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SUNDAY. JUNE 23, 1SSJ
MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
40 Governmental
Units Operating
In Jackson County
" '" How many governmental
' agencies are in operation In
- Jackson county, conducting
'. the affairs of its cities and
' towns?
How much progress. If any,
has been made in recent yean
toward reducing the number
. - of thC7 bodies?
. A new report on the sub
ject, issued by the Depart
. ment of Commerce, makes
possible a comparison of the
governmental structure local
ly with that found in other
communities.
The data was gathered from
, all parts of the country as part
of the 1982 Census of Govern
ments. It underscores the fact
that community affairs are
directed only in part by coun
ty and municipal govern
ments.
Special Districts
In most places, some of the
; functions are: under the con-
trol of school districts or
special districts, which have
' authority over particular
chases of local activity.
In Jackson county, the re
' port shows, there are now 40
units of government in oper
ation, 83 of them with prop
erty taxing power.
They comprise the county
Bovernment itself, 10 munici
pal governments, 11 fiscally
separate school districts and
18 special districts.
Number Is Less -
The number Is 22 per cent
less than the 81 units that
were counted locally In 1997,
when the previous Census of
Governments was taken.
By way of comparison, in
the United States as whole
there was a reduction of 11
per cent in the five-year
priod. The Pacific states had
a rise of 2 per cent while the
number in the State of Oregon
, went down 4 per cent.
The figures show that the
trend, In most communities, is
toward a streamlining and
simplification of tha govern
mental process. Since 1957,
the number of units of govern
ment in the United States de
clined from 102.392 to 91,236.
District Consolidation .
Much of the cut is attributa
ble to the consolidation of
school districts, which were
reduced about one-third In the
five years. They dropped from
: 50,454 to 34.878.
,' ' One objective of these con-
,' eolidatlons has been to eut the
..' costs of operation. Many of
the school districts are small
ones which could be com
bined with neighboring ones
at a saving to both. .
The report shows that 44
per cent of the nation a school
systems run schools for fewer
than 190 pupils each.
Summer Program
Set in CP Area
Central Point r The sum
mer recreation program spon
sored Jointly by School Dis-I
trlct 6 and the city of Central
Point starts at 8 ajn. Mon
day, June 24.
Tha program, which will
continue to Aug. 3, is limited
' 1o youngsters aged 8 through
IS. The hours will be 8 a.m.
to noon Monday through,Fri-
day. - .v ; .
- Registration will 'begin!
June 24 and for girls will be
in the city park, which is
located on Manzanlta at. and
Sixth st Girls are- asked to
- bring pencils,' string, card
board and rulers. Boys will
register at the city ball park
on West Pine st. and Taylor
; rd. Registration fee for the
is. program Is $1 per person.
Included In the program
Will be baseball, Softball, i
swimming, tennis, arts and i
crafts, bike hikes and junior I
Olympics in track. Swimming
will start July 8.
.. The bus schedule and route
are as follows: the bus will
s leave Central Point at 7 a.m.,
travel to Sams Valley via
Table Rock rd., from there to I
' Gold Hill via Highway 234,
from Gold Hill back to Cen
tral Point on Old Stage itt
and Scenic ave. - .
The same route will be fol
lowed when the children are i
returned in ' the afternoon.
However, there must lie at ;
least 20 riders, it the bus ill
to run.
Instructors for the program
will be Marvin' Hayes, Miss
Ruth Stichl, A. D. Van Horn.
and Larry Mason.
Those wishing additional
: information may call Marvin
Hayes at 664-4316.
Plans for Newport
Drug Plant Revealed
' Newport, Ore.-flJrS - Plans
for a $290,000 drug plant at
' Newport were 1 1 n a i 1 1 a d
. Thursday when Kapton Lab
oratories, a drug manufactur
ing firm, and Lincoln.- De-
velopment Co., an Industrial
development group signed a
formal agreement. The plant
will be constructed within (lie
next 180 days'.
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