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Show 3 )X2 oca ednesday 5, 1990 M i had remainder from contracts with the state, school district and federal government for such services as Women, Infant and Children nutrition program, inspections and maintenance, maternal and child health programs, environmental By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer Utah County government's financial picture has improved during the past year, according to Commission Chairman Malcolm Beck. Last year the county laid off 30 employees and trimmed most sharply in order to balance the revenue shortfall. "Revenues are up and we're in much better condition than a year ago. We have nearly (1 million more than last year," Beck said. He pointed out that approximately 60 percent of the employees terminated last year have been rehired, including four deputies in the County Jail, three people in the assessor's office, one in microfilm, one in the recorder's office and two in data processing. The increased revenues show up : J ; ; health, inspection of underground care, etc. storage tanks, pre-nat- The Foster Grandparent Pro2 gram has a $325,775 budget currently), of which $42,901 will come from the county in matching funds and the remainder from federal and state funds and funds from the school districts. ($326,-43- The Utah County Travel Council has a $353,678 budget ($289,200 currently), most of which comes from the transient room tax collected by hotels and motels. Four special service districts also collect tax funds separately from the general fund. They are as in the tentative county budget which will be aired Dec. 12 at a public hearing beginning at iO a.m. in the county commission meeting room. '; The 1991 tentative budget antici-- ; pates expenditures of $26,765,177. The general fund budget, which is financed by property taxes and covers most departmental expen- -' se?, is set at $18,402,194, or $823,824 more than the current calendar year's budget of $17,578,370. Of The $18 million, $7,697,821 will come from property taxes, and the remainder from fees, grants, "B" road funds and other sources. Health DepartThe ment of Utah County has a separate proposed budget of $3,640,549, as compared with $3,258,899 during the current year, for an increase of City-Coun- ty $381,650. Of the total Health Department budget, general veir pass wax iianipirov $1,051,255 property will come from taxes and the . follows: Special Service District 6 This district takes in all the unincorporated area and is set up to provide extended police protection plus building and zoning enforcement. Anticipated revenues in 1931 are $746,000, as compared with $605,000 during the current year. 7 Special Service District This district takes in the Rural Residential-5- , Critical Environment 2, Neighborhood Commercial and Industrial-- 1 zones, and is designed to provide structural fire protec- tion. Anticipated revenues have been set at $216,612, as compared with $149,000 in 1990. 8 Special Service District This district takes in the same zones as Service District 7 and is set up to provide planning and zoning services. Anticipated revenues in 1991 are $188,178, as compared with $142,000 in 1990. 9 Special Service District This district takes in the Critical Environment-1- Agriculture-1- , , have been alloted less money; Justice Court $136,012 ($185,405 cur- rently); ClerkAuditor $493,964 ($495,506); Attorney Inv. Trust $8,-2- Equalization $71,991 (332,-200-); $42,211 ($46,111); Dispatch-9- 11 $650,871 ($854,713); Allotments $777,212 (786,517); and Community Action $4,000 (zero). Areas receiving increases or remaining the same include: Commission $359,315 ($357,440); Juvenile Court $1,300 ($1,000); Sanity hearing s($20,000 (same); Circuit Court $2,500 ($2,000); Data Processing $1,943,668 ($1,716,022); Microfilm $123,303 ($119,361); Treasurer $289,370 ($284,712); Recorder $647,495 ($591,852); Attorney 31 ($1,225,456). Assessor $1,292,967 ($1,211,111); Personnel $212,371 ($198,393); $1,083,832 ($951,937); Sheriff Administration $603,864 $1,265,-89- 2 ($559,017); Sheriff-Pa- trol ($1,207,338); Sheriff-Investig-ation $605,661 ($598,179); Sheriff-Judici$695,030 ($643,765). Sheriff Emergency Management ($368,923); Jail $2,109,894 ($1,901,695); Bee Inspection $1,700 (same); Agriculture $47,808 ($47,-342- ); Animal Control $240,314 ($218,655); Public Works $2,585,000 $381,313 ($2,330,898); Extension Division ($210,347); Contributions to others $133,384 ($84,432); and Public Aid $20,700 ($12,900). $220,620 steel-work- er makes more than the American steel worker. Japan, which has few natural resources, must import all the raw materials for producing steel. Combined with high labor costs that means "Japan has lost it's competitive advantage in steeL" Not so in Korea, though, he said, noting that Korea is where Japan was 20 years ago. Still, Koreans have seen labor costs double in the last three years. "Their costs are going up and our costs are going down." Those falling costs are why "Ge neva is the fourth lowest cost steel company on the planet," Cannon said. Geneva Steel ships 15 percent of its steel to foreign countries like Japan, Argentina, Belgium and Ko- rea. Cannon also discussed the steel industry in Poland where he has visited three times in the last year. Rumors were flying that Cannon would buy a steel plant there but he didn't, he said, because he needed his money and managers at the Utah plant to work on the three-ye- ar modernizing project going on there. But, he said, he was intrigued with the Polish people, noting that d economically they are a country but educationally d they are a country. He said the people running the steel mills are highly intelligent. "It is third-worl- Erst-worl- technically complicated to produce steel and yet Poland is one of the top seven or eight producing coun- tries." Be said he was interested doing some business there and in "it was a struggle not to do something over there." He was impressed with the people in Poland. "I met a lot of people and I felt a lot of electrici- ty." Cannon said he was skeptical of major changes in the Soviet Union such as Poland is undergoing. He said the Soviets haven't had a history "maybe forever" of free enterprise. "You cant change 500 years cf history." Cannon also pointed to major changes in Israel now that millions of highly educated Soviet jews are coming to that country. Although Israel has no steel industry, the country has been interesting to him and he has been watching the political changes there, he said. He said he visited there a few weeks ago and talked to a class of Russian immigrants learning Hebrew who were all highly educated people. He said Israel wants to be able to take advantage of this education. Finances given 'clean bill of health' By CHRISTI C. EVANS Herald Staff Writer Provo city's finances received a "clean bill of health" Tuesday as a local accounting firm presented the Municipal Council with a formal audit of its 1989-9- 0 budget. The firm also presented comfigures parisons of the 1989-9- 0 with previous audits, which showed total revenue in the city has fallen over the past year while total expenditures have gone up. "The city is in excellent financial condition," said Mark Whit-take- r, a partner with the firm Hawkins, Borup and Cloward of Orem. No departments within the city had expenditures exceeding their budgets during fiscal year 1989-9- 0, Whittaker said. The city's assets are currently five and a half times its liabilities, indicating it is healthy and able to meet its current needs, Whittaker said. A relationship of assets two times that of liabilities is considered healthy by businesses, he said. Provo was able to pay off the bonds issued to develop East Bay this year, Whittaker said. $71.6 million in Whittaker said the decrease could be attributed to federal contracts and funds which were not received during the 1990 fiscal year. Expenditures were given as toup taling $67.4 million in 1989-9from $61.7 million in 1988-8However, expenditures in the city have been less than the total when exrevenue since 1985-8- 6 penditures totaled more than revenue, Whittaker said. pared with 1988-8- 9. 0, 9. Sales tax revenue creased approximately has in- "Because of all the business development that's gone on in the East Bay area, the city was able to retire the debt five years early," he said. Revenues in the city during $2 million in Provo, reaching a total $5.9 million in 1989-9Property tax revenue in the city has gone up about $300,000 since 1987 to total $2.8 million in 1989-9- 1989-9- 0 totaled $59.8 million, com since fcVt h-- , V" ... .H, Linda "GI C fcAANS Herald Staff Writer Provo Municipal Council bers agreed Tuesday to hold a public hearing Dec. U for residents to comment on the possible elimination of parking from 700 North. Council Chairman Gordon Bullock informed concerned residents attending Tuesday's council meeting of the scheduled hearing and suggested comments could be made at that time. Mayor Joseph A. Jenkins said the proposed resolution would only prchibit parking between 900 East and 200 West on 700 1987 0. 0. We're looking at it because there are so many students. Mayor Jenkins et North. The city is not looking at eliminating parking east of 900 East, he said. There's "a tremendous number of students" using the area that's why we're looking at it," Jenkins said. Brighjn Young University has notified the city it will be removing more parking from the campus h - - ., J il ; hY- - " 7 -- Ain Jo" Nielson, left, checks over her list of n I Herald Photo David Dahl , tasks with unit secretary Jeanine Carter.' -' Christmas may come early Dr. Callahan is preparing for his By SHARON M. HADDOCK Herald Staff Writer Christmas for the Michael Callahan family of American Fork may come this weekend. As Dr. Callahan readies for ship-oto Germany with the 328th Army Reserve General Hospital unit, his wife Leslie is busy trying to help him organize not the a multitude of details least of which is when to hold the , family Christmas. "We're thinking maybe he can come back from Salt Lake and we can have Christmas this weekend," said Mrs. Callahan. "He leaves Thursday for Fort Douglas and will be in processing for a few days before he leaves ut to Germany" call-u- p has total hips scheduled into Jan-- . uary. He has patients who've waited and who need surgery. "He's canceled some and is ' operating all day today and again tomorrow to take care of ; the most pressing cases." At home, Leslie is trying lo '" help their five children cope with";; the news that dad is going to be;; Monday for Fort Carson." Callahan, an orthopedic surgeon, then heads overseas with the 700 member unit for a hospital in Germany where he expects to care for wounded brought in for specialized care from frontline hospitals. Callahan is among several dozen doctors and nurses from the area called up Monday. It's a real feat to pull everything together for his departure in just a few days, says his wife. "The emotional loss, it hasn't really bit me yet," she said. "We're still trying to decide what to do with the practice. A young doctor from Provo will probably come over to help but Michael away until June. "We had a home evening last'.' night and there were a lot of questions," she said. "One wanted to know if she'd still get an -- allowance." , Callahan will be paid a major's salary but that's only a third of what the family income has -- ': been. Callahan has been in the re- - ' " serves 20 years and would have in retired from the unit ApriL Finances are being juggled'"; around, explained Leslie, with the Bank of American Fork helping out by extending due dates on loan payments and revising inter- -' est schedules. "I'm a doctor's wife. I'm used"' to handling the finances and the'1 household," she said. But Callahan has the ability to : find time to be with his family a great deal despite his busy prac tice and he's a kingpin in the , family structure, she said. The Callahans are pleased that the call is to Germany. "He'll have friends and support facilities. He wonl be in a com-- ; bat area," said Leslie. However, they are taking pre-- . cautions against his chances of getting into frontline action. Plans announced to cover for doctors The five doctors and nursing director of Mountain View Hospital in Payson have announced plans to cover their duties during their absence as members of the 328th Army Reserve General Hospital. Dr. Douglas Lichti, general surgeon, who is sharing office space with Dr. Oldroyd will be seeing Dr. Oldroyd's patients. Dr. Michael Rosen, family prac- tice physician in Springville, will treat Dr. Robert Jones' patients. Rosen and Jones have shared office space and consulted togeth- er concerning patients for some time. Dr. Robert Frampton is an associate of the Spanish Fork Clinic. He has also contacted Dr. Thomas Judd and Dr. Leonard Foote of Spanish Fork who have agreed to see patients as welL Dr. LeRoy has been working with internal medicine special interior as construction continues on the new Joseph Smith Building and other projects are begun. This will force students to find parking off campus, Jenkins said, adding 700 North must be kept clear to provide a traffic corridor through the city. The area currently has one of the highest traffic accident rates in the ' ists, Dr. Kevin Colver and Dr. David Bennion. LeRoy asks that if his patients have an emergency, they go to Mountain View Hospital's Emergency Center and the internal medicine specialist on call, either Dr. Colver or Dr. Bennion will cover for him. Routine patient care will be cancelled until his return. Dr. N. Dwight Williams emergency room shifts will be covered by existing emergency center doctors. Jo Nielson announced that Stephen Jim Summers, R.N. has been appointed interim director of nurses to take charge in her absence. Along with the brightly colored Christmas decorations at Mountain View Hospital will be yellow ribbons tied to the trees to represent the friends and who are serving, activated for a period of 180 days. - "His father was killed in World . War II and that leaves him the ; sole surviving son. He should not have to serve in a combat zone. ' I'm writing a letter to make sure ' they're aware of that" They've had to cancel plans to travel to Japan to bring a son home from his LDS mission. Audit shows district in compliance with all government requirements By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN Herald Staff Writer Members of the Provo Metropolitan Water Board reviewed an audit of the district's finances Tuesday morning showing that the district was in compliance with all audit requirements for local "gwexn- The auditing firm of Anderson, Wolsey, White and Lawrence completing the audit for the past six months, noting that the district had changed its fiscal year end from Dec. 31 to June 30. The district has cash on hand of $21,640, plus $311,991 invested with the State Treasurer, $16,875 in ac-- Council to hold public hearing about 700 North parking By CHRISTI J in -- Japanese steelworkers make more than U.S. counterparts Herald Senior Reporter The Japanese steel market is no longer a serious threat to UJS. steel producers, according to the president of Geneva SteeL Joe Cannon, speaking Tuesday to students at Utah Valley Community College during an international forum, said Japan used to have much cheaper labor and so could produce steel cheaper. Now, however, the average Japanese (;;' (zero); Elections Cannon says the Japanese steel market no longer serious threat By KAYLENE NELSEN o In- dustrial and Mining and Grazing zones and is designed to provide funds for structural fire protection. Anticipated revenues are $105,000, as compared with 161.000 in 1990. The county contracts with the adjacent cities to provide fire protection in the unincorporated areas. In the general fund, seven areas city, Jenkins said. The public hearing will be held meetduring the council's regular Provo the 7 in City p.m. ing at Center, 351 W. Center. In other business, the council approved a resolution appropriatof a ing $20,000 for the construction steel bridge spanning the Provo River at approximately 2230 North. The bridge will become part of a parkway extending from Utah Lake to the mouth of Provo Canyon. The Utah Department of Transportation will complete the remainder cf the parkway during its renovation of north University Avenue next year, Jenkins said. counts receivable and $450 paid expenses, for a total in current assets. wells, most of them more than 1,000 feet deep. He said there is sufficient artesian pressure from those wells that only smaller pumps are needed to pump the water. At present, Geneva is not using all of the wells. in preof $350,-95- 6 Manger Charles "Chuck" Henson sid the money invested with the state treasurer was accumulated in anticipation of a lawsuit over water rights in the Provo River. assets of the district in clude sharesTar S2vsral canal companies and in wells. Income from water sales and Bingham said State Engineer Robert Morgan indicated an interest in the test well project !&iaa suggested that Bingham talk to the head of the U.S. Geological Survey, and Bingham said the USGS man said he believes there is an interac- rentals totaled $17,629, and investment income came to $30,851, for a total income of $30,851. Expenses from water assessments, legal and accounting, insurance, wages, office rent and other miscellaneous costs came to $18,053. Henson told the board he is making application for a change order to move water from the West Union and West Smith ditches to a point where it can be put into the pipe to Geneva Steel to apply that water to the Geneva water con- tract Merrill Bingham reported that he had talked with the state engineer concerning the possibility of drilling a deep "study well" to determine if it would affect the aquifers feeding the more shallow wells in the area. Currently Provo city's wells are at a depth of around 500 feet and the city is drawing from the 250 to 450 foot levels. He indicted that the water quality is better in the deep wells and they are about 10 degrees warmer. He said Geneva Steel has five deep . tion between the two aquifers. The USGS man also expressed an interest in participating in the study to the extent of measuring the shallow wells and helping select a site far the test well, Bingham said. "We need to determine the cost of drilling the deep well," he said. "Also, we would want it in a distribution grid where there is enough pipe capacity to handle it" Bingham promised a more detailed report by next month's board , meeting. The Metropolitan Water Board agreed to pay half the cost of a study to determine if water offered by Utah Municipal Power Association could be brought into Provo's system. The city will share 'the study cost ilenson said the UMPA wato represents a huge block of 15,313 acre feet, of which Provo city could pick up 80 percent |