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Show ,t a;?.. r' .., '3I ' tn-- r,.,-- 4 laT wss ;i. mi v.... itn 4 Ul X7 VOLUME 30PdQe CTT ,r - It . ' '- N. ?; A v r "7 X ' '; iXL Ui ' j 0 r 2 - .' - .W ,X - ,- , p ' - vh?,$ v I ' V 1 tt ., J .., . , , " ,&' , v iMr- 'A ' r A . v;- k ' 4 - , ."- 'Si'-?-; f JH0 J?Z '4 ,, WL i- By TOM vhowed J3.I percent funding derived from local eourccv. 59,1 percent from dale coftcrx ami 5 8 from federal vouaec. . The FARMINGTON Pam County School Die-tn- .t , A W million budget pule the district in the hUk. but just barely. O 'yp'-c'-- s " don ftlSM I.BI.RG - V r"" 4 IN FACT, unless feJcr.il im-ct aid monies are awarded to the distnet by Congressional non later this summer, it w ill be a more than precarious tightrope the distnet may be forced to walk during the IW'h 81 school year. The unappropriated surplus stands at only the lowest cscr. j'.tmo The hoard has indicated it may pass a temporary 3.S mill levy increase in August to alle- "?! 'S . V according to the tentative budget, to about $)40 million. Pul as of now. taxpayers won't have to fork out any extra dollars to run the school system. The mill levy is set for 42.10. down by five mills from I9?2 73 school year, for insiancc. brought on pnmarily by federal intentions, led by Pres. Car- jtk ter, to stnp districts almost monies. "M , v" W ', WflT F R HI N It . ybranf BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON For million, the Davis County Library Board is going to have to settle for only a partially comlibrary. THAT NEWS was given to the board in their monthly in Farming-to- n meeting Monday Bountiful Architect Robert Dewey, who is supervising preparation of plans for the proposed Layton headquarters library. Present plans call for a by 30,000 square foot, facility to house administrative offices for the library sytwo-stor- stem, ities and y facila patron book library primarily serve res- processing-relate- d area to idents of the Layton area. projected pot of money will total only about $1.2 million based on a tax levy of $350,000 for one mill. Some two to three mills in a special levy may be necessary to finance the facility, but the tax, however great, wont be levied until 1981 according to purrent BUT THE plans. And at about $60 a square foot to complete the building, there wouldnt be enough money to go around, Mr. Dewey said. An estimated $35 to complete a shell in a portion of the library could allow complincludetion for the $1.2 million ing landscaping. HE ADDED that a very austere library in California had been built for $43 a square foot, for example. If construc THE 197 KAYSVILLE REFLEX B North Main St., Layton PHONE Published 3 Weekly by CUPPS POP1 ISO CO. John Stahle Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year 50 i StAscnptiOT SI 5 00 Out of Stale Subunptaft (Payable In Advance) S5 , i. , .; 4! . U itli iwnl torm and runoff. Big trwk at the mouth of Farmington Canyon i too fuli for planting fit'll at the present mi - CompIeM For $1.2 tion were started in January 1981, the building could be complete within 4 months. A completed building would cost right around $2 million" with a main floor of 22,000 square feet, including patron 12-1- $ 1 .2 , v time. (Sami1! (Sell pleted Layton r to the school district. That would total aboul 60 percent of all property taxes, depending school districts. v.vitv,Zn "' r By TOM ACCORDING to County-AssessoThayne Corbndgc. that w outd mean the ow ner of a home appraised ai $27,000 but valued at about $50,000 would pay $227.34 in property taxes large revenue source for V il ly bare of impact aid THOSE FI NDS are used to help offset educational costs for students w hose parents live and or work at Hill AI B. The base pays no property taxes, a ? Whitesides, board chairman, himself a Layton resident. That 22,000 square feet would be smaller than either branch library (in Clearfield and Bountiful), said Library Director Jeanne Layton. book area, and a basement covering about 9,000 square feet, primarily for headquarters administrative operations. The main floor would hang over the lower level and that Weve projected this as the headquarters for administra- could be used for parking joining the lower level, Mr. Dewey explained. branch. AGREEING THAT a decision must be made quickly ad- tion and cataloging and processing. To me it would be a decision whether you want this as headquarters or another whether to shell the whole building and complete a portion of the interior or finish the THAT $2 million figure would not include furnishings or provisions for bookmobile service. That could remain in its present location in the basement of the Farmington headquarters library., County Comm. Morris Swapp said he would prefer a complete building at 14 months to a partially complete at 12 months and said a $2 million price tag would mean a two mill levy probably for three years, however, Mr. Whitesides formed the board. WHAT ABOUT a 20 per-- , cent reduction (in size) down to 22000 square feet? What would that do, asked Evan LAYTON CITY has agreed to provide a site at Wasatch (Lancer) Drive and Hawthorne on the south fringe of the entire facility, Comm. Swapp set a meeting for June 10 between the county commission and architects. , On a happier note, the bpard was told Layton Mayor G. Lewis Shields has said the city will provide utility hookups up to the building and landscape the area. The city would not blacktop any parking area, in- Bond Sale Okayed By School Board FARMINGTON -- A $14.5 million bond sale to generate revenue for future building projects was approved by the Davis County Board of Education Tuesday night. THE BONDS were awarded to Citibank of New York, with a syndicate including Zions First National Bank of Salt Lake City. They submitted the lowest of eight bids, although rates were competitive. The offer accepted was for $9,177,300 gross bid with a net interest rate of 6.3423 percent. An official from Burrows, Smith & Co., bond agents, said that rate was 82 percent of the bond index. The market has been tested and this represents the preception of the fine fashion in which Davis District has operated. There's a lot of confidence in the area." HE TERMED the rate as excellent and said the May 1979 bond sale of $12 million was at 87 percent of the bond index, indicating an improved condition for this latest sale. Projects that could see funding through the sale include an elementary and junior high school in north Davis County and elementary school additions. Further details on those projects were not released, tb Commons area for the library. citys The total hudeet calls for of S87.093.6tK) that includes $60,627,300 for maintenance and operations, including salaries; 4,966,300 for food services and $2 .5 million for capital outlay and debt service. on the taxing units affecting the home, he explained. Davis County apparently has a $240,000 surplus in the general but the surplus could fund be short-live- d according to Auditor Ludean Gibbons. SHE TOLD the commission that the surplus, which came to light during a recent audit, amounts to only about one months expenses and that the commission should not be tob ' optimistic. THE COUNTY library board unanimously approved placement of some of the vast number of books in the collection within the main library in Farmington and branches in Clearfield and Bountiful during their regular monthly meeting Monday. Exclusion of the popular youth novels that inspired a television series became a hot issue within the county and figured in the firing of Library Director Jeanne Layton last September. The director was accused of allowing a collection donated by a PTA to the school district to be burned. The county library and schools shared processing facilities up to three years ago. IN MONDAYS meeting. Miss Layton, who was reinstated six months ago, reiterated her feeling that the books current-yea- r mills would add 5x1.21. Mr. Corbndgc said. Other taxes would increase that amount COMMENTING briefly on the budget in a telephone inter-vie- w lucsday was Sheryl Allen, school Kurd member from Bountiful. I don't think there are any areas we have to revise. We feel unconforiable with such a low balance We're going to have a very tight year. It good were in the black. Welljuvt have to play it 159.262). by ear. We have until August to levy the addition?! 355 mills. she added. By that time, action should have been taken by Congress determining the amount of federal impact aid the district will receive. A STEADY reduction from that source has helped trim the unappropriated fund balance from 51.047.860 in 1978-7- 9 to $69,262 for the fiscal year ending June 30 and down to the 59.(Xio-plu- s facing the district for the coming year. Impact aid funding has drop t Has 1 THAT COMPARES with $82,348,600 for the 1979-8school year and $72,187,314 While the new for 1978-7budget is nearly $5 million above this past years, it represents an increase of about nine percent. 0 In a tentative budget proposal prepared by Board Clerk Roger Glines, a budget break- - She explained that the 1980 budget, which began in January and concludes at the end of the calendar year, is in good shape unless deficits arise in other funds. FEDERALLY funded Manpower Program, for exA ample, will probably have a de- ficit exceeding $75,000 and money from the general fund can not aid this program, grb Hardy Boys Books To Be Available You will now be able to borrow books from the Hardy Boys collection at the Davis County Library. tys counless- of 15 - ' Surplus Comes To Light During Audit FARMINGTON comparison, the By still more. THE STATE share of the Mol budget has grown about seven percent in two years while the kicol share has declined more than five percent of the tool budget and the federal by two percent. Much of the financing comes from local properly taxes hased on the coumyi valuation. a figure that has grown, viate the financial crunch f NUVOER FOUR , f x.-U- i E 4TJ :rr rt&frrt vTST FIFTV-ON- dont meet her professional standards for quality literature in the library. But she noted her familiarity with the collection, having read them as a youngster. And she said that personally she has nothing against the books. DUE TO frequent requests, the matter was raised before the board, tb M 8 ped from 5 3 ,077,477 in 19-- 79 to $2.u7,tmi for this focal year and 51 2 million aniisi-pjtcthe lw x budget year, that represents a 42 I percent drop, the budget report says, d lf CITS Ml RE made m some school programs to keep the budget in the black, ranging from dropping football in junior high school to mercas-msome student fees In addition. some teacher positions were not refilled after teachers retired or left the district. g An example of the is reflected tn the tentative Support Services Instructional Staff budget. A salary increase of 1.3 percent is listed for supers isors. possible largely because of combining duties and reassignment, while sabatical leave dropped 13.8 percent. Other personnel increases were raised 13 percent. followed consumer price index increases. Employee benefits rose 4.1 percent while other areas saw about a 12 percent increase. 1 he board is set to act on the final budget June 17, to take affect July I. ftreai Mure As General Aviation Facility By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON The future of Skypark Airport in Woods Cross has never been brighter." THUS SPOKE Kent Trus-cot- t, owner of Skypark, as .he told the Davis County Com- mission last week that he would like to "clear up some misconceptions about the air- ports future and potential growth. He said that despite the bleak picture painted in a study by the Wasatch Front Regional Council, Skypark Airport of transportation could very well serve the general avaiation public of the HE EMPHASIZED that Skypark is the third largest airport in the valley (between Provo and Ogden) and is one of the most active along the park under development and the airport will serve many top businessmen." W HEN TOLD that the study committee probably deleted the airport from the master plan because it was privately, instead of publicly owned. Davis County Planner Joe Moore explained that although it is not necessarily true, it is the belief of many that privately owned airports are financially doomed and considered a risk when considered for federal aid. MR. TRUSCOTT said that Skypark has never asked for federal assistance. Everything we have done has been done on our own, as a private business. Its a shame that we are looked down on by the federal government just because we are privately owned. He told the commission that Skypark aircraft owners actually buy real estate in the Wasatch Front. ft "We have about 150 at the airport now with a potential of up to 500, he told the commission. I'm certain we will far exceed the 200 aircraft forecast by the study committee for the year 2000. THEY ARE deeded the land for the storage area as well as given rights to use the airstrip and taxi runways, MR. TRUSCOTT said he was surprised that WFRCs study would eliminate Skypark from its transportation master plan. Theres no airport in the area with more potential than Skypark, he said. "We are industrial adjacent to a Thus, we have several millions of dollars in real and personnel property tied up at the airport. He further explained that a commercial-industrisite is being developed adjacent to the runway whereby businesses may have their corporate air-erra- airport for housing their planes. Mr. Truscott explained. al offices, storage facilities and aircraft all at one site. WE HA E aircraft in the $ 100,000 to $750,000 range regularly using the airport, including several corporate jets that land there, he said. We are definitely an asset to Davis County and could soon be to Salt Lake City In- ternational Airport what Orange County Airport is to Los Angeles. Salt Lake businessmen or businessmen visiting Salt Lake City wont want to land at Tooele and do business in Salt Lake City now will local businessmen want to park their aircraft in Tooele. Thus more and more will be using Skypark Airport. COMM. ERNEST Eberhard said he is impressed with Sky-par- operation and potential and it is sad that the airport is not considered for federal funds simply because it is not government-owne- d Mr. Truscott emphasized that Skypark s 5,000-foo- t runsite are amway and ple for several years. 137-ac- re WE DONT intend to become a commercial airport, but we have a great future as a general aviation facility," he said. There are many pilots and private aircraft owners in the valley and we should get our share at Skypark. The commission agreed and said the county should do all it can to support the airport. Your Candidates are planned by the Davis County Republican Party, beginning tonight (Wednesday) in the basement of the Bountiful Library at 7:45 p.m. dates are scheduled to talk at each session. There will also be a question and answer period following each session, according to Gene Peresich, county GOP chairman. OTHER SESSIONS are planned Thursday night, also at 7:45 p.m. in the Clearfield Library and Saturday at 9:45 a.m. in the auditorium of the Davis Board of Education on building in Farmington. Public is invited. County Commission and legislative district candi BOTH THE Republican and Democratic county conventions will be held next week. The Democrats will gather at 7:30 p.m. at Davis High School on Friday, June 13, while the Republicans will meet the following day, Saturday, June 14, also at Davis High School at 7 p.m. Three sessions of Meet Your Candidates |