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Show 3je jialt fake tribune Cot Ion w North Valley Edition Sait Lake City, Utah Vol. 232, No. 115 Wednesday Morning January 22, I s Sornisrn Near Swiinniinj: Rrrord Murray City Hcamint: Oy er AT&T ProjYi-t 1986 Balancing Budget Is No Simple Feat Federal Funding Cut' Leave Gaping Holes in Reenue Bv Keri Schreiner Tribune Staff Writer W hether in a i heckbooh. on a tightrofa" or in the morning stumble to the coffee pot at hiov ing balance is no simple feat Just ask a city official With February rolling around and the fiscal iyk7 budget looming on the horizon, cities are feeling the heat of recent federal funding ruts that will leave a gaping hole in I.., I revenues Mv strategy as city manger is to count on nobodv. said . Andy Draper city manager "Cities have required for years and years to balance their budget and the federal government never has. consequent !v were feeling Hatton-Ward- bt-e- n the crunch now." In the past, balancing city budgets fias fxcn hclfx-- to large federal allocations But the battle against the federal deficit has left those transfers among its victims fx Funding for community development bl.xk grants mg reduced and general revenue sharing eliminated .e ., result of the bill passed bv Congress ir. August of last year Block grants are given to l.x al gover n ments for specific projects Cnder the revenue shar ing pro gram, the federal government regularly supfx.r ted the bod gets of cities What the cuts mean to l lah cities is a ios' o! monev funds that must be generated from other sount- - to comm ue providing the services made possible bv federal in.mio In most cases, the effect is proportional to the i et it., the city, with some governments having as little a' budgets affected and others, such a' Smith Ju'dj- g third of their total income "W e have to develop some form of rcveraii it.at ao-t-.offset those dollars that were losing now '.o i s. i.it J. r dan Councilman Robert Mascara li s rough ;..r a 'ii.a city like ours with virtually no common ia! tax f A, really have to see about getting '.mi oih r tui'in. s' " people into our cm South Jordan received in reverm, ..taring : l!8a Anticipating the possible cut' the cm cmm "I ta.de ; ed for 1 2.7 42 in sharing for ISHh though thev have e. more than expected Hav ing been forewarned of the pending i uib.uxs t. . , enacted a franchise tax last year that will help hridgi Ma gap in revenue next year The tax will also g. reward p.,v mg for needed road repairs in the cm Like South Jordan. Draper City also imposed u ii n l.m tax in July of last vear. in part anticipating the funding cut' Mr Ration-Warsaid that there is also a po"i(ulm taxes will have to be increased to cover the $C omi iu.-no longer get from revenue sharing A tax increase "definitely i' a possibilm he '.uo II ' .. little bit premature to say we re going to rai'e the null lev v at this point, but it definitelv is one of the option' m faced with " However, most cities contacted bv Th, 7d.fi. ,.- reirt ed that the revenue loss would be handled without mere..' mg taxes Many c ities will take the edge off the impact t v providing less in the area of public service Hoad repairs equipment purchases and curb and guile improvements that were planned will fx- shelved tm in present in some cities In others, the revenue l..'s wui N absorbed through hiring freeze' and i.'u..l mere..', ;r. . tax income as hx-abusines' grow' We II either ut bal k in ether area' : t.u', ...id i. ,r.., I i. t ulumn See N deficit-reductio- n -- i 1 With parents who generally allow them to come and go as they please, street kids can Ovjne Phoo Ovkn f oft' escape the attention of schools and police. Theft and prostitution often provide monev. Days Pass Slowly for Utahs Street Kids ; Editors 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 ore equally vulnerable to the dangerous elements of society. In the first of two ortlcles, Tribune Staff Writer Jamie Tabish examines the problem through two local teen-ager- s wno 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 good At night during the first six weeks, she slept in an old garage with the homeowner s German shepherd "I get along reallv well with animals." she said "The dog would keep me w arm at night." Because she feared the ow ners would discover her trespass she was careful to enter the garage around midnight and leav e as soon as it became light No one her parents, the police, her school knew w here she was. which was how she preferred it Since leaving home, she s lived in two foster homes anu a few friends houses, and she's been through several adolescent psychiatric programs But she remains busicailv a transient individual, who spends most of tier time out of doors The girl, who spoke on tne condition tier real name not is one of an estimated ooo children who spend a major- y :l. Column See - 1 1 l ' ! j j j : ; |
