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Show 2 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Friday, May 24, 1985 Council (Continued from Page 1) the PRWID for the new project. Costs go up It was an evening of hearing of added costs for the council. City Recorder Hampton McArthur reported to the that the cost of the' revamping of the citys swimming pools would be at a council higher cost than originally anticipated. McArthur informed the council that the original information of having the project costs split with a block grant, the city only having to pay 30 percent of the costs, may be wrong. It now appears the city will have to pay 50 percent of the construction costs and will have to pay for all the engineering since they failed to bid out the engineering phase of the project. McArthur told the council the long-tersavings would still be substantial because of the savings in utilities alone. The city paid over $34,000 in utilities for the pools last year and McArthur said that figure would be more in the neighborhood of m $17,000 annually once the project is completed. The Utah Energy Office could still be able to consider the district a hardship case and allow the financing on the construction phase of the project to be split 7030, McArthur said. done this summer, Sonntag said. We will just schedule the project in Drainage project schedule, he said. Hopefully, Downard showed the council how the museum could be expanded to the west and add about 3,000 square feet of floor space to the present facility. He said it was the museums desire to know if the council would act favorably toward the project before going ahead with additional plans on the project. We get our money almost totally from donations, he told the council. We get some funds from the college, but only about enough to pay the employees, he said. The council told Downard to go ahead, that it was favorable to the project and told Downard they were pleased with what the museum was doing and how much of an asset to the city it well get it as soon as it is approved by the state and get on it when the project comes up on the A project approved by the council at the regular meeting this week spelled good news for north Price residents. The city gave permission for Sonntag to prepare and submit an application to the state for permission to do drainage work on state land which borders Price to the north. The work would be to redirect storm water runoff coming into the South Price project The council also approved execution of a contract for a community block grant of $51,000 from the Utah State Division of Economic Development for streets in south Price. The grant is to place gravel and new street lights on 1st and 2nd East below 600 South in Price. The council gave approval for the mayor and city recorder to execute the con- city. There have been two primary problem areas in the past with spring runoff and minor flooding following storms. Both of these areas would be targeted for the work. Sonntag reported the two areas as below the new water tank in northeast Price and near the northeast ball field complex. Water runs off the blue shale in those areas and has been responsible for water in basements in the past. Its just a formality at this point. Usually approval is granted once the application and required fee is submitted, was. tract. Deny beer sale A request from Koret of California to sell beer during a softball tournament at the citys ball fields was denied by the council. City council members felt that the Carbon County Recreation and Leisure Time Services, who are administering the fields this year, have made efforts to control alcohol use at the fields and this would thwart those efforts. The council listened to Ray Downard, chairman of the museum board of the CEU Prehistoric Museum, as he described the need for expansion of the museum. Downard told the council that the local museum would be one museums of the five in the country for paleontology displays (dinosaurs) with the addition of two new dinosaurs top-rank- ed the museum has acquired. Commission (Continued from Page 1) Legislature passed a bill, known as House Bill 160, which directs the counties to recover all direct costs of assessing and collecting property taxes. The law also requires the county clerk to prepare a memorandum budget which reflects the yearly cost of those collections. The commission can then bill for those services or set a mill levy to recover the costs of taxation. The bill has raised concerns among some of the other taxing entities in the county because the budget prepared by County Clerk Norman Prichard would more than double what most of the entities are currently paying for those services. If the county elected to set a mill levy, the law allows a maximum of 2.5 mills, with an increase of no more than 10 percent per year after that. That would not raise the estimated $496,000 specified in the memorandum budget. Commissioners were told it would take about 3.6 mills to raise that much money. In addition, commissioners were told this year the mill levy would only be set to collect costs from May 1, when the bill went into effect, to the beginning of the next county ; year, Jan. 1, 1986. Prichard said when the 1986 county budget is prepared, his office will have to prepare a new memorandum budget to outline costs of collection for 1986. Why would the costs to the entities double? Rachiele wanted to know. Prichard said the old law only allowed for collection of costs incurred by the treasurers and assessors offices. For several years the counties have said the costs of the treasurers and assessors offices are not the only costs incurred in the assessing and collecting of taxes, he said. He said there have been costs of purchasing computers, costs for some of the time spent by the auditor, the clerk, the recorder, the county commission and the county attorney. For instance, sue years ago there were only two people at the board of equalization meetings, Prichard said. We didnt even have an appointment table out there. Now people line up for appointments. And that takes Normans whole office staff, added County Attorney Keith Chiara. If we adopt a mill levy, the other entities would have to lower their mill levies sufficiently to lower revenues by an amount equal to what they paid for the collection costs last year. Is that right? Semken asked. Yes, Prichard replied and explained the concept using figures from the Qarbon County " School District. Tht; entity paid about $122,000 in collection costs for the current year. Thats only for the first year? Semken asked. -- Yes, Prichard said. If we adopted that, then the entities could raise their mill levies back up the next yuear. It might be a burden on the taxpayer, Semken pointed out. . Commissioner Rachiele asked if there was any way under the new bill the status quo could be maintained. Prichard said the law doesnt seem to provide for the maintenance of the status quo. Semken then proposed a solution and asked Carbon County School District Superintendent Ell Sorenson if the district could live with it. If we were to go the billing route and were to limit the amount to what we were billing this year, that would tie us into a 10 percent increase each year. Would the district be able to live with that? Semken asked. School District Business Manager Bill Jewkes replied if the district didnt get this huge increase, officials probably wouldnt have a major problem with the 10 percent annual increase. Semken explained the county would then spread the increases over 10 years and after that time, the entities would be paying the full cost of collec- the money. have to solve the problem. Semken said he is very concerned about either of the options for collecting the costs. The county is concerned because we are at the legal limit of 16 mills. We also assess a District Manager Phil Palmer which alternative the district would prefer. prefer the mill We Palmer said. We would a municipal flood control levy, services levy and then to add another 2.5 mills onto the burden the taxpayer is carrying really concerns us, he said. We are also concerned that the requirement that taxes in other entities are to be rolled back by the amount of the costs is only in effect for the first year. After that, those entities could increase those taxes back up and were concerned about that, he continued. Sorenson Superintendent agreed that was a possibility, but that other taxing entities also have the welfare of taxpayers in mind. asked Price then Semken River Water Improvement levy, discussed it at our board meeting last (Tuesday) night and have written a letter to the county about it. At that point Semken suggested delaying a decision . . on the issue until commissioners have, had time to get more in--. formation and do more study. I think we need to continue this to a special meeting to discuss this further, hsaid. Rachiele agreed and made a motion to hold a special-meetinon May 28 at 9:30 a.m. g elsewhere said Theater Hotline 637-170- I May 26th At 723 North 8th East. You'll wish you had held at 39 1 7:0519:00 2 JEDIik) Happy 40th, CarbonandCounty Junior Dios Carbon County Pagoanft to be held OF THE 19 Helper's Butch Cassidy Days. The Little Miss Pageant Subscription Rate: is for ages The Junior Miss Pageant is for ages Applications must be in by May 31. 4-- In Carbon and Emery Counties, S21 per year, published twice weekly. In Utah, outside area, $23 per year. Out of state, $25. 2. Applications may be picked up at the following Helper businesses: CHUCK'S PHARMACY MUTUAL FURNITURE VELTRI'S DRUG CORNETS CENTRAL COMMISSION MAETA'S MENAGERIE or mail the application found below with the appl ication fee of $10.00 to: Central Commission off on our delicious 15 Pie ce Cu c k et f 1 0 : 99 toy oca Karr csloium waffles June 13, 14, 17, 18 and at the Helper Civic Auditorium in conjunction with Member of Utah Press Association and National Newspaper Association BUCKETS OF CHICKEN 9 Piece Bucket $6.99 Janet! Link ni ss Send changes of address to: West Main St., Price, Utah 84501 Lucky Dollar !j Let's Hear the phone ring! I m Postmaster Huntington to It'll be a black day on Or 38 at the least. Now you're part of thO ' ' over the hill gang In which it's easy to gain admission. Don't kid yourself, it's downhill from here Especially in your decrepit condition. REVENGE OF THE NERDS (H 2 The Coffee Shope educational 03II0JAUEI Fri., Sit, Sun. Starting it dusk : PORKrS REVENGE m KING COAL its According Beckett, CEU needs to raise at least $90,000 to award the 180 scholarships it gives annually to students. For the 1985-8- 6 school year, CEU has offered over $23,655 in scholarships to Carbon High seniors, $19,960 in scholarships to Emery High seniors, $5,560 to East Carbon High School seniors and $2,850 to seniors at Green River High School. That totals over $49,000 in scholarships offered to seniors in schools in Carbon and Emery counties. That figure also does not include athletic scholarships that are being awarded to the athletes from the four area high schools. MOTOR VU budgets 607-922- programs. 5 0 -- Good for..---- .- 96 North Main Helper, Utah 84526 Name Address Telephone 6 Open 6am-9p7 days a week m 0WQfuL OD (feSDliMB THGATGDG and college Breznick added that the scholarship donation is part of CSBs commitment to the Second Class Postage Paid at Price, Utah Post Office eliminate positions, cut staff or cut programs to come up with i. Catering Service. Bank Security Dan Stockburger, General Manager Chuck Zehnder, Managing Editor MEMBER , d restaurant; Rays TV Sales and Service, and Clarks executives donated $1,200 to the scholarship fund to be given to a worthy business major. The donation was announced by the colleges director of development, Dr. Ray Beckett. A1 Breznick, manager of CSBs Helper branch, and Steve Jensen, manager of the banks Price branch, presented college officials with the annual check to assist two worthy business students with tuition and fees during the 1985-8- 6 school year. The students can be majoring in any of the many areas of business and still receive the scholarships. FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS Phone 637 0732 Ex. 7 either reduce salaries, 000 mercial s, 76 ' fast-foo- The scholarship fund at the College of Eastern Utah continues its drive as local Com- Published Every Wednesday and Inc., Friday by the 76 W. Main St., Price, Utah 84501. (801)637-073- : in Washington CSB donates to fund Sun Advocate reduced. If we have to do that, Sorenson said, we will have to 1 group Inc. All rights reserved. All ci9$5 Inc. No part hereof property of may be reproduced without prior written consent. Phone 1 The city also approved the promotion of Larry Quintana to fill a vacancy in the street department created with the retirement of Richard ONeel. Business licenses were ap- proved for Ims Watches, itinerant merchant; Interwest Wholesale, wholesale household appliances; BJs Green Burrito, petitioned the city for the lights and switches to be installed on the motocross track just west of the fairgrounds west of Price. WITNESS 5263-800- ' the parks Park. 7:1019:00 US PS field softball The city also approved donation of the old mercury vapor lights, which have been replaced with new sulphur vapor lights on South Carbon Avenue, to the Carbon Emery Motorcycle Association. motorcycle - department so a set of bleachers could be purchased for the KING COAL3 would have to be FREE department to Old lights donated RETURN OF THE county did have confidence in other taxing entities and asked, If we were to limit the billing or go to a mill levy, which would you prefer? We would prefer a mill levy as a long range solution, Sorenson said. We worry about the 10 percent coming back on us. In response to questions about how the district would pay the extra collection costs if they were billed, both Jewkes and Sorenson The city approved transfer of funds from the administrative 7:0019:15 the taxpayers either, he said. Were trying to put on a solid program for the available money. We want to get the most bang for the bucks. You also have to have confidence in the other local taxing entities, he added. Semken assured Sorenson the Jewkes said he felt the Legislature would ultimately ffascnxojfliO EtPjy0 Other business KING COAL Were not looking to gouge tions. S3 Martines told the council he had expressed doubt that that was the case and believed the tournament would be successful without the beer sales and recommended the request be denied. sale of beer. RUSTLER When you pick up your movies at Castle Valley Video, pick up your CflDGB GESD Councilman Chuck Davis pointed out that the mercury lights and switches have little or no resale value to the city as they are obsolete. The Museum plans Sonntag said. Mayor Art Martines said he had been told by employees of Korets that the success or failure of the tournament, which has 32 teams scheduled to play, would be dependant upon the Names of Both Parents Signature of Parent or Guardian h |
