Show Computer spit spits out notices all ready for post office oHice Sometime next week Uintah County property owners will receive their 1982 combined combined valuation and tax notices in inthe inthe the mail according to county treasurer Frances Frances P Southam This yea tax es by bya a computer The notices are re different from previous years in many wa ways s and may prove confusing to many taxpayerS pointed out Rick Gale Uin- Uin Uintah tah County data processing and pro pro- programmer programmer grammer manager The new notices contain more detail ed information concerning assessed valuations and mill levies The actual amount of the charge to each taxing district Is itemized on the notice The new notices also reflect the State Tax Commissions Commission's complete reappraisal of all county property for 1982 and new lower mill levies resulting from an ex increase in the assessed valuation of the county from the previous year The assessed valuation of the county has Increased from million last year to around million this year The in in- in increased creased valuation has lowered the mill levy of the county total tax mills and Vernal City's combined tax take mill levy has been reduced 1487 mills over last years year's levy This years year's tax notices are about three months late because of difficulties in get get- ting final reappraisal information and getting the levies approved by the state But ironically when the needed information tion was received Monday after Treasurer Treasurer Sout Southam am made a special trip to to Salt Lake City It took only nine hours to o pr print t out ut the no notices ces At 9 pm Tuesday the tax notices began coming through the county's new computer system and at am Wednesday the entire tax notices had been printed and were ready for o Mr Gale who stayed up all ail night op operating rating the system The notices come off the computer printer in a continuous form which in in- in eludes a sealed mailing envelope that is sent to the taxpayer and an additional copy retained by the county The notices are by zip codes and stamped with a first class mailing permit In explaining the new computer equipment equip ment Gale said the system Is comprised of a BurroughS 1900 processor a systems printer seven terminals and two remote printers The processor has a capacity of million characters on line with four hard disks and one half million character capacity In the main processor This is still not enough to hold the entire county system Gale stated We still need to add another couple disks to Increase the online capacity of the system Besides the actual tax notice tion time saved the new system saves about two weeks needed by the old pro pro- process process cess for stuffing envelopes sealing and sorting for mailing All this Is already done In the new computer process This is the first year the county has had hada a certified assessed roll Meaning that the figures of the assessor and treasurer were In balance with the computer Information Most tax notices will indicate about the same amount of tax due as last year some may be even a bit lower and some may be higher other parcels may jump um In tax valuation because of changes in in classification Changing agricultural property to valuable building lots may in crease the valuation 15 or 20 times said Mrs Southam Equalization hearings for u anyone pro pro- protesting testing their taxes will be beheld held on Oct 12 19 and 26 At these hearings State Tax Commission representatives will be pre pre- present present sent to explain the new reappraisal plan After the case Is presented to the state people Uintah County Commissioners will hear Individual tax protests Nov 30 at noon is the deadline for paying proper proper- property ty taxes The mill levy for Uintah County this year is mills compared to last year including the following breakdown General county purposes county library 48 tort liability 30 interest and sinking district school 27 43 Uintah Water Conservancy District 50 Central Utah Water Conservancy District and mosquito abatement district 68 other taxing district mill levies include Vernal City Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District Maeser Water Improvement District Jensen Water Improvement District Ballard Water Improvement District Ouray Park Water Im- Im Improvement Improvement provement District Tridell-Lapoint Tridell Water Improvement District mills The state provides that a taxing unit cannot tax more than percent of the previous years valuation Because of the increased valuation of the county the mill levies have all been adjusted downward to limit the tax take to the percent level I t I 1 r I i Lm J c I 0 Ii I pw I t M IS 1 fb I It i rm r b v C M k b a Ala a a rr COMPUTER PROCESSOR recently installed byI by I Uintah County performed with flying colors in preparing 1982 property tax neat ces according to systems Rick Gale The Burroughs 1908 1900 used hard disks one in front of I Gale The disk has four tiers and has the capaci capaci- capacity ty of 65 million c characters About a years year's work was printed out in nine hours with the new com com- computer puter system |