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Show Motel owners say yea', 'nay' to tax increase A motel of local majority CiuuUia Ostler, who from the tax and that it is "a nuisance. Mrs. Ostler said though the total tax now charged a customer is 6 'A percent, the money from the transient tax has to be kept separate managers and manages the Tour Rest collecting Motel with her husband, Clark, said, "I wouldnt ask that they rescind the owners who could be cons tacted by The were opposed to an increase in the transient room tax paid by motel Times-New- percent tax we pay. But Mrs. Ostler said she felt the county wasnt benefiting all that much 1 Vi guests. From page one ic County commission . . vanced Health services is scheduled to assume management of the countys health program on June 1. The governors Garrett told tive, Dickerson. The commissioners said they were afraid the states growth manage- ment policy would be without Doug Dickenson of the State regard to local concerns. Department of Com- Dickerson said the munity Affairs, said the policy, still "very much governor learned in the in the initial stages, will early days of his ad- be coordinated from the ministration that visits state level but imto various parts of Utah plemented at the local were more productive if level. Its not the goverhe knew of specific prob- nors style to impose lems in advance. planning on people, he Among the concerns said. The commision told voiced to Dickenson by the commissioners were the representative that the possible use of a Juabs central location potential wilderness area serves to funnel juvenile in the county as a offenders and other inbargaining chip in digents into the county. negotiations at the state The county then often is level, the difficulty many responsible for the houscounty youth have in ing, prosecution, and qualifying for jobs under because an indigent can the Comprehensive legally request the court Employee Training Act, to provide an attorney and the fear that the even the defense of the states growth policy suspects. There are no would give the county facilities for juvenile oflittle voice in local mat- fenders in the county so ters. The commissioners the youth must be taken also asked the state for either to Ogden or to some help in transportProvo. The commising juveniles arrested in sioners said it would be the county to ap- helpful if the state could propriate facilities to the share some of the cost of north. transportation. Commissioner Roscoe Peterson said a Garrett said he has heard $23,493 deficit existed in reports one way and the the hospital account at other about the status the end of April. In addiof the potential tion, April expenses paid wilderness area in the this month total $18,500 vicinity of Mt. Nebo. He and the total payroll by said he has evidence, the end of May will reach however, that pro- $30,000. Those figures wilderness groups have add up to $71,993. offered to make concesAnticipated income sions in other parts of from accounts plus a rethe state if the Mt. Nebo cent deposit equal about area is given a greater $24,400, leaving the chance of becoming $47,593 overdraft. Peterwilderness. The commisson said some of the sioners oppose the inclu- figures could change due sion of the area in the to normal cash flow and wilderness system. bank traffic fluctuations. In brief, here are some Garrett also said that CETA other matters which because guidelines favor persons came before the commiswith social and financial sion Monday: problems, many county Nephi precinct youth who want to work Justice of the Peace Loa are left out. We have Jean Hanson said intoo many doers in the come from cases she county, he said. He said handled during April exhe feels the guidelines ceeds $20,000. She also lessen incentive because reported on the state the youth say, If 1 want J.P. seminar she attenda summer job, Id better ed in Salt Lake City be a dropout. earlier this month. "We need programs The commission for persons with incen agreed to deliver a pro- representative, . ill NEPHI TACO TIME 206 North Main - posed contract to a Salt Lake City architectural firm for preliminary studies which could lead to the renovation of the main Juab High School Building for use as county office space. If the firm, Dell Ashworth & Associates, agrees, the county would pay $4,000 for the services. If it is decided to go ahead with renovation, the firm would be paid 6 percent of actual construction costs. Leon Winter said he has negotiated two contracts to spray weeds for the U.S. Forest Service. A $1,400 contract was signed for work on the Uinta Forest and one for $1,000 for spraying on Sal Forest. the Manti-LWinter showed the commissioners a "Certificate of Appreciation he recieved from the state Office of Emergency Services for his work as civil defense director in the county. He also said the state has requested that he make an inventory of a materials hazardous stored in or commonly transported through the county. He said the latter job would be difficult if not impossible because it has been found that many trucks containing hazardous material are improperly labeled. He said Salt Lake County has agreed to aid Juab County in the event of an . accident involving the materials. The commission discussed the issue of who is authorized to use the fairground lighting system without having Continued on page 6 The Times-New- state sales tax. "He has done a good shouldnt the Why job for us," Twitchell cafes be taxed, too? said of Hansen. "There is asked Rose Shepherd of so much competition Shepherds Inn. She said from (northern Utah) she felt eating that we have to do establishments benefit everything we can to just as much from keep people staying in from the tourism as do motels and this area. have to bear all the burden. (The stated purpose of the transient room tax is to help pay for various means of attracting tourism to the 4-- D higher in the nothern portion of the state, with at least a 7'i percent total tax being charged. Bob and Lis Capel manage the El Tonya Motel. Capel said he area.) Mrs. Shepherd and her couldnt speak for the husband, Frank, operate owners, but, "from what the inn. Ive heard, I dont see Mrs. Shepherd said, where it will do us any however, that if she good in Nephi. could be convinced the John Cowgill of the tax increase would be us- Siesta Motel said the ed wisely, she could sup- owners of the Siesta were port it. opposed to a tax increase Gordon Twitchell of because "it is such a the Safari Motel is a sup- deterrent to potential porter of the increase. He guests. He said that in said the transient room the owners view, most tax has been paying part people staying in local of the salary of Evan motels are not here Hansen, who coordinates because of the lure of the promotion of the area of land, but are "just passThe southcentral Utah called ing through. Panoramaland, as well owners are residents of that of Hansen's part-tim- Provo. The manager of the secretary. Inn said he and Sunset Twitchell said, But, campgrounds and motel but the county benefits, Ockey said. Besides, he said, "It would only be half a cent on a dollar." But Mrs. Ostler said there is another way to look at the situation. If the tax is increased, it would push the total tax to 6V percent, and "that's one quarter under seven percent. Ockey said 65 percent of revenue from the transient tax goes for operating costs and promotion in the region. The Utah Travel Concil has promised to match those funds up to $18,000. Thirty-fivpercent of the tax money is returned to Juab County, he said. owners, e grants government which had been paying the remainder of the salaries have been terminated and Hansen may be forced to quit the promotion job if the difference cannot be made up with a transient tax increase. the transient special policies to fit almost any home sweet home. Drop in or call us, and see if your home qualifies. Find out how Allstate can give you the protection you need at a price you can afford. From ranch home to mobile home; from a condominium to a rented lpfQfQ lllulCllG apartment, Allstates got you covered. Youre jn good hands. AINlale Insurant Tsmmr s f tax. However, Don Fulmer, owner of the Sunset, is known to be an opponent of an increase in the tax. 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