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Show ------r--- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -------------.. Exten~io n. of_. c·o unty services e:l iminate s duplica tion of. effort between city ,a;nd_~- county .uni ts. · However~ · the county governm ept is not adeq·uat~ -,- to . manage the comple.x affairs of a populous metropo litan area. VIL. , _Extons ion of City Services o · This _extensi on usually,. applies - • • to the two essentia ls -of tirban living~- water· and sewage dispo~a l. Salt Lake City already supplies water to most of · the county. It has a1se __ shoulder ed the .respon sibility :for -dairy ·and milk inspecti on, not only fort.he county but 'for most of Utah and part of Idaho. 1n _supplyin g water, Salt Lake City has contribu ted ~xtensiv ely to the :developm ent of ·:the . fri.nge areas and also has contribu ted to the ability of these- areas toresis t annexati on or consolid ation. On the other: <qand_-the :ci ty.:.qoes not requ~re that water .revenue be used exclu- ,. si ve.ly fqr wate.r ·,purposes arid water departrrie _nt earnings constitu te a • sizeable portion, of _the city's income . • There is . a temp.tat. ion here to exploit the water userso In the base · of dairy? milk and meat inspection, city ·taxpaye rs carry the burdcm and pay tpe expense · for mos·t of • the state. .VIII .. Special Distric ts. This type of: soJ:ution is:: resorted to.: be:Cal:.lse ,- it provides a function al Uhi t of governm ent in a geograph ic are_?<: _distinc t from: that enclosed -by the boundari e;3 of a municip ality and it pr_esents a . c-onveni ent.: taxing device by which · local areas may • secu;re _revenues beyond the amount Timi ted by law. by those who borne s i · service the for burden the favor, it:s •In. g freedom. operatin a.nd lity flexibi have· s district special benef_i t and will than public to ve responsi l~§s are s director d However , appointe and boards special between arise may ts conflic Also, elected o~eso ly g~neral is ·bonds revenue by financ~d service the . ents; local governm t~e tq ation complic another add~ ·: t distric new ~e~ch more costly -an~ metropo litan problem :by creating another set of officia l, another taxing: \1¥1-it .o: , _'. WH,tr.. WE DECIDED~ (Consens us) . .t\t the end of this · two ·year· shtdy League members decided that they · • wanted to support some . .kind_. of Metropo litan Governm ent for · the Salt was It form. lar particu a on reached La~e ~rea but no consensu s was felt ihat since the creation of a metropc ilitan gbvernm ent took many yeits t6 .. accompli sh~ the League should support 1 plans to ·promote citycounty departm ental and function al unity as a· J stop-gap " · measure . WHl\'r . WE .DID:. (i~ction) The :Salt Lake City ·Lcague officia lly supporte d HJR#l-- Metropo litan Governm ent Bill (defeate d), -HB#l--C ounty Services Bill (passed) , and HB#l5--F ire. Prot_ection Services (passed· ). .Leag·u e - -me-mbers ·attended • • sessions : of the Legisla ture and our officia l stand ~as made public via the newspap ~rs and letters to legisl~t ors. At the ~nnual meeting in 1957 "Suppor t- of _M etropoli tan Governm ent for the Salt Lake . ~rean was made qR.#4- . to_ -pavG Lthe way for future -action in this field. ' '' NOW WHf1.T: The Ut,ah _·Legi$la ti ve Council is now consider lrig the . problem of metropo litan _governm ent with the possible result that a new or revised bill may be submitte d to tho :Legisla turo this year. 'If so, copies of the proposed bill will be distribu ted to League members and the board will pres~.rib e such action . as our conse.nsu s .indicat~ s- . . , Jo -Brandt "16 |
