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Show Citfy dol teGM The Springville City Council took up several items last week at their meeting. Among them was what to do with the tubing hill at Jolley's Park. The hill has become a very popular winter playground and there has been a few accidents there so far this winter. Councilman Pete Roundy, who is in charge of parks, said that there needs to be someone there 24 hours a day to watch the hill and supervise and that a grooming machine is needed to keep the hill in good condition. Because of accidents, Mr. Roundy was also concerned with the city's liability. The council decided to close the hill for the remainder of this season and appoint a committee to study the problems. It is possible that a fee Chamber offers services to members We are pleased to announce that through our, participation with UNITED CHAMBER HEALTH Plans our chamber is now able to provide our members with the opportunity op-portunity of obtaining group insurance in-surance coverage with the oldest and third largest Multi Employer Insturance Trust in the country. Recent changes with plans and coverages have made this an attractive at-tractive benefit that is offered only to chamber members. There are eight basic plans available with a variety of options including prescription drug cards, dental, orthodontic, and weekly disability income. With these plans and the flexibility they offer, plans can be designed to fit almost any Former Springville Mayor Brent Haymond appeared before the Springville City Council last week and suggested a different trade between the Blue River Valley Development Company and Springville City. The two have been trying to come up with a trade in an effort for the city to own the property at the site of the old Lincoln School. Blue River now owns it and are willing to trade for something of equal value. They had proposed a trade for some property west of the Evergreen Cemetery, but property owners in the area were strongly against this because of the planned unit development that the company wanted to put there. Haymond, in thinking about the problem, said that as he saw it the purpose of the trade was to gain control of a piece of property that would be in an excellent location for park-civic facility, and in particular, Mayor Creer's excellent idea of combining the library and performing per-forming art center at one location. He proposed that the city trade the eight plus acre parcel of property donated to the city by IPP to Blue River Valley along with the two and a half acre parcel in the west fields for the Lincoln School property. The eight acres are located just west of the railroad repair facility. He suggested conditions be that Blue River be encouraged to develop UTA tells other side Has Utah Utah has provided increases in education funding over the last ten years which surpasses student growth and inflation combined, according to the Utah Taxpayers Association. While student enrollments have jumped 27 percent and the Consumer Price Index has increased 97 percent, total school spending in Utah has jumped 196 percent, the . tax watchdog organization reported. - The UTA said it challenges the reports of the Utah Education Association and other school special interests which have portrayed education funding in Utah as n n mmm rj(s)p SRRING IS HERE . . .and iit's a great DEPENDABLE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON DRAPES AND dRY CLEANING ItiBulOAM but Bi 4PM ALLEN CLEANERS 373 S. Main, Springville - 489-6441 for using the hill will have to be charged to handle costs of grooming and liability. Senator Eldon Money appeared before the council and discussed bills before the current legislature. He was concerned with one bill about eminent domain in redevelopment. "This bill would change the present law so a landowner lan-downer could not be forced by a redeveloper to sell his proerty unless he wanted to," he said. Under the present law a landowner can be forced to sell if his property is within the redevelopment district. Money said that he was going to vote against the bill but had received many phone calls from Springville urging him to vote for it. This seems1 need and budget. One of the best features of these plans is there are no industry restrictions as long as you are current members of the chamber you are eligible for coverage. These plans also offer worldwide coverage and have a liberal $1000 pre-existing condition wavier as well as simplified sim-plified underwriting making a conversation from your present policy easy and convenienent. Add to this a one-year rate guarantee and you have a winning combination. Current chamber members are entitled to a no obligation look at these plans it is one of your benefits of membership. These plans are being offered through licensed and trained employee benefit consultants and they are more than o something like they were going to do with the cemetery property. Water, sewer and power are already available in the area. The trade should be considered as equal value on both sides and so be a straight trade. The land in the west fields is now zoned industrial and the zoning would have to be changed. The property was donated by IPP for a park but is far away from the city. With IPP's concurrence the park or public use property at the site of the Lincoln School would be closer to the city where more citizens could use it. IPP has given to the city $50,000 to develop the park. With IPP's concurrence, con-currence, that money could be transferred to the Lincoln School property for development of the facilities and grounds. Haymond further recommended that a referendum vote be placed on the November ballot for bonding to tear down the old school building and build a new combination library-performing arts theatre building. This would serve two critical needs of the community. The debt service from the authorized bonding could be funded by the property tax revenue from the industrial park. Haymond said that it would appear that a property tax increase would not be necessary. The last payment for the Jolly Ranch is in 1987 leaving $34,000 to be short - changed schools? declining and inadequate. "They point to statistics about our growing student population, and claim that the state legislature has not provided adequate funds to keep up with this growth. They refuse to acknowledge that Utah allocates a greater percentage of state and local spending to education than any other state. Utah spends 45 percent of combined state and local budgets on education while the 50 state average is only 35 percent," the group reported. This is what has happened between bet-ween 1975 and 1985: -Student enrollments have in- time for- -ALSO-DONT FORGET TO HAVE YOUR WINTER CLOTHES CLEANED FOR SUMMER STORAGE HOURS: 7:30 AM-6-.00 PM MON.-SAT. bill for to stem from the people who were opposed to the downtown redevelopment in Springville in 1984. Two business licenses were approved, ap-proved, one for De Best Auto Body located near Park RoShe in that industrial complex. Randy Reeves requested this license. Another was given to the new owners of the Sage Inn. They also requested a beer license. It was granted for thirty days giving the mayor the right to revoke it on the police chiefs request. There will be a public hearing soon concerning handicapped problems at the civic center and the Springville Museum of Art. Some things need to be upgraded at these two locations. Also discussed was the city's happy to give you the opportunity to look at these plans to see if they can be a benefit to you and your employees. em-ployees. In conjunction with the above services, we are also offering to the members of the chamber the services ser-vices of an independent financial planning and consulting service, Financial Profiles, Inc. Financial Profiles is unique because it considers con-siders what you want. To identify your wants and needs and gather objective data on your concerns, Financial Profiles: -Provides a snapshot of an in-, vestment temperament based on your concerns, desires, and needs. -Identifies the types of financial property now owned and then used for the debt service in the future. Haymond also proposed that the city approach the National Endowment En-dowment of the Arts and propose that the $150,000 land trade and the $50,000 park fund be used as Springville's matching funds on the NEA grant. The remaining $100,000 is a line item on the general fund expense budget and would complete Springville's commitment of matching funds for the grant of $150,000. Benefits to the city of Springville, if this proposal is accomplished, would be many. It would provide an opportunity for the citizens to vote for the library and performing arts theatre. The trade of land would provide a better use of city land for the benefit of the citizens. It would allow property to be used as matching mat-ching funds on the NEA grant. It would meet the demands of an expanding ex-panding requirement of the library and the arts. And it would provide a home for the performing arts, theatre, dance and music. Haymond indicated that he had talked with the developer before making this proposal and they indicated in-dicated that they would be interested in-terested in the trade. Mayor Creer agreed to pursue a possible trade but said that he was not in favor of the referendum vote at this time. creased from 306,388 to 390,141 or 27 percent. -The number of classroom teachers jumped from 12,521 to 16,229 or 30 percent. -The Consumer Price Index (inflation) (in-flation) moved from 166.3 to 327.4 or 97 percent. -Total instructional costs skyrocketed from $180 million to $520 million or 189 percent. -Instructional costs per student in average daily attendance advanced from $628 to $1,419 or 126 percent. -Total annual school operating costs jumped from $275 million to $790 million or 187 percent. -Total operating costs per student in average daily attendance went from $960 to $2,154 or 124 percent. -Total spending, including capital outlay and debt service, climbed from $357.9 million to $1.06 billion or 1 percent. -School property taxes have increased in-creased from $108 million to $363 million or 235 percent. -School employee retirement contributions paid by taxpayers have jumped from $18.4 million to $58.8 million or 219 percent. -Average teacher salaries have increased from $10,056 to $21,170 or 111 percent, and this does not include some of the recent career ladder salary increases. The stethoscope was invented in the early 1800s by Dr. Renee Laennec, in Paris. Villa Theatre BACK TO THE FUTURE starts this Wednesday February 26 Mon-Fri 7:00 & 9:00 Sat. Show Times 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 & 9:00 All Shows SI 254 So. Main Springville 489-3088 IMIIHIHWHMIIMH 2wm policies for the city-owned residence at Kelley's Grove and responsibilities respon-sibilities of the city sexton. At Kelley's Grove the home there is maintained for the park attendant and his family. He lives in it rent-free rent-free in lieu of overtime. The attendant at-tendant is on call 24 hours per day. The sexton policy sets fees for work done there. The sexton is responsible for opening and closing graves. Fees are, $85 for adults, $45 for infants, $170 for disinterments and $25 to replace a headstone. There will be an additional fee of $30 on Saturday, Sunday or holidays. Jerry Smith announced that the Springville Fire Department will be hosting the State Fire Convention here during Art City Days. compares it to the kinds of property that would ideally suit you. -Superimposes a profile of current investments over your self-determined self-determined ideal. -Directs thinking towards investment in-vestment alternatives that could help you reach your investment goals. Because they have no special interests and no products to sell, Financial Profiles is being used by individuals and businesses who want objective help with financial planning. Remember that a sound financial plan can add more to your net worth than a lifetime of work. For more information about the above services give our local chamber office a call. Traffic lights were developed by Detroit policeman William L. Potts in 1920. To make a one-pound honeycomb, bees must draw nectar from about two million flowers. VJhof is VOfed leeway? by Michael Olson Why a voted leeway in Nebo School District? According to Nebo Business Manager Erol Smith, Nebo stands to benefit from additional funds made available by the state for districts that choose to adopt the leeway. If new monies that would be added to the educational system, 41 percent would be from local taxes while 59 percent would be state funds allocated to the program. Nebo is asking for a two mill increase in-crease in property taxes, an increase in-crease carefully calculated to take full advantage of the manner in which voted leeway funding is distributed. Of the $705,000 in additional ad-ditional funding available to Nebo under the leeway, 51 percent would be contributed by local taxes, 49 percent from state leeway funds, which are budgeted each year by formula. Board of Education guarantees that each "weighted pupil unit" in the district would (under the present year's allocations, for example) receive an additonal $19 per unit. Summing up voted leeway, Smith notes, "A voted leeway is the choice people have in a school district to provide more money for operation of schools than what the state guarantees. Currently, the state contributes $1,180 per "wpu". A voted leeway will always provide a district more money for operation, but in districts where the assessed valuation is low, such as here in Nebo, more of that money is contributed from the special fund set up by the state, some $2.5 million this year. For example, Salt Lake School in our store 1 HOUR PROCESSING or 1 DAY PROCESSING "Satisfaction Guaranteed" Most typos of film Art City Pharmacy Locqted inside Happy Service Market 4G9-6G37 110 Scyth fSs2si THURSDAY DOUBLE PRINT DAY AM jwoctssfci? brevght a os Thursday will receive 2 prints of each negative of no extra cfesr Excellent Rioto Processing At Great Prices February 26, 1986 - The Springville Herald - Page Three ' V 4 i j ; i I . ' , - - irrmriwiff lim Wrini iiwiitniiiifirftiMiawiaiiiiitfMiiTiiiiiniifff nr i nw iiiinmni ffMWiiiniHwi MiM lawftTiii i iri niiiiin mmmmMutmfmm--r"-''e,M' ' Mayor Ken Creer, right, and Bob Disbrow, Spanish Fork Electric Department Depart-ment head, present Delia Whitehead, wife of the late Grant Whitehead, with a plaque honoring her husband and naming a sub-station for her husband hus-band because of the help he was to the Spanish Fork electric department in the construction of the station. The sub-station is located on the north end of the city near the old golf course and is known as the Whitehead substation. Springville Councilman Pete Roundy signs attendance slips for a group of Boy Scouts who attended city council meeting last week. Scores of scouts come out to the various council meetings as a requirement for the Citizenship Citizen-ship in the Community merit badge. This merit badge is one of those required re-quired of the scouts who are working for their Eagle Award. District operates under a voted leeway, but due to high property valuation, 100 percent of the money contributed to the system comes from local taxes. In Provo, where property is valued higher than it is in the Nebo area, 94 percent of the money added from leeway funding comes from local taxes. Nebo, in asking for half Provo's leeway increase, 2 mills compared with 3.99, will benefit from a much higher percentage of state participation. par-ticipation. The two mill increase in Nebo would have the following effect on local property owners. A home with a market value of $62,500 would have an assessed value of $7,500 for tax purposes, and the total increase in annual property tax would be $15 or approximately $1.25 per month. For a commercial business with a market value of $100,000 and an assessed value of $16,000, the increase in-crease would be $32 per year, about $2.67 per month. And irrigated farm ground (not orchard, which is calculated differently) with a market value of $100,000 and an assessed value of $1,600 under greenbelt would see an increase of annual tax of $3.20 per year, about 27 cents per month. The voted leeway election taking place in mid May would make the full amount of money available in the school year 1987-88, some $705,000 by this year's calculations, and would make some $360,000 of additional money available for the coming school year, 1986-87, all of that from local taxes. wmmmmmmm Registration for 1986-87 7th & 8th students "Student Educational Plans" and registration for next year's seventh and eighth grades, 1986-87 will be held at the following times at the Springville Middle School: Thursday, February 27, 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, February 28, 8 a.m. to 12 noon. School will not be held for our students on Friday. Students have been given a sample registration form parents should study the options, discuss them with their child, then bring the child to a conference any time during the above hours to officially register for next year. You may register with any teacher without appointment. Because its eyeball is fixed, the whale must move its huge body to shift its line of sight. You can easily keep your toaster bright and shining by cleaning it with club soda. It sparkles! WARNER During our SPRINGTIME SPRING-TIME SALE, We are offering great savings on TAYLOR and WARNER PRINTS. Its an opportunity you won't want to miss. TAYLOR t WARNER Wlllcowing Sanford's Paint and Glass 397 East 400 South Springville 489-9491 120 North Main Spanish Fork 798-3539 3U 'w 404444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444i |