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Show Tae OE OCEAN . a i erecta ciate . GUE wath Hed Tu mee ain Lt ; | i ‘ ics re hs oa? oak ee a te Rin “Gok en - Yee n. tae Fe erg aha | aie / Dg WASATCH COUNTY Vol. “I Issue 8 ‘Stealth Culinary Water Giveaway Letter Sam Allen, Courier Staff jofdaniblic sicene Service ike (JSSD), produced a letter last week in which «the Wasatch County Commissioners reportedly signed away the county’s entire allotment of CUP municipal water to JSSD. However, there is no record of this document in the county commission’s meeting acre-feet of water. 4,000 agen- told The. Courier that he does not remember signing the letter even though his signature is clearly visible on the letter. Another authentic, commissioners the intentionally The CUP water could have been used to commissioner at first did not remember - increase the water available to these tes- signing the letter, but after “reviewing his notes,” said he remembered the let- Wasatch County may have some of the largest reservoirs current county residents may not get any drinking water -- allotment. The county commission may have given it Jordanelle Special Service District even though existing valley already don’t have enough water for themselves. idents. Instead the commissioners. may have chosen to send all of the county’s ter. The Courier finds it curious that commissioners wouldn’t remember sign_.«-ing a document that gave, away 4,000 ptt to overlooked the needs of thousands of current residents in the valley who don’t have enough water. Residents in Timberlakes, Twin Creeks, and Interlaken are good examples. ing the letter in aa meeting. one commissioner: is enough If the letter is indeed county commissioner’s secretary, ever recall seeleast acre-feet of water supply the yearly water needs of approximately 4,444 homes or roughly one-half of all the homes in Heber Valley. The average home requires about 0.9 acrefeet of water per year. | das or minutes. Nor does Brent Titcomb, the county clerk, or Marie Sabey, the At August 24, 1999 Wasatch County’s Source for News GIVEAWAY continued on page 3 me in the state, from their all away to residents in but CUP the the ’ Sn, a ae z “ay Ph. County Residents Get it By Higher Taxes | To rake Tos Sam Allen, Courier Staff. Residents in -Charleston, Daniels, Sam and~ Allen, Courier Staff On Thursday, August 26th at 7:00 p.m. the Wasatch County School District will taxes went up for everybody was because last year’s school bond showed up for the Wallsburg all. received significantly higher tax assessments this year due to first. time on this year’s assessment. the fact that their property was reappraised by the county assessors office. _ The rapid growth in land values around the county over the last few years is the Businesses on Main Street in Heber also main reason tax bills.are so much highhad their property reappraised which -et this year. Also, residents in also resulted is significantly higher tax ‘Charleston, Daniels, and Wallsburg had assessments for them: not had their property appraised by the While residents in other areas of the county for more than five years. This county also received higher assessments, meant that the listed value of their they weren’t hit nearly as hard as those property on their old tax bills was a lot who had their property reappraised by less than their fair market value. When the county. One of the main reasons ASSESSMENT continued on page 3 hold a Truth in Taxation Hearing at the Wasatch County School District office at ~173 East and 200 North in Heber. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit public comment on the proposed tax increase - for the district. According to the school district, the increased revenues which will amount to’ _ approximately $800,000 per year will be — used to cover the costs of building maintenance, technology and textbooks for students, as well as higher insurance pre- miums for district employees. ——— WASATCH COUNTY JURIER to pay an additional $25.00 per $100, 000 — of home value per year. This is in addition to the costs they were assessed for the first time this year for last year’s school bond. This double-whammy_ has upset many citizens (see Letters to the Editor) who feel the school district could make more Since the assessors office has reappraised many properties within the. county .this year, some citizens Since CONAN PCIe BSI the school Citizens aie da from ‘Ghassifieds: 7 district’s Baieal room, - can the are get being updated considered, | information Wasatch County School ia a tO Presorted | Standard init rice al e ee ooo total in Taxation Hearing, may not hold all the citizens who want to attend, other — Letter to the Editorl. . . .6 one ara their the expected meeting place for the Truth arrangements his wal will see cent or more in one year alone. Wasatch Cbarity’é5 Source for News — SOUR efficient use of its money before it asks for more. trict tax assessment increase by 45 per- 525 South Main Street « Heber City, UT 84032. (435) 654-2661- ee 654-2531 fax Opinion & Editorial by school district tax assessment increase by 20 percent or more because of last year’s school bond and their increased property value if this year’s proposed tax increase is not approved. If this year’s school district tax increase is approved, those same _ citizens could see their total school dis- o~ “So Price a ESE Preliminary cost estimates prepared the county state that taxpayers will have U.S. Postage Paid Heber City, UT catia. «15 geese cous.o0 2. pa 2F Permit No. 32005 re be ; > oe S at x. : sceneries neater Tae e act Pr ees: = a 2 q DR a ae a ON Pia ealitinenica nacrigclane nantes tinatees:ratwentsarineme i citinentee titeenhdeesnanenpnecinmasiiiin si oman os 7 ne . " em Se “ye ee Sinkcaeidiclaltna ntti tbiahcantce : ae, ainrecatentathtcittan Til iC 2a Spe onieedieetbee sc aiaioatinh or 3 - = . . mete ee : nn mnt Pe tierwaneemhet a pn ep . - : . er _— =>. 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