Show I Where Does The Money I is ANN BLODGETT e woman always has the Stanley M. as anyone to make Dents or suggestions on 1973 proposed county et Past due salary uses will be included in are like the ige you will My be concerned how much is out of your pocket tot you are going to get n preparing a no special endowment that comes from being success comes from working hard to solve the says Commissioner We compare with adjoining counties favorably with a lower tax mill THE BUDGET hearing is Tor the purpose or presenting to the public the estimated budget for It is difficult to estimate one year ahead on exact demands and on outside funds that may come A complete list of expenditures and revenue were given to each one attending the hearing and those in atten dance were urged to ask so they could have an understanding of the fiscal SOME OF the hems discussed at the hearing were the golf animal library park and property appraisal and police Adjoining counties and cities In many have higher salaries for employees than Davis and in some caused loss of PEOPLE IN administrative positions have more in terms of number of people working under them and have smaller Employee benefits such as insurance and retirement will be improved and salaries will be increased approximately this percent will include the A CITIZEN at the hearing with a little air of disturbance is Davis County in the golf course business and not in the meat packing business or some other Commissioner Smoot said that they have kind of into The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds were available and matching funds were put with it for the construction of the Valley View Golf Course in This last year went into it from the but was received back from COMMISSIONER Bill Moss a good investment for the county for a business venture which is would like to have a similar investment he one plays including the it has been a good financial The people who play golf are the people who are paving for THE commissioners ahead of our time purchased me land and everyone was for recreation and we developed it with the help of federal The total Davis County budget will be approximately million an increase of about over a year But this figure includes about from a federal revenue sharing ANTICIPATED revenues also will be up next year with an expected from revenue from other agencies such as state liquor allotment fund and public employment Property taxes are expected to increase about in 1973 to Property taxes this year will account for about percent of the total budget compared to about 60 percent last THE COUNTY has an overall mill levy of 13 including one mill for flood mills for and mill for hospital The general mill levy is In addition to the 13 mill levy by the special levies include Weber Basin Water Conservancy 1 Mosquito Abatement sewer improvement South Davis Water Improvement special services 3 and uniform school fund levy Davis School CITIES each have their own mill levy for operation and capital These range from five mills in West Point to mills in with an average of 16 Davis County has by far the lowest mill levy than its neighboring While Davis County CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 WHERE THE MONEY GOES CONTINUED FROM FRONT has fluctuated from to 13 mills since one neighboring county in the past decade rose from 12 to mills while the other rose from to TRUE that our neighboring counties had challenges and problems that we didn't but that doesn't account for all of the tax increase during the past said Commission Chairman Stanley M. Residents of incorporated cities in Davis County will have an average levy of while persons residing in the unincorporated area of the county will pay an average of i HOWEVER incorporated v. cities usually offer more services than areas outside city is percent improvement on the presentation of the budget this year over last says Jack Olsen from Utah Taxpayers UTAH Taxpayers Association is a non profit state organization whose function it is to act as a the for John Public at fiscal hearings and other tax If you own an average home in Davis m costing about the chart shown by Com- m missioner Stanley M. Smoot shows where your fj money is being used to provide county govern- mental |