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November 4, 1975
Abby Stolfus
City Clerk
Civic Center
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Abby,
I enjoyed meeting with you in Iowa City recently and
hope you found the session as productive as I did.
I promised to report on the progress of revenue sharing
legislation and have since talked with Chairman Fountain.
It looks -like we'll have mark-up on the bill sometime
late this year, `although -legislation'.won't come before
- the House until next year.- Naturally,`iI will continue
to make certain that the interests of Iowa City
are registered during these deliberations.
Thanks again for meeting with me.- lease keep in
touch.
Best regards
- E war ezvinsky
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ABBIE STOLFUS
CITY_ CLERK
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November 4,'1975
Neal Berlin, City Manager -
City Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Dear Neal,
I enjoyed meeting with you in Iowa City recently and
hope you found the session as productive -as I did.
I promised to report on the progress of revenue sharing.
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legislation and have since talked with Chairman Fountain.
It looks like we'll have mark-up on`the -bill =sometime
late this year, although legislation won't come before
the until next year. Naturally, I intend to
-House
continue to make certain that the -interests of Iowa City
are registered during these deliberations.
Thanks again for meeting with me -Please keep in
touch.
Best regards--
E a Mezvinsky
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DATE: 4 November 1975
TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager /I
RE: Safety at Ernest Horn School
school year, there was considerable discussion about
During the last -
conditions at the Ernest Horn -School. -which were deemed to be ;unsafe. Gap
studies were taken both during the last year, -and: at the beginning of the
current drool year which indicate that, from an engineering standpoint,
there is sufficient time the street safely. _�
t"time for studentsto cross
several occasions vehicles have left the highway and entered on the
school "grounds doing damage to the chainlink"fence. Despite a recormnenda-
tion to the contrary from the Public Works Department, the City Manager
directed that:a barrier rail be installed next to the street to ensure that
cars would not cross the sidewalk.
In recent months the school district and the parents _have rdireccted more
concern to the City because of the lack of a`crossing guad
ing
guard was employed at the location' during the reconstruction_ of Melrose
Avenue. Enclosed is a letter from the President of the Board of Education
expressing his concern about traffic in the Ernest Horn school area and
also enclosed is_a memorandum from lin Brachtel concerning that crossing.
In spite of the recommendation from the Public Works.'Department, the Manager
eria used by the Public Works, Department fully
does not believe that the crit
takes into account the nature of school children and the particular hazard
of that location because of the curves and elevation changes on the street.
Therefore, before a serious accident occurs,
I have directed that an addi
tional'crossing guard be employed for that location. This will require a
reallocation of funding during the current fiscal year.curThe
year School
District
change for understands that this is a tempo current
aken,by the Public Works Department.
additional study can be undert _
This traffic problem is further evidence of the need for more cooperation_
, City concerning the difficulties
of schools
between the school district and the
and the'deternunati.on of school boundaries. The difficulties that we have
encountered in relationship tof school properties and haveave recreaanny quest onsn areass
other evidence'oneed for cooperation. If you "y q
concerning this matter, please contact me.
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Enclosures
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Fu&po6e: The-Purpose ob this New6tetieA.i.a to enhance communication Q
between youth-seAv.ing agencies and to paomo.te.a cbsex u:
working aetationship between these agencies.
3 The NewsZetten will be published the last week o6 each
H month.- The New62etteh Committee meets-monthCy .to ne-
vi.ew antiete6 submitted 6oh- pubti.cati.on. The next meet- =
ing 66 the'eomm,ittee w.itt be'Novembet 11, 1975. Pea6ons
v wishing .to subm,it'antictes ox-items o6 .in6oA ation a&e
asked to send thei& eon titi.6uti.ona"'pni.o,% to;tha.t date .to
rn ° - Canot Ftinn; Johnson County Depa4tment o6 Soaia.E Senv.iee6,_
. 911 Nacth Govehnoh, Iowa City on. Phone: 351-0200.
X o Youh antictes, comments and viewpoints ahe invited.. It .c6
ti -the consensus o6 the Committee .that att.viewpo.int6 6houtd
obe pninted, ;and the- opinions ezp&eased hehe.in do not neee6-
r, saAity hep2e.eent those o6-the Newstetteh Committee.
i NewsZetten Committee Memben:6e' kye'Knipke, Iowa City Pubtic Schools;
z '-Judyeey, Iowa City Pubt c Libwny; Juicy Wood, Johnson'
County Extension Sehviee; 'Jean Speetoh, ASERP; T. L. Bwndt,
Regina. High Schoot, CahoZ FP.inn, Johnson County Depahiment
o6 Sociat Se vice.6.
y
r INTERAGENCY MEETINGS Intert.e6t Suzvey:
A suhvey wza sent -last month to 55 agencies, uivoZved in, dviceet behviceb, plan-
ning and 6unding-o6 zehviee6 to youth. The puhpoze;o6.the suhvey uas to soti-
b cit input on ahea6 o6 6haAed i.ntmut 6o,% interagency meetings. Since onP.y 13
-, agenci.ea have he6ponded to date, the hesponaeb ahs not s.igni.6.i.eant 6dom the
oil ' standpoint o6 6ut:uce ptanning bon: in.tenageney meetings. The Ae6ponse6 to date
to ate 6ummaitized betow, (totafA in pahenthese61:
i6 +� 1. Intehest .in discuz6ing de6in tlon6 06 Outreach (7), eounseZing (6), pteven
a' tion (4),` con6.identiat ty (3), advocacy•(2).
Intehest in di6cuss.ion meehanizma 6oh-publishing pugwms (8), meaeuhement
G o6 youth needs 18),_he6ehhae and 6oEtow-up (7); 'mixing" youth ("good" witlC
"bad") (7) ; ptogwm eva&wti.on (4), g ung funds - (2) . ,
c InteAut .ui discussing suiting o66' an .enteAview (1), •inteJ:ageney -Letati.on-s (11P.
a G volunteer he&ud merit (1).
h II: Deein.e to Zeatin mohe about: -
a. The puhpoae and oni.ewtation o6 agencies named (5): U.A.Y., Ptobation,
c Unified Way agencies.
e b. Speci6.i.c ski.Cla: ui6as intehvention.(5), P.E.T. (2), p'ogiLam evaluation (1),
r asbe&tiveness thauzing ,M.
e: Spec alt prtobtems "on. concek": juvenile justice, :neighbohhood hecAeati.on cen
a .tears, epeeiat education, chugs, 6amity,pnobtems (patient oni.ented), dhopouts,-
a' jobs, eehooZ motivation, ;"getting :along";akilld (6oh young6tene), sexuatity.`
(one each).
-+ III. De6.vice to ihaAe:
E a. Agency In6onmati.on:--P6ych Hospitat, City Reeheation Depahtnent, West High
School, 'hfayoh'd Youth Emptoyment ftogfiam, S.P.I.'
a b. Speci6.i.c Skill: Phognam Ptanning
IV. InteAest.'.en note ptaye on 6imutation games heganding: education (3), juvenit
_
justice (3), 6amity prtob&-m (3).
^+ It is ouh hope to shape ,in6armation about agencies thhough this Ne:cstettelp, by
hegutaAt6eatuhutg pn
.tweed ctao$nam 6ummahie6. Pehzons interested in wotking on.staue-.
cuss.ion, of b:ung.ing to 06 hesowcee peopte ketati.ve to thhe e441-e )
yn .the survey shoutd contact: Iw. oZnick, 911 N. GoveAnc Iowa in135
$ we'wat bhappy to 6acititate wonhshops on disecisscona and hope to "aequihe
e:
mateldats netevant to:tite6a intere6t6. _
�o th ghts,
law applicable to the relationship
By: van Bray",'
between the minor, hey parents and
Assistant County A,ttonney
society... However, ander present
circumstances the rigpt of the woman
Reeentty .the United State's Supreme Couht
is, one that the Court has deemed to
_"-agheed to heah a-ca6e.which A ieeb-fih.e is-
be.- fundamental, and lesser interests
`'sue 06 whetheA a min0h can consent to an '
or rights themselves deemed -fundamen-
aboRtion onhehbee6,:%ega)tdeeb6-:o6:poAen-
-taZ in-another _ context: may not-..be a1-
.tat objection. Unti.Z .tate Suphem¢ -Couht de-
lowed to 'interfere or impose an undue .:.
cide6 it, 'thehe is no 64ngft 1te6O ut<.on
burden upon the woman's right of pri- ,
B6`t1az issue, but a ZaAge majohity o6 to-
vacy."
weh: Couht`cases 6u.ppoxt #he`p&opo6.ition
that pcUtenta cannot consi,£.tuti.onaZZy'b?nc.
The haEbwAh cases which ahe the"6oundation o6
an abohtfon (ox '6oa.c'it) on a minoh 6e-
.the aitgument against patewtaZ consent, state'.
ma,Ze .ut hen 6iAe.t .tAimeeteA o6 prtegnaney. ..
'. thPx-t the decision on whetheA oh not .to prcocuh.e
wheAe sndeh-
he is capable o6 giving an u
an abohti.on ties soZeZy with the pAegnant woman
standing and vofi�ntarty'consent. _
and hen doeton .in the=6.utat iA me6ten. In the
6in6.t t ime6.teA no eompeCfing state intehea.t_
The c=VwAy view was expa.eased by a. U.S.
oven-hides the woman's Aught to puvacy and
Di6ttict Cou t in 61.isaou i. which upheed
tibeAty,undeA the Ninth. 6 FouAteenth AmendmeraA.
a state statute to n egai ung panen taZ . con-
A FZon i da Dib th i e t Count commented:
, ,to peAmit cut abohti.on on a m.inoh.
,sent
The Couht`keasoned that since a minoA is
"It'follows`inescapably that the state may .
.incapabte o6givingZegaZ Consent, a phe-
notstatutorilydelegate to...parents an
hequi te,to any abohtion, onZy a patient
authority the State does not possess."
oh, guat-an ean'Zegatty give consent 6oh
the minion. They Slated:
Aside &nom pwonaZ mohat 6ee2ings, aZZ peA6ons
"we do not believe that the Supreme
in youth-sehv.ing agencies: and 6am.ity ohiented
Court in recognizing a woman's lim-
seAvi.ee6 must Zook at the impact upon .the X "
ited_right to obtain an abortion... -
wohk,.i6-the Supreme-CouAt accepts the minoh�a
intended those decisions to have the
bight to decide on whetheA •to'aboRt.
effect of emancipating children in
How do we get the paAent6 to accept the minoh's
that-respect."'
The Masouki Co vit and .those otheA Counts
Aight to decide? _
uphoZdi.ng statnaes hegwvu.ng paKentat con-
How, when and .in what 6ohm com we phov.i.de sup-f
sent to aboxti.ons on a miltoh, tgnoh¢ the
pohti.ve 6eaviee6 .to -heCp a'm,4noft salon an undeA7
6undamentat constituti.onat :test. The tat
standing and votuntaAy decision .to abort oh _to
is whethex pahent6, o6 the State, have
bean kelt child?
such a compett ng .i.nteAe6.t bt a minoh
chiZd'a deeiaion_on whe-hen .to abo t,
WhatwiU does a mean sant school and what demands:
.it jub•ti.6ie6 some hest4aint on filte
will be madupon them to educate about abolition"
de
.that
min oh'd night to phivacy and ZibeAty to
oh .to up ghade .thein. coun6eting sehvieeb?
decide boa heUeZ6.
These aAe a hew o6 the pehptexing questions;naU
A.u.S. D.t6tkiet Count in Utah eon6Aonted
... none o6 which can be ignohed.
.the question diAeetty
(Case citations and research materials used in-
n"Parents...
"Parents ...have well recognized in-
this article are available upon request).
terests in the family unit. In the
distressful circumstances often as-
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sociated with the abortion decision,
-- family advice andcounseZing, a skill
;-DlLe xo.tlte bhoad scop¢ 06 .issues and.COncetn6 .:.
in which many physicians are not
incCuded in "Youth Rights", it i6-the concen6u6,
o6 .the'New6Zetteh. Committee that this` cotumn=
= ---trained, may, be more important than
6houtd.-be expanded to incZude`a vahtety o6
the purely medical diagnosis.: Parti- _
vi.elupoint6 conceul,_ g r'h7 Aight6 0,6 Pulp.
cuZarZy where the; patient is a preg-
16 you have conceAna"you wish;diaeusaed a2
nant,-unwed minor child'""the proposi-
a viewpoint you wish .to,exphebs, please let
tion ghat the child's parents should
youA New6ZetteA Committee know.
have to be consulted in.deciding
""
whether an abortion' is necessary finds
.. "'
a great deal-of support in the general
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((QQ
�� pp�p a,tn .to be :
this ,is one ey.J� . that
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e►wots
eY
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mound :6or awhif.e!
CORE - West Hagh;Sehoot
The Spec,iat PoPutatiOn4,Invotvemen.t Progko"
BY: Ron E.i.de, Coke TeaeheA
(S.P.T. ), which began as 'a Pitot prcogkam
'on
CORE ics'a phogkam dedicated to expand-'
dek`the duceexio6 Iowa Reenveati.on-Edu
the Un i veh b try o 6
•ing tFte .i.nd.i viduat. its students come
an attehnative
Iowa
Pnogkam, is now being conducted by'theUndeh
Depak tment.
into the phogkam'seek�ng
to _the teakning pkocess. They Leave, I -
city Patkb and Rech esti on
the teade&AhiP 06 Judy' Boeksma, the empkd Z.
a
betieve; with a'.belt¢A unde�+etandin9 6
Iedueationat, Poti-
mons com-
o6 S. P. i.eg&at be dueectze .ta�kde anted...
o6 V
how and ulhg"systema
ti cat; soeiat, teehnotog.iea,t, etc.) Op-
ptete.integ�afiinri ob.xhose persons
exist�g coemrcuuty-keeteativn
y:ate. The`pnogkamwoks because .itiA
And, on •top
ab.ititi.ee onto eom '
pkogkams, as weft ae he icb. zafii•on
diveue and abte to evolve.
into many things •thea
sa
AecJreation baciPitieb. At xhe same.
ffunitsome 6oA S.P.T. ate
o6 Hutt; we are
.time specia.t p1Lo9Aam4
yeaA.
also `being 'planned.
Out pk.imaicy goals are to bu.i td a gkeen-
and opekcote a sehoot
In an ebb okt to achieve total pope en Li on in-
ted
house and to Stant
stoke. To binance out pnoJects we ate
votvement, the S.P.I. pkogkam .invito Up
o6 the Iowa City Communctij
biii.Cduig eotd-6�es and vakious o•thu
Thieves-
mem5¢ks in the
!L(CI'-Obs ,the new pkogham by joining
i-
sma.ttet items to sett at out
Matket (which, by the way, wi It take
06 the Pumpkin--a Na efaween cahn
hbGl November 1st.
,h ed Nov
pPnee December. 19 in`Room'216-at West
YOU SHOULD COME AND TAKE A LOOK
vaP_FeA
val
Jud and hen eta66
As a,Aesautce ob5iee, y
ties
High.
AROUND!
Witt be ass;cs•ting. peksonb with d 6ab•it
betteA integkated into community
.... • • • • • • • ..
tClateex
to become
pkog„ams. They wiel be tapP,cng many d`SSek
Aesoutces .in okden.'to 6acit tate this
Atiawle7u.i.danec, eek
ent
community i tegkafiion. Special pxogAamming
NovembeA 16-23, 1975
i w.ia take ptaee'•in the area o6:-attrru m
others), sWcgival
By: Eve Kkipke
:lest High Counsetok
(being.a-concern-Son
(egcooking, basic city oni.ent ti.on), phy- ;
. .
:
b dance, basketbattl, and
The push-to hetp youth come mote 'at
adtakat activita ity' (e.g. 'aAts 8 cka6ts- mov-
touch with the k ax enteen Plans
6u
.is even pkesent. This week in '�Novem-
.res, plays )
hale a ach.
3-p PPS
bet should serve to Aem.ind alt o6 us
sets
Each activity wilt have a
I inAtnucii.on (i. c_ teakn a
who work with y oath to incCude
and careen-exptokatcon,' aWakeness and
Phase ent&U4
dance) . Phase IT ento i Ps neei ev ing exposure ,
dance Phase
in6okmati.on in make and moke.o6 out
An . elts y activity might
(i.e. obzerv.ing a peA6onman.ee).
III i tegnates I E . 11 with an activity 06
act i vi i es .
be to in6onm the kads wcth. whom you
active patticAPati.on (.i.e. the pkaduction 06
is hoped that this pkoceas w tz .
work what yours Job_enlaits.. What
to do what you
a dance). "it .
6aci it to betteA pnepo atiOn 6oA more irate-
skill ane neeessaky
do?How .did you get to where you
gkation into the community.
are caAeek wise?
to exptoke cak.eeAcs
Judy BoeA.Ama comes to S.P.1. 6kom Louisiana
whe&e she was `Reckeation Dixectok 6oA the
The oppoktun !
alt Junior and senioA high
Baton Rouge.Assoeiazion 6oA Reta/cded Citizens.
in dvicecting
exists:6ok
school-'students. Through cateeA deci-
-voentionat Pko-
She also'bhings some expetience
and thentke 604: 16-21 year otds
scan malLutg courses,
gkarns ctucee& maten,iaXs, and l:n ough
producing
h hyt to this position: At this time , --ea
her. B.A. Thenapeut4jc 1?xrrea-
eounseting se�,viees'•in thein zchoots.
Gui.danee Week; took ueoA
is 6inishing .in
tion. Judy can be neaehed at the Iowa City- ;;
by
.,Dating CateeA
bpeciat• chap&Pf kadi.o. spots,
Reckeati.on CenteA (under: the etaits) oA
pope °emote tetating to enteekb.
catting 338-5493.
gay -
Watendax - �f
NEW AT THE IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY111.
OetobeJt 30 - iowa Ghoup Home Penaonnet
Inc. Con enenee: Ux Gxa0.
Check the Pamphi'et Fite:
Reaching-out with a Nev Breed of Norke
Aaaa n,
Home Child Cane WankeAs, hil-, P -
4:00
U.S. Depax nen-t ab H t,
iu.'uch deacac%bea the
ctpat t�iwcc:T,- To--TZ y. 9:00- .to
ion contact:
weC6axe, a pubP.i.cati.on
concept o6 t CenteA box. Youth
the llattona
p.m. Fox moxe .in6ohma
Tom Lazio,- Box. 656, O.ttumjja, Ionia 52501
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O,rtAeach,Woxkexs in reaching out and con,
ox caa (515/682-3449).
tacting youth with pxobtems. 1'
NovembeA I'-- FESTIVAL OF PUMPKIN undeA
Divorgion from thc-Juvnnil.o Justice Jstcm.
he as attege Street Bhidge 6xom
S, Depanbnent'o6�
2 to 5 'p.m. aponsoxed by S.P.I. :
In the In6oxntation 9
a"e� ask Son
1 ibha/Cy
November 2-S - Iowa Wee6ane,Adaoc atiOn
Con elcenee at Hotet Foxt Des Maines ..
inside - Outside:: fl {lewsZett6 .on
eAv4ze.& to do h Grid'Adueta .in Pnisorra;
-=� (speeiat xntes`6on atudentel. Fox
- JaiCa and Detenti.an Centvlw. The ewucart
"The
note'in6ohmatcon ea?,C Carrot Ft.inn 351-0200,
. < .issue,, Lead aAti.cCe is entit'ted
� Kids ,in 'Cus.tody: a Resouace L iet
Novembex 17- Bicentennial tennial Symposium
Rights a6
JUVPJLiee Justice!'-
enttt a Net+ Directions in Juvenile Jg
bi- Had Foxt Des Mo.cnes.
on
Careen Gu Mance d i ick
Lice .to at
Keynote AddAesa -6y Sena.tax Succh Bayh. --
Cheek the, p same
ing the mo i a . oTT vunTeh. Pick up
Fon moxe in 6ohmati on eaR a Ixa Botncek at
Fox mo1-0200.' (Check the I.Y. A. C. Booth
oun
new .i.deaa'6ox matexi is to hetp in counsel ;
cho.i.cea..-
at the Con6exenee)
ing youth in making vocational
Deeemben 6 - Iowa Cid Symposium on Ju-
been
..^/
heAeohe��dn6on
v e us.t&e has
DeceTbelt 6. Fox 6uxthex 6 -
�a tau .c%�naut ????????
contact Lee Hood Capps at 319/338-4481
on Dxew Seha66en at 319/353-7049.
'candi.dates auppoAt.
Which city counci.0
Wtv
December 11 -The next meeting o6 the
Pkog hm" 6ox youth?
ouzz o Advocates CoaW-ion wt CC be
City. Check your next
what ox where .the nelu KEY Ctaszkoom &Ldd-
hetd .in Iotas..
Newatettex 60h time and'ptaee.
,ing is.
INTERAGENCY MEETING - to be. an-
n,c..-cant xesponse to
s cg '-
What ,is an.I..Y.A.C.?
- -:
hang wen
survey o6'_ tnteAeets has been-heeeived.
YO SURVEY
ICi
Someone who 6houtd be. xeceiv.ing xl+is .
HAVE YOU RETURNED
Iowa ??
911 Na&& Govexnon, Touaa City
N�t�e-and isn't???
Botn.ick,
yM9-BMOj.-frli�TD BMOz-
•.-_OtLL
zajuao ornp
rrhunoo BTO nnO1
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-kCITY OF IOWA CITY N[WSLITTie
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Vol 1 1
MP -
No Z.
s:October 29,k1975 l
'A Aiiiiiiiiiiiii
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.-' possible discrim
,.Some employees have expressed a reluctance about discussing
ination in employment with'memberT of -the personnel -office. 'Such employees
��
hould'make a direct approach;Lo_a.member of the Iona City.Humaeferredions !S
commission. ,The matter will`be:kept"confidential and ►will'be referred directly f
om
to missithe owa State Civil Rights-Comnission_ Mori.Costantino,z338-1001;'is the
current chairperson. :Other members are - Barbara Woodard „ 337-2-6(B T-Meanstt,
338=1184, Barry Matsumoto,'338-2477;`Rick Price, 337-4350; E J (Bud) Means,
338-1109; Jackie Finn, 338 6541, Sally Smith ,F338 7344, and Brenna Davidson'
338-8278.
year. one who.
76-77
suggeutioneabasimproviing�orsfacili
The bdetJut will tatingl'the budgetcpr cess orAabout emp hasloyee
benefits is invited to call Neal Berlin with the suggestions y
Iowa Ciity's nebePol ice' Chef, droppinglby toameet thoserofiyouohe hasn't3already met Weeks
ahead, he Y rw
The Iowa Public Employees Retrsonnel irement System (IPERS), which covers many ci y
employees
(thelce and last IowarLegiislature.arThe changesttakeaeffectsJanuary ha197-
ch 9 Y Your contribution of 3.5% of your salary will remain the same,
but your -total
cost will, higher if you make -more than $10,
800. That's because the amount
of
costincome has been increased from $10,800 to $20,000 a year. The c ty's
Tcontribution he increase iill increase c contr contribution inwill btheamountid on aof income cll income oveto
red will
mean better income for you after you retire: Your retirement pay will be based
on the highest five` -consecutive years of covered earnings. We will be providing
you with more details on IPERS in the near future
Iowa City Detective William Kidwell received compliments recently from the area
FBI officeinOmaha, Neb.,-for his assistance to the FBI in the arrest of
Michael Parton who was wanted on federal kidnaping charges.
Members
enancethe ehivlsion made specialartment of iefforts�tohseeathat theSSculptureand hDedicati n '
Maint
on October 11 was a success. Moving bulky sculpuresand picking up litter.
n.the downtown -area among the tasks they performed.
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The first streaker was an Indian -- Running Bare j
'OVERHEARD IN THE _COFFEE ROOM - "This is the ghird time I've done all the work 4
and my boss has taken all the credit." This might be called giving one's all r`=
f�.t0 thel Job...
ObQe
1hf ':, i•. .5-'. i. ,GC 1ls,'�Ji l.�=•3' r° Y nJ�,'ii�
h FROM A LOCAL RADIO ANNOUNCER = "Why. -
can we spend thousands for sculptures, but =u
not afford even one traffic signal that works!"
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_ COMINGS AND GOINGS AROUND THE CIVIC CENTER - I call `it the Civic Center Shuffle{
« .?:r ."_. •�� r.i....:�� sj•Y r� Y1(` „ { - •i_• 1,.-•%n. rl
FROM JOHN W. NEWBERN - People can be divided::into three groups.. '{H:
jhose=who make thins ha en:
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:Those who watch things. happen
Those -who wonder whathappened. ,_'} 4. `'• �K
Wouldn't it be nice to be assure of anything as 'some people are of:.everyt ing? `"`•
HANUKKAH is exceptionally early this year. It begins on November 29
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A permanent memorial to a former:Iowa City Forester has been constructed on the
University of Northern Iowa Campus at Cedar-F811s. The -Edward L..,Bailey Memorial
of`the -Biological: Preserves System at,ahe University;'is located in,a:public'
exhibit area of the Lowland Forest Preserve. Bailey went to Cedar Falls in 1968
and was a landscape planner there until his death in 1974. ': c
Iowa City Fire Marshal, Darel Forman, was up +to the task after an employee -complai.ne
that -the majority of -females on the staff didn't know how to; use a fire extinguisher
He_conducted two training sessions, especially for female employees, during'National:
Fire Prevention Week. 7"
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An anonymous contributor has these questions:
"Where 'do we go if there's a tornado?"` The answer is thecoffeeroom and stay as
far away from the windows as possible. '
"Why can't we find someplace in the building, 'away from traffic, to use as a sick -bad
If one feels a bit out of sorts with a headache, cramps, nausea, there is zero place-
to go except home." 'Does anyone have a solution?
"Why is the coffee table a better place to obtain needed information than talking}•''.
„to a knowledgeable source? Anybody, have an answer?
An`unidentified employee of Anderson's Hauling -Service, a -private refuse collection
firm, found out it's nice to have city employees working nearby.- The person was
injured in a mishap behind the Press -Citizen building recently and John Funk and
Jake Babcock, of the city's refuse division, quickly rendered assistance.
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: _.City of lows City laws City. Iowa 52210 75t t S00
- - November 4, 1975
Washington Street is open!!!
Some confusion continues along Washington, with residents mistaking the bus
and truck loading zones for angle parking spaces. The loading zones are to
be used by parallel packers only and there are 15 -minute time limits. -Parking
meters will beinstalledas soon _as_they, arrive. " Parking near the Civic Center
will be two -hours, at other locations one-hour.
The roofs on the modular buildings along Clinton Street will be waterproofed
- before long, `to - help ; assure a leak -free winter and ;spring. The work will be
done by Slade Brothers. Roofing Co.of Coralville, It's a routine maintenance,'
effort to head off potential problems.
Richard Wollmershauser, the assistant Community Development Director and super-
visor of the Urban-Renewal-projectfor the past year has -resigned to become
Director of Community Development at Overland Park, Kansas.- He has been on the
City's Community Development staff'since'-June of =1971. 'His last day on the job`
here will be November 21.
Demolition of the final group of; Urban Renewal properties is underway. Work
began at 325 S:'.Capitol. The demolition contractor is salvaging material such
as doors, windows and usable wood. Anyone wishing to purchase -these materials
may go'to'the Conoco Service Station at Burlington and CapitolStreets, and ask
for Jack Bristow, ,the demolition foreman.
Because of its location, the former Swails Refrigeration Building must be dis
mantled from the top, piece by piece.
New appraisals are being obtained 'on the College Block Building and the former
Dottie Dunn Hat Shoppe site, between Things and Rosheks. We hope to advertise -_
both for.sale in early December.
Large -redwood bulletin boards are going to,be, nstalled at the southeast corner -
of Clinton and
ornerof_Clinton"and Washington Streets in an effort to tidy up. -the area and still
provide a`place for citizens to place their posters: and notices. They will be
five -feet by eight -feet -in size. -There also will be new transit information
signs installed in'that area before long.
Preliminary site plans for Plaza Centre I, which would be`the-first building
constructed by Old Capitol Associates in the Urban Renewal' Area, have been
approved by the City Council. The site is being readied and the boardwalk
that has been constructed around it was recently painted with bicentennial murals
by; students from Iowa _City elementary and secondary, schools.
M50
% -
in Norwood, MaSs'w
;qiiare,being'buUtbyibi,Lanni.agCorpoiatiorIt
Rendering of TZ
ankruptcy:
which Laa,
of Super Squares in B
ning is proustating- as partic-I
By ISADORE VAILMASK diitst.Tyz-�ltiid Its suPpIYIngIndustr1mtPv-&
ularly sulted to local units of The etailinx In '-*
Rentals are , be ated with shock late last week as a long -feared P05..^ a V
national cbahm f-th of r ia Is sixth largest Teta
rho look IjA do approach to not only one half 0 e
ffl._V*W1 r alized: 7be country
different, often vastly dif- and costs for rrs� eq,
are st T to Thursday I court pro-..,
is. the normal rate' Ad -t Company. filed on at
mai the VV.
lerent, but the goal' maintenance unde
0 the BanITuptCY Act. It listed, I:
common -area ,lection unde the prov',s 3 1
•
centers te sm
$=a: small shopping con about one-third Ibis usual rate. debts of mor than $1-b!�iii3�lthreos;econd-lar�-est In5O1venCYJ';
__MWd3r Without department
There is little doubt that of �Porutiozz company flvaf*�
X stater of other.larall.•.3 Costs to that of Penn Central -
go W Is
mounting construction whe liabilitimtotAled $a4_ illion.
chale unft&, - and the closins'otmanY dis-","YeAre 290
it the presitties 1rhWng transit coar..;
The •' new. are.
the coun, - count, dePartintolat and variety - victfin of many,* Id Giant, however, 11241 itl':�7
springing up across last Week ss'these'days;.thel 6"ear-O
stores--highijighted
try, designed to attract com, by the of W. r. P -at problems.- Among- them Were Oversealsanslorst
O!� Spec
;�a; jaded by the size. the opening ot'large.Grant
sit Grant's—hays also led to the Into costly Credifoperations,
sameness and toot-Wealy"agdevelopment_ of ..the new and Grant City, stores*sund expanding into big-ticket itemS,!,;
a - -
aux time
chore of shopping in Talte, re andborless malls
ceatem. when consumers were already beginniall't back----
gional Last' year,, for., example
off from major apparel and. household durables sale
Lit Salt Lake City. the aA-, afterhavingvtfWa]IY given -the-is
months through last July 31, Gralit's [Ost'F
f building. Large-
clent maintenance yard"and up the idea I lion, more than any other retailer in the nation's history
.,z•
stora-a -him for streetcars centers %= . major �tones -'!-Although Seventh Avenue and apparel and soft, lines
Or jj'e Utah-.Light.and Trac- after. 30' years in 'business, I
tion Company have been cors- Manuel D Meyerson I Assort- Producers W - Robert
ere shocked by -the bankrupcy, tbleY-21sb c0i-f
'Cin Cincinnati, brought. opinion of Grant's president,
vexed to tire 9"tore Trolley.
area Inc. C. tribated to it in the'� It dppearin- in Federal coUrt with,
Ili
I. " Anderson. drily hours afte
Square shopping cenLffe With ales, Inc
Place Mail., d th
SqtL out I -, Is, he sai
aqUeg and SerVjCe,StOTe3 - Manuel - Maye eq - 163, att6rniyi to file, the -Chapter XI petition, 2K
haul sson; pr - I_-.
background son, Fred. said.:- batik -to -school vierchandfiecame "in only ats trickle during. -"r
against.a 1`2 = ",&we took the. ill . -
reneged sig, IdentI and his er This led to continuing companyi...
of authentic tr6UeY-c2r . rns August and SePte?T.
Itli -- iast�week.that I
and an Old troUllY,111. best :Components-- Of 'Our.- losses and i decision to .he said.
will have to Iw4t
center feature. I
Laiiusai successful centers and Incor r4qw,ma . sly. of Grant'9'3,500 suppliers chain'
..Thg_Lumberyardil porated them into. a, center � for their payment on goods already shipped "M the
d works out a plan for repayment and has it 2PpfOVedTh0se';1if .
Beach. Calif.,, replaces an 01 Of 18 :small iventory lien will receivp.�-
who sigaae
-A-finy- who and Office build arate building!0 it ars. agreement for an h
ing with it 45 -store enclosed. 18000 foot . -:Market, :place _L' judge approves a schedult'--i,
Ky priority when the bankruptcy
in Florence,� ay have to Wait from six tol
Cer ter using the -decor of a
was opened in the Corning months. others in
rf traditional aroun a 9. But new goods- shipped for Grant's contmum"'
nall4ormandyVillage. - last May,, centered. d t, �J;
is month
In the spring of .1977. ,courtyard and given an early reorganization - will be paid for out
operations pendiL'q 'to Grant's At_"
three Super.Square malls American. decor-, .'. I. - -'tdmIni;1bAtiv& cost!6 according
r.BD3- Five. other.. Market. Place company
to be Opened, two nea
ton and one at Laurel- Md -malls have . opened or are , torneys,
: * Air. Anderson +ho left Sears Roebuck - last April to join
contemporary.-, dose to ppening and four are
featuring - I it be was disappointed because. Grant's.
Wooden fyamlike structures on the drawing -boards. Some Grant, was -asket ..'not disappointed as much'
with storefronts. ind. interi- of the now centers are larger,, had to file foir*banI�ruPtCY-.'. ..
we Cali settli down arid'
vrs -designed along historical, such as a 45,000 square foot. as I am relieved,,- he said. "Noiw,. L ILI
0 s; each center with. 40 Shops In try to be retailers.":
)re natural or sports line!
store to be different and suit- Montgomery.' Ohio, in a rel -
d to the mElirband'so It sells. ativelylaigh-incOlneaera. Irist atttaction while they
* Seta 17hese are little complexes center so far has bein way. -tot
are Square.sausil, -for ex- the de. way abovaIIour sales exPec- may Produce some local In
ivals A uporting goods store *
uper aimed at meeting terest. 'irik feeling' ls.'that-'
ample, will have an entrance mands of medium- to high- taboos.
From the standpoints, .0 centers need major. depart--'
Come; . simulating.a football stadium income areas 'with strong -...-both the public and the Inec- Z merit and specialty Stores 110*,�
With a bleachers overhang and population density,".�Isid the' that the attract Imas1foillywing, he.-'.,.
in appropriate interior. Fora older mr.'Mayerson. "We do client, it appears
traditional men's libre store. '.tho'.big stores, es LiLnning Super. Squares may. -said. C,
not want -,. comprise as great a' novelty . ."The'diftence. between
l, es at hire is the stem of as old" gotten,
those types that have .
ship, and *3 is being offered or planned ;major center and:a. specialty
New England sailing, sit* gotten into trouble.- addition to about - 'Center is like the difference"
a inhil-c6riter along thus far. In i --in -a super--'
Worressli Shop Will have the Cars , 9 compete with 100 stores each with a dif-I between buying
Interior of 8 textile rnll- thematic.line tnt decor. the' M013 -Will -market or - I-%-, a 'gourmet:
The Lanning 'Corporation; a huge super -regional snail?..., fere store. - Centers can't depend
the Detroit area, the
I CO]ItMI a In contain a lo,000-square,foot on decor or. appearance for
B iton, theFbuiIderOf the Su -
team Oakland' has bekf one garden and a central Artisan's
pet Squares, has hired a 70 Oak"
super -re-, , Mall. -wherein SO. to their sucM3 but 011 their'-
PlIft ill':I, of former Disneyland deal or the dominant 3ans I and Craftsmen are to P merchandise offeringf. Are,;cpOtt 1f-
era to create the store decors. gionals, 'with" A' 400,000 sans
country's- 13.000-Ce1%sqbare-fo6t 1:*T- Hudson and work and display -their wares, we. -Carrying the Items that'
on &.multi-level structure. -in people neet]? -ThatI& the'ch2l-
I::ndAh0_ -ters site not OnIS' competing a 440.GQ04qu2re-foot Seais*.-' of. I tree;si - and I
.d. the enge.
'Whate ;,ts;i,
for a tighter. Consumer dol-_ Roebuck unit:anchon g in greenery. ever its ultimate
teratum lar these days but also draw- estimated $125 -million in an- According to Arthur 'Lan- lure the them& or andhorless.-
Ing the ire of communities on nual sales in the centef.'But
ning presidentthe firm cen�er does,- challenge the
charges of contributing to 10" last May; the Kimberly -Stott built more than B.: concepts bf bigness and coin -Z
Cal pollution. Corporation,* it Troy,Micb-, which has b ;Smaller -have
. prehensiveriess that
centers naturally builder, opened a small Mead. million square feet of dis-int-strip, center space, the, characterized the retail bus!--*
mear, less Pollution from few- ow Brook Village Mall.'about cot
l6t�tii include.c[L' ness for decades --- and also'.
f er caM and their proponents 15 miles away. with 55 spL decision t is based on ' brought it sonic Of its Prin`L'
2150 Claim they are More, Con' cialty stores and a. iurn-01- Partment stores they -creato cipal headaches as evidenceir
venlent. the -century 100k- the belief thit.
high tenant cost Of iluplicaI% .'by -overexpansion and'result:��
The mew I projects are According to TOM Strauss, ti;it of merchandise.- ing profit erosion_ I -
lmown in the trade as "theme vice presirent,of KimberlyIIr lbouti4tior. .trend
I
centers." because many Scott. the new small center Showmanship. and smah. The
adopt rt decor based an local met, the needs of s'POPWA- ness.:-are these the wave .Or among department stores has -
which could not the future � in , American not generally- stacceeded:-8!rI--
history or geograph3r or. as floss pocket took
since arbL conveniently served by. suburban shopping? Mr. Lan- big units sought' to
specialty cen"M ning thinks so but at `least what they v;;;��It, But there
they include only Specialty the large center" may well be, a -place in lho•':
no authority considers' the
storm 'rho largest unit In 'the 0 akU - the industry lor 1r�_b Itho -big-,
10 000.3quare.root trend 'IVA necess,
Thvi are 2790 ImOwll as center Is A I of f1th fdnir07I coarmr ;V%rf 6w5maw, 5*
-0flant malt," A!iIln the close garden nurIierYnndthYIfirgrt Pail"'m 9 'tsmisn;�exccutive ized One. As the.flumber
• store, a' 114,000-sqtl3fe- not . Albert W
of
men's wear retailer. "who vice president OVUM Inter : small ones. grows and I that; -
e% th
lion An national Council of Shopping of Inige ones diminish
e ects to do $2 -mil CC question may become, one
sales xthe first year,. accord liters, said that the' I
e- some -mostly as a dominant SPOCies. 1,
ing to Mr'' Strauss.. --rho center
12A•/_DES MOINESSUNDATREGISTER ,.■ Ntry 2, 19ra-
IMC ousins�D. : dpn
so`as griore singles want-�t�, :buy
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By LEN ACK [ArkiD
Carol 'Frazier is 25 and Realty a large realestate , • A thiee bedtnom home on ° A' oe}son dead -set on, rind'
single After- a months -long agency. , E. Sheridan Avenue that sold a home can us jaily find one,l
search, she recently bought a for 520,000 in;1971 is now_on thou
He calls the shortage of un- gh. But it isn't easy. Con -
housed e r-;40,000. homes - in Des the market for $29,500. cider Carol Frazier's case..
for ;17,500 in West Des •"A three-bedroom split lev-.
Moines serious. :. P Until five months ago Fra-
Moines..- = - - - el on-Twana':Drive 'in -the aer;had been:i-renter-^But
Prices Skyrocketing ? northwest uadrant that sold
That's noteworthy on a .- q when her. landlord told her
couple of counts.. -...,Indeed those houses - that for- $36 000 in 1972 is ' now that the two-bedroom house
First, it points up a trend of are bemk ' built =•are, sky- being offered at;46 900. she had.been renting on S.W.
sorts — a growing, number -of rocketing- to price. • The me Most people:m Des h_toines thirteenth Street, was being
single persons
are
seekin to ' ` • cannot afford any, of..those; sold she decided to change
g . price of, new homes 'in four homes., The median. in- „ H
buy houses in the area. that. = , '
Des Maines has doubled in the conte in Des hfoines has risen "gwas Lwin
They're seeking+aax breaks g' money.. For
and a hedge against. inflation, past 1S -years; to more than sharply in recent' years ; and
but another reason - for' the $30,000• -•Since 19.74, _ housing now stands at $13,895, -accord " -xr•� -zt a _
borne -buying is the increasing prices have been-rising-lwice ing to HUD. But -the -rule of the $190 a month i was paying - -
scarcityof apartments _to rent thumb is that a home buyer for rent I figured P as fast as incomes: • ` '-.,; -._ shouldn't buy. a.house,cwting ,. gyred I could buy
in the Des Moines'area and have something to show
A Department .of Housing more than twice his annual for it;' she'says,.Based on
Second, ' Frazier's " example 'a' for `Development income - - -
iilustrates a problem': As tier (HfJD)'surve of metro titan her'tncome, she began looking
Y Po ^ (The median• Figure ;meant for a house )n' the
long search indicates, houses; Des Moines in 1974 shows that that hall the area's - families'
especially; those.: priced under of 573 houses.completed in earn more than that amount range.
$40,000: are extremely difficult subdivisions with five, or more and half earn less) =- T'he_search took her to n
to find these days because of homes, { 70 --'per : cent were ,:;H they.can't afford a home; merous houses for sale by
soaring construction costs priced over $30,000. - of course, people must live in
pc P owners, to three real estate
Demand 6n Rite : .-,The reason is that' costs to an apartment- er::` a .rented firms; sometimes to three or
The trend among people like
builders and developers also house. But its not easy, to
Frazier complicates the prob have been rising. find either in Des Moines. " [ow homes a night and more
i
Iem.. Their search for housing Improved lots — those with As a glance at the want ads on the weekends, and everyi
is one reason that demand for
utilities,'streets, etc. - cast will 'show,zrental houses are isection of town' except th i
almost -nonexistent
tent- in the ,
homes is on the rise:' Yet the about $2,500 in 1960; but ran central area and the east side.
about area..And the latest available
supply is not rising nearly as $5,500 in 1974: Construe- figures indicate the apartment "I ;grew up in West • Des
fast. Since the -beginning; of tion costs for new homes av- B P
1974 - 22 months ago — only eraged about $11 a square foot vacancy rate here stood at a Moines andrfeel,lwt on the
in 1960 and doubled to $22 a low.,. low 1.9 per. cent in 1974, east side," she explains.
-340 permits have been issued square foot to 1974 down_ from: 4.6; per. cent �: in Finally, for the, construction of single s! y, a couple of weeksl
family.homes in.Des Moines. Interest Rata 1971, -according [o, Winegar ago she heard about a two-.
' -Appraisal Co, Inc., of Des bedroom house` on -Ninth
In contrast, 87I permits were ,Tbe interest paid by, bold .Moines "` Street in West Des Moines
issued in 1960 alone':-' • ers' on ::construction loans, ' This shortage of apartments
There are a•lot:6,f people whichJWay-liovers around 11 is one -reason single, persons that bad. -not yet been adver-
tised for sale. Finding the
Ke can't find bousing for, - es. per cent, has increased 3 ' • are seeking to buy homes. owner's phone busy; `Frazier
pecially,-in the-' $25,000 � to percentage points in the last =Although, no' figures are
S30,000 range," says William two years; according to build- available on liowmany single jumped foto -a. car .with ,a
Knapp, chairman of Iowa er John W. Grubb, owner' of! persons' are buying homes; friend, drove to the hone
census figures show that from liked -it and put_ down some
1950 to-1970one-person house- earnest money to buy it.for -
Eastern Itills Development holds -more than doubled' tri' $17,500.
Company. Des Moines- to one-fourth of .. A gift from her parents en-
But.it isn't just new homes the city's 68,506 householft abled her to make a 20 per
that are being priced out of j The figures include both home' cent down payment The re -
the range of many residents. and apartment dwellers. Two- maining 80 per cent mortgag
Sales records for older; homes person: households.. made, tip 'loan was financed _ at 9 pe
show that: r the. iamest-category in 19.70. cent'interest byd_a local•av
• A four-bedroom home on Amounting to, 3L: pm,cent of Ings and loan association. •
lArnard Drive In the north- the lnlnl t « ;' Frazler._says that her new
cast quadrant that sold new µ'(tile slnale 'persons 'still house Is rvd exactly what stn
for $18,500 In 1957.1s ontheprobably make .up a small was, looking for, but -that iti
market today for $33,900. percentage or °- prospective should be a good investmentll
• A three-bedroom house on home buvers.- their impact is
S.W. Virginia Street that sold significant ruse the supply
for $18,500 in 1958 is now list- ar single-family houses is vir-
ed for sale at $32,000. tualiy static - `•
U ery ce r nom'
a. cod,
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Bp NEAL R. PEIRCE' .
Mayor Richard J. Daley'slartled Chi,-: They argue that the. elaborate web of. which are supposed to differentiate be
cago last month by suddenly asking his civil service laws. rules and regulations _tween jobcontenders.*
.
city _council to'abolishthe .Chicago Civil "built 'upover decadeshasbecome, an Independent -_civil. service commis
Service -Commission and tr_nsfer its '.Insurmountable barrier' to. productivity ..sions,.critics say, become little.duchie -
•power to anew city department of per-- in government, a millstone around the unto themselves. They rob ekcted.o[6
- sonnet with *wide powers to decide_ who necks of elected officials, and - a . dis- cials and managers of the right.lo�pid
should: behired,.P romoted -or Mired by incentive to able government workers.. able personnel: They,. Cause: inordinate
the city government.7• --"- - T heWashington stateproductivity of•. delays. inappoinlments-.through'time
Daley's- opponents* 'reacted "with un- : Tice reports that. most agencies -feel the -consuming red tape. 'And'they-put em
- derilandable,suspicion; ,There was fear' hallowed."merit principle;'.the founda• :ployes into a lock -step, on pay. advance
that the master„patronage=dispenser, ,tion of civil service in its early years, without regard to theiK true talents am - wanted. to
sweep away civil service pro;- has been tdst. one: agency reported: contributions
tections and freeze. into city jobs many- "Exceptional performance. goes-'•unre- "In short," --Rapp observes, "civi -
of the 10,000 -"temporary •'-:workers who,- warded: mediocre' performince pro- -service, in many cities,- has become a
form'the'coie ofhispolitical- army. tected -�, - :meritless'., system in :_which existing -
Sources. close to Daley say protecting ` Brian -Rapp former city manager Jimployes _are. protected from objective
"the organization"'was one ofhismo- Flint, Mich., found after surveying con. evaluation and competition in the same
tives but that h_ a also knows that, at ditions in city governments around the manner that political : 'ward heelers
_ 73, he's on his "j.ast'Hurrah" and nation: "In'most civil service systems were once protectedfrom public ac
-- .would like to be remembered as a man' there is virtually no connection between countabilityby the _ politiciansthe, _
who fathered•a major good -government an employe's performance and his re- helped elect. In many ;;respects, 'civt
_ --_ reform -" wards,'raises-are_':automatic, and anservice --has -created a spoils systems
Reform of encrusted civil service sys employe -cannot be dismissed without an -_reverse:' -: -- -
tems has indeed -bee ome'a-"good gov-extraordinary' and time-consuming Rapp's conclusion, made in a forth
ernment^_cause.-In'.govetnmenls across: effort cr:. - - -coming book, is sure to infuriate eivt
issioru, which see' them
the nation, leaders who never saw the Rapp argues that instead of imple•. service Comm
inside of. a political_. clubhouse -suggest menting the merit principle, civil serv- selves as defenders of the
religim
that yesteryear's great reform Cause- ice most often' administers a'seniority.— of "merit" appointments and advance ”.
has become today's roadblock to effec- system: "Promotions," he says, ""Occur merit.
tive governance: ;, ' • - • incestuously y from - within," _ based on ..Government managers, however
•" highly;.spurtous written tests. scored
Ncal R. Peirce is, a:eontributfet till- down. to two or - throe decimal points,.. - pieasa turn to pape trot
tar of the National JonrnaL _ _
The new problem of government ex Such union attitudes can tur outdo
G ' ecutives is the rise of strong governbe seI[•defeating, because they lead to
--ment worker unions which demand and -. inefficient,, government-: and stoke the . '.
���® ��� fires for what the unions fear most -
_ i •• - often get the rightto-negotiate hiring.
web of laws" promotion and disciplinary practices — government contracting out of services
all tradiftonal management pre- to more efficient independent,con
,._
---rogatives: It's the. combined restraints tractors.
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of rigid civil service systems and pow ; State legislatures and : city councils
PEIRCE -• - - erful unions that make many governors ;can strike blows for more efficient gov-
ContinuedJrompopeone and mayorstoday despair ofmanaging ternment by writing statutes ;that :break
well in the public's interest. + the. hammerlock of ossified civil service -
aren't _alone in attacking _traditional r— - systems:'and'-define more narrowly
--- civil -'service- radices.--TheNationallA strong, argument can be made foriwhat's negotia eweeo unions an
P abolishing civil service and relying on i—
Civil'Service Leagues which wrote and la bargaining to protect govern- '; tsars state governments.
an passage 0 the federal civil service The final control,oug]t, has to
-be
managers. T from as. how and { best
calllawa m119TO883, 5It nowhifted trecnmmends thlat managers.. The unions. however, often 1Political •be sotaringe60ss are now history;
Y stress seniority over skill.iv a job, and l ,
hiring and firing be: placed under. a {they have a peculiar view of -"merit'• an -era of -scarce tax dollars is upon us.
personnel director responsible to a city According to Jer Warf, president of In most places the specter of a Nine
or states chief executive officer, and the American a era ton 0t `_State; teenth Century spoils system is a'red'
that civil 'servicii commissions be abol-
County and Municipal Employes: berringi' Politicians will be increasingly`
- ished or transformed into boards over 'Merit procedures -must be used to judged by whether they can provide ef-
seeing operation of personnel systems, assure that job applicant can do the ficient delivery _of government kervices
More than 100 governments -across job not necessarily that he can dolt at reasonable cost They: should be`giv-
the country have moved toabolisha better. -than anyone, anywhere. 11 one : � the tools to mange;well - aod_be
modify their civil service systems I
In
qualityfor,a typist pvtftfrn, r4' cytAxSff1MTat 6,fhcyaan
the - past, few years.. - type 60 words per -minute, that tt. well pact swift retributfon at
the polls
- - - - - - - and good. Built does not follow. that an -- --
applicant typing 70 or 80 words a min-
- - _ ute is the better qualified:'
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11/5/75
CITY OF IOWA
CITY
GENERAL FUND
-_ EXPENDITURE CHANGE
COMPARISON
ACTUAL
ESTIMATE
F19 6
DIFFERENCE
CHANGE
1972
$ 679,399
$1,276,849
$ -597,450-
87.9
ADMINISTRATION
500,773
216,980
76.5
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
283,793-
PUBLIC SAFETY:
552
952,143
399,244
72.2
49.2
Police Protection
,899
497,819
742,992
245,173
Fire Protection
TRANSPORTATION:
250,855
307,326
56,471
268,725
22.5
86.0
Traffic Control
Transit
312,340
581 ,065
747,195
92,660
14.2 4
Mass
--Street System Maintenance
' 654,535
32,689
35,781
3,092
9.5
Airport
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:
- 243,595
672,077
428,482
175.9
56.8
Sanitation -
44,626
69,952
25,326
Cemetery
LEISURE F, `CULTURAL OPPORT:
245,291
370,797
125,506
51.2
36.6
Recreation
232,819
318,063
25,244
142,965
68.7
Parks
208.232
351,197
Library
$6,926,210
$2,6_ 87_318
63.4%
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$4 238,892
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Property Tax.
-,-
Licenses $ Permits
125,473
128,250
2,777
(91,731)
2.2
32.1) -
Fines $ Forfeitures
285,731
426,621
194,000
540,790
114,169
26.8 -
Charges for Services
Intergovernmental Revenue
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63,400
63;400
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HCDA
604,623
604,623
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Federal Revenue Sharing
932, SOS
1,015,260
82,755
8.9 '
Other, Sources
103,737
121,360
17,623
17.0
Use of Money and Property
282903
45,155'
16,252
56.2
Miscellaneous Revenue
226,686
179,127
(47,559)
21.0
..Transfers
$4,386,491
$5 853,115
$1,466,624
33.4%
TOTAL RECEIPTS