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Show ; jVBf-mrinj- ..irgrpiUiprryf ESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1 r UHTi 'j,f'l'lr'Tl,t r iriaafnnWMi W n !T ir..itrrir m.rw-- nri.tt.. wunrw-n- r . , - , 973 r- - ounty tax power reform draws caution By Joseph T. Liddell Deseret Newi staff writer for Salt Lake County should carefully its divide powers between main branches and halt rabbit multiplication" of local or district taxing authorities. A new government the reform task, the study county's commission needs to draw upon the widsdom and interest" of the people besides help they are seeking from exIn perts. These overriding considerations held attention Tuesday night of tne nine reform commissioners the attending groups ninth weekly session in a yearTong effort to changing and improving Salt Lake Countys government. Meeting at the Building, the commissioners heard advice from Dr. Robert P. Huefner, director of the Institute of Government, and Dr. J. D. Williams, Hinckley Institute of Politics director, University of Utah. To bring the commissions strength back to 11, the group voted nine to nothing . to appoint Clement F Jay, 1237 Carousel St., industrial engineer as a new study commis-isione- r replacing Roland Burt who resigned last month be- y cause of change. un employment Huefner advised. Whatever power division is used, the new government should provide for ready access by the people and for involvement of minorities, Huefner added. Although anxious for citizen views for the government will study, the commission delay until mid mayinitiation The commission must learn of community meetings in a is whether there roving itinerary throughout early the county. enough interest in Salt Lake scheduled next County to really support a Already local or community level of an are Tuesday explanation of Huefner noted. government, local government options need available by LeRoy Harlow, He said commissioners to out the to go community Utahns for Effective Governtwice before you come to any ment, and director of a 1970 conclusions-thsecond time local government study, and would be for feedback after recgovernment improvement ommendations of Salt Lake tentative conclusions." The group heard Williams County commissioners William E. Dunn and Y. describe the cause of local Ralph McClure. government problems in Salt In a government which pro- Lake Valley as "suburbanite. He characterized the 111 vides separation of the powas the rush of people' to ers, such as legislative or polileave the citieds behind and for from adminiscy making move into the suburbs but still trative or executive powers, demand the normal services the executive should be electof the people in the cities." ed, according s Huefner. e Also audit control, as distinfrom guished operational auditing, should be assigned to the legislative branch, he urged. The county must decide whether to separate the powers according to functions of government or by geographic areas of Salt Lake Valley, Williams complained of the taxing units of local government, school and improvement districts and cited examples of inefficiency, spendn ing waste and lack of between the' taxing authorities in the present local government structures within Salt Lake Valley. 43 Criticizing the purchase of gasoline for 30 cents a gallon independent of any centralized buying system, Williams stated that consolidated purchasing by all 43 taxing authorities considerable would provide savings to the taxpayers. He noted that the Salt Lake Coun- ty purchasing department obtains gasoline for 11 cents a gallon to operate vehicles. His gas rates came from a study of local purchasing practices during the late 1960s. Other conflicts and inefficiencies a new government must correct, Williams advised, include duplicated services such as parallel water mains of separate taxing authorities, underlying the same street; three mosquito abatement districts with authority to spray each others ponds and one of these which had 13 vehicles to be operated unilateral by 18 employes; annexations by certain municipalities without regard to the master development plan of the whole county, and the par- - odv of seoarate police forces The professor cautioned study commissioners to avoid the potholes encountered by predecessors across the nation, He cited a period when 12 of 16 major metropolitan component plans consid- ervd by the voters were defeated. He listed the four successes among these as Dade County, Fla., in 1957; Nashville, Tenn., in 1962; Baton Rouge, La., and Jacksonville, Fla in 1967. One of the problems in Salt Lake County has been a growth of only three percent ? the group adopted a proposal of their director Peter Grund-fosse- n to hold a series of public hearings, at probably major high schools throughout the county. In a memorandum to the commission, Grundfos-senoted that his group must determine the extent of change desireable for the county. ..with a view toward acceptance of a governmental plan by the electorate in November of 1974. v n He said the commission faces a classical political dichotomy of having to simultaneously represent the interests of the citizens and of having to educate;,-persuad- and lead them to understanding and population in Salt Lake City adopting a somewhat new sysperiod, tem of government to carry during an while eight other cities grew their burdents and hopes into about 200 percent and unincorporated areas of the county by 230 percent, causing a demand for municipal services outside the cities. 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