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Show ? II I! I H i ' 1 1 - s V, m I it i 11 - L if A , I I, , . ' . J v 1 if Uf Cliitj p Newly elected city councilmen Grant Palfreyman, Chris j ?f . x k I 'I ' ' : ' ' Sorenson and Leon Lee, from left, were sworn into office on k -1 , f f " ?'ia,'.. - J January 1, 1992 by Judge Bill Duncan. The three started their .f J" 1 - ) ryLJ f : service to the city last night at the first city council meeting of if JL , ..,. ,. 4 ; " , '. "JM-f'Tf '"".YT the new year. f It J F ,: J , , f ' 1 ?v'-L Jp:: ' : ii I :i Volume Ninety-Seven OVGmor &Offl?liln)S Governor Bangerter has unveiled un-veiled a $3.8 billion budget which contains no new taxes. The operational oper-ational budget is proposed to increase 4.9 compared to personal per-sonal income growth of 7, a cost-of-living increase of 4.2 and a population increase of 2.7. Utah continues to buck national nation-al economic trends. Governor Bangerter stated that Utah is very fortunate compared to 41 other states whose poor economies are forcing spending cuts or tax hikes. A 3 compensation package is recommended for all state employees, to be based cn merit, not across- the-board increases. The governor's budget has public employees and teacher unions hopping mad. Each group While the governor's budget contains no tax increases, many tax hikes have been discussed for possible introduction at the upcoming up-coming legislative session which convenes on January 13. Pre-filed bills have already been thrown into the legislative hopper while others are still waiting to be introduced: An increase in the annual driver's education tax from $2 per registered vehicle to $3 (SB 1, Steele). Monthly collection of sales taxes. Representative Martin Stephens has warned local governments gov-ernments that if the compensation level to retailers is dropped below 1 .5, he will withdraw his sponsorship spon-sorship of the bill. The Taxpayers Association has reached a tentative agreement with local governments who have attempted in the past to gut 1992 losBi The Springville High School Swim Team is well into their season placing first in five out of seven meets so far. The Region Eight meet will be January 30 in Richfield, and the state meet will be held February 7 and 8 at BYU. Many of the high school swimmers have already qualified quali-fied for state. Members of the team are, front, from left. Amber Folster, Tara Eves, Christy '92 S 01 claims the budget does not provide pro-vide them with enough in the way of salary hikes. Legislator salaries are proposed pro-posed once again to be increased from $65 to $100 per day. Similar Simi-lar proposals have failed in the past due to public outcry. The salaries of utah Judges are also proposed to increase 12, bringing bring-ing Circuit Court Judges to $77,730 and Supreme Court Justices to $90,000. Legislators will also consider increasing state elected officials salaries about 12 bringing the governor to $81,400, the attorney general to $66,650, and the state auditor to $61,350. Here are budget highlights: State employe salary package of 3. Bonding for $90 million in capital projects including highway Utah's Truth-in-Taxation law. The agreement would make minor modifications to the law to allow growing cities to capture the growth in their tax base resulting from new construction. $400 million in tax incentives over 32 years to entice McDonnell McDon-nell Douglas to locate its MD12x final assembly plant at the Salt Lake Airport. Several new taxes such as Hazardous waste fees, a new Cable TV sales tax, and a new tax on the harvesting of Brine Shrimp from the Great Salt Lake have been proposed by state agencies who want the money for their own spending programs. A bill calling for the review of Sales Tax Exemptions has been proposed (SB 6, Hillyard). School Building Equalization will cause a big fight between the rich and poor districts across the O If (Sl)l DOH SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 846G3 - January H, 1992 construction, water projects and building construction. Funding for education growth of 10,000 new public education students. Increase in the Weighted Pupil Unit by 3 to $1,451. Extending class size reduction reduc-tion program to include second grade ($4.8 million). $10 million to fund third year of Educational Technology Initiative. In Utah County, the proposed budget does not contain property tax increase. County employees are budgeted to receive a 53 salary increase based on a market survey performed in 1991. health insurance costs are not budgeted to increase. The county is planning plan-ning to fund a Child Justice Center Cen-ter and an Alcohol Education program. state. The Taxpayers Association will be working to ensure that equalization is accomplished within existing taxes. The Taxpayers Association will be pushing legislation to protect taxpayer's rights and prevent future tax hikes: A bill to protect the confidentiality confi-dentiality of tax information by ensuring that only the State Tax Commission has access to proprietary propri-etary sales tax information. Under recent court cases, all 260 cities, towns, and counties may have access to the information. Enact a Truth-in-Taxation law for utility franchise taxes and user fees to require public disclosure disclo-sure and public hearings before increases could be imposed. The association is also preparing pre-paring legislation to restore the right of initiative and referendum on local tax increases. Butler and Amy Noxon. Middle, Assistant Coach Kendalee Harmer, Savannah Curtis, Heather Hillier, Kelli Dalton, Suzie Bate, Anna Hatfield and Coach Glen Lyman. Back, Jeremy Weight, Richard Rowley, Corey Dalton, Paul Sparks, Matt Johnson, Brady Bush and Mark Adams. Not pictured, Sarah Harfield. 1 FsWfif s if ill s inf0S in which fis ' The majority of Utah motor vehicle owners will be paying less at registration renewal time in 1992 as Utah implements a fee-in-lieu of property taxes. "Simply stated, this fee-in-lieueffectiveJan. 1, 1992 is 1.7 percent of the fair market value of Utah motor vehicles and replaces re-places the property taxes currently current-ly imposed," said State Tax Commission Com-mission spokesperson Janice J. Perry. All property required to be registered within the state (cars, trucks, boats, motor homes, recreational vehicles, etc.) will be subject to the fee-in-Iieu, which will be collected at the time of registration renewal by the county assessors in the same manner as was the property tax. The fee-in-lieu is lower than the property tax rates levied in three of Utah's most populous counties Salt Lake, Davis and Weber where 61 percent of the vehicles are registered. "The fee-in-lieu was actually authorized by Utah voters in 1984 as part of a constitutional amendment," amend-ment," Perry said. "However, it was only implemented by the legislature last year as part of the AMAX solution." Chamber The 53rd Annual Installation Banquet for the Springville Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thurs., Jan. 9 at Mt. Springs Restaurant. Steve T. Densley, President of the OremProvo Chamber of Commerce will be the keynote speaker for the evening. The 1992 Board of Directors to be installed by Mayor Delora Bertelsen are Sid Cardon of Sid's Alignment; Allen Diener, Stouf-fer's Stouf-fer's Foods; Mark Fullmer, DDS; Don Harvey, Harvey's Heating and AC; Brian Lambert, Physical Physi-cal & Sports Therapy; and Debbie Deb-bie Mangum of Mangum Chiropractic. Chiro-practic. Also, Jeff Mills, Monogram Mono-gram Station; Nana Lee Pace, Mansell Realty; Gary Peay, Mt. Fuel; Kjell Skolingsberg, Culli-gan Culli-gan Soft water; Mike Snelson, Snelson Photocolor Lab Inc. and Mike Wynkoop, Vinyl-Art Sign Co. Colene Miner, owneroperator of The Main Place Hair Salon will be installed as the 1992 President, with Mike Ewing of Copies Plus, President-elect and Chris Englund of Englund Hardware Hard-ware retaining a seat on the board as past-president. The Springville 116th Engineer Engi-neer Company of the Utah Army National Guard will post the colors with entertainment being provided by the Art City Music Academy with Yvonne Bloom-quist, Bloom-quist, Director. Life Membership Awards will be presented to Gary Peay and Leon Lee by outgoing president, Chris Englund. Executive Director, Direc-tor, Patty Roberts will honor the seven volunteers with engraved plaques. They are: Marcia Beach, Jean Pitts, Charlotte Peay, Hope Peay, Marie Whiting, Deann Roylance and Bill Fullmer. Over 640 volunteer hours were donated to the chamber this past year. This change will greatly ease administration of motor vehicle registration, Perry said. "Before, the Motor vehicle Division had some 800 tax rates to contend with in 29 counties, from city and county to sewer and mosquito abatement district levies. Now we have one rate statewide." The implementation of the fee-in-lieu also eliminates the incentive incen-tive to "tax shopping "-people registering their vehicles in counties coun-ties other than where they live to pay a lower tax rate. "Now, it will make no difference differ-ence whether you register your vehicle in Daggett County or Weber County-the fee is the same," Perry said. She noted that any time there is an equalization of rate, some people's liability will be lower while others will see an increase. The 1.7 percent fee-in-lieu is higher than the tax rates established estab-lished in every county except Davis, Weber and Salt Lake counties, and represents an average aver-age statewide increase of 18.4 percent, Perry said. "However, the legislature did not allow the local taxing entities to keep a windfall nor require them to accept a major revenue i alii A sfMkn V - , 4 "YtW: W k 'H in' l -yy " S 1 .; s 3 The Springville High School Yearbook Staff pose with Stouffer Foods Corporation representative Mr. Allen Diener. Kneeling (left to right) Marci Tolley, Janeece Bell, Jennifer Young. Standing: Allicia Johnson, Scott Whiting, Lawon Benson, Lauralyn Jensen, Tesha Harvey, Mr. Diener, Theresa Paterson, advisor Bryon Tobler. Laser printer at SHS thanks to Stouffers Stouffer Foods Corporation made a generous contribution to Springville High School which enabled the school to purchase a laser printer for the use of the yearbook staff. This piece of equipment will benefit the entire studentbody because it will be used in the production of the yearbook which virtually every student purchases as a remembrance remem-brance of his or her high school experience. This piece of equipment makes it possible for the yearbook year-book staff to print their work in Price r)llt NuMitx'fTw. loss," she said. The law requires entities to lower tax rates on other real and personal property to offset the increased revenue from the fee-in-lieu. The largest decrease will be felt by Salt Lake County residents, resi-dents, where the fee-in-lieu will be 7.2 percent lower than the county's 1990 property tax rate. At the other end of the spectrum, Daggett County's fee-in-lieu will be 63.7 percent higher. Utah County vehicle owners will see a 16.9 percent increase. For instance, the tax due on the value of a 1990 Chevrolet Celebrity Celeb-rity in Utah County was 129.43 in 1991, and, assuming the value of the vehicle depreciated in the subsequent -year, the fee-in-lieu on the auto in 1992 would be $137.28. The establishment of a fee-in-lieu was part of House Bill 397, that so-called "AMAX" solution, passed by the 1991 Utah Legislature. Legisla-ture. The legislature revised property tax laws following the Utah Supreme Court decision in AMAX Magnesium Corp. V. Utah State Tax Commission, which, in effect, required a tax shift among classes of property. the exact size and type style that will later be printed in the completed com-pleted yearbook. It allows the staff to see how their work will look and how it will fit on the printed page. Staff members will be able to correct many mistakes before they go to the printing plant. Corrections made after the proofs return from the plant are very costly. Springville High School is very appreciative of Stouffer Foods and their commitment to the young people of the community. |