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Show Statehouse Report Leaders Work on Two Fronts To Economize on Operations to do the work, the governor said. Sen. Samuel J. Taylor, R. Moab, chairman of the Senate State and Federal Affairs Committee which drafted the reorganization bills, warned the members that "hard-headed businessmen not afraid to knock heads" are needed on the councils. Wants Results Rep. Ray M. Harding, R-Salt Lake, chairman of the corresponding corres-ponding House committee who aided in drafting the bills, challenged the appointees to-attain to-attain economies. The council members appointed ap-pointed three executive direc- Byv C. Sharp State administrators and lawmaker groups are considering consid-ering trimming spending because be-cause of disappointing tax collections col-lections reported by the State Tax Commission. The Joint Legislative Budget-Audit Committee, headed by Sen. Wallace H. Gardner, R-Spanish Fork, decided July 6 to wait 20 days before recommending re-commending possible cut- are determined, however, that the new bodies will justify their existence by requiring more efficient operations. More democratic representation representa-tion on state policy making bodies also is being provided by the 21 council members. "Don't Meddle" Gov. Rampton warned the part-time $25 a day council members at the session against interfering in admin- I tors who had served the past year as coordinators in the earlier experimental grouping group-ing authorized by the 1965 Legislature special sessions. These men will receive $15,000-a $15,000-a year or more if their present salaries exceed this. Chairmen of the councils also were elected. istrative operations. He said he had had to replace re-place one Road Commission member who tried to give orders to employees. The former for-mer State Fair Board and members of the Board of Corrections Cor-rections also had by-passed the directors they had hired backs. Karl N. Snow, legislative analyst, reported that sales tax collections for the fiscal year ended June 30 are $1.3 million below estimates of last January. Corporation franchise (income) tax was low by $800,000 and individual income tax lagged by $1.8 million. Over-all collections of special spec-ial taxes by the state are up 7.2 percent compared with the previous fiscal year, bringing in $166.61 million, but the increase has been less than anticipated. Gas Tax Steady Gasoline tax collections are up 4.1 percent, from $22.94 million to $23.88 million, and cigarette tax for the general fund was down 1.71 percent from $3.8 million to $3.7fi mil. lion. The three new seven-member state coordinating councils coun-cils organized July 5 and began be-gan efforts to trim duplications duplica-tions and overlappings in state government. Critics of the consolidation plan prescribed by the 1967 Legislature fear that addition of the new coordinating boards merely multiplies names on the payroll. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton, legislators, and the appointees |