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Show Page 4 Wednesday, January 21 , 1 976 New Income Criteria Announced for Free and Reduce Price Meals The Park City School District in compliance with the Secretary ' of Agriculture's new income criteria announced its new policy for free and reduced price meals, and free special milk for children unable to pay the full price of meals and milk served under the National School Lunch, - and Special Milk Programs. Local school officials have adopted the following family size and income criteria for determining eligibility: Children from families whose income is at or below those shwpn are eligible for free or reduced-price meals or free milk.. Inaddition, families not meeting these criteria but with other unusual expenses due to ' Scale A Family Size FREE MEALS Yearly Income One $0 to $ 3,230 Two 0 to 4,240 Three : ; 0 to 5,250 Four 0 to 6,260. Five 0 to 7,190 Six 0 to 8, no Seven . 0 to 8,950 Eight : 0 to 9,790 Nine . 0 to 10,550 Ten 0 to 11,310 Eleven; 0 to 12,060 Twelve 0 to 12,810 Each Additional F&mily Member 750 ' Police In ti. j f Chief- Henley Park City Police Chief Larry Henley resigned from the force Thursday. Jan. 15. Henley had been informed by Mayor Leon Uriarte on Fit, Jan. 9, that he would not be reappointed for the coming year due to difficulties dif-ficulties arising between he and Justice of the Peace William Lence. Lence was also told that he would not be reappointed, Uriarte had asked Henley - to remain on the oolice force as acting chief until a replacemould be found and as an officer after that time. Officer Dennis Letham has been appointed acting chief. Committee To Steer County Zoning Resigns A committee made up of citizens representing various walks of life and backgrounds in the county has been selected and commissioned by the Board of County Commissioners to steer the development ' of land-use plans and zoning for Summit County. An orientation meeting for the committee members will be held on January - 21, .1976, at the Summit County Courthouse. Coalville, Utah at 7:30 p.m., the press is invited. .. In addition to explaining the - steering committees ' assignment, the meeting will serve - to launch the development of planning and zoning , for the county. An agenda of the meeting , is enclosed. If there are any. questions aplease call the : Summit County Planning Office at 336-2334. unusually high medical expenses, ex-penses, shelter costs in excess ex-cess of 30 percent of income, special education expenses due to the mental or physical condition of a child, and disaster or casualty losses are urged to apply. They may do so by filling in the application forms sent home at the beginning of the school year. Additional copies are available at the principal's office in each school. The information provided on the application is confidential and wjll be used only for the purpose of determining eligibility. Applications , may be submitted sub-mitted at any time during the school year. In certain cases foster FAMILY SIZE INCOME SCALE Fire Truck By City The Park City Council has agreed to buy a new fire truck at the cost of $26,992 despite the fact that Summit County has not yet honored their promise, to contribute $9,000 to the city's fire department. The truck, which will be purchased from the Superior dealership, will be a welcome addition to , Park City's seriously underequiped fire departmet. Since their is still a great deal of ambiguity involved with the County's $9,000 contribution as well as to the newly formed fire district the council decided to buy the truck m the name of the Park City Municipal Corporation and may consider selling the truck to Park City fire district in the future. IRS Offers Telephone Assistance To help taxpayers get an early start on their 1975 income in-come tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service today urged Utah residents to take advantage of its year-round, year-round, toll-free telephone service for tax help. Roland V. Wise; IRS District Director for Utah, said Salt Lake City taxpayers can contact the IRS for help -by dialing 524-4060. Residents ; in other areas of Utah should dial, toll-free, 1-800-662-5370. IRS toll-free lines are staffed by taxpayer, service representives. Mr; Wise said , these employees have been specially trained to answer a wide variety of tax questions ranging from the simplest to some of the more complex or ' technical areas of tax law. ' The telephone ". service" ' is t available Monday ' through Friday 8 a.m. to4:45 p,mv)Mri Wise suggested the best times to call are before 10 a.m. and , after 4 p.m. when lines are -least busy. children are also eligible fot these benefits. If a family has foster children living with them and wishes to apply for such meals and milk for them, they should contact the school. : Under the provisions of the policy, the principals will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he may wish to discuss the decision with the determining official on an informal basis. If he wishes to make a formal appeal, he may make a request either orally . or in writing to Dr. Richard L. Goodworth whose address is 301 Main Street, 649-9671 for a hearing to appeal the deicison. The policy contains Each Additional Family Member Mountain J"!U"i U ' !", nJio r 1 1 jwtifi 9niufl9 flJiw sidiJBqmoDfii' L Mountain ' Fuel Supply' c Company said this week its rates are based on '.'cost of service," and denied ac cusations that current rates penalize low income customers to the advantage of large industrial customers. Company officials took that position' in prepared testimony submitted to the Utah Public Service Commission. Com-mission. The Commission is holding hearings ' to determine deter-mine if recent rate increases should be structured so as to have greater impact on some users than on others. There are some proposals expected to be made, which would assign higher rates to the majority of residential users in order that a minority of users might enjoy lower rates. t Ray P. Work,. , vice president for Consumer and Public Affairs, told the uMuiniasron mat Mountain I l " V FREE DELIVERY Ss30 4 10:30 NEW STORE HOURS V CCA Vhriidd e X vrar St Xa j ? t&th: daily . .rV an outline of the hearing 'procedure. If a family member becomes unemployed or if family size changes, the family should contact the school to file a new application. ap-plication. Such changes may make the children , of the family eligible for reduced price meals, or for additional benefits such as free meals and milk if the family income falls at or below the levels shown above. ' - In the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, or national origin. Each school has a copy of the complete policy which may be . reviewed oy any interested party. Scale B REDUCED PRICE MEALS Year ly Income $ 3,231 to 5 5,040 4,241 5,251 6,261 7,191 8,111 8,951 9,791 10,551 11,311 12,061 12,811 to to to to to to to to to to to 6,620 11,210 12,650 13,970 15,280 16,460 17,640 18,820 20,000 1,180 Fuel Denies Rate Accusations lj,UO w. as BibgnA ni znoiJas Fuel i avarcrthatTece'ntTate increases have had an impact on low income and elderly people. He said the company has taken steps that would lessen .the impact on all residential customers. He pointed out, for example, that the percentage rate increase to Mountain ; Fuel's industrial customers has been more than twice the increase to residential, customers during the past' two years. Work noted that natural gas rates are lower here than almost anywhere else, and! are less than any other fuel or j energy source for residential! customers on the coldest usersThough these rates are i expected day. The rest of the rising, they have risen far time sales are made to in-less in-less than the cost of living inkdustrial customers, and this general and as a con- helps reduce the cost of sequence, the impact off service to residential rising utility costs on fixed income groups is not nearly as great as the impact of other elements of the cost of I i v mo & Utah Registers Lowest Tax Increase in Entire Nation Utah recorded the smallest increase in state and local taxes over the period from 1964-1974, according to a nationwide study by the Tax Foundation, Inc. The foundation foun-dation is a . non-profit organization engaged in nonpartisan non-partisan research and public education on the fiscal and management ; aspects of government. "' Every state in' the Union, with the exception of Utah, showed increases of more, than 100 percent in the ten years studied. The average for the 50 states and the District of Columbia was an increase of 147 percent, while Utah went up only 99 percent. Next best in controlling their rate of tax increases were Oklahoma, 111 percent; New Mexico, 114 percent; Colorado and Idaho, both at 116 percent; and Oregon, North Dakota and California, all 118 percent. The Tax foundation said Utahns are now also among those who pay the smallest total tax bill when compared with average residents of other states. Utahns paid an . average of $472 in state and local taxes in 1974, the eleventh lowest total in the country. That amount is $146 ."t,c'-vf is HesaiOlstimiargrnawduaiswho appear industrial customers still uav have made little efrort less for each unit of gas than do residential customers, but that is because it costs less per unit to serve the large volumes of gas they burn. . As every shopper knows, a - j m w ' hundred pound bag of flour ' costs less per pound than a I five pound bag because it ; costs less per pound to bring j-the larger quantity to ( market. The same is true of I taftita1 flao Work noted Mountain . Fuel designed to demands of that the system is meet the residential customers. Work said there are alternate proposals to the current rate structure which, - hahta vnmirufei less . than the , national average of $618 and is a considerable improvement from 1964, when Utahns paid . more taxes than those paid by . residents of 25 other states an amount that was only $13 less than the 1964 national average of $250. Virginia led all states in the percentage increase in taxes . paid by its residents during the decade. Their average state and local taxes nearly tripled from $174 in 1964 to $510 in 1974 an increase of 193 percent. Other leaders in percentage growth in taxes were: South Carolina, 189 percent; Hawaii, 181 percent; Maryland, 180 percent; and Maine and Mississippi, both 176 percent. New Yorkers led all states by a wide margin in , the actual amount of taxes paid with an average bill of $952 per person. Among other leading tax collectors were Massachusetts with per capita collections of $767, Hawaii, which took in $765, and California, $762. , The state with the lowest average' taxes was Alabama at $383, followed closely by Arkansas at $384 per person. It then jumps to an average of $423, which was paid by South Carolinians. . no to to analyze their true long-run impact on the consumer." He said some . of the proposals may have some relevance to other utilities which face great problems of financing plant additions to meet peak load demands. And, he said, one proposal might work in warmer tiimates than Utah. Mr. Work said Mountain Fun. and its employees reaLc some elderly and low incoro customers need assistance. But: he added, "The concept of doing something for the poor through utility . rate manipulation is merely a covert means of redistribution of income. 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