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Show From page one No '91 tax increase From page one Audit l said Cloward. He said tax- now uses a d boiler that payers should rest easy that has been operating for many one budget account is over, and county-levietaxes will not in- years and is on its last legs. The that is for $36 in the cemetery crease in the year. county wants to replace it with fund. The commission has ordered a Peterson said all the citys d boiler that will be an increase of $60,000 in hooked in to Nephi seem to be getting departments Citys salaries and benefits for county natural-ga- s distribution system. their fair share of municipal The county also will provide money, including public safety, employees in 1991. Until it is recreafound out just how much of that $50,000 to Central Valley Med- roads, improvements, increase will have to go into ical Center. The and tion, capital projects. Its hospital buildinsurance-cos- t increases, ing is owned by the county, but quite interesting to me, as an however, it will not be known the hospital itself is operated by outsider to see that the departments each receive the same foundation. just how the money will be a said allocated. The sheriff also needs a new amount of emphasis, Another $60,000 has been ear- radio system worth $82,000 and Peterson. He said that in many marked for a contingency fund the 911 emergency phone sys- other cities, one area usually for court cases. tem will cost $11,000 to imple- gets more attention than others; Yours is quite balanced, he Money also has been set aside ment. for the county reappraisal fund, The county will participate in continued. Peterson pointed out some so the county assessor can begin the construction of a natural gas the job of revaluing county system for Mona, Nephi, Levan, things which were not in comand residents. Juab pliance with state regulations, property. ; In addition, $72,000 has been Countys share of the bill is however. The lack of separation of set aside to replace the boiler at $183,000. the courthouse. The building The county commission, said; duties in the handling of money , Cloward, has been firm in their is one problem which the do I he said. audit resolve not to increase taxes, so Every there would be no increase in the has this one in it, said Petercertified tax rate. By state law, son. Ideally, separate employees however, the county could raise should handle each step in the g more money through taxation. process, therechecks on each The county currently levies 80 by providing In other. however, practice, percent of the amount allowed,' small cities and towns simply the auditor said. red, coal-fire- d gas-fire- non-prof- it east-count- y city-has- cannot afford to hire people to do just one job each. Peterson also said there were some errors and duplication in handling of the citys trust accounts. They were not city employees errors, however, but those of the financial institution hired to do the job. The auditor suggested that because of those problems, city employees should take a look at such trust accounts at least every quarter, to make sure the institution is handling them as it should. The city also should keep detailed inventories of supplies on hand in each department. Accounting for fixed assets in departments, however, is being handled fairly well, the auditor said. Peterson also recommended that the city look at purchasing a new computer system. The, mainly for utility billing, is outdated and is costly to maintain and repair. The auditor suggested that the city switch to a newer computer when its new gas system comes on line. 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