Show County Comity Rejects All Bids Bias for Airport Work Bids for resurfacing Vernal airport were opened Monday at 2 pm In Uintah County Clerks Clerk's office but they were all reject reject- rejected ed as too high The engineers engineer's estimate was but the low bid sub sub sub- submitted by Strong Construction Co of Springville was for Karl E Nelson Co of Logan submitted an original bid of which county dials daIs said would have been ac ac- ac accepted but the firm sent a tele tele- tele telegram gram prior to the opening rais hag ing the bid to OTHER BIDDERS were LD Stevenson Altamont 00 Whiting and Haymond and Corn Construction Co County officials said they would wait until spring to reo re- advertise for bids if FAA funds are available as the construe tin tion season is nearing its end In other business the mill levy for county purposes was set at Continued on page 8 i Bids Rejected Continued from page 1 96 mills a raise of one mill from the 86 mills of last year County Clerk Morris R Cook explained that the hike was brought about by the disastrous floods involving a heavier bur den for the road department and for other repair work THE STATE school levy de creased from 91 to 86 mills a mill 50 drop the local school levy jumped from to an Increase of mills for a total school levy of mills Uintah Water Conser van e c y District levy dropped from 1 to 50 50 mill but the Seven County Seven County District placed a 30 30 mill mUl levy for a net reduction of 20 20 mill The new levy will include pay meats ments to the local water district Vernal City mill levy remains the same at 1450 and Maeser I likely will remain the same ame at 8 mills 18 Most areas of Uintah County I will suffer a mill net raise i In property taxes |