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Show -, v - - V . M : -- . . V " . A 1 ? I . (l' ' - ' " , L . 12-INCH pipeline is buried in a field just north of the David Ahmsbrak residence on 1500 West. The pipeline will provide untreated water for the city baseball facility. CsHiiSdsf s oppose sale of Care Center The Uintah Care Center Advisory Board has directed the Uintah County Commission to sell the center, cen-ter, but all of the six candidates for the two commission seats say "no" to the sale. "I feel, personally that the Care Center should not be sold," said Sam Snyder, Republican candidate for commissioner A. "I believe with proper attention... we can have a Care Center, that will not cost the taxpayers." "I am absolutely opposed to the sale of the Care Center," said Lorin Merrill, Republican candidate for commissioner A. "The county has no business selling the Care Center." Democratic candidate for commission commis-sion A, Dan Thackcr said he is initially ini-tially opposed to the sale of the care center. '"I have not studied the Issue but the county is selling too many of its obligations." Democratic candidate for commissioner commis-sioner B, Wayne Hall said that then: was an election where the public Ulko Bell requests county bond support A WrtuJ oil nnd mining company requested a Kmd giwramcc from Uintah County to .vtun: a natural ga cotitf.xt (of Springvitlc and reactivation re-activation of nine wells in the I'inUh IU in. lliVti Ikll Mining & Oil Company of Yctful Km Kuited a conn act lo mrr'y Snmpillc City wuh 4Mi,r1 1 si! c feel pcf day rf rutu til jr.iv Wii!t 3 ptrpajmcnt tf S l!ii. IU ii tiniU otute nine weiN isi Uintah (VtinH-. One f the c!h w.li m ; j ly J penrnt cf 5"f;Pfi!lc' ncofc. "U'C !'Cf t'-t Weil's VM-.i! 1 tx- tc j istcd f"f Sj-ni-.;-, )'-r fTji!ifC a :f f-m,vKe f-m,vKe ( f tv " rf I'e iM.i m-:i it wai? n wc a K.n.l lot ih? 2.-i hit ill! I' Harjj rf l".m;.h C-if.ty it J. irp. n .i J a. in n r f t'.c pine mciH -iil.J trt,!-C ii PC' in finifi U-ii'!)- r'.ri l?c tcTf-te ff if"? t'.p:y. "U - - i r 1 3 ' i r) (t( jt- .s t I i-r!, .n r.-,j-..- ! 3 1 y 'C??C ' t 5: f ' , '- ;- '11 ;V '. ,- voted to keep the Care Center. "Unless the public changes its mind, I would be bound by that vote." Hall said. "If I have a welder that is not doing do-ing his job, I don't sell the truck." "I want to do the wishes of the citizens cit-izens of the county," said Dale Ross, Republican Candidate for commissioner B. "A recent referendum referen-dum shows public support for the county to keep the Care Center even at the expense of a tax increase. I'm obliged to go with the results of the referendum." "I am opposed to the sale, but not because the county should be in the health care business, but because the public votes, and I will do what the county wants," said Max Adams, Republican Candidate for commissioner B. The reason for the recommendation recommenda-tion of the sale of the Care Center will be discussed at a Uintah County Community Council meeting, meet-ing, Wednesday. Aug. 1 sit 7:30 p.m. at the Uintah County Commission Chambers. -vl Covinpum !uid it womj t difH-C difH-C uU to do l!ie pfvjai without county help. "OuL.idc inv-csttwj woulil have U) l bnmglil in to KtufC t)ic IxmhJ," he wij. It.kc Bell is a puWic corpotation wuh over 12,tx) ux llxildf in 52 Mate, In a If iter to MixkhnMrni II. Vo Pell WinotitKcd the JkqiiiMtKwi c l?-.c Mdn ine ! ',:c. K'v-ai. g-i-v line tc'incry.. The n"t!nne Ltr:f Kcfu-rty i Cap! 5c if r-.ii-i-f Q milium tulle tu-lle f"rl of r -.-Ml ci ter i5.iv 3" 1 is I x.vr.l n h? r.t :t tn f-'c f the, I. ujv-.l fn fifll in tJiC wM, II. t. :i ( ! I TK SI9 n ''' n rnif) fai 'r-r firg i '.,v h.r, ''ra1 jrn avai't -le VkKnh tflifnl 1.4 jf!in pa tK.-'U"-wr.. ( i,' h f-rt C-? (Ap-pr.-timaiity 5"' pfHf nl pr- y. I ? )p--fn( jrs.i.nr) !vn qvijtjnj pffft a- p.li iiV. (' " fart i 1 tn , t'PC! rf T V1 "9. f'f E?:, ? 1 7 " j; '' ' i f p -j'5"-TV rb-'t ii t -'W w!f t !--r-j. f - ' i H- 3-.: . f - t I--! --t ; " i: f ; ' ? h pi- i i i t-- tj-i.r it 1 n r- . !. Waterline to make bail parks greener for less conSmcaoTOswKlna Construction began this week on a water line to sprinkle the Vernal City Baseball complex. The construction is from 1500 West to 1200 West to connect a 12-inch 12-inch pipeline from the Central Canal to an existing line at 200 ' North. Parks and Recreation Director Shane McAffee said the project would allow the city and county to water the ball complex with irrigation irriga-tion water. The complex has been watered with culinary water. A pump station will be built near the city tennis courts that will allow the entire system to use the water from the new pipeline. The Uintah School District is sharing in the cost of the line and will install another pump station to water the lawns at Ashley Elementary and Vernal Junior High School. Bids on the city pump station will be opened Aug. 27. Council to meet The Uintah County Community Council will meet Wednesday, Aug. 1 to hear from the Uintah Care Center Advisory Board. The board recently recommended that the county sell the Care Center. The Board members will explain their position at Wednesday's meeting. meet-ing. Bangerter economic Governor Norman Bangerter said steps'have been taken to spur Utah's economy by "selling" the rural lifestyle life-style and putting the state's growing work force to work. In the Governor's News Conference held July 26, Bangerter answered the questions of reporters state-wide. According to national statistics, Utah is one of the top six states for economic growth. Bangerter said while few states in the nation have a growing work force, Utah does. Even so, the rural communiucs in the Uintah Basin have experienced a sluggish economy during the past years. In response to Uintah Basin Standard reporter, Dclysc Bcllam's question of what will bring economic econom-ic development to these rural communities, com-munities, Bangerter said, "Well, obviously ob-viously we haven't totally succeeded succeed-ed in getting people out to your part of the country in economic development, develop-ment, but we think we're making some progress." He said Utah, and especially rural areas, have a good lifestyle to sell businesses on, as well as an educated workforce, a competitive tax-rate and the ability to be payable. Because drilling for oil on Uic reservation land hasn't ken profitable prof-itable due , to double taxation, Michelle Kinscy of the Vernal Express asked Bangerter uhciticr any plan would be made to provide incentives for drilling. "We've worked with Senator Mof.m and Uintah County Fair opens Saturday, Aug. 4 The Kcond year of the revived Uintah County Pair nl t under ay on Saturday, August 4. According to Jc.itt I'ahi.'io, chj'f person, this ycari fair h going to be bigger and kiie r. Thae will b entertainment Ccry night during Uw; I'f work huh la is fnn Aug. 4 to II. Ad 5 4 to the SKUviws fnvc ken en mti car !r a,-.. ( iriu of p! The tuitxvtf tat ken cpn.V J lo l niffiU. It i hi-jx-J m new Svtiviiif i offy )rt, I a!i?io ui J. OtHcr jMivi;ie of t!w I -t Klk l!-e M t :i Aug 4, lilrr.t !-, Au?. ft, i'.-r-l.!ii dat-y, Aug. 8. I W WW 101 A. 9 -- fiVi j n A:g. Id 8 '1 It. FHEE HEARING U5T5 " CENTER 1989 per capita business volume i , - uuv uvufcigu in major Gross business sales totaled $116,676,000 in Vernal during 1989, and this was equal to $15,896 per capita. For the state as a whole, gross sales volume averaged 58,212 per capita last year. These facts were reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, organiza-tion, in a study of the variations in business activity that exists in the state of Utah. Other Uintah Basin counties and selected cities listed in the report included: in-cluded: Uintah County $163,857,000 gross sales, $7,348 per capita sales; other areas in Uintah County $47,181,000, $3,154; Duchesne County $80,896,000, $5,992; Duchesne City $6,721,000, $4,098: Roosevelt $45,325,000, $10,590; Other areas in Duchesne county $28,851,000, $3,806; Daggett County $6,865,000 $9,808. According to the report, business activity in Utah last year ranged from a high of $2.7 billion in Salt Lake City to only a few thousand dollars in some of the smaller towns of the state. Among Utah's 29 counties, coun-ties, gross sales volume varied from a total of $7.2 billion in Salt Lake County to slightly more than $3.4 million in Piute County. Because of the large influx of tourists and the relatively small per- addresses concerns Representative Evans on a bill this past year to provide some additional incentives," he said. "We're also trying to deal with the tribes out there so that we can set a policy which is consistent and beneficial for both. We haven't done that yet, but in my view, we have to work that out with the local government, with the Indian tribe and state government." gov-ernment." He said "all of the players" play-ers" will have to determine what is needed to help sustain the tax base for each cnuty and scldc on that basis. ba-sis. Phil Jensen of the Ogden Standard Examiner askcd,"Is there a danger of the Wasatch Front becoming a megalopolis of sorts? ...Is there a program in the works for controlled growth?" Bangerter said the reason for developing is to bring businesses business-es in the state to provide more jobs for Utahns and their children. "We want to encourage businesses to come here," he said, adding there arc plans to address issues such as a mass transit system and a long term highway plan to accommodate growth. Referring to l!ic proposal to do away with uxes on food, he said he considered it dangerous to take away money just because technically technical-ly tlicre is a surplus, lie said there arc many areas where the money is needed. Bang cner said his top priority prior-ity was public education anj woulj spend the surplus on asbestos abate, ment, buying necdej ikhoul $up. plies and giving some fur,Js to the Sx i.il Services. Oihct activities include arts and tfjift itr.p!.)i, t.'k off. jtt)ie rc Sicw, a baby vS.i'-, anim.il obtbits, a dig s.w, li ! d.iy activities arvl a pie I .An tentr'4 Some thing f. cvcfyoie,l akj;m a tm'. Over JO pvr-flc aic vt4f.tfff M arc k'( r.g u n-.atc tbe t if a Vi year i' v I ,uf i!l ,:i n u-e 0 ' Vftfyl !i1Ue $JM f t.;v t-1 t rf t'-e b V- c nn-ivl c ! ;t ,!l W et I'X" W4-.irt?1 IV as ill tbc t ' o i anv iu.-t. IHAY 101 ill k cr.i,-ru;nirg in f. fkll at t"i - '.-.h bu;h V . t. A t--Lk tAi k f.rvj p.P; 7ft;.f Vfill .pfrvlfmci f ' 1 " " J I ' k ? f.. f ' 3 t i .- : -.c t Mr v. - - - t - 1'800-7'18-1999 Vernal Express manent population, per capita sales activity is especially high in the ski communities. For example, gross sales volume was equal to $78,640 per capita in Brian Head, 539,582 per capita in Park City, and $47,612 in Alta. Other cities with per capita business activity that was equal to at least two times the statewide average av-erage included South Salt Lake (539,835), Murray ($24,793), Midvale ($19,277), Riverdale ($19,048), Woods Cross ($17,655), Sale Lake City ($17,698), and Price ($16,845). The Foundation report observes that there always has been a controversy contro-versy as to how the sales tax collection collec-tion on such sales should be allocated allocat-ed because of the wide variation in business activity among the local communities of the state. Cities without a substantial amount of business activity wanted the local sales tax divided according to population. popu-lation. Communities with a great deal of commercial activity, on the other hand, wanted the sales tax distributed dis-tributed back according to the point of sale. Prior to 1983, all of the sales tax was allocated back to the community communi-ty where the sale was made. A compromise com-promise finally was reached and the allocation was changed to include a Chamber V.P. completes Stanford University course The Stanford Institute for Organization Management announced an-nounced today that Ray Kier, Executive Vice-President of the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce, recently completed a six year program of study in Chamber organization management. Each year involves a one week program pro-gram of study and exams. The institute insti-tute is organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has been providing this program for 70 years. The program is the longest established program of its kind in the world. Kier said it is a tribute to the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce and its Board that he was able to complete this program. These past years have been lean ones but the Chamber has provided the funds Commission corrects 7 year old zoning error Uinuih County Commissioners corrected a seven year old zoning error Tuesday by allowing 100 feci along State Road 149 in Jensen to k rc zoned commercial. The legal description of the 1983 re one to provide for the construction construc-tion of service facilities far Outward Bound, a commercial fiver running Outfit, was printed incorrectly. The advertised dewription of the north" crn k'umtary of the Kz.onc was ap Candidate's Response to the Proposed Sale of the Uintah Care Center Attention Taxpayers of Uintah County, It Is my firm belief that thcro needs to bo more public Input before Uintah County sells Its $15 million Caro Center. With better and more oc-countable oc-countable management, tho Caro Center can bo operated by Uintah County and break even or even make a littlo. Tho Caro Center provides a valuable service to Uintah County taxpayers. It should not bo sold r- toscdonthe voiceota few people, but rather by x ; the voice of si! the people ; H 2 of Uintah County. ' , ; There should be more ! - j public Involvement: pub ; ; , e I Ho hearing? and If should ' - , b4 put before tho people in an election. Sam Snyder CnrulicJ.ite for Uintah County Commissioner Wednesday, August 1, 1890 3 oasin cities gradual phasing in of a population factor beginning in July, 1983. Currendy, 35 of the local sales tax allocation is based on population and 65 according to the point of sale. Beginning in July, 1993, the distribution will be 50 based on population and 50 based on the point of sale. The report points out that prior to this year the population figures used in the allocation were "determined according to the last decennial census." Legislation approved by the 1990 Utah Legislature requires that the population figures used in making the distribution be based on "the most recent official census or census estimate." Foundation analysts observe that this change will penalize cities with declining populations, such as Salt Lake City, and benefit cities with rapidly rising population, such as West Jordan. Between 1980 (the last decennial census year) and 1988 (the last official census estimate esti-mate year), the population of Salt Lake City declined by 6.3, while the population of West Jordan was rising by 83.5. A recent analysis by the State Tax Commission indicated that the local sales tax allocation to Salt Lake City, will be reduced by $278,352, but the distribution to West Jordan will increase by $702,497. and allowed him the time to study for and participate in this program. In the graduating class this year of 22, 17 were from the original class of 76 that started six years ago. The program provides courses relevant rel-evant to the management of Chambers and non-profit associations associa-tions and provides networking opportunities op-portunities with other organization executives. The instructors arc from the University staff and other Chambers as well as the U.S. Chamber, r The resources of the Stanford Institute are enormous, Kier said. His hope is that the Chamber will make the best use of them. These resources are also available to other non-profit organizations. AH they need do is get in touch with Ray, anytime. proximately 100 feet short Tuesday commissioners approved the rconc of the property 100 feet by 400 feet north of the commercial zone for Outward Bound from agricultural agri-cultural to commercial. Tlic change corrected the cm. It the commcr-cial commcr-cial zone was not extended, much of the joint countyOutward Bound effort in drafting the agreeable site plan for the project will be wasted, said Ruk'rt llugie, Uintah County Manner. |