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Show PC .Box 1327' Sqlt LcU:e City, Utah 84110" i ! I Area town leaders attend convention large number of area municipal leaders attended the annual League of Cities A and Towns convention. Those attending the Convention were Mayors, City Treasurers, ReCoun-cilme- f0faf property tax up this year assessed valuation) in 1976 to 78.48 mills in 1977, a risr of 3.02 mills or 4 per cent. Most of the increase in the property tax levy this year occurred in the levy imposed for school purposes. Foundation analyst emphasize that a substantial part of this increase in school levies of levies that were resulted from the phasing-itemporarily lowered when these districts were reappraised under the continuing assessment program. Under Utah law, operating levies for school purposes are reduced when reappraised valuations are first placed on the tax rolls. These reductions are period. phased back in over a three-yea- r According to the Foundation study, no new counties were reappraised in 1977. As a result, there were no further reductions in school levies this year resulting from the revaluation program. As indicated, however, a number of school districts which were reappraised in recent years had their operating levies raised under the automatic phasing-iprovisions of Utah law. The total property tax rate imposed for city, county, school, and other purposes in Smithfield raised by 2.10 mills this year, according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. Smithfield' overall property tax levy in 1977 is 61.88 mills ($61.88 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 59.78 mills last year. Following is a tabulation showing the trend in Smithfield' total rate in selected years since 1950: n n, corders, Judges and their partners from: Amalga Mayor and Mrs. Dale -- Rind-lisbache- r, Board Members: Mr. and Mrs. Oral Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Sharon Bingham, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Noble: Clerk: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jorgenson. Trenton -- Mayor and Mrs. Merlin Ander; Board Member: Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pitcher; Clerk: Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Richards. Smithfield - Mayor and Mrs. Oral Ballam; Approximately 64.6 per cent of total property taxes charged in Smithfield will go for school purposes. The Foundation report indicates that 16.2 per cent of the property tax collected in Smithfield will go for municipal purposes, and 19.2 per cent for county purposes. A comparison of the 1976 and 1977 levies in Smithfield by purpose is as follows: n Prior to this year, the first round of the property reappraisal program had been completed in 25 of Utah's 29 counties. Work in the four remaining counties (Carbon, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Sevier) is expected to be completed this year, and the new assessed valuations in these four counties should be placed on the tax rolls in 1978. The Foundation analysis of tax rates throughout the state shows that 7 counties raised their levies, 11 counties reduced their levies, and 11 counties made no change. Of the 40 school districts in Utah, 24 districts had higher levies, only 2 had lower levies, and 14 districts made no change. Thirty-thre- e municipalities (cities and towns) increased their levies in 1977. Of these, two were new towns that imposed a levy for the first time this year. Thirteen Utah cities and towns reduced their levies this year, while 173 municipalities made no change. City Council Members: Mr. and Mrs. Don Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Budd Low, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Oliverson, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Loveday, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Meyer; Judge: Mr. and Mrs. Jon Titus; City Recorder: Betty Hatch and Treasurer: Sylvia Tool son. - The Foundation examination of 1977 mill rates imposed in the 69 largest cities of the state reveals that the overall property tax rate increased in 49 cities, declined slightly in 17 cities, and remained unchanged in 3 cities. The total average levy in these 69 cities climbed from 75.46 mills ($75.46 per $1,000 Candidates listed for city council offices Grace man wins Football contest Norman Hansen, area painter, paints the side of Dona ONE OF THE HIGH JOBS Citizen Photo Thornley's barn in Smithfield from the scaffolding he has rigged up. . man from Grace, Idaho, w'as the first one to win in the weekly football contest sponsored by the Cache Citizen and the Cache Register. The winner of the $20 A SMITHFIELD PAINTER His fathers trade Following in Ips father's footsteps, is Norman Hansen, for his father was a . painter by. trade and Norm V worked along side his father Ti'' while growing up'- ' . , : Born in McCammon, Ida- hb, but reared in Smithfield, Norman Hansen maintains his painting business operating out of his home and has done so tor at least the past 50 years! Although he specializes in painting homes, businesses and .barns both, interior and exterior, he also is an accomplished musician playing the piano and singing. Norm attended USU for a while and married Fern. Theyve raised their son, was Ron R. Munns of Grace. Roger Hansen in Smithfield. He also is a painter and is employed at Saxtons International Housing Develop- ment,. SmithfieldP.ewand. Norm have , three ' grand- children, Lori, 10, Camille, 7, and Megan, 6. Norman is a HomerTeach-e- r and Chorister in Priest. hood Meeting. City council approves room Owner, John Sorensen, of the Summit Landscape and Nursery on Main in Smithfi-el- d received a from the City Council Wednesday to open a game room. The proposed game room would be located in the large area behind his present gift . shop at .thenusety. The kind . ... of games that will be avail-j.- -. ftble Will be pinball' TV games, etc. The new ;ines, amusement area would cater to the school-ag- e children for an after-schoactivity, currently building the new addition onto the Smithfield Fire Station. The next City 'Council: meeting will be Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m. go-ahe- Irrigation system gets approval A project to sprinkle irrigate about 450 acres served by the North Branch Ditch of activand a family-oriente- d with an adult Cub River Irrigation Co. on ity at night the Ulah-Idah- o border has concurwell as as present been approved by the State curfew the with Citys ring Board of Water Resources. hours. ol Monthly bills were approved in the amount of $58,495.69. A discussion of the budget was held briefly. It was decided that the purchase of the radar equipment for city law enforcement officers previously approved by the Council be postponed due to other ex- Estimated cost of the Utah Schools set back-to-scho- ol penditures. George Walker, City En- gineer, reported to the council that the top soil removed from the lot next to the R & G Drive Inn was donated by Ron Hansen to be used for projects at Mack Park. Also, it was suggested that Spring would be the best time to plant the trees instead of this Fall. North Cache Jr. High School will host a Night for parents on Thursday, Sep- Back-To-Scho- ol tember 22 at 7:30 p.m. All parents are urged to be there. Bring a copy of your child's schedule as a class will mini-schedul- ed One of the last items of business before adjourning the meeting, was the awarding of a bid for $1600 to Robert J. Morrow to remove and old roof and to tar and grave! it along with putting on the new one on the fire station. Robert J. Morrow Construction Company is I i . Winning second place was Ralph Olson of 710 Canyon View drive in Hyrum who won $10. Steve Webb of Logan mthird;' but didnt win money.. , The contest is running in the two papers and the Cajrte ..x,v deadline for submitting entries is Friday at 2 p.m. Entries can be placed in four different locations which this week are The lighthouse, Tunex, State Wallpaper and Clks. All three of the winners guessed the same number of games correctly but Mr. Munns had the number of points nearest to the correct answer. listed in the contest from which the reader must pick the winner. Cityemploye outing held An afternoon of golfing and a barbequed steak dinner commenced the Second Annual Smithfield City Employees Fall Social. A committee, headed by Councilman Budd Low, plan- ' ; ried the social: It was held fct ' the Y$nTi th (iel d ;Ci ty" Golf.' . Course.. A .round.ofgolf' was-- . . available to city eni- -' to play prior to the ployees includ-inc of the portion project, dinner. relocating and replacing In summing up the even- an irrigation ditch with a ing, Mayor Ballam thanked half mile of concrete ditch, is $96,000. Another $27,000 would be spent in Idaho. thoseon the committee. With very little difficulty he introduced the over 60 guests by name. He ended his remarks by saying, that the Fall Social is designed to bring all of the City Employees to-- gether ' to get better; acquainted and to enjoy each . others' company.-- He suggested that this could be the beginning of a regular ' event in the history of Smith- field as hed like to see it continue. .'alto-mad- Who are the candidates and what are the current can-didat- es for the issues? two-part- y ballots. One mass meeting Petitions were filed in for the progressive and citizens parties will be held this week for Lewiston, today, Smithfield City Office, Sept. designating candidates seeking for the office of 19, Mayor and City Council. The candidates running for the office of Mayor in Smith-fiel- d are: Don Hansen, and United Way Fund head named Lonnie Loveday. Petitions submitted for City Council are: Vern Clark, Dennis Funk, Budd Low, and Donn Thornley . Utahs voting law has been on a two-parsystem; however, therd is an exception to the law where a third-clas- s city, such as Smithfield,' by ordinance, can change their voting procedures to a nonpartisan ticket. This year Smithfield has adopted that ordinance to vote on a nonpartisan ticket to give more people an opportunity to run for office. Candidates seeking office . ty Bank March 1975 as a Trainee, and transferred to the First Security Bank, Smithfield, in March 1976 where he is presently Commercial Loan Officer. Dee received a BA at Weber State College, Ogden, majoring in Spanish. He is originally from Ogden and e mission served on a for The Church of Jesus Saints to Christ of Latter-da- y Columbia, South America in were to submit a signed petition to have their name on the ballot to be voted upon at a Primary Election. However, fcince there are two candidates running for the office of Mayor, and only one is to be selected, and three funning' for City Cbupcil and-tw- positions need to be filled, the Primary Election is not necessary and candidates will be voted upon in the November Election, Tuesday, November 8. Other communities will be full-tim- o i 1967. He married the former Twila Leishman, from Wells-vill-e DEE WOOD North Branch serves 310 acres in Utah and 140 acres Thursday, September 22 7:30 p.m. Come meet your child's teacher and at be familiar with the school. All are welcome to attend. and they have two children, Shannon, 3 and Jeremy, 1. He presently holds the Inposition of structor in Sunday School in Idaho. Homecoming A number of benefits will accrue from the work, including lowering of a high water table, ditch maintenance will be eliminated or reduced, water will be used more efficiently and seepage will be curtailed. this weekend It's Homecoming time! The annual Homecoming festivities will com- Funding for the Utah por-- ( tion of the job would $42,000 in drought funds from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, $30,000 from the Board of Water Resources and $24,000 from the irrigation company. The company would buy the project from the Board over a period. mence with Thursday. Sept. 22: Homecoming Parade, 6:00 p.m.. Main Street. Smithfield. Homecoming Bally, 7:00 p.m. Sky View Friday's activities will 15-ye-ar Park School, Richmond, is holding their Night on Dee- - Woods has been an-- , noiinced ds the new chairman over the United Way Fund Drive for Smithfield. Mr. Wood is new to Smith-fiel- d coming in April with his family to be closer to his employment. He joined First Security 1 -- be: Assembly, 10:20 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. Sky View. Football game. 3:30 be held. Back-To-Scho- ol the Community Building. Interviews with the candidates on various issues will appear in subsequent issues of this paper prior to the election. 8:00 p.m. in holding Nomination Conventions to nominal heir, Saw stolen Claire J. Croshaw, 250 No. E., reported the theft of a $30 set of tools and a Home-lit-e 150 chain saw with case to the sheriff's office p.m.. Smithfield plavs 'stetr.v 2nd Clearfield. Homecoming Dance, 8:3" n m. Sky View. .......ni, students a. AT CITY SOCIAL At the second hold on the Smithfield councilman, with Reed law, Ora course Low. are Budd golf I "d Mrs. Low during the annual Smithfield city council Citizen Photo employes outing. community member are invited to join in the Homecoming activities. |