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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER PUBLIC MEETINGS CALENDAR Wednesday, August 25th 7:30 p.m. Midway Planning Thursday, August 26th 7:00 p.m. Heber City Planning Commission SP Monday, August 30° 8:30 am. Olympic Update iW 00 pm. County... : Commission Work Meeting | 2:00 p.m. County Commission Meeting RECURRING MEETINGS Every Monday 8:30 am. 2 00 p.m. Olympic Update County Commision 2nd Monday 7:30 p.m. Midway Water _ ASSESMENT continued from page 1 - August 24, 1999: September 9 through 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the county finally got around to updating the assessed values of their proper- County for residents. approximately 13,200 notices this year. A couple of hundred were returned as Unlike factoring, which raises assessed Clerk, the county sent out GIVEAWAY continued from page 1 _ drinking water allotment toa special service district with only three residents. The Courier was unable to view the orig- she would allow anyone to look at it. A county But if someone wants to contest their property values, they must pick up a “Request for Review” form from the county clerk or pull one off the Internet. at the county’s website which is located documents. At this time, The Courier has only seen a reproduction of ‘the letter, a copy of which appeared i in The Courier's August 17 issue. (seuliramiees agencies are obligated to at: http://co.wasatch.ut.us. These forms must then be returned to the county produce a public document immediately clerk’s office in the county administra- The letter had reportedly been ‘copied earlier in the week as part of a previous GRAMA request and should have been tion building within 30 days of receiving the original tax notice. The Board of Equalization will review the requests if it can be found readily available. within : means that it was If for some reason the county commissioners want to ratify this questionable document, they may do so in.an upcoming commission meeting. Although this could be done, it possibly or likely won't. Many residents in Heber Valley already don’t have enough water for their needs. If the commissioners give the county’s spare municipal water to 15 minutes. o it approved in a secret meeting without proper public notification. If it was not, the letter’s authenticity is seriously in question. In either event, the action in the letter can be voided by a public suit filed by the County Attorney. GRAMA request is the state equivalent of the federal Freedom of Information Act that gives citizens and reporters “access to government to come to the office to get it fixed. commissioners, tures were genuine since the JSSD’s sec- readily admits that the county does makes mistakes in calculating tax assessments. If it’s a simple math error with their calculations, he encourages people the All of this calls into question the authenticity of the document. If the document was indeed signed by the inal document to verify that the signaretary wanted a GRAMA request before Burgener, Friday, September 4 & ‘Saturday, September 5 undeliverable by the post office. assessor, Glen Swiss Pays. According to Brent Titcomb, Wasatch ties this year, the shock was a lot worse values across the board by a given percentage, appraised values may be contested. If residents want to contest the assessed value of their property before the Board of Equalization, they must demonstrate through independent - appraisals or information regarding comparable sales in their area that theirproperty is not worth nearly as much as the county says it is. REMEMBER ~new developments without first solving the water shortages in the valley, it could be political suicide. 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