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Show t jlatt fake Jibuti e !iSU)E: FrecSl le: i Niphl of Sweethearts New Girls Basketball Loved by Local Plaers Car-Cmhi- Davis Comity Edition Salt Lake City, Utah-V- ol. 232, No. 147 Wednesday Morning February 19, 1986 iu: Clearfield Seeks Answers lo Financial W oes Federal Reeiiue Cuts Taking Heavy Toll Tribune Stott Phcrto by FronK Porschoti Skyline High students try to stretch out of the mid- inter blahs in a giant game of twister. As the last i of winter lingers, residents find themselves devis-ing schemes to unburden weather-heav- y spirits. w How to Hold Out for Warm Weather Will Winter Ever Wither? By Ken Schreiner Tribune Staff Writer It's difficult to remember the romantic notions we had of winter when it began last year. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Remember that? The first snow. Christmas and sleigh rides. Wool and warm wood fires. Now after four months of Mr. Frost's incessant nippings, dark days, long nights and only bills to recall the holidays, one begins to appreciate the humbug side of the season. We get weird calls no matter what time of the year, said Bill Alder, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service. But the telephone load really picks up during bad weather days. For the past several months, Mr. Alder has had more than enough calls as the February blues sink into the Wasatch Front. The problem gets serious enough at Sky Heres Help for the Homestretch line High School that students have a special week of activities dedicated to getting through February. To that end, the students held a giant game of Twister." a beach party and a pool party, complete with a feature showing of Jaws" on the poolside wall. It's really hard, especially because under our new schedule we won't be out until June 12, srid Assistant Principal Betty Yanowitz. People feel like they're really in a rut. While a few still find solace in skiing, digging out cars and wearing eight layers of clothing, others by this time of the year have simply had it with winter. I stay in the house and knit, block it out completely," said Connie Ulibarri of Salt Lake City. Normally around this time of year Im usually sick with a cold or the flu. . I'm looking forward to golfing. The best solution, of course, is to get out o. the weather getting into the moun tains and above the clouds or. when that's not possible, escaping Utah altogether. Other than the holidays. February is by far the biggest month for vacation-typtravel. It far exceeds January," said Coy Preece, a South Salt Lake travel agent. We had a guy storm in here last week and say, I don't care where I go, just send me somewhere warm. He came in when he got back and said, Hey, that's the best thing that ever happened to me. on A lot of people are the phone this time of year," he said. They want to find it cheap, they want to find it quick. People call up in February and want to leave in two weeks. For those that can't afford or find time for the luxury of leaving, its a matter of coping as best they can. I'm a mother with seven children and don't really have time to feel blue." said Sharon Crowley of Bountiful. It's hard to See DA-2- , Column 1 e short-tempere- d Special to The Tribune CLFARF1ULD Faced with fcd rul cuts in revenue, higher costs of running the cut and a serious need for stieet and sewer improvements. City Manager Don W. Baird recent v suggested six options to the Clearfield ( nunc ;! The last one was "punt " That's when you give the city to someone else and let them run it." he said Assuming that jumping ship is not an alterna tive, Clearfield has major money probh ins to solve, on the order of a roughly 18 percent difference between expenditures and revenue Meanwhile some of the streets are failing apart We've got some roads where the sub-u- r face base is very soft and the streets are breaking up It's a block long in places," said Mr Baird "If it were just this type of thing revenue lov and expenditure increase it would trot be a tit ical problem." said the city manager ' But in. addition to the shortfall, the city for the paM several years hasn't had a very aggressive capital improvement program We have sewer lim and water lines that need attention We dor. t have a good storm drainage system Uej have a problem that the council really need- - to consider." The budget matter was scheduled for discussion last Tuesday, but the proportions of the problem convinced council memficrs to table it while the alternatives are studied Four items have taken a large chunk from the city's expiected revenues $276 OoO less will be coming from federal revenue sharing. $30,000 less from federal grants and $40,000 less after an adjustment in how the Freeport Centers taxes are levied The city also was counting on the state turning over revenues ttotalir.g about $60,000) from the eighth of a cent addition to the state sales tax At the same time, the city's expenses arc- expected to increase $70,000 for liability insurance. $16,000 for tax collecting. S 12.000 fur social security and medicare payments, and $4,000 for added payments under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The city's options, before "punt." are to raise the property tax. find a new tax source. c barge fees for city services, cut services or combine all four. "I'm fairly confident the property tax won't go up." said Mr. Baird, but "we re going to . have to get some money from sornew - hert-where- While the fire department currently makes inspections and the police will conduct special patrols for free, the city may begin charging for those services. The city manager suggests a 6 percent fee. fees for city parks, emergency services and utilities, a plan to lower liability insurance costs, and leaving vacant the city controller's position. Mr. Baird estimates his recommendation would make up for the lost revenue, and supply a small amount for street, sewer and other city utility-franchis- t" improvements. |