year and a half of operation, it is evident that these groupings accomplished accomplish-ed some of the objectives, but also created confusion and difficulties. Confusion Created Most of the confusion resulted re-sulted from overlaDoins of authority between the seven-member seven-member coordinating councils coun-cils and the division boards under them. The Legislative Budget-Audit Committee made a detailed de-tailed study of the problems involved, obtained reports from the three department executive directors and others oth-ers and issued a 49-page report. re-port. Karl N. Snow Jr., legislative legisla-tive analyst turned over results re-sults of his study to the planning plan-ning and organization committee com-mittee of the Legislative Council which is using these in its recommendations. Sen. Dixie Leavitt, R-Cedar City, council committee chairman, chair-man, after reviewing these general objectives with the full council recommended to the full Legislature attending the seminar Nov. 15, that: The Development Services Ser-vices Department be reorganized reorg-anized as follows: Abolish the coordinating council in favor of a single departmental board. Consolidate the Industrial Promotion and the Travel Council divisions into a single Division of Industrial Development Devel-opment and Travel to eliminate elimin-ate seme duplications cf activities. ac-tivities. Make the department director dir-ector and the ind'vidual board d'rectors appointive by the governor instead of the present pres-ent method of having them aupointed by their boards with the approval of the governor. gov-ernor. Similar Concept A similar concept would be followed in other departments, depart-ments, with each to be considered con-sidered separately. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton has expressed his opposition to coordinating councils repeatedly. re-peatedly. He also has voiced determination to extend government gov-ernment reorganization into additional fields. By mutual consent of the governor, the Budget-Audit Committee and the Legislative Legisla-tive Council, reorganization efforts have not been publicized publi-cized in recent months to avoid partisanship prior to the election. In caucuses the same day the legislators selected officers offi-cers of the 19C9 Legislature as follows: Barlcw Reelected Senate President Haven I. Barlow was reelected without with-out opposition. Sen. Barlow becomes thhe 10th man to hold this office more than once. Aquila Nebeker. Stephen Steph-en II. Love, James W. Funk, Thomas E. McKay, Alonzo B. Irvine, Herbert B. Maw and Alonzo F. Hopkin each served two terms and Henry Gardner (19.9, 1911 and 1913) served three terms. Sen. Warren E. Pugh, Salt Lake City, is the majority leader and Sen. Leavitt" is the new whip. Sen. Pugh won in a close contest with Sen. Robert F. Clyde, Heber City. Rep. Lorin N. Pace, Salt Lake lawyer, defeated Son. Franklin V. Gunnell, Logan, by one vote for House Speaker Spea-ker during a prolonged caucus. cau-cus. Rep. Howard C. Nielson, Provo, is the new majority leader and Sen. Ronald T. Halverson, Ogden, is the new majority whip. Senate Democrats deadlocked dead-locked in electing their leadership. lead-ership. Sen. Omar Bunnell. Price, contested with Sn.. Carl E. Pettrrson, Magna for the minority leader post. Another An-other caucus will be held later. la-ter. R( p. Larry Regis, Jr., of Spring Glen is minorily House leader and Hep. David C. Harvey, Pleasant Grove, is the new minority whip. After his election, Rep. Regis Re-gis said he believes that some tax increase appears to be inevitable, no matter how hard legislators want to avoid av-oid this. The Stale Road Commission Commis-sion meeting Nov. IS, was told tli a t they could expect no federal money in December. Decem-ber. Utah was due to recoiva $1,171, (inn from Ihe federal government in December. But Robert E. Kirby division div-ision engineer, U. S. Bureau of Public Bonds, said preliminary prelim-inary engineering, utility and right of way cosks authorized since Sept. B 'would be deducted. de-ducted. Blocks Project This will take all the December De-cember money and block advertising ad-vertising projects planned. Proposals that the state spend $420.nr,0 a year for six years to develop state pack roads were presented by Blaine J. Kay, highway engineer, en-gineer, and Howard B. Lea-tham, Lea-tham, planning and programming program-ming engineer. This proposal is to be referred re-ferred to the 19C9 Legislature. |
