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Show Page 4 Vcdnctday, January 21 ,1976 m m t m New Income Criteria Announced tor 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 Family Size One Two Three Four Five Six Seven ' Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Each Additional Family Member 0 0 0 0 0 0 to to to to to to 0 to 0 to 0 to 0 to 0 to Police 1r ill' . t Chfet 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 police 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.f 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 ex-1 ex-1 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 ' Scale A .;, FREE MEALS & FREE MILK Yearly Income $0 to $ 3,230 4,240 5,250 6,260. 7,190 8,110' 8,950 9,790 10,550 11,310 12,060 12,810 750 Fire Truck 'ifi. t : J"! Purchased 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 v 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 in 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, i , 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 fservice""ris f available Monday ' through ' Friday 8 a.m. to4:45 p.n . ,Mr i f 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 Fuel Denies Rate Accusations VI." 9imifl98 flj:v Bldit&qmoonr Mountain . Fuel 'i Supply Company said this week its rates are based on "cost of service," and denied accusations 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. Ray P. Work, ! vice president for Consumer and Public Affairs, told the Commission that Mountain m tr y x " n x .-v-v x. i ... i . t i II X Jb XXX X ires cTONDUE A Nixx.aa.e o main M&W. iikxvvwxN v x y jy y aw 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 Dy any interested party. . Scale B REDUCED PRICE MEALS Yearly Income v $ 3,231 to $ 5,040 4,241 to 6,620 5,251 to 8,200. 9,770 11,210 12,650 13,970 15,280 16,460 17,640 18,820 20,000 1,180 6,261 to to to 7,191 8,111 8,951 to 9,791 to 10,551 to 11,311 to 12,061 to 12,811 to efi &ionh ai auoiJb FueliSWarerthatTece'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 two years. during the past Work noted that natural gas rates are lower here than almost anywhere else, and? are less than any other fuel or I energy source for residential I users. Though these rates are i rising, they have risen far , , less than the cost of living in general and as a con-5 . sequence, the impact of : rising utility costs on fixed l income groups is not nearly? as great as the impact of; other elements of the cost of; living. i 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 v 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 8t tsbabW fcioq. v He saio'lS'ls'triitliatTargr f industrial customers still oav 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 i hundred pound bag of flour ' costs less per pound than a five pound bag because it ' costs less per pound to bring IK the . larger quantity to - market. The same is true of natural gas. Work noted that the Mountain Fuel system is designed to meet the demands of residential customers on the coldest expected day. The rest of the time sales are made to in- dustrial customers, and this helps reduce the cost of service to residential customers, Work said there are alternate proposals to the current rate structure which, "are being expounded by 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 Caroliniaas. " .noGM 9'vi .bficclguii uodiira uo no to into individuate who appear have made little efrort 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 fclimates than Utah. Mr. Work said Mountain , Fut and its employees -reaL. some elderly and low -income customers need : assistance. But, he added, . "The concept of "doing something for the poor through utility . rate manipulation is merely a covert means of redistributitui . of income. :: Redistribution of income is most commonly handled in our society through voluntary contributions or through v taxation, neither of which is part of the historical rate-making rate-making process." Design your own stationery to your own specifications with help from our creative staff . . . full name and address or monogram. mono-gram. It's a great gift idea, too. Our rates are reasonable. Ask About Color Printing AND THE ' v J i "W'AppBAraNO Oof .,mf , am CHRIS & (RISTIE TV SPORTS on our 30 sq. ft. video screen SATURDAY: Basketball UCLA vs. Notro Dam Heavyweight fight llv -. Foreman vs. Lyle SUNDAY: ' Baskatball Maryland vs. North Carolina L, . 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