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Show UTOi.r..;iT84l01 F 1614 rip, E'P" LTL-FEC- ITt IU"LLm IJT 64101-127- !I...IUIUU111111,1 f Serving East Juab County Volume 101 No 34 1 A $' . i 1 A Nice Place To Live! Single Copy Price Wednesday, August 27, 2003 www.nephitimesnews.com Subdividers, not the county, should be responsible -- t . ' ff- - Parties have until September 23 to -- ' nt 1 il file candidates for roads into for Nephi City subdivisions Elections By Myrna Trauntvein Correspondent By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Times-New- Correspondent s Nephi is a partisan-electiocity, and as such, the candidates for the city election are selected by the members of the Republican and Democratic parties. "Candidates must be selected by one of the two parties on, or before, September 22 and the nominated candidates must file n Juab County Road Department doesnt want to build county roads which will then be annexed into the city so that a subdivider can g benefit. Building roads to access a subdivision should be the job of the subdivider. The particular road in question is the one running from 300 South on September 23, said Blair to Cemetery Lane. Painter, city recorder. We want our county roads to Three seats will be up for elecbe in good repair but we think that in November. tion roads for a subdivision should be Each party must have a nomibuilt as part of the subdivision and nating committee. not by the county for a subdivider, Those nominated must be said Bob Garrett, county road suvoters 18 years of age registered perintendent. or older, must have lived in the I cant tell you that I didnt community for 365 consecutive have that concern myself, said days, and must be a citizen of Harry Newell, Mona City Council the United States. FINDING COMFORT IN ANYTHING This goat in the west fields found comfort not to mention shade, in member. A primary election is not held an old tractor tire. The lazy days of summer are coming to an end with Labor Day which falls on Monday, He said the road in question is 1. as extra candidates for any of Rebecca Photo September. Dopp in bad shape and does need to be the seats are eliminated by the repaired and said there were four party prior to the filing date. homes on the east side of the road "In order for there to be a and four homes on the west. third party listed on the ballot, We were wondering if the road a petition of 20 percent of the could be chipped and sealed this votes cast in the last election year, said Newell. The county for the mayoral position, must road you recently chipped and to the city council be presented sealed turned out sweet. That was By Myrna Trauntvein Therefore, legally the entity covery levy, said Delanie Hathaof the third the addition Times-Newseeking a good decision. Correspondent being required to repay the tax way, board member, is that the said Painter. party, Because of a misprint in the may impose a judgment levy. Law' bond payment on the high school However, said Garrett, the road has been However, a time-linin question is too far gone to make advertisement advertising a only allows the district to recover has gone down. in for law set state such a up Debt service was 0.003389 in the chip and seal project worth- public hearing to take comment tax money in excess of $5,000 so for this and, election, petition 1999-200, School it is while. In addition, Districts plan to the district has alreadv lost the and this year, getting late on Juab that time has past. in the year to add the project. set a judgment levy to recover lost $5,000. is 0.002329. A write-icandidate, in order hearlanin two be tax hot The newspaper notice whether There has to Robert Johnson said, while he revenues, property be to elected, must file for the order for the chip and seal to be ings were held and then the vote guage is set by law, said Clark, could understand the need for the position. Otherwise, the write-itaken. but it is misleading. We are not judgment recovery, he still wantused. be elected, no matter how cannot Darin Clark, business admin- raising the tax rate. ed the school board to remember It was true, said Garrett, that votes are amassed in the many The proposed tax rate will those on fixed income and to conthe county was still pushing snow istrator for the district, began favor. candidates of the road and that the county road the first hearing at 6 p.m. to the raise the same exact total that sider their fixed incomes. After the Republican and He told those attending that department treated Cemetery Iane board, since there were no inter- we had last vear, he said. Democratic conventions to seIn fact, he said, the rate is less they might want to look at a bill as a county road. Nevertheless, it ested individuals in the audience. lect the candidates, the nomiwas expected that the city would Then, af 7 p.m., Clark presented than it has been. The average for to come before the legislature in from each party nated candidate which parents are called upon to the last 10 years is 0.007680. annex the area in question and the the information to three interfile for then must the seat on, road would become the property of ested persons who had read the Including the judgment re- pay more of the bill of education or the before, designated date Mona. notice in which the time was covery levy, the total tax rate is than senior citizens are. before of the city and the closing We could abandon the county advertised as 7 p.m. It is not fair to go back that far 0.0071312. That is exactly the office on recorders date. that Julia Banks, Janet Johnson same rate as la- -t year. to allow the repayment of taxes, road, said Garrett. The candidate must also file, If the city did not claim it then the and Robert Johnson all showed Clark prepared a comparison said R. Johnson. in a financial stateOctober, state would. Ifthe county abandoned The district has absorbed into up at 7 p.m. For the advertised of tax rates handout sheet for 200 East, for example, the road would hearing. all attending which began with the budget the tax refunds in ment. An additional financial . become projierty of the state unless In some years but that cannot be statement must be filed by all The judgment levy is needed the school vear the city annexed the area first, said to recover property tax revenues that vear, he said, the rate was done this year. The money needs winning candidates within 30 days after the election. in the amount of $33,685," said 0.008352. Garrett. Candidates are listed, on the w He said the road running from Clark. One reason e arc' able to keep in alphabetical order by ballot, A be 300 South to Cemetery I.ane was an set by the tax rate the same in spite of See Increase on page 2 judgment levy can surname, said Painter. example of a place that needed more the board of education in order the addition of the judgment re for to width the district recover money, was prior planning. The street inadequate for the traffic the road was already spent in previous years, which is remanded by the courts going to need to carry in the future. I thought that we might could back to a taxpaying business sneak another four-fee- t more into which has protested the amount of property tax paid in the past. the width, said Newell. While that could he done, said The tax money now being refunded has been portioned out the width still wasnt Garrett, wide enough to meet standards for between entities in the county a street that was going to be called where the tax is to be refunded. It on to carry so much traffic. It was has already been spent. Now the still a too narrow road for the volmoney, which must be paid back, ume of traffic. must be collected and repaid. For example, the business will The road has 200 to 300 vehicles a day using it and is fast becoming protest tax paid in 1997. That the road to the school, said Newmoney is gone. The only way to ell. repay the tax from 1997 is to Nephi has an ordinance that take money from the 2003-200requires a new home to have curb, budget. gutter, a new road and sidewalk, said Robert Steele, commissioner. Those w ho build or who subdivide pay for the improvements." The property owner in that area should be annexed as should the road. The town would get the tax base from the homes if the area were Because of Day. early I FA SOUTH REGION FEED MILL RIBBON CUTTING The new I FA South Region Feed Mill, located north-ues- t annexed," said Steele. In addition, deadline for next weeks paper while both Mona and the county ofLcian, ha I their grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremonies on Aug. 22, 2003. After tours of the new will be Friday. Aug. 29 at 5 00 mill a lunch u as sened to tm ited guests. The new mill uorks in conjunction u ith Moroni Feed Company The p m. We will also be closed on get some Gass B road money for mill produces faked corn for animal consumption. Pictured from left to right are the Board of Directors: Garth the street, the money would then Monday. Sept. 1. Have a fun and John S ve. Cletus Hamilton, Stci e Palmer, President, Steie Jones, Chairman, Garn Christensen, Bncr Jorcnsen, safe weekend! holiday go to Mona City into the street Chccketts, and Claude Rowley. , Wrong time printed for meeting leads to two hearings on judgement levy tax increase s e 0 2003-2004- n n 1994-1995- 1 Early Deadline... department. ' jfcrr'i'friTi lit -- J |
