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Show SPECIAL COLLECTIONS .. Hny SB All service members who have completed their AFForm 1030 will receive the variable housing allowance in their Oct. 31 paychecks, according to base Accounting and Finance people here. Those who have not completed the form should contact the base Military Pay Unit, building 1238, or call Ext. 7486. The full month's VHA, retroactive to Oct. 1., was recently signed into law. Rates are based on the difference between 115percent of the average basic allowance for quarters and the average rental plus utility : costs for each military housing area. , Each of the 347 stateside military housing areas has a daily VHA rate for each grade and marital status.- t KJ y 01(53 The daily rates for Hill AFB are: Grade E--l Without With family members family members $1.53 $1.62 E-- 2 E-- 3 E-- 5 E-- 6 E-- 8 E-- 9 v l 0-- 4 ; 0-- 6 0-- 7 U and above $1.56 $1.74 $1.89 $2.10 Li Lis , $1.68 $1.89 $2.10 $2.31 $2.64 : U Vol. 34 No. 42 Most stateside locations reported costs exceeding the 115 percent of basic allowance for quarters meaning all grades received VHA at these locations. However, if the average rent and utility cost reported by a particular group was less than 115 percent of the average basic allowance for quarters for that group, members of the group received a zero VHA rate. se VHA. VHA $150 $1.20 $1.38 0-- 3 off-ba- $2.52 $3.68 $3.92 $4.24 $1.20 $.93 0-- 2 0-- 5 $2 .34 $1.62 $2.40 $2.80 $3.04 E-- 7 O-- $2.70 $2.70 $2.70 $2.04 $i.80 $i.38 $i.56 E-- 4 To determine how much this will mean monthly, multiply your daily rate by the number of days in the month. The full amount will be received, because VHA is tax free. Only members receiving basic allowance for quarters will receive the new VHA. Members stationed overseas whose family members live in stateside military housing areas may also be eligible to receive to and E-- 6 officers LrJ Base Accounting and Finance officials cautioned that the above rates are for military at Hill AFB only. They do not cover rates were set for areas where average reported rental and utility expenses exceeded 115 percent of the average basic allowance for quarters. Average housing expenses were compared to average basic allowance for quarters for three different groups of enlisted members (E-- l to E-(O-- E-- 7 to l to 0-- 3 U jJ E-9- ) and other installations. They also again remind those who have not completed their AF Form 1030 to come to building 1238 and sign up for VHA. E-- 4 3; and two groups of 0-- 4 to eoififfloim For further information contact Chief Sneddon, Ext. 7486. O-1- 0). JUUU15SJ OGDEN, UTAH October 24, 1980 look back' clause urn beimeff ft IT House-Senaconferees have agreed to eliminate the "look-back- " provision that now allows many retiring federal employees the benefit of the last semiannual adjustment in effect before they retire. te .cost-of-livi- ng action taken before the October congressional recess, the conferees also agreed to prorate the first adjustment that goes into effect after employees retire. Proration means retirees would receive a fraction of the adjustment for every full or partial month they are actually retired before the next In cost-of-livi- ng cost-of-livi- ng Clock civilian employees which includes shift a working the additional hour due to the All in time (uncommon tour and normally graveyard shift only), will be credited with the active number of hours on duty. change If workload permit, directors adjustment goes into effect. No action was taken on a Senate proposal to eliminate the March 1981 adjustment or on a proposal to make retirement pay adjustments , once a year instead of twice. Tlie House has instructed its conferees to block any attempt to change the present twice-a-yeadjustment system. The conferees will resume their work when Congress reconvenes in November. Until the proposed changes have been acted on by. the full House and Senate and signed into law, retirees will continue to receive the full benefits of the "look-back- " provision. (AFNS) ar revels At 2 a.m. Sunday, Daylight Savings Time will revert to Mountain Standard Time. conditions commanders, and chiefs of staff offices may allow employees to work only seven clock hours, which would credit m y eirod 2 f . them with eight actual hours. If an employee works a complete shift, eight clock hours, nine hours elapsed time, one hour overtime will be payable. V ' 4 (V A iL.LV.rt.-- ! cost-of-livi- ng Sumd Individual '' I" ' . gszZf - - 'As ' it - '" -- 1;-;- if If i x J ' ; 1 -,' overtime authorizations are not required. However, supervisors will enter propriate the' overtime apin- formation on the timecard with the notation of "Change to AAST." For further information call the Civilian Personnel Benefits Section, Ext. 6142. Michael Nielsen, an electronic mechanic In the Directorate of Maintenance, takes the rough edges off the new DOD decaf on the bumper of his truck. Base security police remind all motor vehicle operators that Oct. 31 Is the last day the old decal will be accepted for entering the base. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Brent T. Agulrre) The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by MorMedia Sales, Inc., 1152 West Riverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 84403, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers per-sonn- el are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements, including supplements and inserts, in this publication, does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of products or services advertised. |