Show Levies For FOl Court House And Green River Project Cut By Commissioners I Reversal of Decision by Commissioners Comes COlnes as Surprise To Supporters of Court House Project Strong Opposition Shown at Meet leet By Roosevelt Men l Apparently as a result of strong opposition shown by citizens of Roosevelt to the mill 2 levy to raise funds for court house construction construction construction con con- the county commissioners commission commission- ers reversed their decision last last Tuesday and deleted this item from the county levy They also deleted the mill 1 levy for promotion promotion promotion promo promo- tion of the Colorado river diversion project and added another mill to the levy for county debt The adjusted levy was telephoned in to the state tax commission Wednesday morning and given oral approval Formal approval was to be sent by mail mall At a meeting August the commissioners had passed a motion motion motion mo mo- tion tentatively setting the two levies and had at the same time called for a public hearing for revisIon revision revision re re- re- re vision of the budget to authorize expenditure of the funds raised by the two mills for the reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction tion or remodeling of the courthouse court house The public hearing heating was advertised advertised advertised ad ad- and set for last Friday Tax Commission Approves At the hearing held in the court courtroom room both levies were strongly opposed mainly by a large delegation delegation delegation tion of Roosevelt taxpayers Ray Dillman Roosevelt attorney attorneys claimed that the advertisement of the hearing suggested subterfuge to him stating that in his opinion the statute quoted in the notice did not apply to the question under consideration and in general presented presented presented pre pre- the group with legal technicalities technicalities and problems The commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners explained however that their proposed action had been given the approval of both the thesta sta state tax taC commission and the at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney generals general's office and had been carried out successfully in other counties Colo River Levy Deleted Others who voiced opposition based their objection mostly on the tax problem saying the levies meant an increase of taxes in Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county It was pointed out though that with the 3 mills included included included in in- the total county levy was raised only tenth one-tenth n mill ll over last year and that the increase was due to a mill 2 increase in the state levy With the elimination of the 1 mill for the Colorado river the county levy could still carry the 2 mills for court house and show a reduction of tenths nine-tenths of a a. mill It was pretty generally agreed that the Colorado river levy should be deleted when it was explained Continued on Page 8 8 |