Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 18, 1960, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Texto O O O Schools Get Largest Share of Property Tax Dollar h. hnlV . re 01 the PPerty tax dollar collected Json c0uonly Soes toward financing public schools. i, 'YT',.8 9 per cent of trte Property tax dollar will S 1 f,nancinS- The remainfler of the dollar will be . divided among cities, 17.1 per cent; rural fire districts, l.S per cent; water districts, .6 per cent; and sanitary dis tricts, .1 per cent. The total amount of money to be collected for school purposes in Jackson county this year is $5,488,700.99, an lo2ne ?96'457-74 over the total collected in fiscal year Increase! in Eiqht District. Increased taxes are listed in eight school district taxing units, and decreases are noted in six other school distircts lor units;. Levies in eight districts, including two which had tax increases, are lower this year than last. Levies in five districts Increased along with total school district tax increases. In one district in which the tax total increased, the mill levy remained the same. The eight school district taxing units which have de creased millage rates this year are: levy in that district. Amounts granted each district by the county for the past two years arc shown below: 1959-60 District $20 Per Census Child Taxing Unit 1960-61 Total School Tax Phoenix (Con. Tal $ 104,156.54 Dist.) Ashland $ 659,433.48 Eagle Point (Original) .$ 504,538.70 Eagle Point (Consol.) ... $ 33,511.93 Applegate ... S 30,864.60 Medford $2,763,673.87 Prospect $ 149,665.98 Butte Falls ... $ 111,323.23 Increasa or Decrease 1960-61 Decrease School Levy (In Mills) : (In Mills) -$28,547.48 64.8 -$47,775.48 53.9 -17.2 -10.5 -$31,702.39 . 62.2 -10.4 -$ 1,092.17 -$ 1,876.84 $96,540.10 -$23,657.04 $25,750.58 61.7 47.3 58.6 86.4 64.7 - 9.6 - 3.0 - 1.6 -17.1 - 1.1 The five school district taxing units which have increased millage rates this year are: 1960-61 . Increase Taxing Unit Total School Tax Central Point (Original) $272,606.14 Central Point (Consol.) ... $291,734.77 ' $ 22,333.22 Rogue Riv. $129,104.78 $ 12,726.79 Evans Val $ 64,791.40 $ 24,159.18 Pinehurst ...$27,118.11 $ 5,530.08 1960-61 Increase School Levy (In Mills) (In Mills) $ 10,045.30 59.0 58.7 61.7 52.1 34.2 .03 .03 5.7 13.2 2.5 In one district-the original Phoenix district-the mill levy is unchanged at 63.1 bills, but the total school tax increased $34,201.82 from $311,977.64 in 1959-60 to $346,179.46 this year. There are at least three factors which have contributed to lower millage rates. These same factors also contributed in keeping millage increases to a rate lower than they other- wise would have been, and kept the rate in the original Phoenix district unchanged. The factors are: 1. Increased assessed valuation. 2. Increased county contribution per census child. 3. Lowered rural school levy. How these factors affect the millage rates are discussed In more detail below. 1. The first factor is increased assessed valuation. The total assessed valuation in Jackson county increased $6,731 628.70, and all but one district showed an increase. Expressed in Mills The assessed valuation shows up in a lower millcage rate in this way: The total amount to be raised by taxation is divided by the total assessed valuation. The mathematical result is the tax levy per dollar of assessed valuation. This levy is expressed in mills. One mill equals 110 of a cent. If the amount to be raised by taxation decreases, and the assessed valuation increases, the mathematical result would be a lower levy. The same principle can be applied to districts in which the amount to be raised by taxation increased. In this case generally, the increased millage would not be as much if the assessed valuation had not increased more than the amount raised by taxation. Assessed valuations in the school district taxing units for this year are: Taxing Valuation Increase) or Decrease Phoenix (Original) $ 5,462,746.85 $ 542,967.02 Phoenix (Consolidated) ....$ 1,607,353.97 -$ 10,987.77 Ashland $12,234,071.65 $1,252,953.19 Central Point (Orig.) $ 4,620,443.18 $ 147,515.98 Central Point (Con.) $ 4,969,927.93 $ 356.887.63 Eagle Point (Original) $ 8,111,522.55 $ 725,309.12 Eagle Point (Con.) $ 543,143.12 $ 57,812.08 Rogue River $ 2,092,459.98 $ 14,281.44 Applegate $ 652,528.46 $ 1,605.19 Medford $47,161,670.25 $2,857,122.52 Prospect $ 1,729,038.56 $ 57,773.63 Evans Valley $ 1,243,596.94 $ 199,065.88 Butte Falls $ 1,720,606.43 $ 417,406.12 Pinehurst $ 792,927.13 $111,916.67 The decrease in assessed valuation in the area which formerly was the Talent school district is due to a revision downward by the state of the assessment ratio, according to County Assessor Ray J. Schumacher. 2. The second factor which contributed to generally lower millage rates this year is an increase in the amount granted bv the Jackson county court per census child. State law provides that each county contribute $10 per census child to school districts. Last fiscal year, JacKson county granted $20 per census child, and this year the grant is $35 per census child. The stipulation in granting this amount was that it be used as a direct tax offset-that is, to have the total amount to which a district is entitled deducted from the school tax Starts Tomorrow 10 a.m. Holiday for Housewives Plan now to enjoy the relax ation of bowling while the children are in school. You'll find that bowling helps you look better and feel better along with adding a new ex citing interest to your life. FREE Class Instructions For Beginners! Free classes for beginners every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 10 A.M. . Free instruction clinic for advanced bowlen every Wednesday at 10 A.M. Bowl for Fun, Good Health tnd Sociability! Medford Bowling Lanes 821 N. Riveride Phone SP 2-2682 Phoenix $ 22,122.83 Ashland : $ 66,528.50 Central Point $ 54,346.90 Eagle Point $ 28,423.64 Talent $ 13,081.67 Rogue River $ 10,441.33 Applegate $ 2,920.37 Prospect $ 6,300.81 Evans Valley $ 4,000.51 Butte Falls $ 4,320.55 Pinehurst $ 1,060.15 Medford $211,547.04 1960-61 $35 Per Census Child $ 62,512.15 $119,981.31 $100,850.95 $ 52,741.35 $ 19,926.85 $ 6,128.64 $ 11,802.02 $ 6,794.04 $ 8,089.82 $ 1,856.10 $391,182.50 Totals $425,094.35 $781,874.73 Talent district this year has been consolidated with Phoenix. The amount received by Talent and Phoenix last year, which totals $35,204.50, can be compared to the $62, 512.15 received by Phoenix this year. 3. The third factor which helped reduce millage rates is a reduction of 2.5 mills in the rural school board levy. This levy is the same in each school district taxing unit. The levy this year is 22.7 mills, compared to last fiscal year's 25.2 mills. Revenue from the levy provides funds for county school equalization required by state law, and finances the operation of the county school superintendent's office. The total budget requirement for county school equal ization and the county school superintendent's office this year is $2,102,709.09, a reduction of $65,410.97 from last fiscal year The budget for the county school superintendent's office this year is $136,337.88, which is $10,286.49 less than last year's. The amount to be raised by taxation for the county superintendent's office this year is $39,647.02, compared to last year's tax levy of $97,153.94. The difference in last year's and this year's lax levy for the county school superintendent's office is in increased receipts and the budget reduction. Besides reduced amounts needed to be raised by taxation by the rural school board, the county's increased assessed valuation also contributes to lowering the millage rate. The three factors resulted in keeping a district's millage rate the same (in the original Phoenix district), lower mill age rates (in eight districts), or keeping the increased mill age rate lower than it otherwise would have been (in five districts). Gunshot Damage to Lines Decreases Gunshot damage to Pacific Northwest phone cables, wires and other equipment in the Medford area so far this year has hit a new low, J. H. CrcHgcr, Medford manager said today. "We hope that shooters will continue to be careful in their choice of targets during the approaching hunting season," he added. In recent years there have been as many as 218 cases of damage to equipment by gunfire in a single year on a statewide basis. This resulted in thousands of dollars in re pair bills, and on occasion, cut off long distance service to entire communities. In addition to every day conversations, phone lines carry all types of emergency calls, vital services to the gov ernment for national defense, utility controls such as water reservoir and gas line pump ing station control circuits. o o W K Ud Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1960 PAGES 1 to 8 Failure To Heed Barrier Brings Trouble St. Louis - Mrs. Alfrieda Vickers drove by a barrier by mistake and got herself into a real hole. Her car skid ded into a 15-foot construction excavation, landing upside down. She was only slightly in jured, but found she was un able to climb the steep sides of the muddy hole. It was an hour before a passerby heard her cries for help and sum. moned aid. 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