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Show mit ilagaon Thursday, May 27, 1976 Volume 88 Number 22 Budgeteering the fine art of balancing desirable and possible Budgeteering - that fine art of spendtaxpayers money - is a matter of matching public desire with fiscal reality. Payson Citys rough draft of next years $1.4 million budget is a case in ing Hendrickson tagged the rising cost of living as the major force behind the rising budget. Supplemental power, which the city buys from Utah Power and Light, recorded a 25 percent rate point. City officials say the proposed spendbarely ing figure is "conservative, keeping pace with inflation. Although it "exceeds last years record budget by about $200,000, city administrative assistant John Hendrickson predicts the city can easily afford it without tax in- The city will also get a healthy, $84,000 contribution from Federal Revenue Sharing funds, he added. So much for the revenue , or possible last year, he noted. Salaries for city employees will also probably increase, but no figure is set yet, he added. side. The new budget from this year in Hendrickson said. it safe and start he stated, books, ficials expect some story below.) and expand into the area now occupied The police will vaby the city police. Now for the expenditures, of creases. Hendrickson said this years revenue from taxes, utilities and services is running "well ahead of expectations. If trends continue, the city will balance the books with funds to spare, he While the new budget wont require a tax boost, citizens should not be surprised if utilities and services show rate increases, Hendrickson advised. Also on the shopping list is a new pa- trol car for the police. de- Hendrickson said major improvements roads and water would probably be financed by municipal bonds. Payson is now carrying less that 25 percent of its bonding capacity, he stated. - sirable columa in sewer, The city plans to remodel its offices includes no surplus its revenue column, "We decided to play zero on the with even though city ofexcess. (See related will reduce the number of trips to the dump, saving fuel and time, he explained. cate their offices as soon as the Building is complete. Police-Ambulan- ce Cemetery roads will also get curbs and blacktop. One big expenditure, which Hendrick- son says will eventually save money, is a new garbage truck. The city is eyeing one that is twice as big as the one now in service. This added Rapacity The bulk of next years money will, as usual, finance the routine operation of the citys departments. The city council will be trimming polishing the tentative budget for the next two weeks. They have scheduled a public hearing for June 24 to give citizens a chance to express opinions before adoption. and Wildlife Board rejects request to stock Spring Lake Devastation at Maple Bench Road Forest Service asks federal aid for Maple Bench Road The Forest Service has once agaia requested aid from the Federal Department of Highways to once again repair the Maple , Bench Road, which once again slipped away during spring runoff. Keith Zobell, District Ranger for the Spanish Fork District of the Unita National Forest, said the Service filed a formal request after Highway Department engineers surveyed dam age last WednesThe engineers have to design repairs and improvements for day. the road, Zobell said. There has been no reply yet, he said, explaining that plans must be complete before money is granted. The' Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has denied a local request to stock Spring Lake with 200 trout. Wildlife director John Phelps, in a written reply to Keith Holman and Robert "Stoney Jackson, stated, ...(The Wildlife Board) felt that in the interest of proper fish management they must hold to their policy of not permitting this type of stocking to go on throughout the state. Jackson Holman had asked the to transport the fish to the lake from Chris- and states' permission two-pou- tophersons Fish Farm. The farm is one half mile from Spring Lake. Holman said he would buy the fish and sell raffle tickets on fishing equipment to defray expenses. Ticket purchase would be strictly volHolman also said untary, he stressed. he would make up the difference between raffle receipts and the cost of the fish. The two Payson men asked that the be tried on a temporary basis for one season. Jackson said he has , prpgram surveyed scores of local sportsmen, and all are definitely in favor of this kind of program. However, director Phelps contended in the letter, This kind of program does not promote a recreation fishery but a meat type fishery." He justified the boards refusal by claiming the project could introduce the wrong species of fish into the lake. There are also possibilities on contaminating the lake with diseased fish, he added. Phelps also said the Holman-Jackso- n proposal would compound our management program by stocking mere fish than the body of water can adequately support. Holman and Jackson are undaunted rejectioa Jackson said he will If the Division try a different tack. wants to assert authority over the lake, well let them take responsibility for keeping it clean and emptying the trash ''barrets, fie commented. ' by the Ceremonies begin new UP&L work in Santaquin Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new Utah Power & Light Co. service center and office at 400 West 200 North in Santaquin were held Monday morning. The Maple Bench roadwashedaway last week, renewing thegroans Slides first began during the of rangers and local residents. massive floods of 1973. Since that time, erosion has hampered The road was open only briefly last fall before repair efforts. winter snows closed it to wheeled vehicles. Santaquin Mayor Doyle Crook, together with other Utah County government and business leaders, joined UPSL District Representative LaDue Scovill and company officials in turning over the first shovels full of soil at the five - acre site. The main road into Pay son Canyon is noW open, Zobell said. Forest Service employees painted temporary median markers on the Zobell said permanent stripes newly paved surface Tuesday. will be added later this summer. Construction on the 6, foot facility began later that day. Completion is scheduled for November 1976. re The new service center will be a single-stor- y, concrete structure facilities for six line and service pre-ca- st with veh- - UP&L's new Santaquin building. an office. BroConstruction Company of Orem was awarded the contract for the project after submitting a bid of $187,000. icles, derick a warehouse and & Howell Two working crews and a small office staff will be headquartered in the new building. They will service some 2,700 UPiLcustomersacrossthe southern end of Utah County. Plans for the companys present office and equipment facility at 157 W. Main in Santaquin have not yet been completed. 20 Payson seniors win scholarships at Utah Technical Twenty seniors of Payson High School have been awarded scholarships for next year at Utah Technical College at Provo. Roy Staheli has been awarded the scholarship award from Utah Tech. This scholarship award is presented to the outstanding high school senior in a vocational field. Roy is the son of Alma Staheli and has vocational-technic- chosen al Welding as his major. Also attending Utah Technical College Provo with scholarships will be: Bonnie Lamfc; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Lamb, Jr., who will major in Legal Secretarial; Charlotte Howlett daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane K. Howlett, who will major in Legal Secretarial; Linda Brimhall, daughter of Glen Brimhall, who will major in Business; Kaye Lynn Brook, daughter of William Dean Brook, who will major in Legal Secretarial; Cheryl Coombs Evans, daughter of Ken C. Coombs, who will major in Practical Nursing; Miriam Sue Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel M. Johnson, who will major in Secretarial; Denise Miller, daughter of Howard G. Miller, who will major in Dental Assisting; Lisa Wilson, daughter of Shirley Wilson, who will major in Practical Nursing; Marie Davidson, daughter of Robert N. Davidson, who will major in Business; Ann Peery, daughter of Lynn A. Peery, who will major in Secretarial; TeresaRiding, daughter of Stanley Riding, who will major in Practical Nursing; Janet Thomas, daughter of Utahna Mitchell, who will major in Accounting; Melony Ealine Bryant, daughter of George and Carma Bryant, who will major in Legal F. Burraston, son of who will major in Professional Denise Driving; Daley, daughter of David and Mary Lou Daley, who will major in Business; Rosalie Erekson, daughter of Harold K. Erek-sowho will major in Business; Theresa Nielson, daughter of Darr A. Nielson, who will major in Secretarial; Marianne Peterson, daughter of Mr. JayO. Peterson, who will major in Business; and Shelley Taylor, daughter of Lee J. and Velma Taylor, who will major in Electronics Technology. Secretarial; Kurt Boyd Burnston, n, at Community service Friday s drizzle didnt dampen the spirits of these sters, who wer e planting flowers in Payson Park. The kids out in force to take part in a community service project. 4-- City wants $72,000 Money is no good unless you spend it. Payson City, with about $72,000 excess on hand, has called a public hearing for June 10 to put the surplus to work. projects. Both construction efforts are falling behind the pace in private donations City officials say they must make up the difference with public funds. The City Council called the hearing to reopen the 1975-7- 6 budget so it can bolster the sagging swimming pool and The proposed budget increase would raise the spending figure to$l, 272, 000. Police-Ambulan- ce |