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Show Thursday 'Sn'aa?SS 111th September 19, 2002 Year-N- o. 76 PriCC, ,, '. W ,J'A ' iM1. 1 Utah ill ft 501 ijeS . Vikings celebrate homecoming, 8B fM,'.iiii.i1. Policy groupcalculates ;, income ratios State, federal and local taxes consume 28 percent of a typical Utah familys total annual income. The financial burden shouldered by families residing at locations across the state jumps signify cantly when hidden assessments are figured into the ratio, indicates die latest annual study conducted tty the Utah Taxpayers Association. The independent public policy organization based the report on the earnings and spending of the households, including taxes directly paid by families and payroll assessments covered by employers. The direct expenditures aaaaaIa of lift to extricate a passenger trapped inside one of me pickup trucks mvocveo in the collision. A Helper couple incurred minor injuries in the Sept 17 mishap. Helper couple injured By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter A two-vehi- cle accident near the west Price interchange blocked traffic on U.S. Highway 6 on Tuesday morning for nearly - an hour. According to Utah Highway ends, waiting to make a on the paved area west of the overpass, indicated the UHP accident investigator. He reportedly intended to go bade to the off ramp and proceed to U-tu- rn east-bou- nd Castleview. Patrol Hooper David Brinker-hof- f, Fiore Callor, age 81 of Helper, was headed westbound on die road at approximately 1 1 am. on Sept 17 when the motorist realized he needed to go to the But Callor apparently failed to notice a smaller pickup truck Minnie driven by Rojas, alro of Helper. As Callor started to make the left turn, the Rojas vehicle collided with the larger pickup as the Ford crossed into the inside hospital. Callor pulled his Ford pickup westbound lane. The impact crushed the left off to the right side of the road slightly past where the on ramp ld front fender of the Ford and the headed smaller Chevrolet S--10 PRWID focuses efforts on in U.S. 6 collision farther down the highway, where the vehicle came to rest in the middle of the traffic lanes. Between the two vehicles, both lanes were almost totally blocked by the accident Callor was able to get out of his truck, but Rojas incurred minor injuries in the mishap. Alvero Rojas, 80, a passenger in the Chevrolet pickup, was trapped inside the vehicle and was not able to exit through the left door. After Mrs. Rojas was removed from the truck, emergency personnel assisting at the scene determined that Mr. Rojas had received some injuries and pried the trucks door open with the jaws of life. The couple were transported to Castleview Hospital for obser- vation. All the occupants in each vehicle were wearing their safety restraints, said BrinkerhofL Callor was cited and released . from the scene, added the UHP trooper. Callor later checked himself into the hospital for an unspecified reason. Its illegal to make a on U.S. 6 at that point, stated Brinkerhoff. In fact, the crossovers on the bypass road are only for official use, not for public U-tu- rn use. 2001. The typical Utah family's federal income tax was 3.8 percent of total income. The percentage of income con- -, sumed by the federal income tax was considerably less in 2001 than the share was several years ago due to the introduction of the child tax credit Without the $600 per child credit thefcdcral tax burden for the Utah family would have been 7percent of total income in 2001. The total tax burden would have amounted to 31 percent of the households income. State and local taxes, includ- in- clude income, sales and property le accident near the west Emergency personnel assist at the scene of a Price interchange on Tuesday morning Price rescue craw members used the jaws and7.1percentoftotal income in In addition, the association based the evaluation on an adjusted gran household income erf 153,15 1, the median earnings for a Utah family in 2001. The typical Utah family also lives in ahomewithamarket value of $147,600, according to the criteria outlined in the report. The report categorized the typical taxes and fees into seven major group. Employment or payroll taxes The category represents the largest single group of related expenditures. Paid by employers, the taxes in question indude workers compensation, unemployment insurance as well as the companies share of Soda! Security and Medicare. In 2001, employment taxes comprised 7.6 percent of total Utah. Slightly more than one quarter or 27.1 percent ofthe typical Utah familys taxes fell under the category. Employees are required to 6.2 pay percent of wages toward Social Security and 1.45 percent toward Medicare. The amount is matched by employers. The employee paid portion of Social Security and Medicare er of all taxes comprised one-quart- ing income, sales, vehicle and property assessments, comprise 34.3 percent the typical familys public financial burden and 9.7 percent of total household income. The state income tax constitutes the largest financial burden shouldered by the typical Utah family. The state tax consumes 14 percent of the household's total income. Sales and excise taxes follow at 3 percent, property assessments at 1.8 percent and auto taxes at 1.5 percent Auto related expenditures indude state and federal gas taxes aswell as fees in lieu of property taxes. Indirect or hidden taxes imposed on businesses and passed on to consumers, investors or employees were not included in the study, points out the independent public policy organization. According to a study conducted by the Utah Ihx Commission, businesses paid 42 percent of all property assessments co- llected statewide in fiscal year 2000. Businesses also paid 34 percent of all sales taxes collected across the state, 10 percent of all state income taxes and 100 percent of severance as well as unemployment insurance taxes in 2Q00. (Continued on page 11 A) eliminating odor created by wildfire in Price Canyon According to Palmer, the water district installed dollar odor control unit in the treata ment plant a few years ago. But the unit is primaIt was predicted at the start of the summer that rily for removing odors related to algae. This is a different problem and I have found wildfires raging across Utah would do more than cost millions of dollars to fight and dirty the air no one else in the state that is having or has had it, with smoke. pointed out Palmer, explaining he had called wa, The predictions are coming to pass. Note the ter districts along the Wasatch Front to see if he mud slides in Santaquin last week and the water could find someone who had dealt with a similar situation. filled with mud running quickly through northeastPart of the problem with what is happening to ern Springville streets from denuded mountains PRWIDs plant has to do with its proximity to the caused by a manmade fire in June. J Dk ramifications of alocal wildfire is evidenced actual fire site and the direct drainage. In many cases when fires take place, the blazes by the water coming out of taps in most of Carbon affect watersheds and the water. But the fires and County. In June, a huge fire that attracted considerable drainage in the area are usually miles away from attention started burning on a Sunday afternoon in the treatment facility. In tire local case, however, Price Canyon and it roared over the top of the diffs the fire occurred dose to tire plant and directly in a into the Emma Park area. In its transit, the blaze major drainage, giving the water no distance to burned within a half mile of the Price River Wtfer deanse itself. We have had a lot of complaints over the last Improvement District plant The fire ran right up Sulpher Canyon, a major drainage into the Price couple of weeks from customers who say their water smells, said Palmer. Those complaints are Rfor. ; After a week and 3,000 acres, fire fighting ef- justified, and we are trying to solve the problem. forts by local end ties and the Uni ted States Bureau Wb have shut the water off to the plant when we could to keep out tire runoff pollutants, but at some of Land Management extinguished the blaze. t we still need to make water so we do have to But the wildfires effects will last a lot longer some in. As the less odorous water has been And, two weeks ago, the first of the impacts started ' . . to appear in the bathtubs and sinks in the Carbon coming in we have been flushing lines throughout . the has area. to rid that some the water of of system ty get (bun 'When that first storm hit, the water just rushed Aebumtodor.We will keep woridn on the prob- nto Sulpher Canyon and brought a lot of the burnt streams that hod water into tha rivar from tha faaterial with ivindicated PRWID manager Phil Palmer emphasized that thei water supply is safe all for districts Palmer during the regular meeting of the completely lura, inHnding drinking. riant fa Wellington. board Tuesday. That washed into die Price River Acting on an unrdated matter at the public With the new system we can take almost lOO and headed down into our plant. We shut the flow meeting,thePRWIDboardmembeisvotedtoac- into the plant off as soon as we realized it, but some cept the final documents on the completion of the percent of the nitrogen out of the effluent, said nitrification project at tire utilitys sewage treatment Palmer. It can be removed to the point that we of it got into our settling ponds. By RICHARD SHAW Staff reporter v half-milli- on - area where the wildfire took its tell on vegetation in the canyon last June. The brownish black rivulets of water are tee primary cause of the odor in the drinking water supplied by the district to homes and businesses in tee county. cant even detect it The money secured to fund the project, which came from grants, was not all spent, however. on page 4A) , Price city, Carbon County government partnership establishes redevelopment area a Acting fa joint partnership yritii Carbon County government. Price dty has established a new I ' redevelopment area. 1 Establishing redevelopment districts allows local govern- ments to keep and use tax revenues generated by property owners fa tire immediate area, indicated city officials. Thence redevelopment area is located in the east part of Price. . RCOPY The redevelopment area starts at the Carbon County landfill, extends along tire Airport Road to Main Street and eontinuesdown the east side of Highway 55 to 1000 South, explained city officials. Accordipg to Price city, tire general overall plans for the recently established redevelop-pie-area wijl focus onr' the Improving existing pub nt lic infrastructure. Public infra- - arrangements to discuss prostructure includes water trans- - posed projects, In addition, tire residents seek- mission and sewn lines, power ' etc. transmission lines, ing funding will have to complete - applications for incentives to propProviding redevelopment ertyownento develop and invest revenues and return the requests fa tire area. . to the agency. As the first step fa attempting Upon final approval ofan ap-to take advantage of tire funding plication, the citys redevelop-opportunitie- s, private property ment agency will direct funding -- ownersshouldcontactthecit TT I and make - to the project According to 'Price officials, Carbon County Economic Development is currently fa the ments for similar redevelopment areas along the Ridge Road corridor south of Price. - In an unrelated matter, Price administrative leaders and elected officiate recenter attended tire Utah League of Cities and Tbwns conference fa Salt Lake - City. v Mayor Joe Piccolo will serve as president of the league. The mayor, council members and city officials attended training sessions that will help improve the services Price residents receive. Haining topics included leadership, land use, community and dty administration, water issues, communications and public fi- ....... nance. - I |