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Show ginS ah County 1983 genera! fund budget 4flh highest in sfafe I'tah's 29 counties will spend an rLted $233.5 million from their al funds in the 1983 calendar year Clan on collecting $234.7 million in revenue during the same Umonth period. These figures were oiled by Utah Foundation, the vate tax research organization, in Kir analysis of the budgets submit-a submit-a by the 29 counties. Special fund budgets were not included in the tabulations- report shows that proposed metal fond expenditures in Uintah faulty will total $10,527,889, or about H39 per capita. This compares with a Le-wide average of $150 per capita . Percapitaexpenditues, however, vary widely among Utah's 29 counties Wause of differences in population and in the level of service provided, per capita costs generally are higher . (be less populated counties than Hey are in the larger counties, because certain fixed costs must be I spread over smaller populations. Uintah County's budget listed total general fund revenues of $10,527,889, rith $2,930,992 of this amount coming from the property tax. The 1982 coun-ly coun-ly property tax levy in Uintah County was 9.51 mils ($9.51 per $1,000 assessed assess-ed valuation). Duchesne County proposes to spend (5,347,789 or $393 per capita from its general fund budget. Daggett County proposes $625,821 or $736 per capita expenditure ex-penditure in 1983. Revenue coming from property tax in Duchesne is budgeted at $1,482,589 with a 8.54 mill levy. Daggett County lax revenue is listed at $198,545 with a 10.75 mill levy for 1982, according to He Foundation report. Foundation analysts point out, that these budget totals are based on the budget plans of the counties prepared late last year. The amounts are likely to change in many of the counties because of the flood and mud slide damage incurred this spring. Proposed general fund expenditures in the 29 counties range all the way from $448,204 in Piute County to $108,234,747 in Salt Lake County. Salt Lake's expenditures are approximately approximate-ly 46 percent of the total for all 29 counties. coun-ties. Only four counties (Davis, Uintah, Uin-tah, Utah, and Weber) have proposed general fund expenditues in excess of $7 million. Eleven counties (Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Duchesne, Emery Iron, Millard, San Juan, Summit, Sum-mit, Tooele, and Washington) indicate proposed budgets between $3 million and $6.5 million. The totals of the remaining re-maining thirteen counties (Beaver, Daggett, Garfield, Grand, Juab, Kane, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Sanpete, Sevier, Wasatch, and Wayne) are under $3 million, with four of these counties having totals of less than $1 million. On a state-wide basis, general government, public health and welfare, streets and public works, and law enforcement rank as the major areas of county spending. These four categories comprise nearly 81 percent of the total general fund expenditure, proposed by the counties for 1983. The Foundation study notes that the four principal sources of revenue of Utah counties during 1983 are property proper-ty taxes, federal funds (including federal grants, shared revenues, and payments in lieu of taxes), state funds, and contributions and transfers (transfers and contributions from other funds or other units of government govern-ment plus balances carried over from the previous year) . These four sources comprise about 72 percent of total state-wide county revenues. The property tax clearly is the major ma-jor source of county revenue. It comprises com-prises about 34.5 percent of all county general fund revenue and 18 counties list the property tax as their number one revenue source. BOTH THE LAPOINT and Davis Elementary Elemen-tary Schools are nearing completion. They will be ready for kids this fall. J. -h ;;: r1 r p - a I .. .... ' M ! - -' , - i r . f. ) ' j : r". - - ' L. - I f : V ' , ' , ! , -: ' ' : f ' Y ' l , LONG, SPACIOUS hallways are typical of the new elementary elemen-tary facilities in Lapoint and Davis. |
