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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1978 t ucJ Vi -- iJ V!" f" v-- i Ljc La a ui n V r , )LjS Hui ten years ot What has tteen the el fed the i iii' on the local tax si- tuation AL(e-OIto a govern men: s tv, just released, d value ot property the an that , s..o,ect to local taxes has gone up substant allv in tie peiiol The increase is pi.u id at 221 percent fh.s compares with a rise of 117 permit elsewhere in the United States and with hi i percent in the Mountain 1 ? fci h t Va result, preliminary is now avail ible on the SO milium pieces of real and personal property that are t J' J f i 3 t 1 X, By ROSELYNKIRK Davis County has been designated as the site for a state supported area vocational school and will receive almost $500,000 in appropriations from the state this year to supply building and maintenance needs. n lJ l! 4 liii I ""VM i i ! f ; ti u listed on the tax robs of lot n communities tnrouglout (he nation iHEIX assessed valui, for Una! tax putposes, is over 1, 177 billion Ten years h( fore, when a similar survey w is tn ule, it was $442 billion The rise was due part, allv to prone ry rcclass.fn ation in ' antes si i g i. Iht ourt the n Tienis f pares show, , ,essi value of taxable - rrv close to is ',1,000, as against the !)av is ( p t mi$22t, fi'i (Tit r total of $70 1 y, 2, (KK1 general, the net assessed for , after allowances is the base exemptions, a g 1 n s i which the tax rates .ire applied Usually, - BARLOW said that if the Davis County School not had District already purchased the land and begun conmeasure wouldnt have passed the Public the struction that comEducation Appropriations Committee That mittee approved the funding for the area vocational sc bool in the education package which went to the executive appropriations committee for final approval before it was acted on by the legislature. The Davis County area vocational center will be the fourth area vocational school funded by the State Board of Education. Present area vocational schools are- Bridgerland, located m Cache County; Uintah, located in Roosevelt and Sevier in Richfield. SENATOR - DAVIS COUNTY schtxil officials urged legislators to provide the money for the area vocational center, saing that no who did not funding was available for skill training for adults want to work toward a high school diploma. The additional for skill funding, now available this year, will provide money the under programs available to students who cant qualify valui however, il is well below the true market value and the property Related to population, the tax base in Davis County is equivalent to approximately $1,910 for every man. woman and child in the local area AT THE time of the pievious survey, ten years aeo, it was $840 per capita The survey shows that the property tax continues to be a major source of local government financing in the United States HOWEVER, while it is producing record amounts of revenue, $54 9 billion in fiscal 197b, compared with $25 2 billion ten years ago, it is playing a diminishing role, according to the new findings It is currently accounting for 81 2 percent of all local funds that are raispd through taxes, as against 86 6 percent previously GAINING in importance, on (he other hand, in efforts to meet nationwide demands for property tax relief, has been expanded revenue sharing by the states and the Federal Government rr, regular school program, Mr. Zollinger said. School District officials had met earlier v, ith Senator Warren Pugh of the education appropriations committee and Senators Barlow and Jack Bangerter frem Davis County to plead their case. legislators met again with the educational appropriations committee to gam leverage prior to the formal presentation of the plan. That measure was approved, but Superintendent Bernell Wrigley said he still feared that all of the votes would not hold firm under pressure from other legislators. The bill passed not only the executive appropriations committee but also both houses Over 3tX) Davis County students were attending Utah Technical College in Salt Lake City, 14 were attending the federally funded skill center in North Ogden Additional vocational offerings are ntxxled in Davis County, school officials said. Von Hall, director of the Utah State Vocational program told legislators that, bast'd on population of Davis County, critical were not being met for an expanded vocational program. ntx-d- u Lp u lCulJUUU LKi3 ALL DAVIS COUNTY THE PRESENT 84 acre Davis County Vocational School site in Kaysville will be expanded into an area vocational school, which will supply skill training for both adults and high school students. The designation will allow the school district to go to the Utah State Building board next year and ask for money to construct additional buildings on the present site, Clinton Zollinger, Davis Vocational Director said. State Senator Haven Barlow, Layton, said the passage of the total appropriations bill, which includes the public education money designated for the Davis area school and its designation as a state vocational school site is a breakthrough. We have the key to the finest vocational school location in the state, he said. EVEN AFTER the appropriations bill passed both houses of the Utah legislature last Saturday, Davis County school administrators and legislators were not sure that the $157,000 appropriation and the designation proposal could not still be vetoed by Governor Scott Matheson. But Senator Barlow said he had talked to Governor Matheson on Monday and had been assured that there would be no changes in the bill. PRIOR TO the new designation, the vocational school site had been a district vocational school project and been supported by some funding from the State Board of Vocational Education. About $3 million had been spent by the district and the state board for the site and on improvements which include cuibs and gutters, sidewalks, road, parking, water and electrical hookups. An automotive building has been constructed at a cost of $120,000 and a building trades building, which is presently under construction will cost about $190,000. Plans call for the construction of four more buildings Agriculture and Metals, Homemaking and Health, Business Education and Cosmetology and Adult Basic Education. J fin rsn ' A, IN SURVEY, which covers every section of the cuotiTv, was conducted bv the Commerce Department as pal t of its 1977 Census of Governments 1 UK da X OGu f ' f Stale-- As a FORTY-SI- V t.. ( ountv m he last d f H ' fJJ LS ' i How much have property i 5 tadr I Uuyii J7 values inert ased m Davis ! f I I r sn j NUMBER t i w' ix N,N 3 y J i s Vocation School was one of three vocational sthools designated in 1972 as district vocational centers. According to school district officials the district vocational center has increased from 14 to 420 ad alts since 1972 and now includes 305 high school students. They say projections show this students by 1980. number could increase to between school is providing 114 Mr. Zollinger said at present the different vocational education and training programs to high school students and adults in the county, but he expects these see the need for more vocational educaneeds to increase. I as travel the country, he said. tion every day ACCORDING TO Senator Barlow, the school must do a good job with the money allocated this year. A total of $2S0,000 was alhx'ated for maintenance and operation and $177,000 for equipment needs which include masonry, plumbing, painting and automotive equipment. Next vear the administration would be justified in asking for additional money for building if the money is well spent, he said. The district vocational center was set up in the Verdeland Llemcntary Schcxil in Luton, which had been previously closed. Parts of the vocational training are still held in that buildmg, which is located adjacent to the Lajton Municipal building DAN IS COUNTY 2,000-2,50- By ROSELYN KIRK The necessity for an adolescent treatment cenler, more psychiatric manpower, and the development of a program to reach the Chuano community were cued as needed programs during an evaluation of the Davis County Family and ComHealth munity Menial ( enters IN GIMRAL, ihe 10 member evaluation team said that mental health programs were rated as either good or excellent They expressed aj proval of the center's good relationship with the Utah State Hospital in Provo, the good array of services, and the voluntt er program John Holman, a Health 1 due a tom and Welfare (HEW ) off u ial representing the Denvet tigion, said this oral evaluation will he followed bv written repot ts which will arrive in six weeks 0 1 SLPLRIYILNDLNT URK.LLY said the Kavsville site was chosen since it was located exactly in the population center of the county. He said the prime benefit of the community will be provision for daytime training for adults in the community. Job Service and assistance payments require that day time skill classes be available to train those without skills. In the past these classes have not been taught. Some additional funds should become available as a result of the expansion In the past federal funding has barely been adequate to keep the adult program afloat without any money provided for expansion. He said the district has many requests from employment services and assistance payments to supply a larger offering of skill classes Superintendent U rigloy also expressed appreciation to all Davis County legislators, for their support in getting the designation and appropriation through the legislative budget session. THE FVAUATION team rt presents agtnciis such as (he Utah State Division of Mental Health, the Div ision of Alcohol and Drugs, the Department of Soi ial Services jnd the Utah Psyihiu I ru Assm mi ion 1 he learn evalu, lied Ihe ceii'er ill arejs of tnjttjgcim nt. direct ser vices and ((immunity rel.i lams valuaiors in all three 1 areas advised Ihe local men lal hialih agemy tn establish a n in pain m ail desi cut treatmenl tenter in the ountv Dr Kuss, 11 W ill. mis of the Davis ( ountv Mi nlul He dth C enter, sod tins same need had hi tl It It bv Ihe stafl anil the ad vtsorv t mint tl, as will as be mg listed the prtmarv ment d ht alth t oni ern m a poll nl i ountv resell ills i administrator DR. MASON Redd. I lah Psychiatric Association rt preventative, rcinmmend ed that an adolescent treat ment renter be negotiated with Davis North Medical I I liter officials or that an t x luiiitv for adolevt enls be set up in the extended care fanlilv located next to the hospital (ended care Dr Williams said the center, along with other community organuations. have the flexibility for handling juvenile treatment, but nnlv lack a building He said that center officials have attempt ed to negotiate wuh Davis North Medical Center, but the problem seems to be an economic issue SEVERAL asked for a evaluators study of the udequecy of staffing and said the cenler should acquire ad- ditional psychiatric time since clinical director Dr I) man Condie is stretched" too far Medical psychiatric coverage should be expanded they said Carmen Boutet, representing the Utah Division of Mental Health, and Dr Richard Shanteau, Utah Program Director representative, said the advisory board was not representative of four ncenl hicano population in the Davis County aiea They said public infill malum should he ( available on a bilingual basis MS. BOUTFT said the orientation of inhumation on mental health services is to the mainstream group, but that no effort is being made to make overtures to Ihe of the ( htcano segment population ihy suggested that thiee Uutreai h workeis in the north end of (he countv. where the I hicano population is Imated. should he available under the direction of a professional (hicano who ian ultimately he.nl the prgiam According to Ms Boutet, the mental he, dth assm iat ion needs to deal with the o! ol problem because B pi ihe people being trtated at Ihe UHirllV Aliohol and Ding 1 Rehabilitation Center are I hit aims THf evaluation team also minted to the need for addi tion.il inpatu nt t.n iliiies m the two hospitals Anording to Dr Williams, ihe menial hialih organization has been tonsidering Weber (ountv Hospital, located on the edge o( Ihe muniv line, as a possi hie site for an in patient i onHr Dr Redd commended the mental hi allh staff for their heroic effort at providing in patient service, consoler mg vui h d.Uuulties as tom munitv feelings and the lat k of a hospital in the (ountv w ilh a psu hiatric Care unit " THE evaluation team also recommended that the staff not lean too heavily on the Rape Crisis (enter at the University Medical Center in Salt Lake City, but correlate that program so that a county service is backup uml available as a Muller, the correlator e the evaluation, commended the management of the Davis center. He said Don of on-sit- annual administration, reports, affirmative action plans and personnel records were good According to the report the facilities in alt locations were excellent ALSO RATED as excellent was the volunteer program which evaluators said was well defined They were also impressed wnh the emergency services program and the fact that Dr Williams is on call if other staff members cannot be reached to deal with emergencies According to the report, the alcohol in the community are unique That area received an excellent rating ser-vice- s In addition communnv niton! ji ion was ruled as ex cel lent IN THE ARFA of com munitv and education and prevention. Dr Shanteau said that same ol the conimumtv programs did not have measurable goals Although the (hicano program is smaller and easier to methxik." there is a greatei need in that area No serv u hi been provided because ll,Vhave been no requests limn that dosed cnmniumlv in iht- norih end of the c ountv , - he said I ducalion could resolve lhat defiencv There is a lai k of a clear definition ot problem groups, he said other social service agen-- t it's in the community rated iht mental health orguma tom high on the stale, the evaluators said rk E n Route Minister - Dont you ever aiiend a plate of worship' Youth - Yes. sir, and I'm oi, im way to her house now. THE WEEKLY REFLEX Hf "B" North Mam St. Layton Phone 376-911- 3 (Nibllahad Waakly by CUPPER PUBLISHING CO. John Staftta. Jr.. NUrater Second CtMi PotlApe PkJ At Imfion, UUh SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year Out at ttata Uaaynw U M Ovaraaaa SubacrbaattSM (PayabNi tn Achranca) |
