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Show 1 1 f T r r - tv'.v fisfo cm SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Interior Department Funding Finalized Salt Lake City commissioner to $1,523 per month, judges sal0 this week agreed to take only a aries will go from $1,650 to 9.75 percent pay increase the per month. same as that scheduled for all Public Safety Commissioner city workers instead of raises of Glen Greener huddled with rep20 to 30 percent as was men- resentative of the police and firetioned one week ago. fighters concerning that 9.75 $1,-81- The Salt Lake City Police and percent increase. The representatives said were getting there, adding that they would still have to take the proposal back to the membership. The representative agreed to accept a dolar figure reflecting a 9.75 percent increase in the salaries which will then be divided among workers on a formula basis which would also reweek. flect a 5 percent increase in reThe commissioner said In tirement benefits. order to take the smaller inSalt Lake City auditor Lawcrease the commissioner will re- rence A. Jones told the commispeal a two year old ordinance sioner that the earlier police and which tied the salaries of the fire department plan for civil elected city officials to that of service employees would cost the the governor and salaried of the some $150,000 more than five city judges to those of dis- city SI. 6 million the budgets for pay trict court judges. increase. Under the newp lan with the Under the proposal agreement proposed 9.75 percent increase the police and department the mayors salary will go from will work with fire the money they $1,620 to $1,777 per month, some have 4 adjustments making commissioner from $1480 to and the auditor from $1,388 and not go over the budget. Firemen also tentatively agreed this week to the 9.75 percent pay increase instead of the 15 percent they had been seeking. The proposal agrement come on the heels of one of the longest debates over how to achieve and acceptable pay plan and overcome a $750,000 deficit before the required budget hearing next $1,-62- Legislative Special Session Gives Relief To Highway Department The special session of the Utah Legislature has adjourned its session this week providing for a temporary relief to the State Highways Department request for additional funds. The legislature provided for new borrowing authority and appropriated some surplus general fund money for road building instead of the acting on a proposal of hiking the state gasoline tax. The legislators reected another of the governors proposed legislative items new guidelines for the state engineers to use in reallocating water appropriations. The legislators passed a totally revamped Safe Sidewalk Act which provides no additional money or tax but said local governments could use the money they now have to assist in constructing sidewalks in critical areas. Three steps were taken by the legislature as an alternative to raising the gasoline tax which was never introduced in bill form during the session. 1. The Department of Transportation is permitted to use federal road funds without putting up state matching money on1 projects bid by between Feb. and September 30 with a provision that the state matching share has to be paid by Jan. 1 of 1977. 2. The department will be permitted to borrow from the general fund for up to three months money to pay bills. The loans woudd be paid back from expected federal monies. This is designed to free at least $5 million now held by the department as operating capital to pay such bills that can be used for road construction and maintenance. 3. In final action approval was gained for a $3.5 million appropriation to the department from anticipated general fund surplus. With a shift of funds about $1 million can be extended for beginning maintenance and the remainder can be pledged to gain federal road funds or the use of about $22 million. Underground detonation of a megaton class nuclear bomb was postponed this week because of high 30 mile an hour desert winds. The explosion was to be the third nuclear test in less than two months and the second in one week. Federal officials said the postponement was a precautionary measure in case of radiation vest whereby radioactive particles escape into the atmosphere. "T) OV B P. 72 3-- 71 anoi FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1975 Rep. McKay Reports Salt Lake City And Employees Reach Tentative Agreement USING Assistant Registration Agents To Be Appointed By County Clerk Nominations of candidates to serve as registration assistants may be made to the Board of County Commissioners by nonpartisan civic and community service organizations, chambers of comerce, labor unions, trade associations, political parties whose candidates will appear on the ballot in the next General Election and by Petition on behalf of a candidate for registration asistant. The petition must be signed by 25 registered voters who are residents of the County. In selecting persons for appointment as registration assistants the Board of County shall select persons of varied political affiliation and diverse background so as to encourage registration by qualified persons throughout the County. All interested parties are invited to submit their nominees to the Board of County Commissioners, so the Board of County Commissioners can make their appointments. Applications are available at the County Clerks Office, 240 East 4th South. The 1975 Legislature made several changes in the election laws regarding voter registration. One of these changes is the appointment of Assistant Com-misione- Rep. Gunn McKay Utah Representative Gunn McKay said this wek that the House interior appropriations subcommittee has completed work on a funding bill containing more than $78 milion for Utah. Rep. McKay a member of the subcommittee said the measure contained funds for all- interior operations but the Bureau of Reclamation. These are in the public works appropriations bill which has already cleared the House and contains from $24.5 million for Utah the bulk of which is for the Central Utah - County Clerk W. Sterling Evans Registration Agents. The Board of County Commissioners is required to appoint a number of registration assistants which is reasonably adequate to provide ready means of voter registrato tion persons qualified throughout the County. Such appointments are to be made during the month of July each year. TODAYS Project. The Bureau of Land Management is slated to receive some $16.2 million, nearly half of which is for resource management, conversation and protection programs. The sale of many mineral leases will provide the state with some $6.3 million. Rep. McKay said he was successful in ading nearly $2.7 million to the bill including $2 million for continued operations of the Intermountain Schools at Brigham City. In the national park service portion of the bil Rep. McKay said he added some $186,000 for parking and launching ramps facilities at Bullfrog Basis in the Glen Canyon national recreation area. That area had more than one million visitors last year according to the Representative. For Arches National Park, Mr. McKay asked for and received some $52,000 for a new water storage system at some campgrounds. These funds represents a long term investment, they will develop and protect the state resources and they will eventually yield returns for the taxpayer, the representative said. rs EDITORIAL 4 A Little Brighter In an optimistic vein, a spokesman for the electric . . utility industry lias observed that liis industry to represent an attractive oppomnity for the commitment of investmen funds. For despite the fact that there is concern in some financial quarters and utility stocks are selling at low levels, the need for electric servand the industry will, if ice will continue to increase given the chance, grow to meet that need. Apparently, tlie underlying cause is a spreading realization throughout the country that the use of electricity generated by the nations reserves of coal and uranium can relieve the presures caused by shortages of oil and natural gas. The equivalent of about 10 percent of the personal savings in the United States is now involved in the outside financing of utility companies. To support the building of needed new facilities, the utlitv spokesman looks towakrd a trend of about 15 percent. The heart of the matter s whether utility industry earnings will he sufor to put it blutly, will Little minds find satisfaction ficient to attract investors for their feelings, good or bad, regulatory commissions allow utility companies to earn in little things. Ilonore de Balzac (Continued on page 4) con-tinu- es I |