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Show IV2 tUl from the second quarter 1996 figure. Rarely do non urban jobless rate drep this far down on the unemployment scale. And, job- lessness has dropped despite lackluster job growth. Strong employment expansion in Utah County is probably the force be-hind thin decline. In the census year of 1333, 14 percent of Juab cent during the fourth quarter of 1CC3 (the most recent data avail-able). Most counties shared in this moderate expansion. The two exceptions? Juab County where sales were up one-fifand Piute County where sales ' were down almost 30 .percent. Overall, the Districts gross taxable sales increased $4.7 million between the fourth quarter 1835 and the fourth quarter 1888. Let's cover some mqjor points: , The Department of Workforce Services became an official government entity on July 1, 1897. Job Service (the Department of Employment Security), the Office ofFamily Support (formerly under the Department of Hu- County residents worked outside the county. An average of 110 Juab workers were out of work th man Services), the federally funded Job Training Partnership Act program, the Turning Point program, and the Office of Child Care have been joined to form the Department of Workforce Services. As an employer, you are probably most familiar with the old "Job Service. These programs and offices are not going out of business. They are consolidating into one new department All services will still be available. The Departments mission is to provide quality, accessible, . t Wednesday, December 31, IS 37 Nephi, Utah a fourth quarter increase in gross 8 ales created this huge gain. pairs also declined by $215,000 " taxable sales of almost 20 per- - Economic Events down 45 percent The number of new dwelling cent up $2.1 million. This dra-- . quarters of 1896 and 1337, conauthorised units authorized in Juab Coun- - matic gain follows on the heels Nephi is building a park in total Countys h r year-ovestruction increased 5 percent gain in Nebo Heights subdivision. ty dropped by two in comparison ofa is be will 1996. Hew third second of resithe equipment for a $204,000 gain. the quarter. Remarkably, ground quarter dential valuation dropped 23 perdecrease precipitated a the primary producer of sales retail trade showed only 5 p cent while new nonresidential $804,000 year-ove-r cent construction skyrocketed by 75 residential in valuation, expansion. Service sales next The the for almost ofa accounted $1.7 largest sales permitting percent. Nephi million motel accounted for most of the newly permit- - tor ballooned 115 percent! inted Juab County homes, Growth in amusementrecre-Jua- b of this $1 million year-ovwith ended 1896 ation service and repair service crease. Additionsalterationsre- County while new residential permitting dropped. Between the second Jcb or-Th- nt per-dro- genera-two-thir- ds -- er during the second quarter of v 1S97 down 14 percent from the From page 1 prior year. During the past two years, Juabs job growth has followed a convoluted path. In just one short year, the county bounced proper management to maximaze from losing employment to show- the efficiency and minimize costs growth rate. to k ing a double-dig- it taxpayers. Second quarter checked in with s can be Such a rather lackluster performance facilithe partially occupied by over the last four quarters, has increased only 1 ties 'of utilities and other public This service entities delivering utili,, percent. growth is ty and public services rendered due primarily to job losses in for profit, to the enhancement of services, and transpor-- . the health, welfare, and general tationcommunicationsAitilities. g of the city economic - Between the second quarter of ' ' and citizens. its 1996 and 1997, construction emThe city should deceive, accordployment dropped by almost More than half of this ing to terms of the ordinance, fair Car stokn from Nephi on Ordinance OscsMUjeE 74h recovered in SaSlt Lshe City -- rights-of-way- slower-than-avera- ge well-bein- one-thir- d. violence, the dispatcher gave the nurse permission. s While Sandoval was being reCorrespondent turned to bed, he complained A car stolen from Nephi on that the leg iron was bothering December 7 was recovered in him and asked the nurse if the Salt Lake City on December 29. shackle could be placed on his Juab County Sheriff David arm rather than on his leg, said Carter said the vehicle was re- Carter. Sandoval was able to slip his covered by the Salt Lake City Police Department on Monday arm through the leg iron atevening when the police pulled tached to his arm and left the over a vehicle which had a bro- hospital. A short time after he ken tail light. had been left, the nurse returned The vehicle was stopped with to the room to find Sandoval was a different driver, a male Hispan- gone. We were alerted right ic, than the person we think stole away, said Carter. it from Nephi, said Carter. The The Bryan vehicle was reportmale was stopped, he said, on a ed missing by the owner, and routine traffic violation and then because ofcircumstances and the attempted to walk away from the fact that the Bryan residence is scene. He still, according to the report I received, had the keys to the vehicle in his pocket. He was charged with possession of a s , fen vehicle, said Carter, The report also indicated the male was in the aie8al B j Myras Tkanntveia Times-New- decline occurred in heavy and reasonable compensation for construction. However, both gen- use of In addition, eral building contractors and while telecommunications sysspecial trade contractors tems are, in part, an extension enced employment declines. of interstate commerce, their Over the past year, operation involves the and comprehensive employment dropped by almost municipal franchising, vital and supemployment-relate- d Declines in trucking business and community service portive services responsive to the and railroads created this indus- and are of local concern. needs of employers, job seekers, trys job loss. Service employThe ordinance also establishand the community. ment inched down by a few jobs. es the fact that city government The Department ofWorkforce Some of services of telecommupromotion agrees created Services was by the State added employment while others should be hl- nications services to streamline Metal lost mining employment. Legislature on a nondiscrimination employment-relate- d programs employment slipped by just a few due to shrinking federal funding. ' positions. basis. The city should be respon- , The Department ofWorkforce On the other hand, manufac- sive to community and public lyServices is the only name you turings job engine generated a The vehicle, belonging to Larwill need to know ifyou are seek- ' b gain,New jobs is Bryan, Nephi, was reported the It ry fabricated metals only in ing employees. production stolen the same evening that Aname you need to know ifyou are accounted for almost all of this lbert Sandoval, 42, who had a seeking employment. It is the increase. Fmanceifisurancereal Phoenix, Arizona address, only name you need to know if estate also showed a healthy slipped away from Central Valincrease yet because you are in need of job training, vocational skills training, and ley Medical Center, said Carter. Sandoval had been arrested basic skills training. And, it is and was in jail for possession of the only name you need to know a stolen vehicle, which is considif you are in need of public assisered a minor charge. He was not tance. Now, you can find it all should fully protect the public known for violence or aggres-sectunder one roof. location of the The and trade experienced interests and the city from any jSion, said Carter. . r i i. Department i; Sandoval began complaining of of Workforce Service Employ moderate expansion. All of gov-- - harm tHAt may flow from fcutffr stomach ment Center is 54 North Main emments addib problems. We have an commercial use of to check out medical Street in Nephi, obligation tion occurred at the local govern-- , y Police powers and made by those who Juab County complaints ment level. Job increases in loof are management authority has incarcerated, said Carter. cal government were almost the Although job growth city should be protected in a The examining doctor admitted slowed, construction and sales evenly Split between public look great in Juab County-Afte- r schools and the remainder of lo- manner consistent with federal Sandoval to the hospital. The man was shackled to the for more a holding steady cal government. Trades employ- and state law, the public interthan a year at least steady as ment gains came in both the ests in development and use of bed. We leave a key with hospiunemployment rates go job- wholesale and retail sectors. Eat- city infrastructure should be pro-- . tal personnel so the patient can be released and treated in emerlessness in Juab County edged ing and drinking places actually tected, the publics investment in down a notch during the second lost 15 jobs over .the past five gencies. improvements in the rights-of. A male nurse at the hospital quarter of 1997. In fact, Juab quarters, while food stores addway should be protected and no requested permission from a disCountys unemployment rate ed 10 positions. measures an incredibly low 3.3 , Reversing the pattern of last barriers to entry of telecommu patcher at the county jail to redown quarter, new nonresidential con- nications providers should be1 lease Sandoval from his leg iron Thats percent. s of a percent point struction valuation increased, created and franchising should to allow him to take a shower and be accomplished in a manner to change his bed sheets. Those who have displayed viothat does not prohibit telecomlent behaviors in the past are munications service as defined in more closely. guarded the Telecommunications Act of Since there was no of . Foay-wit- 24-perc- 40-jo- b rights-of-wa- y. transporta-tioncommunicationsutilit- y, rights-of-wa- one-fourt- h. sub-industri- es just two blocks from the hospital, the sheriffs department began to suspect that the vehicle had been stolen by Sandoval. ' The vehicle had been registered on the law enforcement computer as being stolen, said Carter. The car was reported by the owner to be few on gas hot no reports of gas skips had been ' . reported, he said. Carter said the Salt Lake City Police Department contacted the Juab County Sheriffs Office that the stolen vehicle was recovered and that another individual, not Sandoval, was being held. . 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