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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1977
Page
4
Author Vance Borjaily of Iowa City and an unidentified University of South Carolina educator rode high in Columbia as university educators joined the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus animal walk in Washington Thursday.
Iowa revenue figures show tax receipts eleven percent ahead of last year with sales tax driving the gain. If maintained, the extra $19 million surplus could recur each year of the next two biennia, boosting available funds but with caution from budget officials.
Officials warn that collective bargaining costs could reach 15 to 20 million dollars next year with biennial sums totaling 55 to 60 million, erasing projected surpluses. Rankin cautions keep to March revenue review while Cusack worries a revenue crunch could hit next fiscal year and favors using new money to ease cuts or fund programs. End balance projections range from 93 to 112 million, with sales tax jumps outpacing income tax growth.
The Iowa House approved a comprehensive land use bill 58 to 36, creating a 13 member state soil conservation and land use commission and 99 county commissions. The measure emphasizes state versus local control, with amendments to favor larger cities and urban input, and faces the Senate next.
Three Grant Wood Area Education Agency representatives from Cedar Rapids joined others in Des Moines to attend a house education committee meeting. The afternoon session was canceled after a late notice tied to debate on a land use policy bill, leaving the visitors arriving at the statehouse with no meeting to attend. Dwight Bode, Clifford Ehlinger, and Wayne Haddy were among those affected.
The Vinton city council adopted a 2,449,059 dollar budget for 1977 78 after a public hearing with no objections. Property tax revenue rises about 9 percent to 10.55 per 1,000 assessed value, totaling 441,247 dollars. The budget covers the electric utility and wages edge up while other items are steady. Council accepted the resignation of Fourth Ward Councilman Bob Scott and named a committee to propose a replacement for approval at the March 24 meeting.
West Union Palmer Memorial hospital has renewed accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The period runs Nov. 5, 1976 to Nov. 5, 1977 after an on site survey by a physician and an administrator who assessed compliance with patient health and welfare standards.
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