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Show June 2. 2)ii TIMPANOGOS TIMES 7 , f ' f sat- -' k- ' carnsETj Si r-- n ;; f ; :f- -i iT !." : r j - (I h i J irr- -.: ' H f i ri i, LJ t .1 " ' Cedar Hills Lowers Taxes For Third Time in Four Years by Harlow Clark The first time Cedar Hills opted to lower taxes one resi-dent called Council Member Ken Kirk a liar because his property tax bill had risen in-stead of falling. When the city voted June 22 to lower taxes for the third time, Kirk explained that the city is not the only tax-ing entity to appear on the prop-erty tax bill, which also includes the school district, county, and others. The County Auditor's certi-fied tax rate for 201 1 is .003 195, that is, .0011999 for General Operations, and .001196 for In-terest and Sinking FundBond. Cedar Hills chose a lower rate of .003153, with the rate for In-terest and Sinking FundBond the same as the county's, but the rate for General Operations dropping to .001957. Mayor Eric Richardson explained that the county taxes on 55 percent of a property's as-sessed valuation, so for a prop-erty assessed at $200,000 the county's certified tax rate ap-plied to $110,000 (55 percent) would give a tax of $351.45, while the city's tax would be $346.83. It's not a large reduction but council members empha-sized that it is a reduction. Marisa Wright said the first time the city lowered taxes the county said they hadn't heard of another city doing such a thing. Adopting the tax rate and the budget based on it provided some light moments in what be gan as a heated meeting with re-peated statements of opposition . to the recreation center at the golf course from Jerry Dearing-e- r, Ken Cromar and Cato Jones, who read a letter demanding that the city stop construction on the center or face legal ac-tion. While the mayor was talk-ing about the budget, Council Member Jim Perry said, "So what you're saying is, we've lowered taxes." He repeated it a couple of times and ad-dressed a reporter, "We've lowered taxes." Laughing, the reporter called out the sen-tence to another reporter then said, "So what you're saying is, you've lowered taxes even though people won't notice it because their taxes are going to be higher over all, but you have lowered taxes." "He's got it," Kirk said. Council members compli-mented City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt and his staff whose hard work has allowed the city to provide a high level of ser-vices even while lowering taxes. Perry mentioned the city's re-cent decision to use the fire sta-tion as a fire station rather than city offices as an example of raising the level of services. Earlier in the Spring the city won a prestigious award for be-ing well run, and not for the first time. At the end of one council meeting Perry said he had been reading more about the award and was impressed, that it was not an award that comes easily or routinely to cities. .... Sr- - PG City Calendar Wednesday, June 29 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Sunday, July 3 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m. Recreation Building Monday, July 4 CITY OFFICES CLOSED Tuesday, July 5 Neighborhood Choir Meeting, 5:30 p.m. City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Thursday, July 7 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Park Delayed Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Friday, July 8 Chamber of Commerce Meeting, 12 noon Recreation Building Sunday, July 10 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m. Recreation Building Tuesday, July 12 City Council Work Session, 6 p.m. 86 East 100 South Wednesday, July 13 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Thursday. July 14 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Park Planning Commissioin Meeting, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 17 Concert in the Park, 7:30 p.m. Recreation Building Tuesday, July 19 Neighborhood Chair Meeting, 5:30 p.m. City Council Meeting, 6 p.m. 66 East 100 South Wednesday, July 20 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route Thursday, July 21 Promenade, 5 p.m. Downtown Pork PUBLIC NOTICE Pleasant Grove City will hold a non-partis- Mu-nicipal General Election on November 8, 2011 to elect three City Council Members to serve four-ye- ar terms of office. If more than twice the number to be elected file for candidacy, a Munici-pal Primary Election will be held on September 13, 2011. The General Election will be held on November 8, 2011. To qualify for candi-dacy, a person must be a United States citizen at time of filing, must be a regis-tered voter of the munici-pality, must be a resident of the municipality for a period of 12 consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election, to not be a convicted felon, unless their right to hold elective office has been restored. The filing period for Declaration of Candidacy will be July 1st through July 15th (our office will be closed July 4th) 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. City Hall closes at noon on July 1st and 8th, but will be open until 5:00 p.m. on July 15th for Declara-tion filing only. Declarations must be filed in person or by petition if the candidate is not available to file in per-son. A filing fee of $35 must be paid at the time of filing the decla-ration. If you have any ques-tions regarding filing for candidacy please contact the City Recorders office, (801) 785-504- 5. M"" ' i " j ' "3- - ; - X . : : Lone Peak Cheerleaders show off their acrobatic moves during the Cedar Hills Family Festival Parade that also included school mascots, cowboys, royal-ties, floats, horses and much more. ph()1H c()urlcsy of Harow Cark Cowboys, Ninjas and Pigs at Cedar Hills' Parade by Harlow Clark Cedar Hills' Family Festival Parade began as all do, with sirens and fire en-gines, and a grand marshal, Ben Cahoon, and the youth city council and Lone Peak High's student council. For the lead in, a tan humvee proclaiming "Run For Jessie and Her Victory against Leu-kemia" was driven. A few minutes later the Chick-Fil-- A Cow rode by in a trailer, prompting the question of whether Bank of American Fork's Pig had been replaced, but the faithful inflatable came by shortly. There were also live mascots like Cosmo Cougar, Smokey Bear and the Orem Owlz owl, and an eagle. Parade goers got a look at casts and costumes for the summer's production, Eagle Mountain's royalty rode over, and a couple rode by in a red convertible with a "Just .Married" sign on the back. Bailey Bunker headed up a group of cowboys, and Shawn Warenski waved from his horse-draw- n hearse. What is a parade with-out candy? Toothbrush-wieldin- g Super Dentist was bopping all Cavity Ninjas. People in the Lone Peak Dental truck were throwing candy to the crowd and so was everyone else. "That hurt," one girl said as a sucker landed on her arm. Cowboys, floats, local businesses and squirt guns, a marching band and danc-ers, and Operation Smile, what else does a parade need? Try a few martial art-ists and some handsprings from the Lone Peak Knights cheerleaders--an- d not just one. The whole squad took turns. By the time they reached the swollen creek in Heritage Park, their faces were flushed and an oblig-ing spectator cooled them with a water balloon-powere- d squirt gun. PG Council Approves City Budget for Fiscal Year 20 1 1 -- 1 2 Pleasant Grove Cily Council approved a resolution adopting and approving the city budget for the fiscal year 20112012, adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1,2011 and ending June 30, 2012 and determining a property tax to be levied upon all real and personal property with in the cily and a compre-hensive fee schedule at the city council meeting held June 21, 2011. The motion to adopt was unanimous. Along with this the city council also passed a resolu-tion adjusting and amending the revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 2010-20- 1 and including the Pleasant Grove Redevelopment Agency budget. Also approved was a reso-lution to sign an agreement between Utah County and Pleasant Grove City for a com-munity Activities Grant for re-pairs and improvements to the city's Veterans Memorial Pool Slides. Another resolution authorizes the mayor to sign a quit claim deed from Pleasant Grove City to Pleasant Grove City to combine six exist-ing parcels of property that is owned by the city into one par-cel. The property is located at 100 E. 100 South and contains about 3.65 acres. The council felt that combining these prop-erties was in the best interest of the cily. In addition, the coun-cil passed a resolution for an agreement between Mountain Land Association of Govern-ments and Family Services De-partment and Pleasant Grove City to provide congregate meals and services for indi-viduals who are 60 years of age and older. It was also noted that se-nior citizens using this service will receive information re-garding the program through the Pleasant Grove Senior Citizen Center at the following places: Simply Seniors, Tim-panog- Times, Monthly Utili-ties letter, Pleasant Grove Web Page, word of mouth and phone calls. They also offer low cost or free events and programs. The contract also notes that persons age 60 or over who arc frail, homcbound for reason of illness or incapacitating dis-ability, or otherwise isolated, shall be given priority in the delivery of services under this contract. In addition the spous-es of the older person regard-less of age or condition may receive a home delivered meal if, according to criteria deter-mined by MAG, receipt of the meal is in the best interest of the homcbound older person. y gw Conic lo the Women's Health & Hormone Replacement Therapy Seminar Presented by Dr. Vaughn Johnson, DO Wednesday, August o"1 at 7:00 p.m. At Smiths Rexall Drug Pharmacy 10 South Main Street. Pleasant lirnve, I tali ' S r-- J ,CfC(Hff'f)C c(ca III Simlli Main, rii'asanl (inn p. I lali I'liune: ' ('-'- I |