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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - Miscellaneous (80) ioNA C0 !t'ii x � 4, ' (IX- * NEWSLETTER .. „,_ .. .* i ,, . ,, .,.... ,„, . ,_ ,:tv,: .... _ _....... i,„ ,,v,,.._,,cr2,, ,I,i --- -y, --.4. For Arizona Cities And Towns IP:7 i3 4th Quarter, 1976 IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT STILL VIABLE , By Pat Murphy Fourth, and finally, there is the securities market, Editor,Editorial Page Arizona Republic which is now gun shy about municipal fiscal adven- October 21, 1976 tures, and is not as eager to jump feet first into public Yuma,Arizona programs. I pretend no expertise in the skills of managing a To chart these new trends, let me refer you to recent municipal or state governmental agency. But I do have studies by Dr. Roger Klein, Director of Economic Re- a continuing feel for the public's attitude toward the search for the Securities Industry Association. performance by local government. And it is on that level the public's perception of performance by local gov- His statistics are brief, but unmistakably and inargu- ernment I'd like to chat with you. ably clear. It is worth noting that never in recent political history In the 20 years between 1955 and 1975, local govern- has local government attained such pre-eminence. One ment was the nation's largest growth industry. In 1955, significant and illustrative measurement is in how the it represented 8.2 per cent of the Gross National Product, United States Supreme Court ruled on 14 cases involv- and by 1975 had leaped to a staggering 14.8 per cent of ing the rights of local government versus the Federal the GNP. government in its last term. In 11 cases, the high court ruled the local government, not Federal government, had That's an 81 per cent growth rate. pre-emptive powers. State and local government also accounted for 80 When Jack DeBolske assigned the title of my talk per cent of all non-defense purchase of goods and serv- "Is Local Government Still Viable?" it was like posing ices in the nation. the question, is sex here to stay? Local government employed 1 out of every 7 non-farm Certainly it is. workers in the nation. But if we overdo, how much can we stand? But then the trend began reversing. To my untutored observation, local government has While increases in localg overnment spending aver- overdone it as part of the general drift toward col- it lectivist social solutions. aged 14 per cent per year between 1960 and 1970, dropped to 10 per cent per year the past three years. Moderation now is being forced on it -- from the Of 43 legislatures in session thisY ear only 13 had State Capital to the smallest township. increases increases on their agenda and all measures amount- The cross currents of these new pressures on local gov- ed to only a 2 per cent increase in tax receipts. ernment should be clear. First, there is the taxpayer, for whom the halcyon Now, after such euphoric growth, why should local government suddenly find itself forced into organized days of cheap energy, cheap beer and cheap government are gone. He is in revolt. A sample of this resistance is retreat? in the defeat rate of local bond issues 71 per cent Put simply, it is the manifestation of good old horse failed last year, a message with undeniable portents. sense,into which the American public occasionally lapses, Second, there is a new sophistication in the manage- and the implacable truths of new economic reality. ment of local government. More and more professionals What the public generally is saying including poli- and elected politicians are asking has local govern- ticians who run against the size and cost of government ment bogged down in a quagmire of enterprises which is that government must restrain itself. don't provide solutions, but create problems. local Put yourself in the shoes of the man on the street Third, the new fiscal federalism which has givenwhose income has risen, if he's lucky, 5 per cent a government the economic boldness to mushroom has year while sales taxes, taxes on his salary, inflation, begun to boomerang. Local administrators suddenly rec- rent and heaven knows what other involuntary costs have ognize that Washington has transformed thecountry s been triple the income gain. 80,000 governmental jurisdictions into subdivisions for Federal impulses — which ties local hands, and saddles He sees billions of dollars having been spent on crime local taxpayers with costly programs in which the pur- and the criminal justice system and still he cannot veyors of Potomac remedies are reducing Federal par- walk the streets safely, or sleep in his home without ticipation. double-bolting the doors. He sees billions spent on education yet the average You should rejoice, not agonize, about these new op- high school graduate cannot read beyond the ninth grade portunities brought on by resource adversity. It means level. you have the opportunity to develop leaner and more e of his Federal agile approaches to delivery of community services. He sees the greatest single percentage t g tax dollar go to elevating the economic security of the At the risk of being presumptuous, let me suggest for nation yet 11 per cent more Americans were classi- your consideration what appeals to me as possible exer- fied as poor last year . . . now a total of 26 million persons. cises in management enterprise: He sees billions for public housing much of which —Rid yourself of the savior complex. You can't afford has turned into new ghettoes of crime and misery. it, and neither can your taxpayers. He sees millions of other dollars being spent to bus —Don't be instinctively mesmerized by the allure of his children to school on the likely grounds that they the Federal grab bag—inside there are traps. The Fed- are black or white, with education taking the hindmost. eral dole is shrinking, too, and you may get stuck paying -' Is anywonder that when hegets the chance say, Washington's ambitions. y, a local bond issue that he will vent every pent up —Establish clear goals whose long-range costs and dissatisfaction with government? community implications are measured and understood. You, my friends, are the closet to John Q. Public Introduce some tough business ideas ask who and the closest target he can strike, by repudiating elect- wins, who loses in a given clash of interests, and resolve ed officials at the polls who spend recklessly, or vetoing it with reason, not politics. bond issues conceived by the planners. —Ask if there aren't some services which can't be Now there is another force developing in America better delivered by private contractors. Waste collection today a movement headed on a different course, and and fire services, to name two, are routinely handled in one which surely will collide with the instincts of some Phoenix suburbs by private firms. middle America. —Adopt technique for measurement of performance This is the constituency from which you hear the most of a program, just as any functioning business must do pressure groups, which want more spending. to retain its efficiency and survivability. When the bene- fits vs. cost ratio begins to bulge in the wrong direction, This group manifests what the Institute of Life In- you'll know it quickly. surance calls "the galloping psychology of entitlement "— the new ethic that Americans are entitled to a risk-free, —Study worker productivity has the merit system secure, healthy existence through institutionalized social encouraged and reinforced mediocrity? And what can action. Government programs, if you will. be done about it? A number of cities have bonus plans either money or extra vacation for measurable in- They want housing, health care, income, jobs in creases in productivity. short, a full range of personal perquisites and emolu- ments to be subsidized by others. —Are all those citizen advisory commissions in local government really producing anything, except openings This group is large, and politically formidable. for patronage appointments, and more meaningless re- By the roughest of estimates, more than half of our ports to read? Cut, merge, consolidate. nation's population today 127 million Americans to —Look to corporate brainpower in your community be exact are dependent entirely or partially on gov- for help in cost analysis, systems design, program man- ernment social assistance of one form or another. The agement. The Business Roundtable, one of the business total tax bill comes to $215 billion a year a 179 per community's most prestigious organizations, has offered cent increase in just 11 years. cost-free services of members to help local government Clash of these interests is inevitable. But, it seems to increase efficiency and productivity. me, there are distinct advantages in your positions as —Would it be a good investment to occasionally con- local government leaders today, as compared to a decade duct public opinion polls among taxpayers as busi- ago. Those advantages rest with your clearer ability to ness does among consumers to check your perform- say no to take sharply reduced resources, and parcel ance, and to gauge just what taxpayers want of its local them more effectively and more judiciously, and there- government? fore bring order to what has become a chaotic jungle of Most thoughtful Americans ask modestlyof their gov- programs, some of which instinctively inspire doubt and ernment at anylevel. They suspicion. v . ask for clean and safe streets, adequate fire protection, orderly zoning, regular waste The viability of local government, it seems to me, pickup, a fair shake for commercial enterprises around rests on its ability to deliver what the public perceives which communities prosper, schools which educate. And to be prudent, popular and productive programs at a they are willing to pay for those basics. reasonable cost. The viability and endurability of local governments, When local government begins slathering public funds and the support of the public, falls into doubt, however, on programs which tend to pacify, rather than produce, when government's ambitions to create new enterprises then the public rightfully begins to question. go beyond need, and the reasonable ability to fund. Government cannot possibly hire enough people or Viability, in short, depends on the good sense of extract enough money to meet every imagined or real those in whose hand it rests good sense to realize need. they must stick to what is possible. Ruin lies at the end of that road. 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An informative handbook for wit- of the program is to secure citizen and community sup- nesses is sent to all persons subpoenaed by either the port for the Criminal Justice System. The project does City or the Justice Courts. This booklet explains not only this by both addressing the problems facing victims and what will happen in court, but where the courts are lo- witnesses and by increasing public understanding of how cated, where to park, how to arrange for child care the police, prosecutors, and courts work together. services, and many other pieces of detailed information The project was first conceived in the fall of 1974 which makes testifying a simpler procedure for the wit- in response to a Law Enforcement Assistance Adminis- ness. The handbook also covers the financial assistance tration announcement of a national competition for in- available to witnesses. novative programs of services to victims and witnesses. A third interesting area of the Citizen Participation The problems facing victims and witnesses had long been and Support Project is an aggressive community educa- of concern to the Mayor and City Council and to Glen- tion program. The project staff has developed a slide dale City Manager, S. F. Van de Putte. City Manager presentation which depicts many of the problems people Van de Putte formed a planning committee consisting face while involved in the criminal justice system and of himself and the Assistant City Manager, the Police which portrays the services offered by the project. This Chief, the Program Development Coordinator, and the presentation is used as a springboard for discussion with Youth Services Bureau Director. Working together, this citizen groups throughout the City. Emphasis is placed committee formed the initial project proposal which was on the necessity for neighborhood residents to care about then submitted to LEAA for consideration. Out of over what is happening to the people around them. It is be- 250 applications LEAA awarded 19, including the City lieved that a greater neighborhood cohesiveness will of Glendale's. help prevent those types of crimes which depend on Funding for the project began in October of 1975 and anonymity. services to victims and witnesses were initiated in Janu- Since the project's inception, staff members have ary of 1976. Among services offered to victims is a crisis handled over 1300 victim referrals from the Police De- intervention program. Highly trained counselors are avail- partment. While the project staff has handled many able 24-hours a day, 7 days a week to assist victims who are emotionallyupset bycrimes. The crisis worker is types of victims' problems, the following case could be reached bythGlendalPolice Department dispatcher considered typical of the types of services provided by pthe project. via a telephone operated paging device. The crisis coup- une, a 73year old widow livingon social securityin selor is generally able to make contact with the victim J within 20 minutes of being paged. Other victim services a low income housing project, was recently the victim offered by the project are; of a strong armed robbery. A young man snatched her 1. Victim Outreach. Victims of most felonies are con- purse, knocking her down in the process, shortly after tatted by the project staff shortly after the crime to she had cashed her social security check in a local bank. determine if there has been any emotional or financial As a result of the crime, June lost her money for the hardship resulting from the crime. Victims are supplied month and her only pair of glasses which were in her with information about the investigative process and purse. Additionally, she was shaken up by the fall. The about their rights and responsibilities. Victims who Glendale Police Officer investigating the crime called a need counseling assistance or other services are either project staff member, who arrived at the bank parking provided with these services by the project staff or refer- lot shortly after the crime. After the Police report was red to appropriate agencies. finished the staff member took June to a local health 2. Financial Assistance. Financial help is available to clinic for a medical checkup to insure that she had those victims who have been thrown into a monetary sustained no serious injury in the fall. The worker then crisis because of the crime. Help is made available for took June home and then helped June deal with her the replacement of critical items, shelter care for women feelings of fear and anguish over losing the months and children fleeing an abusive husband, medical exam- money. After helping June settle down, the worker de- inations for rape victims, and emergency food and cloth- termined that June had enough money to pay the months rent and utilities, but would not have enough money for ing. Compensation is also available for the expenses food or to replace her eyeglasses. In a follow-up call the incurred by victims and witnesses who are financially hurt when assisting in the prosecution of the criminal. next day, the worker took June to an optical company which filled her prescription for a new set of lenses. These reimbursements include transportation, parking, child care costs, and lost wages while testifying in court. Arrangements were then made to provide for adequate All financial reimbursements are based on a sliding scale food for the month. The worker also helped June become of eligibility which considers both income and family involved with a Golden Ager Program at the local Sal- size. vation Army. This crime, which could have been de- 3. Emergency Security Services. When criminal ac- vastating to June's sense of self-reliance, was minimized tivity, such as a burglary, causes damages which leaves due to the efforts of the staff member and June is again a structure vulnerable to further crimes, the project is functioning as a self-sufficient, independent woman. able to call upon the City's Special Services Department While the Citizen Participation and Support Project for help in making temporary repairs. These services are has been in existance little more than a year, it is viewed made available by the Special Services Department on a as a successful and valuable City service. A recent Ad- 24-hour basis. ministrative Evaluation of the project by the Arizona Because witnesses in criminal prosecutions are fre- State University Center of Criminal Justice stated that quently bewildered by the whole criminal justice process, the project was "a highly organized and imaginative pro- the project focuses its services on providing witnesses gram which effectively utilized its resources." THECONFERENCE AT A GLilt‘_Ne-.,C,,E,, ,, _ ,;,, . fi -- f,, fir. .,,, \ , , 4 --, ,,_-_',-,,*Z' , 1*„-- - - ' z * \ F t ..,_ # anfi :is,: , ,,, 1-2. - , .,,,,-,,, _ , , , ,,,_ ..,:,,,, ,,,,, :, i -,•-•,,, , _ ,,,, _ , _,,_,,,,_ ,„„ , 4 ,, `: . 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' JOB OPPORTUNITIES CITY OF NOGALES—CITY ENGINEER: Salary competitive and dependent upon experience and _ �` qualifications. �� DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK z z This is professional engineering work of an administrative � � nature in directing the engineering division of the munici- � pality's Public Works Department. The City Engineer may also be appointed Superintendent of Streets, who shall be � � ,_,_____ in Charge of the Public Works Department. � P REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES r Extensive knowledge of the prinieples and practices of civil engineering. Thorough knowledge of the laws and --- 4 '- � d ,_ regulations relating todepartmental activity. Thorough z knowledge of the modern methods and procedures of civil { engineering, particularly as applied to the public works. \ Ability to direct and supervise subordinate and difficult civil �� ,otri ��� engineer'ng programs. Ability to establish and maintain ef- „a„,3„1.(--,§ \� fective relationships with subordinates and other agencies \ riA. and the public. �\ � DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAEVING �. E�tensive experience in the practice of civil engineering, s�\ �s�� a including responsibilities for planning and directing difficult am � \�a\ civil en neerinpro]ects considerable ex erience in a �o g P �� � supervisory capacity; and graduation from a four-year col- s lege or university with specialization in civil engineering. Must be a registered professional engineer in the State of Arizona. *ilk -- 993 Working ability to communicate in the English and Span- ish languages. \ Applications are available at the office of the Personnel __�41111.-___ officer, 223 Grand Avenue, Nogales, Arizona. Send application and resume to: Personnel Officer r City of Nogales II:: 223 Grand Avenue Nogales,Arizona 85621 TOWN OF WICKENBURG — TOWN CLERK: Accounting degree, writing, organizational, supervisory �� skills, ability to meet the public necessary; data processing experience. helpful. '',,, ... T. Salary n the $14,000 range depending upon experience �) and ualifications. - r - ' ' - ' s �� 'r ,� Send resume to: ,,,,, , ,_,.. '� � _ Mayor,Box 1269, ,, , ,_ is b ;In 80358 -4 : s en u A W' k rg