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Show Page 4 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday, December 9, 1983 State Legislators Discuss Proposition One With Chambers Orem Plat Appi To Be Streamlined Local By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer did not in"Proposition crease any tax; it left to the' Legislature the discretion to set the assessment level on residences," State Sen. Karl N. Snow, told a joint luncheon meeting of the Provo and Orem Chambers of Commerce Thursday. Snow, who participated in a panel discussion on taxation, said Proposition One addressed a number of problems faced by the legislature, including the fact that the big Intermountain Power Plant (IPP) could not be put on the tax rolls because of constitutional limitations. Proposition One also removed the 75 percent limitation on school funding, allowed equitable livestock taxing, and permitted religious property exemptions, he said. Snow emphasized that Proposition One was an attempt "stop the shift of tax burden from nonresidential to residential properties," claiming that residential property taxes have risen faster than any other taxes. "Proposition One is the whipping boy when, in fact, it was legislation and local mill levies that caused the tax increase," he declared. "None of these measures was ; they were all permissive for the legislaself-enacti- ture." Ronald M. Smith, Utah County Assessor, said commercial prop- - (c and local mill levies that caused the tax increase." accurate sales ratio study is State Sen. Karl Snow erty owners suffered a "big jolt" when Proposition One repealed a law that had set the property assessment level at the 1978 level. "That meant an automatic 25 percent increase in your property assessments," he said. "You got another small jolt when the State Tax Commission factored the assessment levels upward, and another small jolt from the mill levies," Smith declared. He emphasized that the State Tax Commission had done sales ratio studies in Utah County and determined that assessment levels were low. The Commission ordered the Utah County Assessor to increase assessments on land by 66 percent, on buildings by 17 percent, and on residences by two percent, he said. He said Proposition One gave the Legislature the power to change the discount on homes to as low as 11 percent of fair market value Currently it is 15 percent, while commercial properties are at 20 percent. Ronald Hawkins, panel moderator, directed questions to panel members, questioning the philosophical rationale of vesting so much power in the legislature. State Sen. LeRay McAllister, said Proposition One only allowed the actions to take palce. He said a major need was for a change in the method of supporting the school system. McAllister said there is a need for equalization, stating that while he believes in local autonomy, "if we are going to have a uniform level of funding for education, we have to do something statewide." He said the goal is to get away from the property tax as a means of funding education. State Sen. Paul Rogers, pointed out that the property taxes on homes went up three times faster than during the 1970's. 93, of Lehi, died WednesGladys S. day, Dec. 7, 1983, at the home of her son in Salt Lake City. She was born Dec. 27, 1889, in Lehi, to Samuel H. and Lettia Austin So nth wick. She married Andrew Trane, Aug. 12, 1908, in Lehi. The marriage was later so- in the lemnized Losan Temple of The Church of .Isus? Christ of L?! day Saints. He died Nov. 4, 1964. She was active in the LDS Church all her parents of Cedar City; Mark A. Wood of Laguna Beach, Calif. ; Gayle P. Wood of Parowan. Services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center, 6--8 Provo, where friends may call Sunday, p m., or Monday, one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. grandchildren; two brothers: Ricky J. Thornton Ricky Jack Thornton, 35, of Orem, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1983, at Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born May 28, 1948, in Provo, to Jack Lloyd and Moz-e- ll Spencer Thornton. He married Carol ated from Provo School. He en- tered the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Following his release from mili- tary service, he returned to Provo and later moved to Orem where he has lived Ricky J. Thornton since. He worked in the building trades and for the last five months was employed as a carpentry supervisor for Heritage Mountain. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, Orem 88th Ward. Survivors include his wife of Orem; one son and two daughters: Kimberly Thornton, Heather Thornton, and Chad Thornton, all of Orem; his parents of Provo; grandmother, SALT LAKE CITY David L Adamson, .Madeline Thornton of Prow; one sister: 67, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1983, in a Salt Mrs. David (Lisa T. ) Smith of Provo. Lake hospital. Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the He was born Nov. 27, 1916, in Pine Canyon, Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center, to David M. and Anna Droubay Adamson. Provo, where friends may call Friday, 6-He married Emma (Sue) Crystal, Nov. 4, p.m., or Saturday, one hour prior to serv19S0, in Elko, Nev. ices. Burial will be in the Provo City He was a employee of Davis Cemetery. County School District. Survivors include his wife of Salt Lake one son and two daughters: Michael . City; Adamson, and Nancy Adamson, both of Bountiful; Mrs. Lance (Patti) Foster of Betty Jean Chapin, 57, a former Utah Santaquin; eight grandchildren; one greatValley resident, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 1983, at grandchildren; three sisters: Mrs. James her Scottsdale, Ariz., home. She was born Sept. 29, 1926, in Spanish (Verna) Dapper of Kaneohie, Hawaii; Mrs. William (Virginia) Soderborg of Tooele; Fork, to Philip and Leona Evans DeLaMare. Mrs. Gordon (Ann) Zehr of Palo Alto, Calif. She married Allen Chapin in Reno, Nev. Graveside services will be Saturday at 2 .She attended Birgham Young University and served in the Navy in World War II. She pm. in the Tooele City Cemetery. Friends and her husband moved to Arizona in 1977 may call at Deseret Mortuary, 36 E. 700 S., Salt Lake City, Saturday, 12-- 1 p.m. from Oregon. Survivors include her husband of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a daughter and three sons: Christine Chapin, James Chapin, Philip Chapin, Robert Chapin; her mother of Provo; a sister, Mrs. Norman (Verna) Kohls of Buffalo, Wyo. ; a brother, Richard DeLaMare of Mid vale; one grandchild. Norma Jene Wood Harding, 56, of HighGraveside services were held in Spanish the Fork under the direction of Anderson Fuland, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 1983, at American Fork Hospital following a sudden neral Home. illness. She was born Aug. 26, 1927, in Cedar City, to Preston and Zel-ph- a V c David Adamson - Betty Chapin ' Norma TnOmaS A. Merryweather if and attended College , W ran Following her marriage, she and her husband made their home in Orem where they resided until three years ago when they moved to High- laid. Norma HtnMii She was a member of the Alpine Country Club. Survivors include her husband of Highson and two daughters: Robert C land; one Harding, and Mrs. Mark (Jill) Kendall, both of Orem; Jeana Harding of Highland; seven WALKER S HORTl'A 85 E, 300 S. PROVO Myrtle Annie Clark Funeral. Services will be held Monday 10 a.m. at the Provo 19th Ward LDS Chapel, 667 N. 600 E,, Provo. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary of Provo Sunday 8 p.m. and Monday, at the ward 1 hour 6-- prior to services. Interment AdamS Fletcher, July 1975, 4, in Las Vegas, Nev. He received his education in the Provo Citv schools and graduated The new program will streamline that effort and make the preliminary plat final plans as in depth as the no are If there plat plans. changes to be made in the not preliminary plan, it will need to return to the planning commission for consideration. Provo Council Okays Pay Hike Plan Herald Staff Writer fromLSy,. report setting the salaries; citizen's committee is not delegating the responsibility to the commit- thereby I makes recommendations to the council. The council then can accept, reject or adjust the recommendations, but cannot vote salaries higher than the committee recommends. Councilman Charles Henson prepared the ordinance, which was adopted unanimously. The council had discussed the ordinance at more length in a November meeting, then gave it to uty Attorney uieu-Euu- s for see this tee," he said. Ellis had suggested hiring a consultant to make recommendations to the council. Ellis suggested that instead of stating that the council would go with the committee's recommendations, the ordinance should instruct the council to give "due regard" to the committee report. The city attorney didn't think the council should be limited by the committee can remove fellow members by a majority vote. The Citizens Committee on MayorCouncil Salaries will make recommendations. Their appointments will be staggered on a year basis so every membe totally new to the won't ber process. Chairman Merrill Martin said he liked the ordinance because it prevented the council from initiating raises for themselves. Mayor James Ferguson said he Mis comfortable with the new law. ' Mytrle Annie Balrymple Clark, 91, of Provo, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 1983, at an area hospital. Services will be Monday at 10 a.m. in the Provo 19th Ward Church, 667 N. 600 E., Provo. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary, 85 E. 300 S., Provo, Sunday, 8 p.m., and Monday at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Montpelier, Idaho. PROVO FLORAL 6-- 8 Cemetery. Thomas Andrew Adams Funeral services will be held Saturday 11 a.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Friends may call Saturday 1 hour prior to services. Interment Provo City Cemetery. Sylvan D. Leslie Services were held today at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Interment Provo City Cemetery. Norma Jene Wood Harding Funeral services will be held Monday 11 a.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Friends may call at the mortuary Sunday 8 p.m. and Monday 1 hour prior to services. Interment : s- .Orem City Csactsry.----'-.- II um GIGANTIC ClOSiOUT! FACTORY SECONDS YOUR CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO OWN THE UNIQUE & GREENHOUSE "LITTLE GIANT LADDER" AT Our Flowers Say What You'd like To Say f DISCOUNT PRICES WIRE SERVICE 373-700- Ricky Jack Thornton Funeral services will be held Saturday 2 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary of Provo. Friends may call friday p.m. and Saturday 1 hour prior to services. Interment Provo City 1UM Death Notices 1 DECMEBER - 12 THRU 16 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. JTTLE G!AE3T INDUSTRIES INC. 373-184- 1 6-- for mayor and council pay increases. The new law calls for at least one public hearing before a seven- - member committee. Henson said he didn't see that there was much difference between that advice from the attorney and the ordinance as it was already written. Also new to the salary-settin- g process is a mandate to keep minutes of the committee's meetings for public record. And the suggestions that where rejected Tuesday. "He suggested the ordinance was outside our jurisdiction because we're giving up our assigned responsibility, the responsibility of setting salaries. I feel that's not the case," Henson said. "The ordinance states the council would still have to pass the By VICKI BARKER Provo High School. He attended State University in Logan. He served the U.S. Navy for two years during the Vietnam War on the Thomas A. Adams USS Cree in the Pa cific. Following his release from the service he returned to Provo. He later moved to Salt Lake City and recently returned to Provo to live. He was a salesman and past member of the Provo Community Church. Survivors include his wife of Salt Lake City; three daughters: Stacey Adams, Annie Adams, and Courtney Adams, all of Salt Lake City; his parents of Provo; grandmother, Edna Haslett of Keyser, W.V.; one sister, Susan Buckner of Provo. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center, Provo, where friends may call Saturday, one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery. 201 W. 1st S., Provo Berg Mortuary m Services R Y 373-666- 8 . Thomas Andrew Adams, 35, of Provo, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 1983, at Utah Valley Hospital, Provo, of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born Feb. 25, 1948, in Provo, to Milton A. and Betty A. Haslett Adams He married Nancy W. Harding Wood. She married A. Dean Harding, May 24, 1947. She was educated in Cedar City schools ," and several ordicharges in the subdivision nances are required in order to make the new system a part of city policy. Baird said developers are in favor of the program and hope it will work to the benefit of both the city and the developers. Time restraints have resulted in problems in the past and have not allowed for a proper review by the Development Review Committee. "When the Development Review Committee meets, it has kind of been a haphazard effort," said Daryl Berlin, Orem City Manager. The extra week will be to the benefit of the committee. The program will be finalized and then considered at a future city council meeting. - :ft He received his education in Provo City schools and graduHigh under-assessed- ordinances 6-- state-assesse- official procedure Astle, Aug. 39, 1969, in Elko, Nev. her life, serving in the Sunday School, Primary, Relief So Gladys S. Trane ciety, MIA, geneal for 40 years. teacher a visiting oey and as She was a member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. - Survivors include four sons and one daughter : Glen A. Trane of Lehi; Don A. Trane of Murray; Ralph A. Trane of Salt Lake City; s) Keith S. Trane of Orem; Mrs. Arden Sullivan of West Valley; 23 grandchiltwo dren; 60 She was preceded in death by a son, Morris Trane. Services will be Saturday at noon in the Wing Mortuary Chapel, Lehi, where friends may call Friday, 9 p.m., and Saturday one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Lehi City Cemetery. needed for Utah County, and pointed out that funding for reappraisals had been cut. "What is needed is a reappraisal of properties," he asserted. Snow conceded that the legislature's "withdrawal of state support for reappraisals had left the counties understaffed." Smith also charged that an improved method is needed for taxd properties; ing "In my mind these properties he are grossly declared. McAllister "explored ways of gaining more revenue, stating that he is very opposed to any increase in property taxes, and noting that the Utah sales tax is already one of the highest in the nation. He noted that "the Feds reduced income taxes" and Utah might "take up the slack, so you are '' paying the same amount. After making minor changes in the wording, the Provo City Council has passed an ordinance estab-lishin- g Obituaries Gladys S. Trane It's a matter of increasing time in order to decrease time, for the Orem City Department of Development Services which is working to streamline the deplat approval process for velopers. , Ed Stout, director, and wauy have Baird, Senior Planner, developed a program which will give the Planning Commission and the Development Review Committee an additional week to study the plans of a developers before submitting the to plan preliminary plat city council for approval. The old plan system allowed of only two weeks for review building ordinances and plat planning and resulted in stringand final ing the preliminary to 8 plat approval process weeks. Council members had to review the plans and then return them to the planning commission any time a change was needed. He pointed out that counties still have the power to protest the and factoring assessment leves, "five counties did protest. ' ' He emphasized that the goal of legislators is to get the property tax out of the school funding mechanism, and called funding for public education "an explosive problem.". Smith emphasized that a more "Proposition One is the whipping boy when, in fact it was legislation One This will cut several weeks off the approval process and allow with their developers to get on construction. "The cut in time adds a week to the front end but cuts the time off at the end. More .time up front will save time later," Baird told council members. The new system will affect all plans that presently are reviewed by the planning commission if it is given official approval by the city council. 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