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Show alt uke Sribunr LSII)E: Cottonwood s Sorensen Near Swimming Krooni Murray City Beaming On or AT&T Projeet East Mley EdMom Salt Lake City, Utah-V- ol. Salt Lake City, 232, No. 115 Utah-Y- ol. 232, No. 115 Balancing Budget Is No Simple Feat Federal Funding Cuts Lene Gaping; Holes in Keeimes Bv Ken S hreinci Tribune Staff Writer W hether in a checkbook, on a tightrope or m tin men cm achicv mg haiatx i m no simi le stumble to tfie coffee pot feat Just ask a city official With February rolling around and the 1im.iI 1987 I m : t nn in looming on the horizon, cities are feeling the fie.it al federal funding cuts thal will leave a gaping huh m. revenues "My strategy as citv manger is m our:! on nobody ft Andy Hatton Ward Draper itv manager ti'io have ; e required fur years and year s to halatu e their huog t federal government never has, consequently wi re t i the crunch now " In the past, balancing city budgets uts t ocr, hi i;. : v large federal allocations But the bat; ie agairmi l he h a t ..I deficit has left those transfer s among n- - v it t ins Funding for community development film k g' am - m f ing reduced and general revenue sharmg elim.r, Oi as a bill passed by Congr" m result of the August of last year. Block grants are giv or. r h salt ments for specific projects ! nder the rev enu shat mg : o gram, the federal government regular ly upper ) tfa : : gets of cities. What the cuts mean to I tab cities is ioss o n.i m funds that must Ik- - generated from other souu. m ( :.:. made pessjhh' by tedi ral n " ue providing the servic-eIn must eases, the effex t is proper t 'oral te the ..e f .' citv. w ith some governments nav iti, as lit' e as ! 2" iff '.: : ,r !. J a budgets affei led and others mm t. ,,s S third of their total income ( ! ! ! deficit-reductio- n s ! 1985 Anticipating the possible cuts. u, i ny i nun ii Inn:.' t ed for $12,742 in sharing lor 198h though they have rix e.i i more than expected Having been forewarne d of the pi nding ui backs tin e ,t enacted a franchise tax last year that will hi Ip bridge gap in revenue next year Tfie tax will also go tow aid paying for needed road repairs in the city Like South Jordan, Draper City also imposed a Irani kmc tax in July of last year, in part antic ipating tfie tundmg cuts said that there is also a possibility that Mr. Hation-Wartaxes will have to be increased to cover the $45.tMi they will no longer get from revenue sharing A tax increase "definitely is a possibility ." he said ' it s a little bit premature to say we re going to raise tfie null levy at this point, but it definitely is one of (he options vu re faced with " However, most cities contacted by Tfie Tribune reported that the revenue loss would be handled without men using taxes. Many cities w ill take the edge oil the impact by providing less in the area of public service Koad repairs, equipment purchases and curb and gutter improvements that were planned will be shelved tor the present in some cities In others, the revenue loss will U absorbe-and usual increases m sales through hiring frex-zetax income as lecal business grows "We ll either cut back in other areas or raise additional Set F a. Column f ! Tribune Pho0 "lostrcr'O'' t With parents who generally allow them to come and go as they please, street kids can i I Pick F oon escape the attention of schools and police, One counselor estimates 1,000 wander Utah. Days Pass Slowly for Utahs Street Kids Editor's note: They meander around Salt Lake and Davis counties with nothing to do but live from day to day, bored, sometimes committing minor crimes. Occasionally returning home or with apathetic parents not pursuing them, Utah's "street kids" are not technically runaways. But they are equally vulnerable to the dangerous elements of society. In the first of two articles. Tribune Staff Writer Jamie Tabish who examines the problem through two local teen-ager- s spend most of their time on the street. By Jamie Tabish Tribune Staff Writer She had left home repeatedly since she was six. but at the age of 12. "Tammy" decided the street was more attractive than life with either her mother or father, and she left for goou At night during the first six weeks, she slept in an old garage with the homeowner's German shepherd. "I get along really well with an.mals," she said. "The dog would keep me warm at night." Because she feared the ownt -- s would discover her trespass, she was careful to enter the garage around midnight and leave as soon as it became light. knew where No one - her parents, the pt.iicr her school she was. which was how she prek'tic ' it. Since leaving home, she's lived e. t a foster homes and a few friends houses, and she's been t iroigh several adolescent psvchiatric ptograms. But she remain, basically a transient individual who spends most of her tin.' out of doors. The girl who spoke on the condition her real name not be used, is one of an estimated 1.000 r hiidren who spend a major- See EV-4- . Column 1 v d s |
