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Show Stolen goods cause county law enforcement problem commission that the cost to the county lor the making of duplicate tax notices lor the properties within the redevelopment area was quite substantial, sub-stantial, and that the county would not recoup such expenses without hillinn the city. In other business, the commission ; Approved the appoint ap-point mcnt of Jim Colts to the Council on Aging. Appointed Cora llulel iis temporary county recorder. .She is Idling the vacancy lei t by the death ol Joan Wasden. The commission hopes to makes a permanent appointment next week. PAROWAN - "We have a real problem in this area of it being easy to dispose of stolen property." That was the message of Iron County Attorney James L. Shumate to the county commission Feb. 25. His suggested solution was tighter licensing and record keeping for pawn shops, second-hand stores, salvage yards and related businesses. Shumate told the commissioners that a large amount of stolen property was being sold to these types of businesses, and that county and city law enforcement en-forcement officials had no way of keeping track of it. "It's been time after time after time that we've found stolen items in places like this," he said. Shumate suggested that all such businesses be required to purchase a special license and that they keep records on county-provided forms of all transactions. One copy of this form would be sent to a central repository where it could be checked against lists of stolen goods. Violation of the proposed ordinance would be a class B misdemeanor, and the commission would have the authority to suspend the license for repeated violations. Although the commissioners com-missioners took no action at the meeting, they promised to consider it. The ordinance would be county wide, and Shumate said that Cedar City Attorney Robert Braithwaite would also be working on a similar ordinance for the city. Shumate cited one recent case where specially-built galvanized steel doors, worth over $5,000 were stolen by three juveniles and sold to a salvage yard for $75. The doors were then sold out of state and dismantled before they could be tracked down. "If they didn't have that easily available access to sell we could slop some of this stuf f," concluded Shumate. In other business, the commission dealt with a wide variety of legal and financial matters. The commission voted unanimously to appeal to the Utah Supreme Court a decision by the State Tax Commission ordering or-dering the county to pay sales tax admission tickets lo the Iron County Fair. The commissioners pointed out that the lair was an event held only once a year and that it had lo be subsidized by the county, thus sales taxes should not be paid. The lax commission ordered that $447.81 be paid from the proceeds of - the 1979 lair. ------ The commissioners also voted unanimously to pay $500 to the Utah Association of Counties for preliminary research before a lawsuit is filed against the state. The lawsuit has been suggested because counties do not feel that state assessed properties pay their share of the property tax. Supposedly all such properties are already assessed at the state-mandated state-mandated 20 percent However, most county assessors, including Iron County Assessor G. Steven Grimshaw, feel the actual assessment is much lower and are confident it could be proven in court. The commission also passed a motion giving all county departments the go ahead to bill Cedar City lor any extra cost incurred to the county in implementing the Cedar City Redevelopment District. Grimshaw told the |