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Show Wednesday, August 4, 1976 Page 3 let' s get a bit im 'Parte CmiiriSy ' Mm Both Park City newspapers and various city Newspaper: Assuming Park City wins its suit officials recently have endorsed the concept of against Summit County, will there really be any ii cauug rarKioumy- a new county carved ettect on taxes? Decker: Yes, but not this year. The deadline for the mill levy is too close to permit the county to come up with an alternative plan if the court ordersitto. COMMITTEE PONDERS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES moro ngnt onlhe from Summit County and lying within the boundaries boun-daries of the Park City Fire Protection District and proposed Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement Im-provement District. A leading proponent of the "Park County" movement is Park City Recorder-Treasurer Bruce Decker. The following is an interview conducted con-ducted with Mr. Decker this week. Newspaper : You were the one who brought up the idea of creating an alternative to Summit County which now appears to be gaining popular support. How did the idea of "Park County" come about? Decker: First of all, forming a new county Newspaper: Hasn't the county helped promote tourism and fund the Memorial Building and share the costs of the Park City landfill ? Decker: Yes, and the County Sheriff does a super job in cooperating with us, but these are token examples when compared with what the area contributes in taxes. Promotion of tourism wasn't initiated by the county. The Moun-tainlands Moun-tainlands Association which does most of the work was established by Governor Rampton who urac iho nrimo mnvor in aaHina iha tmirisr Itl- isn t a new idea. A group was organized in dustry on its feet m utah, along with some lodge western Salt Lake County a few years go to do uie same imng dm me uouniy apparently I'liiiiriiiirri ivuii i n nam unruiu n rn crnn rna VilMOWU fflUI VI 1 VI 11 VllVUgll IA OIASS 14 IV- a. ,ml . 1 " 1 1 1 I muvemeni. ine arive nere seems Dacsea Dy popular demand. Following the county convention con-vention dozens of people contacted me asking what we'd do next wondering about a write-in campaign or some other alternative. I had read the chapter of the Utah Code which outlines the rocedure for formulation of a new county and ooked it up after the convention. Newspaper: Is this revenge for your recent defeat in the race for Summit County Commissioner? Com-missioner? Decker: Sounds like I'm bitter, doesn't it. No. it's not revenge, in fact, I'm more grateful than bitter. It was probably a little naive to think about being able to give Park City a voice on the commission. I was actually looking forward to working constructively with the people on the east side of the county. Now that I've been ex-- ex-- posed to the attitudes over there I guess a lot of Park City oldtimers are chuckling and saying, "We could have told you so." T 1 t It- 4m.Kffn1 that fha changes I had in mind would have been passed by the other commissioners even if I had been elected. . ( - Mpwsnanr: Don't vou think the other com- scmsioners treat Park City fairly? s , rt.1,A. Tt'o a'ni-iaciinrinf inortio mnrd than fairness when it comes to politics Thecom-missioners Thecom-missioners from the east end are honest as far as I know, but that doesn't mean they'd go out on a limb and incur the wrath of their local voters for a program that would help Park City. The commissioners com-missioners talk a good game when it comes to cooperation and treating everyone equally but 1 1 t 'A t . J wnen it comes down to initialing programs ami eliminating inequities it's a different story. It doesn't take much energy to hide behind the status quo. Npwsnaner: What ineauities are vou talking - " i r - 1 14. UVUV shell, county residents pay taxes to the county only and get the complete array of services streets plowed and repaired, police protection, planning and zoning, and in addition come to the cities and use facilities such as parks, City residents pay taxes twice to the cities and the county but only get their streets plowed once. The only real services provided to city residents u., k tnuntir- oro nffininl's fiinrHnns VUUiifcJ w - . " I -n li . 2. assessing, paying duis, coiiecung taxes, recording, things like that. And you can't forget commissioner's salaries.. The suit the city has filed is supposed to force the county to charge nnnntv roc.Hpnts for sprviees that citv residents VVIUlbJ WWw w- wv- f pay for. owners and resort people. The Memorial Building is allocated about $15,000 per year for operation and maintenance, some of which isn't spent, and the landfill operates with the city paying 70 percent of the cost and the county 30 percent about $7,000per year. Newspaper: If the county levy remains at 11 mills this year how much does the Park City area pay to the county? Decker: Well, simple property tax isn't the only revenue the county derives from here. The mines contribute a tremendous amount and they receive revenue sharing and road funds for this' area. But if you just take property tax, the properties in the city alone will contribute over $100,000, and if you include Park West, Snyderville, Snyder-ville, Parley's Park, Silver Creek and Summit Park the total is over $175,000. Newspaper: Is the tax money other than what's spent in the Memorial Building and landfill, land-fill, and the portion used for Sheriff's assistance used here? Decker: Part of it is hard to see because it goes for general administrative functions which are necessary ..But if road maintenance for Summit Park and the old ranch road eats up the balance of that tax money $150,000 then somebody's making some big mistakes. cont.on page 5 Bruc Doctor (l - '111 A committee of businessmen met at City Hall Thursday morning to ponder which road the city will take in providing public transportation tran-sportation this ski season. Last year's bitter-sweet experiment with a no-fare bus system left city officials and the local business community looking at alternative systems or, at least, alternative financing schemes. The no-fare system was supported by payments from businesses based on a percentage per-centage of gross revenues. Some merchants found this method distasteful due to different profit margins inherent in different types of business while others did not taste it at' all since they refused to pay. Tourist reaction to the infant no-fare system was generally considered favorable although there were many complaints lodged against the dependability depen-dability and quality of service provided by Lewis Brothers Stages. Elliot Wolfe, owner of Wolfe's sporting goods store at the Resort and one of the businessmen attending the Thursday meeting, objected to a system financed by merchants. Wolfe contended that he is paying a high rental price for his space at the Resort complex due to the guaranteed customer traffic in that area. He asked why he should pay additional money for a transportation system to create such traffic. Wolfe said that in the past it had been the Resort's responsibility to provide ... I . transportation,.to the., lifts. The Resort is now .trying to Zu pass that responsibility to the other businesses in town, he added. Ray Johnson, President of the Park City Ski Corp., countered by saying that Wolfe's rent payments were not at issue since the transportation tran-sportation system is a community effort with all members participating. Johnson said the entire community is benefitting from the tourists dollars attracted by the skiing and that the Resort and the Lodging Association are absorbing the majority of advertising costs entailed in promoting Park City. Property owners as well a businessmen profit from the ski trade, Johnson stated. Wolfe then suggested that an additional mill levy be assesed so that persons benefitting from increased land values pay for the transportation. City Manager Wayne Matthews ruled out this possibility. , Johnson also predicted that the mill levy would prove unpopular and suggested that Wolfe aid the city in lobbying the state legislature for a quarter percent sales tax increase earmarked for transportation. Utah counties, but not cities, have the option of addng a quarter percent sales tax to fund transportation tran-sportation but only a handful are making use of it. Salt Lake County is using the tax option to fund its low-fare low-fare bus system but Summit County and most other non-urban non-urban counties have rejected the additional tax due to the impracticality of bus systems within their boundries. Wolfe responded to Johnson's suggestion with his own suggestion that paid professional lobbyists be employed to push for the city tax option but this raised the paralled question .of who would pay for the lobbyists. . A system based on vouchers or tickets to be dispensed by various merchants mer-chants was then discussed. A similar system was proposed last season but was rejected by businessmen' who said they didn't want to "nickle and dime visitors to death." ' It was proposed that some minimum. .purchase from a business would entitle the buyer to receive a ticket for the bus system and that others could purchase tickets. No definite decision was reached as to what type of financing would be utilized to support the system but the Salt Lake Transportation , Company, which had presented a proposal for a year-round bus system along with a dial-a-ride intracity van service, was asked to revise its plan to encompass only the thanksgiving to May period. The committee is scheduled to meet again this Friday. Hi, I'm Reddy Kilowatt, your friend at Utah Power. This column is devoted to common questions and suggestions we receive from our customers. custo-mers. You are warmly invited to participate. partici-pate. Questions and suggestions regarding electricity, your electric service, or energy conservation are' welcome. Save on dishwashing Does an automatic dishwasher use quite a bit of energy? A Yes. 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