Show Duchesne M Mayor Gives Report on Municipal Power Plans Study At a special meeting of the Du Du- chesne City Council with representatives of the Moon Lake Electric and the Uintah Power and Light Company issues were discussed regarding Duchesne Duch esne City obtaining a system and operating operating op op- municipal electrical power in inand inand inand and around Duchesne The discussion of this meeting held February 23 at the city office in Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne was tape tape recorded recorded for future reference re reo ference Spokesmen for the power companies companies com com- were Harry W. W Fieldsted Clark B B. B Abegglen and Mont Larsen Mayor Carl Wilkerson conducted the meeting The people from the Moon Lake Electric Electric Elec Elec- and the Uintah Power and Light Company indicated their desire to continue electrical power service to Du chesne They stated they tiley wanted to provide provide pro pro- vide Duchesne City with a feasibility study one which they said would be a amore amore amore more accurate study than the one Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne City had hired made Mayor Wilkerson explained to them that the city had not relied entirely upon the study but had sent questionnaires questionnaires question question- to over 30 cities some smaller smaller smal smal- ler some about the same size and some larger than Duchesne and that replies replies re reo plies had been received from 29 of these municipal power systems and every answer shows a substantial operating profit for these cities Mayor Wilkerson explained that Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne City is In great need of a source of revenue to carry on the tho needed improvements in Duchesne City lie He pointed out to them that a good deal of Duchesne's potential revenue from sales tax was being gained by another city In the county that the people were aware that an effort to obtain a fair share of that revenue for Duchesne County people and other small towns in inthe inthe inthe the county was after the passing in the House defeated In the Senate by a vote of a member of the Senate from that city in Duchesne County which was deriving deriving de de- riving the great benefit from the present present pre pre- sent sales tax apportionment law Because of this and because it appears appears ap ap- pears that electrical power sale may be bethe bethe bethe the only source to which Duchesne can turn for revenue without further burdening burdening bur bur- dening the taxpayers of the city the Duchesne City Council has voted unanimously unanimously un un- to go municipal power and has hired a bonding company to proceed proceed pro pro- with preparing revenue bonds to buy or construct a system At this meeting the pledge of these representatives of the Moon Lake Electric Electric Elec Elec- and the Uintah Power and Light Company was given that if Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne City has definitely decided to togo togo togo go municipal power that the board of directors of these power companies would help Duchesne City in any way they could CARL WILKERSON Mayor Duchesne City Utah |