Show Quarterly employment newsletter gives business summary of area A report on the business and economic conditions and trends in the Uintah Basin multi- multi county district of Utah has been released this week in the form of a quarterly newsletter compiled by the local Job Service Center Utah Department Depart ment of Employment Security The report covers the third quarter business for Duchesne Daggett and Uintah Counties as follows Nonagricultural payroll employment in the Uintah Basin nasin District totaled 93 16 in inJune inJune inJune June 1975 1915 down 0 06 00 6 percent from a year earlier From June 1974 1914 to June 1975 nonagricultural payroll jobs increased by in Duchesne County but decreased by in support for such a plan there i is no way to get this type of facility which also includes the medical staff to successfully operate such a center We hope the he private corporation corporation cor cor- avenue is pursued studied an and given a chance This may be an n answer to our current medical service woes Daggett and Uintah Counties resulting in n a net loss of 56 in the District Losses occurred in the manufacturing construction services and government industries industries in in- Th The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the District was 69 percent in June 1975 up from 45 percent a year earlier This increase was the result of a 13 percent gain Inthe Inthe in inthe the labor force and a decrease in job opportunities BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TION based on building permits issued in cities and and counties reached 75 million during the first six months of oC 1975 1915 up 88 percent from the same period of 1974 1914 Residential building was responsible for the gain aln nonresidential building was off by 15 percent From January to June of 1975 78 new dwelling units were authorized only 91 were authorized during the same period of 1974 1914 Valuation of these units was 4 48 8 million a 19 19 percent increase increase in in- crease from the comparable Continued on Page 12 Business summary Continued from Page 1 figure a year ago Three fourths of the new residential construction construction con con- occurred In Uintah County Oil production in the Uintah Basin District during the first six months of 1975 reached 14 million barrels up 88 percent from the same period of 1974 Eighty percent of the production occurred in Duchesne County Natural gas production during the first six months of this year totaled million cubic feet percent ahead of ofa a year earlier Duchesne County produced 59 percent of the total Second quarter production o of both oil and gas was slightly below first quarter production This year oil and gas exploration activities have been considerably reduced from previous levels This reduction has contributed to the employment decline mentioned above However in recent weeks exploration activities have been revitalized in west Duchesne County RETAIL SALES as measured by sal sales s tax collections registered million in the Uintah Basin District for the second quarter of 1975 up 19 percent from a year earlier and 13 per percent ent from first quarter 1975 All counties in the District posted gains Daggett Co County ty posted the largest percentage gain aln Uintah County has the largest volume of retail sales of all the the counties in the accounting accounting accounting ac ac- ac- ac counting for 57 percent of total sales Vernal is the largest single retailing center in the District doing 25 percent of the business in the District and nd 43 percent in Uintah County Many businesses in the Roosevelt and Duchesne areas of Duchesne County are in the the process of expanding their facilities to accommodate In increased business Tourism as measured by taxes collected on tr transient room motel hotel hole 1 and nd other accommodations sales totaled during the second quarter of 1975 up 10 percent from a year ago and 82 percent from first quarter 1975 The gain from the first to the second quarter of 1975 indicates the seasonal nature of of tourism in inthe inthe the Ony Duchesne Duchesne J Count County did transient room sales in the District decline from last year Uintah County was responsible for 71 percent of the Districts District's total transient room sales i |