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Show UTAH MT. PLEASANT, Volume 101 84647 - September 22, 1993 Number Price $.50 Thirty-eigh- t Sanpetes per capita spending slightly above state averages SALT LAKE CIT- Y- Sanpete Countys operating expenditures this year are expected to equal $235 per capita, slightly above the statewide average of $224, according to a recent news release from Utah Foundation, a private tax research organization. ' Per capital expenditures vary from a high of $1 ,380 per person in Daggett County to a low of $78 per person in Utah County, with a statewide average of $224 per person. This wide range of per capita expenditures is partly due to the fact that certain basic services must be provided in each county regardless of its population. As a result, per capita spending will tend to be higher in those counties with small populations. Another factor contributing to high per capita expenditures is" the complexity of municipal-typ- e services provided by some of the counties. Such services tend to increase costs for some of the d more urban counties, such as Salt Lake Coun-- . for law enforcement, $106,700 for fire protection, $234,555 for corrections, $8,250 for protective inspections and Sanpete Countys budget indicates that revenues totaled $4,105,811 in 1992. This included $1,441,279 from property tax, services, $170,764 for public health and welfare, $988,706 for streets and public improvements, $36,500 for parks, recreation and public ty. The . Foundation analysis of property, SI 46, 198 for conservation and economic development, 1993 county budgets reveals that $250,000 for intergovernmental the three largest expenditures items, accounting for 52 percent expenditures and debt service, of the total general operating and $57,200 for all other expenditures. expenditures, are general governThe average increase in counment, streets and public improvety budgets, 3.2 percent this year, ments, and law enforcement. is below the combined inflation Sanpete expenditures and population growth rate, Sanpetes budgeted expendiprojected to be about 5.5 percent tures in 1992 totaled $4,105,811, which included $1,450,799 for .for 1993. Statewide county expenditures general government, $656,159 from general operating funds will total an estimated $408.4 million in 1993, a $12.6 million increase (3.2 percent) from the amount budgeted during 1992. from sales tax, $135,000 $285,000 from other taxes, $148,300 from licenses and permits, $403,500 from federal funds, $601 ,000 from state funds, local funds, $70,000 from $662,841 from service charges, $135,000 from fines and forfeitures, $130,691 from contributions and transfers, and $93,200 from other revenue. According to the Foundation, property taxes continue to be the major revenue source for county governments. Property tax rates densely-populate- . Highly decorated federal agent to speak in Manti MANT- I- One of the nations most highly decorated federal agents will speak at the American Legion Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m. Joe Occhipinti, a veteran of the U.S. Customs and the INS, will tell the incredible story of how he was sent to prison for doing his job. 22-ye- ar , He was assigned to an upper Manhattan (New York City) unit where his investigative work resulted in the arrests of over 40 organized crime figures. He was promoted to Chief of the New Unit of the York INS after gathering information instrumental to what was the largest drug seizure at that time. invesWhile overseeing tigations of illegal activities of Sominican organized crime figwith ures, Joe came the forces of a criminal political conspiracy involving much of the drug trade in New York and New Jersey. He was accused of violating federal civil rights laws during searches and seizures. Occhipinti insists that witnesses were coached, a federal judge was to hear the case and a sham trial was held that ended with his prison sentence. face-to-fa- ce MT. PLEASAN- T- North Sanpete Hawks are celebrating homecoming this week in preparation for the football game against Richfield High School on Friday. School will be dismissed pre-select- ed th at 2:10 p.m. all week. Monday was Pajama Day as students wandered the halls in various nightwear ensembles. It was. also the day that different school clubs and organizations Joe Occhipinti business windows that were judged on Tuesday. (The results were not in at press time.) Tuesday was Elvis Day, with a girls tennis meet at Snow College and Manti. Today is Mourning Day (mourning the defeat of Richfields Wildcats), with a Powder Puff football game at 2 p.m. and a bonfirepep rally at 8:30 p.m. painted . cross-count- North Sanpete High School Homecoming Royalty from left are: sophomore, Kris Ann Cox; senior, Taralyn Benge; junior, . Kathryn McAllister; freshman, Ricci Allred. . 1 Ground broken for new school MT. PLEASAN- T- A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday, Sept. 14, for the construction of the new Moroni Elementary School. Among those attending were the North Sanpete School Board, and faculty and students from Moroni Elementary School. The new school is designed with 20,572 sq. feet and includes a kindergarten, 11 classrooms, work and lounge, student and classroom, computer restrooms, and facultypublic janitors room. The facility, which is being built to replace the school which was destroyed by fire last November, is being funded in part through a $5.5 million bond issue approved by voters recently. An insurance settlement following the fire is also being used. A $1,484,458 bid for construction of the school was awar- - ded on Sept. ers. 10 to Valley Build- District architect Dale Allsop and North Sanpete School Board members were able to negotiate the price down from the initial bid of $1,624,000 through cooperation of the bidder, some changes in original building plans, and because some of the furnishings will still be provided by the office of State Risk Management. Some furnishings will still need to be provided by the district above the base bid. The building plans will remain basically intact. Valley Builders was one of seven bids received Aug. 28. All bids were above the pre-bi- d estimate of $1,460,000, however Valley Builders was the apparent low bid. No injuries ' ' , ' - in accident Tf , Thursday is Farmers Day. There is a meet at Carbon, a golf game at North Sanpete, volleyball with Delta at North Sanpete and JV and Freshmen football game at Richfield. . be collected in the unincorporated areas (those areas that are not already being taxed by a city or town). In fiscal year 1992, a total of $126.8 million in local sales tax was allocated to cities and towns but only $26.4 million to counties. It is estimated that Utah counties will receive $16.7 million in federal funds in 1993. This is a slight increase of $600, 000 over the amount received from this source in 1992, but substantially below the $46.9 million received from federal funds in 1984 prior to the elimination of the federal revenue sharing program. media-facult- y Homecoming set at North Sanpete i imposed last year range from a high of 0.4492 percent of assessed valuation in Salt Lake County to a low of 0.1781 percent in Box Elder County with a statewide average of 0.3644. Last years property tax rate in Sanpete County was 0.3952 percent. Foundation analysts point out that county governments face a more limited tax base than do municipalities in the state. Utah law allows cities and towns to impose a utility franchise tax, but counties do not have this taxing authority. Although counties may impose a local sales tax, this tax can only ry Friday is Red and White Day. There will be an alumni assembly at 10:45 a.m., a Homecoming parade at 5 p!m. and the big game," Richfield at North Sanpete at 7:30 p.m. Students will not be charged admission to this game. Saturday has the girls tennis team playing at Liberty Park and a dance from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. MT. PLEASAN- T- No injur ries were reported in a accident Sept. 10 west of here on one-ca- Highway 116.' According to the investigating officer, Sanpete Sheriffs Captain Rick Howe, Miguel Manzo, 20, of Ephraim was eastbound when he lost control of his vehicle after about passing a tractor-trail10:35 a.m. The pass was a little wide, causing the vehicles wheels to leave the pavement and sucking the vehicle into the ditch. The - vehicle severed a Mt. Pleasant power pole before com- er ing to rest. Damage to the power pole was estimated at $591 . Passengers included Jamie Corona, 19, and Enrique Corona, 18, both of Moroni. Manzo was cited for an unsafe pass, Captain Howe said. Robert Justesen, student body vice - president, poses with the Mighty Hawk on Pajama Day, the first day of Homecoming Activities. |