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Show OMNI WEST CORPORATION Box 2b03 : SLC.. UT 84110 Volume Two Wells o Marti Strong support from the north end of town carried Bob Wells to victory in Tuesday's City Council election while incumbent in-cumbent Richard Martinez finished second in the voting to retain his council seat. Wells, who finished a distant third in the October primary, registered significasnt gains in all five voting districts but it was his appeal north of 10th Street which catapulted him into the winner's circle. The planning commissioner com-missioner amassed a total of 267 votes in Districts 1 and 9 compared to Martinez's total of 201 and third place finisher Mary Lehmer's 175 Wells' victory could mark a major shift in Park City politics by demonstrating the power of the newer section of town. Unofficial totals showed Wells on top with a total of 424 votes. Martinez was next with 409, followed by Lehmer with 364. Matt Alvarez was a distant fourth at 271. Councilman-elect Bob Wells Wells finished in Districts 1 and 9 but was third in Districts 2, 3 and 5, which lie south of 10th Street. Martinez captured Districts 2,3 and 5 and was second in the larger Districts 1 and 9. Lehmer came in second in Districts 2, 3 and 5 and third in Districts 1 and 9. Alvarez finished last in all five districts. distric-ts. Mayoral candidate Jack Green had little lit-tle trouble with the opposition since there Oregon Mime Theatre comes soundlessly to KAC. Page 5 Winter will come to Park West Thanksgiving weekend. Page 7 Water, everywhere... Page 10 water r I 1 w I ... I ; INSIDE to cij o . 1 4 I Councilmanelect &ichlHartineT" was none and was elected with 564 votes. The city councilman lost nearly two hundred hun-dred votes to a host of write-ins and absent-minded voters who forgot to make their "x" for mayor. Returns The compilation of returns was ham Main Street beautification suffered a setback last week when one of the "new" old light poles was struck by a truck, causing it to tilt drastically to the north. The new slant in street lighting was created on November 4 when a truck owned by David Richards of Park City, but operated by his five-year-old son Carl, coasted almost 50 feet down the Main Street sidewalk before being stopped stop-ped by the pole. 1 - -1 ll -Jf - j: " I I uxe nsr h f XI utu a wyg ? t to N r J CotlboJ pered Tuesday night by sporadic power failures which forced snmp pWtinn . judges to count ballots under the dim illumination of flashlights. Districts was the first to report just before 9 p.m. The voters living south of 2nd Street put Martinez into an early lead with 57 votes. Lehmer was next with 50, followed by Wells' 48 and Alvarez's 28.K Wells received only 12 District 5 votes in the primary. Martinez increased his lead when District 2 (6th Street to 10th Street) reported. The incumbent added 56 votes to his total while Lehmer gained 46. Wells added 34 District 2 votes and Alvarez received 31 votes. District 3 (2nd Street to 6th Street and , the south side of Deer Valley Road) was " the , next to report - and, Martinez, h registered a slim 95-to-93 advantage over former councilwoman Lehmer. Wells captured 75 votes and Alvarez gained 61. Votes in Districts 2, 3 and 5 all had been counted by 9:30 p.m. but it was nearly an hour before District 9 was heard from. The telephones at City Hall rang constantly constan-tly during this hour interim with City According to the Park City Police Department, Richards parked his truck and left Carl inside to await his return. Carl evidently decided he would rather wait in another location and took the truck out of park, sending it down the sidewalk to its rendezvous with the pole. The youth suffered a minor bump on the head, the truck sustained $450 damage and it will require about $350 to straighten out the lighting problem. tt - l Mf Mayor-elect Jack Green Treasurer reporting that Martinez was leading with 208 votes, followed by Lehmer's Leh-mer's 189, Wells' 157 and Alvarez's 120. The complexion of the race changed considerably when the District 9 (Thaynes Canyon, Holiday Ranch, Park Meadows and Prospector Village) results were brought to Decker. Wells jumped from third place to first with 128 District 9 votes, more than 50 ahead of Martinez. The incumbent, who has served ser-ved on the council for 11 years, received 75 votes while Lehmer garnered 67 and Alvarez added 63. Another hour passed before District 1 (10th Street to the junction of Highways 224 and 248, including almost all the city's condominiums) reported. District 1 is the city's largest district and voters here could have made any of the top three candidates the winner. As the minutes ticked by, Wells, now the leading vote-getter, also took the lead in the number of phone calls to City Hall. It was 11:30 p.m. before the election judges, weary from a long day and counting coun-ting by flashlight, brought in the last of the returns. Wells carried the district and the election. elec-tion. He added 139 votes, bringing his total to 424. Martinez gained 126 District 1 votes for a 409 total and Lehmer's 108 brought her to 364 for a third-place, out-of-the-money finish. Alvarez cemented fourth with 88 more votes and a 271 total. Despite the election of Wells and Martinez, Mar-tinez, one more council seat will be filled when Mayor-elect Green resigns as councilman and a replacement is appointed. Transportation Tax Passes Easily Park City voters Tuesday overwhelmingly over-whelmingly endorsed a quarter of a per cent sales tax to fund the city's no-fare transportation system. The transportation transpor-tation tax passed by a comfortable 510-252 510-252 margin. Only one voting district, District 5, opposed op-posed the measure while every other district supported it heavily, especially District 9, which voted more than 5-to-l in favor. A breakdown by district shows the following: -District 1 ( 10th Street to the junction of Highways 224 and 248, including almost all the city's condominiums); 159 for, 88 against -District 2 (6th Street to 10th Street) ; 52 for, 31 against WEATHEE Crisp nights and sunny days with no snow predicted. Highs will be between 35 and 45 with lows in the 20s. County Begins Garbage Collection Summit County began its refuse collection collec-tion services Tuesday, November 1, and, according to County Planner Max Greenhalgh, there have been "a few problems and misunderstandings." Greenhalgh said some county residents residen-ts have complained that they are paying for a service they do not use. ','Some people would rather not have the service," the planner commented, "and they think it's 'socialistic' to require services they really don't want. But the Board of Commissioners are confident con-fident that most people want the service and we need to have everyone pay to make it financially feasible." Residents also have questioned why the county decided to provide refuse collection in the first place, Greenhalgh noted. He cited three major reasons for the county commission's action: Park City's decision to close its landfill lan-dfill to non-city users, leaving the Snyderville area without a place to dump its trash. Violations of Environmental Protection Protec-tion Agency regulations including open burning at the Coalville, Kamas and Park City landfills, lack of supervision at the Coalville and Kamas sites and failure to provide daily coverage of refuse in Coalville and Kamas. A determination that it is not feasible to meet EPA regulations at the Coalville and Kamas sites due to geological considerations. con-siderations. , The planner said the county is currently curren-tly using a site in Henefer for its refuse disposal and described it as "ideal, geologically." However, he noted that it is not as ideal geographically. "It's too far away from Snyderville," he said, "and that's another reason why we had to start a collection service." Three types of service are being provided by the county house-to-house, collection boxes for permanent residents and collection boxes for seasonal residents. The house-to-house service is available to most of the unincorporated areas of the county, the planner said, and it costs three dollars per month for a weekly pickup. Summit Park residents will use collec -District 3 (2nd Street to 6th Street); 105 for, 58 against District 5 (from 2nd Street south); 45 for, 49 against -District 9 (Thaynes Canyon, Holiday Ranch, Park Meadows and Prospector Village) ; 149 for, 26 against The sales tax was rejected last June when an extremely light turnout voted 78-67 against the proposal. Supporters of the measure blamed overconfidence for the June defeat and Tuesday's election was marked by vigorous telephone campaigning cam-paigning and heavy newspaper advertising. adver-tising. The transportation tax was supported by virtually every elected and appointed city official as well as the Chamber of Commerce. Number Eight tion boxes due to the steep roads and severe winter conditions in the area. Highland Estates and Silver Creek Estates also will be supplied with collection collec-tion boxes since the roads in these subdivisions sub-divisions are not paved. These residents will pay $2.75 per month. The county's approximately 800 seasonal residents will pay $2.50 per month for collection box service. "A few seasonal residents have protested ' that these rates are outrageously high since they are nly there a couple times a month," Greenhalgh said. He responded that when seasonal residences are used there are usually more people in them than a permanent residence and that "we had to charge that much to make this viable." Businesses have the option of hauling their own refuse or paying twice the normal dump fee to have the county cart it off. The county has contracted with Sam Coleman, former manager of the Memorial Building, to provide the collection collec-tion service. Greenhalgh noted that Park City, Kamas and Francis have opted not to participate in the county-wide service "at the present time for all different-reasons." different-reasons." These three municipalities are using sanitary landfills which do not conform ' to state laws, he said. He added that Dr. John Landward, county health officer, has sent a letter to Park City Manager Wayne Matthews notifying him that the city's landfill has been conducting open burning. "Dr. Landward is working with the State Board of Health in attempting to insure compliance with regulations at the sites," Greenhalgh noted. He said Kamas and Francis "eventually will have to join the county" because they will be unable to comply with state , regulations. "Park City can conform but it may . have to use another site eventually," he remarked. The county , expects to secure another landfill site in the Silver Creek area by the first of next year and this site will be more attractive to Park City and Kamas, Greenhalgh added. The law providing for the city-option tax was authored by former Park City Attorney Carl Nemelka and was guided through the state legislature by city officials of-ficials and local businessmen. According to City Treasurer Bruce Decker, the tax could generate up to $40,000 for the city's no-fare bus system. It also provides an enforceable means of collecting funds from local merchants. The no-fare system was initiated two winters ago at the instigation of the business community and it has been dependent on contributions from merchants mer-chants and allocations from the city. Decker noted that the new tax cannot be assessed until January and that the city will not receive any revenues until March or April. |