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Show I ) f i Salina Mayor's Corner Letter to the Editor Nyals Andreason What is happening in the progress toward the construction of the new city hall? The grant of $207,684 was approved by the Permanent Community Impact Board on June 5. Public announcements must be made in local papers of the pending project to permit contractors to know ol the construction. 6. For the purpose of citizen input a public hearing on the project should be held. 7. After the deadline for turning in buds by contractors, at a designed council meeting the bids will be opened and the council will accept a contractor to do the job. The counc i w i have the power to accept or reject any bid. ,8. All the above information and undoubtedly more will have to be sent to the PCIB with approval of a contractor before money for the project will be sent to the designated escrow agent. The listed steps are not all inclusive, however, there are a number of hurdles to get over before the ground braking can begin on the new city hall. As of this date each hurdle is being surmounted to attain our final goal. 6,1991. Some of the paper work to be done is as follow.s: 1 . Verification has been made to the PCIB showing from the rcccndy adopted tentative budget that the projected money is included as part of die 1991-199- 2 financial plan. 2. Currently the city attorney is setting up an escrow contract for retaining the money when it is received in a segregated account that is agreeable with the PCIB. 3. Contract forms must be signed by the mayor and city recorder to be sent in after the financial escrow plan is approved. 4. Detailed specifications for the project must obtained from the engineering services and in thecity office for inspection by contractors who are interested in making a sealed bid on the building pro 1 er 1 1 Tax shifts from Amax decision explained Janice J. Perry Utah State Tax Commission , Cl MAAKT cent, effective January 1, 1991. Elimination of the 20 Authorities may grant up to a 5 deduction for intangible value. The bill requires the Legislature and the Tax Commission to conducta study of intangible values by January 1, 1993. If no action is taken by 1993, the intangible deduction will be eliminated January 1, 1994. 1992 On January 1, 1992, the resi- dential exemption will decrease to 29.5. Effective January 1, 1992 all property required to be registered within the state of Utah, cars, trucks, boats, motor homes, recreational vehicles will be subject to a fee in lieu of ad valorem property tax. The fee is 1 .7 of fair market value as determined by theTax Commission. No windfall revenues should result form these changes. If a taxing entity wants to collect more revenue after these changes are instituted, it must advertise the proposed revenue increase and hold a public hearing in compliance with the Truth in Taxation disclosure requirements. Under that earlier system, different classes of property were taxed at different percentages of their assessed value: assessed at 100 of their market value were the so called centrally assessed properties - mines, Undersubscribed big game permits go on sale by mail in request only, beginning July 29. Over the counter sales begin August 5 at the DWR offices, 1596 West North Temple, SLC. Anyone interested in purchaspermit ing an undersubscribed should stop by or call a DWR of- - want your tips on news & happenings in our area. Call our office: We 9 Redmond celebration Continued from Page 1 2 p.m. - Races (Free) 3:30 p.m. Cow Pie Derby with a $25 prize offered. Tickets are $ 1 each, or 6 for $5. Continued activity will include Three greased pigs ($1): Obstacle Course; Money on Calf and others. A hayride will follow the arena 0 YOUH PnOPOSrp KWllStWO r' " tQ fate CHANGE TAX NOT TAXES PROPERTY LAND PROPERTY JOHN JONES 432 S STATE OURTOWJ, NO SERIAL 5 ST TAXING UNIT WATER SERIAL 84000 UT 36 NO 81 TO APPEAL TIC OF YOUH PROPERTY, VALUE RECEIVED Salina plays part in study on smoking - wrinkles A new wrinkle to the risks of cigarette smoking? It now appear S' f that heavy smokers are almost five times more likely to develop prematurely wrinkled faces than A recent study, published May 15, 1991 in the Annuals of Internal Medicine, revealed that smoking produces premature wrinkling of facial skin and that smoking and excessive exposure to the sun together increase the risk of premature wrinkling twelve-folSalina area residents were an integral part of this study. Former area resident. Dr. Randall Burr, (principal investigator and second author of the article) included Salina area residents as controls. The results of the comparison study have been published not only d. BY AUG One of the reasons in conversation in the major medical journal, but also were broadcast on national television and prihted in alTnfajor is CONTACT TEX HIKE, APPLICATION 4', u7. 1991. 31, COUNTY ASSESSOR. AT 133 MUST BE that we find so few persons rational and agreeable that there is hardly a person who does not think more of what he wants to say than of his answer to what mi ii no"tJV fi lial i j.(; : i is said. la Rochefoucauld newspapers. Thank you, Salina! P IF ITS ABOUT EQUIPMENT, non-smoki- WEVE GOT IT ALL. READY TO GO. events. At 7:30 p.m. one of the favorite activities - the Car Rally - will begin. Entrance fee is $2. For a day full of fun activities, join Redmond for its 24th of July celebration. fice to find out which hunts have leftover permits. There is no waiting period to purchase an permit. Requests for undersubscribed permits should be mailed to: Undersubscribed Permit, PO Box 16500, SLC, UT 84116. The request must include the big game or combination license number, phone number, complete mailing address, social security number and the hunt number for the permit requested. A check or money order in the correct amount, including the $3 handling fee, must accompany each request. Those who were successful in the control or special permit drawings will receive their permits in the next week or so. Unsuccessful applicants will not be notified. Refunds for unsuccessful applicants will be returned in under-subscrib- - 63 East Main 529-783- - Salina, Utah 84654 - Phone: Correspondents: - D 17 tractors plus specialty models All no-ti- ll and conventional tillage tools D MaxEmerge " 2 and air seeders planters, drills every type of crop, grain and hay harvesting machine, tool and attachment. Farmstead tools including cutters, mowers, loaders, spreaders and more D n Backed by the most complete and responsive parts and service in the area D Maximizer combines and Course is set M mmmmm 9 is published each Wednesday for The Salina Sun, SECD 4780-800$15.00 per year in Utah and $18.00 in Utah and $21.00 per year out of the state of Utah by the Salina Sun, 63 East Main, Salina Utah 84654. Second class postage is paid at Salina, Utah 84654. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to the Salina Sun, P.O. Box C, Salina, Utah 84654. Single Copy $.50 Publisher: Kevin Ashby - Editor: Carol Jensen Aurora:Barbara Scott D Were your mall for farm equipment! mid-Augu- Hunter Ed. 4780-800- Of AND Undersubscribed big game permits go on sale Tips USPS VALUE !RRlIT Bill 397 provides for: 1991 changes: An increase in the residential exemption from 25 to 29.75 per- - 529-783- 1991 NOTICE OF PROPERTY VALUATION AND COUNTY AUDITOR utilities, oil and gas wells, airlines and railroads. assessed at 80 of its market value was real property assessed by the local county assessors, including businesses and homes. Homes were granted an additional 25 percent off that 80 percent, leaving their taxable value at 60 of market value. After much argument and compromise, lawmakers agreed upon a two year phase in of changes, House The magnitude of the tax shift resulting from the AMAX legislation will vary from county to county, depending whether a large portion of a countys tax base stems from d centrally-assesseproperties. Counties with large proportions of centrally assessed properties would be those with power plants and large mining, oil and gas producing properties. House Bill 397 - drafted to correct the taxing inequities addressed by the AMAX decision, shifts a portion of the property tax burden from the centrally assessed properties to other, often smaller business and industrial properties and to a lesser extent, to homeowners. Assuming ftat Utahs 528 taxing entities do not increase their property tax revenue collections, the estimates of average impacts by county range from: no change Primary residences in Washington COunty to a 7.8 increase in Emery County, home of a major power plant. Locally assessed business property - no impact in Box Elder County to a 6.7 percent increase in Grand COunty. Centrally Assessed property -a 3.4 decrease in Emery county to a 10 decrease in Washington County. Agricultural Land - Land assessed under the Farm Land Assessment Act (the Greenbclt Act) will experience a tax decrease. on the porous white brick of the monument if the sprinklers remain in place as they are now. The staining situation is what we want to prevent. It is the opinion of the former Cemetery committee that maximum efforts should be made to prevent water from routine washing on the monument. It seems necessary to replace the unsightly and undesirable sprinklers at the East and West ends of the monument. At the same time, it would seem desirable to replace the unsightly second (middle) sprinkler on the East side of the monument with a sprinkler visible only when in actin. The former committee wishes to complete the project by having the lettering installed upon the monument and looks forward to doing so when the sprinkling system has been changed. The city may wish to consult a company or individual having expertise in landscaping and sprinkling system installation as to the best method of making the changes recommended by the former committee. Virginia Dickcrt Chairman In response to Councilmember (Karren) Glovers request, four members of the former cemetery committee met with her June 19 at the Pioneer Cemetery to discuss the sprinkling system installation in the monument (abutted) area. Council-membGlover was accompanied by City Attorney Michael Jorgensen and City maintenance Supervisor Scott Holt. A demonstration of the systems operation revealed that the sprinklers installed directly at the Eat and West ends of the monument moved repeatedly in a semicirclc in a north-sout- h direction. In doing so, water from those two heads passed over about 12 of the monument and washed it during the movement in each direction, several times during the watering period. It is easy to note the staining of polished headstones at both of the cemeteries, companies manufacturing and caring for headstones and monuments have attributed that staining due to the drenching action of sprinklers carrying water containing chemicals and natural minerals found in this area. It is not difficult to foresee the results of similar actions gram. Redmond: Tammy JohnsonSalina: Evelyn Kiesel A Hunter Education Course will be held July 29th. The time has not been set at this time. Signups will be taken until Friday, July 26. For more information call Char-di- e after 7 p.m. 1 Moore, Cost is $4 per person. 529-763- GUNNISON IMPLEMENT Main Street - Gunnison J |