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Show .1 i SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS - Thursday, Southern Utah March 26, 1987 Pag Two VjeujA County addresses ard Fredonia and Moccasin, Arizona, $12.00; others $18.00. The Neis reserves the right to edit or reject any advertisement or submitted items. Deadline for display ads and news copy is NOON MONDAY; Classified ads, 10 a.m. TUESDAY. Marlin B. Brown, publisher. Member Utah Press Association and National ISSN No. 0049-- 1 659 Newspaper Association. The Southern Utah News is published every Thursday at 40 East Center Street in Kanab, Utah 84741. The News proudly serves Kane County, Utah, and the Arizona Strip. Address all communications to P.O. Box 90, AdverKanab, Utah 84741, or telephone (801) tising rates available upon request. Second class postage paid at Kanab, Utah 84741. Newsstand price 23 cents per copy. Yearly subscriptions available. Rates to Kane 644-233- Council Transfers Funds Continued from page one going ahead to build their own that the City was not getting any Mayor Jenkins stated that in order to get immediate occupancy, the City needs to have 75 percent of the value of the system. Whittaker stated that the City's and UP&L's value of the system is quite close. The biggest issue will be the severance cost. He felt that the best thing would be to work out an agreement with UP&L. money for Hale bridge. The Governor had approved it and then the money was used for something else. MacDonald again emphasized that he didn't feel it made good sense to put a good working system like the water and sewer system in jeopardy. He feels that the bonding company should be taking some of the risk. Councilman John Vaughn said that he felt that will not eliminate the water project, just delay it. He said that if not transferring this $100,000.00 would stop the electric system project, he doesn't feel a delay matters. MacDonald returned that if will stop the power system, the City is in trouble. Mr. Brad Whittaker stated that he thinks it is strange for a bonding company to ask for money. He thought that the condemnation suit should be finalized first. Councilman Ray Clark wanted to know what the rush was. He felt that maybe the attorneys and engineers wanted to get paid, so they were putting a rus get paid, so they were putting a rush on th, bonding. Barlett said that the court wants to know if the City is serious about wanting to get into the power 0 business. Putting up this shows that if negotiations fell through the court system, and the City doesn't get immediate occupancy, the City is still planning on $100,-000.0- 0 $100,-000.0- system. The Council called Attorney Dave Nuffer for a conference call. Nuffer informed the Council that Kirchner & Moore requires this transfer for the bond closing. MacDonald wanted to know if there was an alternative, but Nuffer said there was not. He said that this should be a short-tersituation. It might have to be deposited in the electric utility fund longer if the City doesnt get occupancy and negotiations dont work out in April. MacDonald felt that it was not a wise decision to put all the Citys eggs in one basket. Attorney Nuffer said that if there was anything else that could be done, they would do it. This route was taken to avoid a bond election and interest. He stated that the Council is right to be concerned about the the risk is there. Vaughn wanted to know if this resolution only committed the City for the $100,000.00 even though the letter stated that more water and sewer funds will become available in 1988. Nuffer said that this only committed the City to the risk-beca- use MacDonald made a motion to sit down with the bonding company and work this problem out or find another bonding company. The motion was seconded by Clark but was not voted on. Vaughn made a motion to accept 1987-3-Resolution transferring from the Water and $100,000.00 Sewer Enterprise Fund to the Electric Utility Fund as a loan from the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund to the Electric Utility Fund. It was seconded by Bartlett. Council-meCorry, Bartlett and Vaugh voted yes; Councilmen MacDonald and Clark voted no. Motion passed. In what was intended to be a short meeting, which went two hours, the council voted to amend an earlier resolution which required the first payment on the electric bonds in August 1987. There was concern that there would be sufficient revenues by then. Vaughn made a motion to sign the resolution amending resolution adopted February 26, 1987 with the stipulation that the first payment is not due August 15. Payments will begin after the City has been in the power business sufficient time to generate revenue. Seconded by Bartlett. Motion passed with voting as follows; Councilmen Bartlett, Vaughn and Corry voting yes; Councilman Clark voting no and Councilman MacDonald abstaining. 3 '"'-'- A KITE AND A FRIEND" With the first warm breezes of March swirling dust at our backs, I herded the children into the toy store to pick out a new kite of their very own. They squirmed excitedly in the long check-ou- t line, clutching dimes and quartheir ters in one hand and the most awesome kite in the other. Since Dad was at work, Mom was left with the duties of preparing them for flight. Are you sure you can put these together? they asked as I opened the package and dumped out several pieces and plastic rods and two long pages of detailed instruction. Are you kidding.. ..was my ambiguous reply as I stared at the mass of confusion before me. Me? Why kites and I go way back," I reassured them with a gulp while pretending to assemble the parts and ignore the perplexed faces. Two hours later one of the three was ready to fly. A few blocks away we staked out a spot where there was little threat of looming power lines. We were just beginning to cheer the first lift when it nose-diveto the ground snapping the central rodT With gritted teeth I marched home long enough to fasten a splint and off we went to conquer the winds successfully. self-earne- d odd-shape- d I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR d J FredonlaBoosters' Easter Egg Hunt Concerned About Rancho Annexation Dear Editor: We received a clipping from the paper titled, Ranchos Annexation a Possibility. We are concerned, it tries to make it sound like everyone wants it. We would like to know just what Kanab City wants done in the such as way of improvements asphalt roads, drains, curb and gutter, sewer systems or what? There has been quite a lot of property change owners in the past 4 or 5 years. These new owners should have some say or a right to vote on the whole matter. We should know what percentage our property taxes will rise to cover these added expenses. We have watched over the years how the citys, countys and national government have put the people under bondage by continually bonding and overspending for something that some people felt they had to have. There are many people living on fixed incomes who have moved here to retire and enjoy their later years. It will be a real hardship for some to be burdened down with this additional expense. We are willing to see some improvements on drain and roads but feel everyone should know what improvements and the cost before anything is done. Our home is in the Ranchos and we are here in Australia serving an 18 month mission, then we will be returning to the Ranchos to live. Sincerely, Heman and Mavis Sharp Thank You The family of (Tiny) Averett wish all those who offered sympathy and support at her passing. The friends and family who called at home and at the church, those who brought food or sent flowers or cards. Your love and friendship mean more than you can ever know. to thank Thanks To Fire Department In behalf of employees and Dear Baby Boomers: The Fredonia Boosters Club has been recruited to organize an Easter Egg Hunt for our small children on the Saturday before Easter. Francis McCormick has started the project rolling by providing a donation for prizes and that type of thing for the event. Now we need help from those of you in our town who have small children from toddlers to second graders. In other words the baby boomers. We need colored, eggs, helpers to hide the eggs, people to patrol the area and people to gather up the children and keep things going. If you are willing to help with the actual event or to donate eggs, money or advice, please call Marilyn or I at 7241 and we will be glad to add your name to the list. We also welcome any assistance from grandmas, grandpas and all other willing people. Thanks for proving the Bellamy Brothers wrong. Our community does not sit back and wait, we get out and do. hard-boile- trinyi As we took turns sailing our doctored masterpiece, I couldnt help but reminisce about those sunny March days of childhood when we purchased our own 10 cent paper kites that needed no complicated instructions to tell us how to cross the wood sticks, bow the middle just so, and add a homemade tail of our Mom's best dish towel ripped in strips. We never had to venture far to find the perfect open space to let our kites soar. Cathy Cram and I would lie for hours near her garden's corn stalks releasing the string until our kites appeared to be two tiny specks waving to us from the sea of blue above. Why it sometimes took a better part of an afternoon just to wind in our freedom flyers. They rarely broke or caught a telephone line, even the tree branches yielded to our fun. So, yesterday, as I.studied the happy expressions of my kite flying buddies as we shared the kite in the wind overhead, I concluded that there need only be 2 rules for joyous kite flying. First, a simple kite, a second, a best friend at your side. Until you join one with the other the windy month of March "M1 just isnt the same! "A cold is both positive and negative. Sometimes the eyes have it and sometimes the nose." William Lyon Phelps Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) regulations require that farm borrowers who are $100 or more delinquent on their loans as of December 31 be sent a letter advising them of servicing options that may be requested iji efforts to resolve the delinquency. Since FmHA farm loan payments are due on January 1, borrowers delinquent in all on December 31 will, likelihood, have been delinquent for a year as of that date. The letter asks the borrower to contact the FmHA county office within 30 days to make an appointment to discuss the account. It also requests the borrower to choose one or more servicing options listed on an accompanying form and to return the form within 30 days. Choices available to the borrower are rescheduling or reamortizing all or part of the loan, consolidation, deferral, refinancing at the (lower) limited resource interest rate, of FmHA's lien subordination position to another lender to allow a new loan, or restructuring by selling assets. About 26,400 FmHA farm borrowers who were delinquent on December 31, 1986, are expected to "be sent the letters by early March. 'They should get in touch 'with the FmHA county office as soon as possible upon receipt of the letter to make an appointment to discuss the account. General Spending In Kane Totals $2,758,965 for 1987 d students of Kanab Middle School, we would like to thank the Kanab and Fredonia Fire Departments and the Kane County EMTs for the prompt and efficient manner in which they handled the weekend fire at the middle school. There was no damage to any part of the facility and school was run as Thanks, scheduled. Once again, many thanks to those involved! KANAB MIDDLE SCHOOL J4eart by Holli Crosby Walpole "The classics are something that everybody wants to have read." Mark Twain - ' Mometown Servicing Delinquent Farm Borrowers Barbara Kimball Fredonia Booster Club , Budgeted general expenditures in Kane County for 1987 totaled $2,758,965 or $575 per capita. This compares with budgeted expenditures of $1,375,696 or $293 per capita during 1986. These were some of the facts revealed in an analysis of county budgets prepared by Utah Foundation, the private, tax research organization. Among the major budgeted items for 1987 are $784,820 for general for law $154,297 government, enforcement, $11,90 for fire protecfor corrections, tion, $110,678 $21,879 for protective, inspection and services, $36,581 for public health and welfare, $1,339,269 for streets and public improvements, $18,025 for parks, recreation, and public property, and $26,829 for deconservation and economic velopment. The Foundation report shows that the projected revenue to finance these expenditures in Kane County this year will come mainly from the property tax - $571,020, the local sales tax - $80,000, other taxes - $99,500, licenses and permits - $28,200, federal funds - $22,428, state funds - $475,350, service $45,272, fines and charges forfeitures - $130,250, contributions and transfers - $1,021,069, and other revenue - $105,932. Last year, the property tax rate for county purposes in Kane County was 0.3325 percent. Property tax rates in Utah for county operations last year ranged from a high of 0.4881 percent in Wasatch County to a low of 0.1212 percent in Box Elder County. The property tax has become the budget balancing item in many counties of the state. The county tax rate for the state as a whole averaged 0.3416 percent last year. Budget totals were down slightly in many of Utah counties this year. The major reason for this decline, according to the Foundation, is that the federal revenue sharing program was abolished last year and, therefore, not included in this years budget totals. This program had been providing Utah counties with about $16.5 million in new revenue each year. Altogether, Utahs 29 counties will collect an estimated $295.6 million in taxes and other revenues and will spend about $292.1 million from their general fund budgets during 1987. In some cases, these amounts could be changed as budgets are reopened later in the year to deal with special problems and other unforeseen spending needs that develop. County operating budgets will range from a high of $143.2 million in Salt Lake County to a low of $0.6 million in Piute County. Salt Lake County, the largest county in the state, accounts for about 49 percent of the total money budgeted by the 29 counties. 42 Approximately percent of Utah's population reside in Salt Lake County. Per capita budgeted expenditures range from $1,178 in Daggett (f County to $71 in Davis County and $73 in Utah County. Foundation analysts account for the wide variance in per capita spending to the fact that certain basic county services must be provided in all counties of the state. Per capita costs of such general services, therefore, will tend to be higher in counties with small populations and lower in counties with large populations. 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