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DISPARITY FACTOR NO. 4 No provision is provided for "effort" which is non-fiscal. Cities under 5,000 typically have a volunteer Fire Department. This iS also true of many l~rge~ cities. Because of the volun- eer usage, the tax result zs that ~l~s with such departments ~o not h~ve the volunteer usage creelue~, even though the level of protection is at a high quality level. The effect for Local Govdrnment Aid is to consider that there is NO "effort" and less · - ~ - ~id denartment. The hence a city with a volunteer Fire Departmen~ ~eceives Local. Government A~d than a czu w~u ~ ~ ~ · - additzonal effect' is that taxesycities with volunteer F~re Depart ments help to save are re-distributed to cities with paid Depart- merits. Exactly the same results accrue in other areas of Volunteer ervtce for con~u~nitY involvement.by ~ms. Despite 1t~ s - ~-~ ~ ~ocal Government citizens, a t.axatl0n portly,,_ ~m~m~,,ed' as a DEFINITE Fo~z~ w~ Aid distributions, can onzy v= ~ ...... DiSCOURAGEMENT-0F'-CITIZEN PARTICIPATION on _a volunteer basis. Special recommendation: Apply to all cities, for purposes of L~A calculations a ~ constructmve mill rate", based upon the - effective taxation rate for the fire service of. the first class cities. Consideration should also be provided for other volun- teer widespread essential con,unity services. DISPARITY FACTOR N0.5 Differing accounting systems-vary-the results of LGA distributions- Where lack of uniformity of accountlug exists, the LGA~distri- butions will necessarily vary-' If. or exs~nple, a city 9qes it{ places it under 'its ~eneral levy, it cou£~ recezve szgnz~=a,~ more LGA than If a city would provide ga~bagelse~rv~[~+ one which assess~s..~. ~- ~ser cost than the acnua~ =o ~ .~ 'free or at a s~n~.. '~ '~ ~-,'s' ~eneral fund, the-resu~n and provides the ~unozng vza u~,= ~; o generates addi- is a higher base'in its mill rate, which in turn tional LGA distribution income. There should be a correction or standardizing of accounting treatment so that similar standards are used as a basis for calculation of LGA to eliminate this type'of disparate handling. DISPARITY FACTOR NO.'6 · rowth, the time lag factor based upon the formula In cities hawing.fast g .... ~-~- of ma~or oroportions. factors provides a disadvantage, a~ ~=~ ~ - A co~rection should be provided to provide equitability so that a city in a high growth period is not strongly disadvantaged during that period of growth.