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Show tJ'u ' n yiST rang ryrjrry Tji f"'"y"ifffMMfcpMMlMtilll,llil T lltr "tL- - tmy --J. jj-- - i' Inside the THE Summit County Cooks Meet Your Neighbor Top of the News Happenings Senior Citizens N Summit County School News Town H- - n1 "y Tips Dedicated to Serving Summit County CoalvDIe, UT 84017 Friday, December 9, 1988 Volume 51 Number Forty-nin- e South Summit Participates in Telelearning The project has been funded by a $321,000 grant received from the Community Impact Board. The purpose of this program is to provide tekleaming to students in rural Utah communities. Master teachers in their fields will be able to provide instruction, on television screens, in subject areas that rural schools might not be able to afford otherwise. ; ' This telelearning will be available for our students next year. It will be built into our high school Teleleaming will also be used to help anyone in our community ' education program who wishes to complete high school graduation A learning process, which will be used in Sooth Snmmit, North Summit, Wasatch and Park City Districts, will flow 'from Lewis Peak through these towers being placed now. South Summit School District - - will be participating, along with North Summit, Park City, and Wasatch in a microwave (two way audio, visual) telecommunication distant learning network, translated from Lewis Peak and broadcast into Wasatch and Summit Counties. Roger Brown, the Director of the Northern Utah Educational Services Center in Heber, is the project coordinator. requirements andor work toward a college degree andor prepare for a career by acquiring new marketable skills andor retool for a mid-lif- e career change andbr upgrade work skills. South Summit's participation in this telecommunication network is a part of our effort to to education South bring quality Summit students and patrons of the District on-goi- ng c Work To Begin on Coalville City Hall and Library Complex Coalville City's long-awaite- d, new City Hall and Library complex, is soon going to become reality . (hi Dec. 7, Ken Collison, a Park City contractor, signed the contract after submitting the low bid on the badly-neede- d plans previously printed in the Sept 23, 1988 Bee. The completion for the building is four month with extensions available for weather conditions. The only changes made were in some of the outside building materials. The new complex will be built north of the present building, which will be in use until the new one is completed. The City Office, Council Chambers, restrooms and entry room, along with a library room, will be included in the building. Improvements Suggested By Committee Cost-Cuttin-g Between $40 million and $60 25 experienced business people. The study reviewed Granite School District, the University of Utah, and the State Department of Health. Here are some of the findings and recommendations: but are running at SO percent capacity or less. state and local agencies if The most obvious example is in recommendations of die Governor's public education. The State Office Committee for Cost Effective of Education runs an IBM 4341 Government are followed. Although computer. All of their programs the study was criticized or ignored could be run on a larger IBM sysData Processing tem at the Division of Data Produring the recent tax limitation The aggregate cost of data proelection campaign, even opponents cessing Center, eliminating subof tax limitation now admit that the cessing in Utah State government stantial operating costs. Furtherunknown. more, the Granite School District basically report should be seriously consid- is ered to improve government and re- Decentralization has created serious, operates an IBM 4341 computer; redundant data processing costs. their programs could also be run on duce costs. The committee was chaired by Several agencies are running hard- the larger, shared IBM system. This Richard G. Sailer and comprised of ware systems that are compatible would eliminate approximately $200,000 per year from the Granite School District budget and a similar, if not larger, figure from the State Office of Education. There are other examples of similar overlapping data processing costs. The potential savings is sevaccess eral million dollars per year. fees for distance both rates paid by long Telephone business companies. The FCC ordered residential and single-lin- e State Department of Health telephone customers throughout the AT&T to pass along those savings month . The Department of Health needs nation will go up 60 cents a to customers through reduced rates. a strong management control syson Dec. 1 when the federally Competing interstate long distance tem. Directors and managers should authorized Subscriber Line Charge companies usual follow with simibe made more accountable for their (SLC) is scheduled to increase. At lar rate reductions. The SLC is part of an overall decisions. Bureau managers should the same time, most interstate long deFCC provide the director with monthly will distance telephone rates plan to price telecommunications services closer to actual costs reports of their expenditures relative crease. to the budget The subscriber line charge is part and help pay the costs of facilities Reorganization of the Departof a Federal Communications and cable to connect a customer's Commission plan to restructure home or business telephone with a ment of Health should be studied to eliminate those persons in the varipricing in the telecommunications phone company's central office. ous divisions that are performing subis that line the of Part cost of business other Certain industry. similar tasks such as budgeting, filine services are also affected. The sidized by long distance companies nance management, auditing, date charge is listed as a separate item who also pay a fee for access to the processing, policy monitoring, local network. oa customers' local service bills. US West Communications has community relations, personnel "Many customers will see no services, and contract supervision. change in their total telephone bill filed tariffs with the FCC to imThese functions should be grouped because most long distance compaplement the order. into one support division. nies will lower their charges when Considerable savings could be has certified which a the local increases go into effect," hr Utah, realized in all areas by more care--' said Carol Dunlap, US West FCC Lifeline plan, qualified Lifeline customers are eligible to have fully examining third party Communications spokesperson. Increases in the SLC are offset, part or all of their monthly SLC billings. Continued on Page 5A dollar for dollar, by decreases in the waived. milium could be saved in just three Telephone Rates To Increase Postmaster Ken Woolstenhulme this year. encourages everyone to mail their Christmas mail early "I Christmas Season Opens, Mail Packages Eariy The Postal Service is cooperating with the business communities of Summit County in urging customers to shop early and mail eariy for the holidays. 'Postmaster Woolstenhulme asks holiday shoppers to mail early this year and to make certain that mail is addressed correctly (including Zip Codes) and packages are wrapped correctly so that cards and parcels reach their destinations in plenty of time for the holidays. "Normally, we handle our reguincludlar pieces of mail a day letters and packages, but ing cards, volume the season, holiday during goes up to about triple the pieces," the Postmaster says. "We in the Postal Service take pride in carrying your messages of love and joy. Mailing early helps us deliver the messages on lime." The key to successful holiday mailing is to mail early and correctly. Postmaster Woolstenhulme says that includes planning now for gifts that must travel long distances by Chris Unas. "Many overseas mailing dates including those for the armed forces stationed overseas occur this month. Mailers can get specific information on the international dnniq by calling us at the Post Office," Woolstenhulme said. "Customers should also take care to write legible Zip Coded addresses for both the address and the return address. And remember that the use of Zip Codes following the name of the particular city and state will aid us in processing the mail. "Last year, our customers helped us tremendously. They mailed early in the season and early in the day. We hope they will choose to coop erate with us again this year, so we business day. both will have an enjoyable holiday Express Mail offers weekend and Christmas season." Day delivery to the admailing If you've waited until the last dressee at no extra charge. From few days before Christmas and you here, cities can be reached via the want to be sure your present will ' Express Mail' Next' Day "Service network. arrive in time. What can you do? Use the shoppers' Items weighing up to 70 pounds and mailers' solution. It's called Express Mail Next Day Service, can be sent by Express Mail. The and it's available at the local post service includes merchandise insurance coverage up to S500 at no adoffice. "With Express Mail service, ditional charge. Also, the sender can customers can reach a large number apply for a full refund of postage if of cities overnight," says Oakley a shipment is late. Cards and packPostmaster Ken Woolstenhulme. ages weighing up to pound "You can mail a package one day cost only $8.75 for delivery to the and have it reach the addressee by 3 addressee. p.m. the following day." CusA package weighing up to two tomers also have the option of having their Express Mail packages pounds mailed from here costs S12, while a available for claim at the destinapackage would tion post office by 10 a.m. the next cost $20.55. last-minu- te one-ha- lf Utah Power and Light Pays Summit County Property Tax Summit County is the recipient of a check for $317,526 this year as figure represents taxes on the company's coal properties. UP&L's five newest coal-fire- d power gener- Utah Power and Light Company ating units are also located in pays its annual property tax bill. The company is paying a total Emery County. The second largest tax check of $33,287,800.44 in Utah property went to Salt Lake taxes this year, with checks going $7,216,633 to 27 of the state's 29 counties. County. Utah County was third Daggett and Wayne Counties are with a payment of $1,463,184. UP&L's taxes, along with paythe only counties in which UP&L docs not own taxable property. ments from other citizens, will help Emery County received over half pay for municipal and county serof the total amount of property vices. Additionally, about half of taxes paid this year. A total of the property tax payment will go to $17,055,202 was paid to Emery the Uniform School Fund to help County. About $1.1 million of that support education in the state. Bangerter Says Tax Cap Will Be Enacted Although Governor Norman H. Bangerter admits that his tax limitation plan may be too complex to be finalized and enacted at the upcoming session of the Utah Legislature, he says he will call the Legislature back into special session, if necessary, to complete the work.. He admitted that the property lax freeze is not a popular proposal with city, county and school offisix-poi- nt cials. The day after his narrow victory, Governor Bangerter said he will hold to his promised tax and spending limitation proposal. The Governor's tax and spending plan was introduced at a Sept 27 six-poi- nt news conference and was presented as an alternative to initiatives A, B and C. At this time Governor Bangerter said he wanted "an iron clad cap" on property taxes to keep them at current levels and promised that his plan would get "top legislative priority." He stated at that time that he had solid backing of legislative leadership. The Governor's plan six-poi- nt includes: 1. Freeze property taxes at current levels. 2. Provide additional property tax relief fra people on fixed in- come. 3. Prohibit state spending from growing faster than the population and inflation rates. 4. Protect the 11.5 percent income tax cut enacted in July. 5. Limit state bonding to prevent future tax increases. 6. Work to further reduce the state tax burden during the next four years. Bangcrter's plan has already drawn strong criticism from local governments and educators claiming that property taxes are a local government matter and not appropriate for legislative meddling. Several bills dealing with limiting and cutting property taxes have already been indicating that this will be a top priority item during the 1989 session. pre-file- d, |