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Show Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, January 23, 1985 JlBS TdX FARMINGTON A real for the dogfight in the state legislature is expected over a proposal on how Utahs gasoline tax money should be allocated to counties and cities, local government officials were told. But if approved, Davis County cities will not have to dip into their general funds so much as they have in the past, said David Spatafore. The representative of the Utah League of Cities and Towns pres- ented the change to the Davis Council of Governments, which offered support for it. The current funding formula B and C road allocation, is roads in usd for road maintenance, based on the miles of each county and city, Spatafore said. The proposal would mean more funds will go to urban counties, Davis among them, he said. About 67 to 70 percent of highway construction and maintenance is coming from cities general funds. It will be a real dogfight. But there hasnt been a real urban-rurfight in a long time. Id bet on the urbanites, he told the group. al Sunset Mayor Norm Sant said he was glad to see a changed proposed in the tax allocation. The inequities should be evened out. The current B and C formula is just not doing the job, he said. Since the amount of vehicles travelling roads has a dramatic impact on road condition, the formula should be based on this factor, not the length of roads, Spatafore said. This cities and towns along the Wasatch Front are getting all the travel, not the rural counties, he said. Where most travel was being done on state roads, this trend seems to have changed. Local governments are now bearing the brunt of road maintenance as more cars travel on these roads. The state has received 75 percent of the gas tax funds before, and local governments 25 per- &r MtoMr GREAT AMERICAN CLEAN-U- P SALE HOOVER HEAVY DUTY CARPET CLEANERS 4387 WITH... DELUXE MODEL Large capacity super efficient top fill bag system. Headlight Heavy duty brushes Handle grip. cent. Now statistics show this figure should be changed to 69 percent for the state, and 31 percent for local entities. The 1985 B and C allocation for the county is estimated at $273,538. In 1984, this figure was HU)I MM WII. WIMMERS 94 N. Fort Lane Your Warranty 546-490- 6 Service Dealer $227,948. District Sets $7.5 Million Bond Sale Davis County SYRACUSE residents will get first crack at buying $7.5 million in general obligation bonds in February. The citizen bonds will be issued by the North Davis Sewer District board of trustees around the first week of February. This first phase of the $46.7 million authorized by voters last summer will finance a portion of the sewer plants expansion and upgrading over a 12 year period. A special meeting on Jan. 31 has been called by the board to authorize the issuance of the bonds, said Kent Michie, district bond underwriter. Citizens bonds are a fairly new approach to selling, he explained. It will be a negotiated sale, rather than a competitive sale. We will make them available first to Davis County residents, then offer them to big business, STOREWIDE JANUARY he said. Final drafts of the official statement to announce the bond sale have been completed. Bonds will be sold at the market rate of interest. Though interested buyers will be assured the district has a solid A rating, this may be upgraded to an Al, he said. The district has had a good bond rating for the past 20 years, but Michie said board members owe it to themselves to shoot for that higher rating. A higher rating will mean a cheaper interest rate for the district, Michie explained. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 25, 26 Computers Taking Over Davis Courts Almost evFARMINGTON ery court system in the county is now computerized for instant access to information, according to county officials. Our whole criminal justice system is becoming involved in this computerization programming and updating," said Davis County Clerk Michael Allphin. Precinct Courts, the 2nd District Court system, the clerks office and the sheriffs office are all going through the updating process. Though circuit courts in the county are not yet connected to the countys computer system, we hope they will too, Allphin saidi Now court clerks will have ter- minals available right in the courtroom to access information requested by the judge on the spur of the moment. This will speed up the courts trial system, he explained. Before, if certain information wasnt readily available, the trial or hearing would have to be placed on the calendar for the next week," he said. By the end of the month, their system will be totally up to date, he continued. County personnel are now computerizing jury information, fines and restitution, accounting, and index entry books, Allphin said. Arrest and booking procedures are almost complete, said Janine Eames, county computer programmer. Dispatching, complaint information and ambulance billing is also being programmed into the criminal justice system in Davis, said another county computer programmer, Blake Chard. Allphin said the County Attorneys Office will have computer files upgraded eventually. Child support payments and related information, previously done by hand, are also being logged onto the county computer system. ( is just under the court, he said, in precinct way but should be completed in a few vveeks time. The operation t 1U OF ALREADY LOW CLEARANCE PRICES! LOOK FOR THE MONTH END SIGNS STOREWIDE REDUCTIONS ON ALL THE RIGHT FASHIONS AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND HOME Limited to stock on hand. Sorry, no mail or phone orders. - . 3A |