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Fol. >3lNo. 23
Clackamas Community Cnlleœ
Thursday, April 14, 1977
CCC asks voters for $3.6 million
I tlackamas Community College's oper-
( g levy goes before Clackamas County
[rsTuesday, April 19.
he college is asking for $3,578,786,
increase of approximately 9.4 per cent
Bast year's request of $3,265,559. Ac-
ingtoCCC President and Budget Officer
[Hakanson, this increase coinsides with
assessed value of Clackamas County
Ity.
is estimated that last year's operating
[of $1.46 per $1,000 of true cash
perty value will not increase this year.
| is also estimated that the bonded in-
tedness rate (the amount taken as annual
payment on college bonds sold in 1968),
will go down from 19c per $1,000 true cash
property value to 12c. This rate will be
levied whether the operating levy passes or
fails.
The end result is that even though the
total rate asked for is less than that approved
last year the college will receive more money
should the levy pass.
The total operating budget for the 1977-
78 school year is $7,733,286. The operating
levy would make up 43.9 per cent of the
total figure. The rest of the total consists of
state reimbursement (35 per cent) and stu­
dent tuition (14.1 per cent). The remaining
7 per cent consists of sources such as in­
come, available cash on hand and money
from special programs.
The present operating levy expires June
30 and a new levy must be approved before
the start of fall term 1977 if the college is
to operate for the 1977-78 school year.
CCC does not have a tax base to fall back
on.
There are currently six Oregon com-
munity colleges that have tax bases includ-
ing Portland Community College and Mt.
Hood Community College. CCC has tried
and failed on more than one occasion to get
the voters to approve a tax base.
"We tried it a few times and after it had
been defeated people called up and said
that they would vote yes for yearly oper­
ating levies but not for a tax base," said
Hakanson. "Voters feel like they have less
control over you if there's a tax base."
What Hakanson would like to see in the
future is a rate levy that would be approved
for a certain number of years where the
college would receive the same amount per
$1,000 of true cash property value for that
period of time.
If the voters approve the levy April 19
it will be the fourth time in CtXThi story
that an operating levy Was "passed on the
first try.
"People have the idea that the levy never
passes the first time but the budget has
passed the first time a good many times,"
said Hakanson.
Last year's levy went before the voters
twice and was approved on the second try
without being reduced. Only three times in
CCC history has it taken more than two
elections to get voter approval of the col­
lege's operating levy.
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The spring sun casts cool shadows in CCC's new arboretum information center now under
instruction near Clairmont Hall. When finished, the center will provide information to the
neral public regarding the Arboretum/Ecology Pond on campus. (See story on page 3.)
Dawn, a literary magazine published at
Clackamas Community College, is now ac­
cepting contributions from students and
staff.
Categories include poetry, fiction, articles
and photographs. English students
>d art
majors are encouraged to submit copies of
their work but selection will not be limited
to these areas. Anyone expressing a desire
to see their "sweat-of-brow" creations in
print will be given consideration.
"We're not looking for professionals,"
said Harry Bielskis, Dawn associate editor,
"but we would like to get a cross-section of
works from within the college community."
Written contributions such as short stories
and poetry should be typewritten and dou­
ble-spaced. Art work such as drawings, paint­
ings and sculptures should be photographed
in 8" x 10" glossy black and white.
Contributions can be returned after pub­
lication and should be submitted to Trailer
B, Student Publications or the Student
Activities center, by May 1. Dawn will go
on sale before the end of spring term.
C lackamas community
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