lV 1 fy i iak f “> AO 3 eg } "NO QUESTION ~ ! Dr. Raat said there. is..no} question the leeway for’ ties increased has* been: “provided: © He and Mr. Puffer said ifsthe ‘board does le ted 2.4 mill ne ‘loce tar payers will stil . have a net Hass 3 in their property tax ‘lev De. “Raat pointed out also that the voted mill levy leeway has been getting smaller in the Ogden district because of in- oa in property valuation. ‘The drop there has been more ‘than a mill already, he said. | Thus, if the board ‘went all ithe way” with a four-mill in‘crease there would still be a net, gain for property tax payers, in’ i a he agreed. : Puffer said he and officers of the Ogden Education Association, the district’s teacher group, have held a jnumber of “useful” meetings! with Dr. William L. Garner and his staff on personnel and financial problems. He said the association is. trying to maintain an attitude of non-militanecy in the situation and sincerely hopes matters can be worked out satisfactorily. Teachers have said they cannot accept a pay raise which would be less than the cost of living increase in the past year, in classroom load a dst ner . Board WillConsider Improvements For. Ben Lomond t sect ) hin oh On ‘Unsettled’ Teacher’ Pacts _ A special hive of the Ogden beach scheduled for Monday at 5 p.m. in board the Ben Lomond only item thus far High School improve a the agenda. 1 it if ces ce sedigh hi ‘be with the bids on Tenovation fl or. Gerald H. Raat, nt | ndent, swho sthouhdae |the meeting, said other incl ions are still ‘possible. and items: s audience, | can as usual be brought up from Monday marks the May 21 deadli asked by the Ogden Edu. | | cation Association for a board decision on what it is. willing to do about a proposed 2.4 mill increase in property tax levy to offset losses in local school fundsfom, decreases 2 federal support and a declining enrollment. _ Haire Clark L. Puffer, executive “ot ike ‘combined Ogden. angi Weber district teachers’ associations, said he thought levy can be resolved sfactorily so that already negotiations on pay in- the |tax levy matter.1 ‘ight yet get on the agenda. If it does. not t, he said, it will almost certainly be brought up from the floor, at the Monday meeting. The tea achers maintain, . and’ distetét stitches have agreed, that increasing the local milllévy by 2.25 to 2.4 mills would provide sufficient funds to offset the losses, keep present district programs uncut, and make possible cost of living pay increase-at-least which the teachers are demanding. The 1973. session of the legislature | crated the state property tax levy by four mills,,7--=-— jallowing districts which may} wish to increase their levies by ‘that amount or any part of it to The QT vious Psuireient had ) days before the eng of hool year, do so where they have suffered losses in federal revenues. _ Mr. Puffer said the cut in} state property taxes, which go ‘largely for school financing, is actually | the second in the. last few years and that seven mills have been cut off the state property tax levy. |