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Show . f I 0A rJm im 1 Cl J , 1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Quarter Cent Tax Causes County To County Officials Urge Senate Approval Of Bills Anti-Recessi- on FRIDAY, AUGUST Reopen Budget 1, 4 j f I sun 1975 Democratic Rally Proved Huge Success, Say Party Officials Saturdays rally held in con- Club under the direction of junction with the Democratic Eueda McCoy. Telethon at Fairmont Park was We had great support from a big success according to Rally our elected officials. Governor Chairman, Heidi Doidge. The Rampton came to the rally and rally featured games, baseball, spent some time with us. Con- food and an auction to raise gressman Allan Howe shared the money for the State and County fun also. Salt Lake Cty ard parties. County officials were out in lull The fun was kicked off with lorce. They included Commismusic from a Wasatch County sioner of Public Safety. Gle-band and a baseball game be- Greener, who was dunked in the tween County Treasurer Art dunking booth by a police ofMonsons team and the KSL ficer; County Commissioner team. KSL took that match and Ralph McClure, ounty Surveyor went on to claim the champion- Carl Larson and County Treasship. The womens caucus team urer Art Monson. Members of with three female players and the Utah House and Senate were coached by Sharia Barber made also in attendance. it to the semi-finaafter beatThe evening was capped by an ing Salt Lake County central auction under the direction of committees team head by Steve ol. Andy Oost. The bidding was Gilliland. lively and the action fast. RepThere was a karate demon- resentative Dave Nemelka and stration by a group of young Commissioner McClure were the men sponsored by the Salt Lake big bidders. They bid on every Police Department. Later in the item. day Paul Van Dam, County AtThe Salt Lake County Demotorney, played the guitar. cratic party officers were very If there was an award for the pleased with the rally and want best booth it would go to the to thank Heidi Doidge, the hard working Democratic Wom- cairman of the event, for her en of Davis County. Their co- work. They would also like to lorful display of arts and crafts thank all of you who came and was a credit to them. The food made the rally a success. Kristi Heisel, was served by the Salt Lake Democratic County Secretary County Democratic Womens n ls Ralph McClure (Right) Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Salt Lake County, Utah met in Washington, D.C. with (1) U.S. Senator to dramatize the financial crises facing Frank E. Moss counties with high unemployment and urged speedy enactment of McClure also bills now pending before Congress (R-Uta- h) anti-recessi- on met with Swit U.S. Senator Jake Garn approval of the anti-re- - (R-Uta- h). employment exceeding 6 per-cessi- on bills was urged by Ralph cent. As a countys employment McClure. Chairman. Board of picture improves the assistance Commissioners of Salt Lake decreases. In addition to personal apCounty. Utah before Senate , pointments with Senators, he Part of united efforts by mem- participated in a press conferbers of the Urban Affairs Com- ence which included 19 other mittee of the National Associ- county officials who are memation of Counties (NACo), Mc- bers of the NACo Urban Affairs Clure told Senators that coun- Committee. NACo is the national spokesties hardest hit by the recession revman for county government reprare caught between eroding leaders. Committee is composed of officials of the 40 largest counties in the U.S. with populations exbudceeding a million andor a get in excess of S2 million. He explained that the federal government is the only source of help in this financial crunch, adding that local tax increases would thwart economic recovin many areas of Utah, officials ery goals of the federal income say that irrigation water suptax rebate. binfen n bin with the Public Works bill before the Senate. This comprehensive approach would allow' counties to stabilize their budgets and improve the employment picture. bill pro The with un- counties vidcs help to anti-recessi- and expected the rest of for to be adequate season. The Utah Weather plies are excellent UAnU-PcceSo- TODAYS EDITORIAL I MJU mSsS International Atmospheric Science law. In addition the countf auditor said that the county intends to 1.387 member counties. honor a promise to the public esenting There is :i growing awareness among scientists and that the recent $2.2 million pay As the voice of county government NACos goals are to: imincrease will not come from an governments that a better understanding of meteorological phenomena and improving weather forecasting will prove county government, act as increase mill levy. to officials national spokesman for counties, county According research efforts. A first step in this serve as liaison between count- the reopening of the 1975 budget depend upon global ies and other levels of govern- originally set last November is direction was an international experiment known as the ment and develop public undersparticularly necessary this year Atlantic Tropical Experiment of the Global Atmospheric tanding of the role of counties because of new tax revenue. in- Research Program (GATE) that took place in and in the federal system. The quarter cent sales tax crease will add $1.6 million an- above the eastern Atlantic during the summer of 1974. nual to the county budget which It was an attempt to understand he workings of the While rain is still needed is on estimate from the Utah the World and was sanctioned enues and increased needs for human services. The NACo Urban Affairs "ofthc Gerald R. Hansen County Auditor The recent Salt Lake County pay raises and the newly instituted quarter cent sales tax have led county officials to reopen the 1975 budget which totals some S55 million next week. Salt Lake County Auditor Gerald R. Hansen said that the county commissioner and his budget team will meet in session throughout the week to tune up the budget and work out recommendations for relocations and adjustments of the budget. The session will end with a public hearing so that the residents will have imput into the readjusted budget. Another matter of business during the budget hearing will be the final approval of the commission to set the county mill levy at 19.10 mills and give final approvals to mill levy proposals from the other 44 county taxing districts also required by i ie Crops and Livestock report for the week also indicates winter wheat is in fair condition and a good second crop of alfalfa hay is in prospect and livestock on the high mountain doing well. ranges are foundation a tax research organization. Other funds coming into the county budget which make readjustments necessary include several hundred thousand dollars in federal grants for various agencies, and revenue from a recent transient room tax increase to be spent for promotion and of Salt Lake development County. by tropical atmosphere Moteorologiial Organization and the International Conn cil of Scientific Unions. In the June 20, 1975 issue of Science , the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, staff writer Allen L. Hammond discusses international atmospheric science. There have been few observations over the tropics, (Continued on page 4) |