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Show Fineil budge? approved, " school v iin and rag pursued ! An 18,871,625 budget for fiscal year .1982-83 was approved by the Uintah School District during a public hearing Thursday evening. The only surprises in the budget was an increase in the school district's total assessed valuation which increased from $180 million in the preliminary budget to $250 million in the final budget approved Thursday. Richard Tolley said the increase was M state assessed property. The budget set a mill levy of 27.86 mills to generate $7,023,840 in property axes. The 1982-83 mill levy is 10 mills er than the 1981-82 mill levy because ' the reappraisal of much of the Property in the district. 'n presenting the new budget, superintendent Phil Ellis said that the "udget has been "prepared to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Board of Education." "It provides a salary schedule which we hope makes us comparable with the top three to five districts in the state," Ellis told the board. Because of the board's offer to teachers of a 10.8 percent increase in pay plus teacher contract negotiations. "This really helped us in hiring new teachers," Ellis said. "Not that we offered the pay increase, but that we were the first to settle." In teacher salaries the budget expends $4,740,415 an increase over last year's budget by $758,360. Ellis said the budget continues to provide replacement material for reading, social studies, English, spelling and handwriting. "It allows $40 per student in materials," he said. In total revenue the budget projects $19,079,825 - $8,190,469, local revenue; $3,884,821, non - revenue (DG&T); $5,961,428, slate revenue; and $1,043,107 federal revenue. After approving the budget, the board made a motion to allow their clerk to borrow $2 million in tax anticipation notes from Zion's First National Bank to pay the bills until taxes were collected. In other financial matters, board member Gary Taylor said he had met with the Uintah County Commissioners concerning the school district's motion at their last meeting to pay only 40 percent of the county's bill from the Uitnah Basin Health District. In the past the district has paid 50 percent of the bill for school nurses. Taylor said the commissioner's were (Continued on page 8) 1 J - - - I M I ' j ' ' - j ' " '" - " s " V ' - -j J A NEW -l f store goes up on 100 North Vernal W enue as construction is booming in Vernal Ci- ty during the summer. City officials say construction con-struction permits are up 256 percent. Budget... (Continued from page 1) "not pleased" with the school district's motion, but they would settle on a comprimise-45 percent paid by the school district and 65 percent by the . county. The school board agreed to the compromise. Blayne Morrill cast the only vote against the proposal. Taylor also recommended to the hoard, that to raise funds for future buildings they should persue a proposal by Bcettcher and Company, a bonding firm. The alternative financing proposal Taylor recommended was a combination of General Obligation bonds, impact funds, and low interest loans from the Community Impact Fund to provide for future building construction. The board approved Taylor's recommendation allowing the bonding company to persue this avenue of financing, but didn't exclude the possibility of going to year-round schools or other options to cope with increasing student population. The board gave final indorsement to a fencing policy which states that the district will participate 50 percent with the private individuals on fencing school property which borders private property. The policy says the district will participate 60 percent on fencing bordering property if the resident is already established before a school is built next to it. |
