| Show SOME SCHOOL QUESTIONS ANSWERED o 1 1 What was the Iron County tax for school purposes last year T Answer Twelve mills which means that the people of Iron County paid 1200 for every very of assessed valuation If the assessed valuation in Iron County Is 50 per cent of the real valuation valuations then the tax payers of Iron County Coun Coun- ty y were paying for purposes last year at the rate of per actual valuation It is doubtful if the assessed valuation of pro pro- perty erty in the County would exceed 50 per cent of the actual valuation 2 2 How low does the County tax of this year for school purposes compare with that f last year Answer The Levy this year year w was s eleven leven Jn mills or 1100 for every ery of assessed valuation which h is one mill less than the lie levy for last year 3 What l part art of the levy goes to debt service In other words what part palt art of this years year's levy Is 19 paid out for payment on bonds interest on bonds and nd funds Answer Three and five tenths 35 mills or ono one third of the total of mone money received for school purposes in n the County 4 1 4 What are the bonds for which amount of money Is being paid out this tiis year ead Answer These bonds were originally issued for building Inthe in inthe the he Count County for the Cedar City grade building due tn in m 1934 for the Parowan building due in l 1030 for the Kanana building due annually and for the Paragonah building Cedar Junior High Ugh Building and addition to the Parowan building due annually Obviously at least third one-third of the money collected for local ocal school purposes each year ear goes to pay for buildings which are not yet paid for and in Cedar Cit City and Parowan already over crowded 5 6 Is the sinking fund In h Iron County School District in good shape and up to date Answer Yes it is Enough money is being put into the sinking inking fund each year to retire the outstanding long time bonds when they t are due G. G Is the cost for operating schools this year as great as last year Answer Yes the cost for this year is approximately the same as last year rear in spite of the fact that we have an added expense of transportation n nin in n the County Also about boub to wipe out floating indebtedness which has tas been carried by the School District since the days of consolidation n. n 7 Why then did the he School only orly levy llvy eleven mills this year whereas they hey had levied twelve mills last year Answer The levy for 25 1924 for foro o operating and maintenance which does not include payment of bonds interest on bonds and the money put into the sink sinking Ing funds was seven even mills This was known not to be enough to maintain the schools for forast last ast year so the budget called for forthe the refunding of two bonds This was equal to the amount of money that could be I raised by a levy Y of one and a half mills for last year Thus the actual money received for operating and maintenance last year was the amount that could be raised by byn a levy of eight and a half mills 8 What is the levy asked fot his year for operating and maintenance ma T Answer The levy asked for by the School Board and granteed by the Count County Commissioners was eight and a half mills which proved to be above the he legal limit in Iron County Therefore seven and a half mills is what the School Board actually had Ito nto to operate the schools on this year 9 Did the S School hool Board know that seven and a half miUs mills was the legal limit for Iron County at the time t the b budget for exp expenditures was made out Answer No Ten polls mills for operating and maintenance was thought to be Iron County's legal limit until this year when our levy after having been teen passed on by the School Board and the County Commissioners went to the Board Doard of of Equalization where an nn interpretation was placed upon the law setting forth that seven and a half mills was construed to fo be Iron IIron County s legal limit 10 What effect will the loss of this one mill which is Is' equal to about have upon the schools of Iron County this year yearl Answer It would be necessary to close school at the end of six and a half months unless the tax payers of the County are willing to come to the rescue n nun 0 n nun 0 11 11 What steps are being taken by the Board of Education to prevent the schools from closing at such an early date Answer The School Board Boards is s asking the tax payers of Iron County to allow them to create an indebtedness indebtedness edness to the amount of making it possible to continue school for forthe forthe forthe the regular eight months period 12 Upon what date will such election be held Answer This election will be held December 1925 1325 in every precinct in the County 13 If the tax payers of f Iron County vote to have such indebtedness created when hen will it be paid Answer If allowed to create the indebtedness indebted indebted- ness mentioned above the School Board would place an additional one mill 4 levy on next years tax for the purpose of paying for the indebtedness cr created ted 14 U. For the small additional outlay of for ever every oc as assessed assessed as as- Valuation or possibly not more than 50 cents for every of I actual valuation can the tax payers of Iron County afford to have the schools of the County cl close se at the end of six and a half months Answer This can be answered best after some thought and some comparison comparison ison between the actual cost and the value to the children 15 Do you know what your assessed valuation ts Is 1st T Answer Of course you do Then sit down with pencil and p piper paper per and figure out how many thousand dollars of assessed valuation you have according to your tax no no- tice Uce If you have assessed valuation then hen the cost to you for this additional one and a half months of school will be If you have havea a valuation it will cost you ou 1000 If you have only assessed valuation the cost to you will be but cents 10 16 Does the Iron County Tax Payers Association approve of the School Boards Board's action to create create the indebtedness mentioned above Answer Yes A committee from the Tax Payers Association U. U T. T Jones J J. J S S. S Woodbury and Wm Vim R. R Palmer met with the School and very carefully went over the details involved This committee made a report back to the original Tax Committee which went on record as endorsing the move 17 What is the purpose of the Iron County Tax Payers Committee Answer The biggest single aim of the Tax Committee is to carefully scrutinize public expenditures in Iro Iron Irol County with an attempt to cooperate co oper ate with taxing bodies in the County to the end that the public money will willbe willbe willbe be wisely spent |
