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Show rrAH IRFSS AS30CXn0Ii Cl EAST JRD SOUTH To Change Sales Tax 1at - lakeT city, UT GfcLll Council Gives Verbal Okay To Bill Tuesday by the Utah League of Cities and Towns that they make the same sales pitch to other cities (and the WEST VALLEY. The City Council Tuesday gave its verbal consent to a proposal to increase sales tax and to alter the by a quarter-cen- t County the formula for distributing somely, however, valley. The League is lobbying for support for the plan when the State Legislature convenes in January. Sanderson cited figures showing that West Valley would benefit, but revenue to local governments. In doing so, the council authorized City Manager John Newman and Director of Finance Russ Sanderson to follow up on a request Three Sections - 50-5- 0 from the increase - $1 million in the first year alone, he noted. The proposed change in the formula would, after a phase-iperiod, result in local sales taxes being distributed on a in the Commission) split - half to governments based on their population and half according to where retail sales were made. Currently, all local sales tax revenue is returned to the government entity where the sale was made. only to a small extent, from a change in the distribution formula. The city would benefit handquarter-cen- t five-yea- r, compensate those To n commercially-oriente- which stand to lose revenue from the change, the League of Cities and Towns proposed the quarter-cen- t tax increase, plus a held 32 Pages harmless voice OF WEST VALLEY CITY UTAH In Wake Of USPS 656 380 Volume 2, 1982 28, Number All 46 departments 262 6682 Hearing Is Tonight On Bond Vote WEST VALLEY. A hearing will be held tonight (Thursday) on the Taylorsville-Bennio- n Improvement Districts proposal to bond for $7 million to pay its share of constructing the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility. Improvement district officials will explain the bond proposal, which will be the subject of a special election on Dec. 10, at the 7 p.m. sesssion at Zions First National Bank, 5482 So. Redwood Road. If approved, bonding would add about 4 mills to district residents property taxes, plus $1-- 2 to the monthly fee, said district manager Floyd Nielsen. If the measure fails, the district probably would pay its share of construction costs from a straight monthly increase which would be substantially higher than through the bonding route, he added. Taylorsville-Bennion- s share of construction costs is $6.25 million. 3-- r Improvement District, whose share is $10 million, last year increased its monthly fee by $6.50 to pay its allotment for the regional sewage treatment plant. laTi rf meat cutting business to have his operation reclassified as a legal have - Huge Crowd Welcomes Santa free of precipitation. Just as in other years, parking lots of retail stores began filling up as the parade concluded. Shoppers appeared to be out in great numbers most of the day, but scattered reports of sales seemed to indicate some degree of impact from layoffs and a still ailing economy. While no actual estimate was made on the crowd of spectators lining the streets, the number of children and youth participating in the parade exceeded 2,100, according to Virginia W'asescha. She is president of the sponsoring West Valley Area Chamber of Commerce. Various musical and marching groups from six area schools were GRANGER. With favorable weather conditions playing a role, the annual Santa Claus parade drew the largest turnout in its history here Friday. The popular event which launches the Christmas shopping season attracted thousands along its route between Granger high and ar Valley Fair Mall. Especially pleasing to the many scantily clad youngsters in the parade, as well as those bundled up at the curb, was the relative comfort that was experienced in contrast to some years when wind, cold and snow made participation more of a challenge. Winds were calm, temperatures were in the 30s and warming and the day was here's a point Over the years weve demonstrated little reluctance to give advice to those whod read it. And without charge. their teams; told parents what to do with unruly children; advised the judiciary were hand-slappin- r g rather than punishment; told school administrators theyve lost track of the basics of education and so on, we suspect, ad - nauseum. V including Granger high, Kennedy and Valley junior high (all of which had bands), Taylorsville high, Kearns high and Granite high. From the younger set, hundreds took part as members of junior represented, drill teams and dancing groups, with a dozen units represented in all. Highlight of the parade, of course, was the last float, a red and white decorated unit bearing Santa and Mrs. Claus and their helpers. Serving as grand marshal of the parade was Rulon Jenkins, who was accompanied by his wife Bernice. Jenkins served as president of the Chamber in 1968. Besides, he added, A heckuva lot of sales are generated in our city by people who dont live here. Councilman Pete Winder said that while no one likes to pay more taxes, the sales tax is the least harmful because it is taken out of ones pockets in small increments. Its not like getting hit with a big property tax bill. That hits hard, W'indersaid. Added Councilman Brent Anderson: Its a fair tax. Those who spend pay it. He said property taxes penalize people for improv noted. similar redistribution bill presented at the last legislative session was shot down because it included a provision giving local governments the option of increasing their sales tax by a quarter-cenSanderson said, an option that few would have been likely to pass up. A t, - use. The Planning Commission can grant that status if no complaints Sold Right Away! You bet we sold it - the first day the ad ran. Thanks Gerard Norton, 3442 W. San Carlos, relating what happened when he used a Green Sheet tele- classified to sell a nearly-ne-- ! 1982 25" RCA XL 100 color TV. Used lost than 30 hours. vision. The West Valley City man obviously had quick results - and at low cost. Classifieds in Utahs most widely circulated weekly newspapers are the best bargain, -- mid-valle- dollar-for-doll- of readers. Dial 262-668- 2 against number to place your ad. have been recorded in the past five years and if the board deems the use to be in the best public interest. On a split vote, the Planning Commission said Jacksons was not in the best public interest and denied his application. Newman said that what Jackson was asking for (legal status), to my knowledge, doesnt exist anywhere except in Salt Lake County. If an operation has been illegal in a specific zone, its illegal. That cant be changed by the stroke of a pen, he added. But since the zoning ordinance gives the Planning Commission power to grant that status, he said he feels the appointed board should be the final authority in the city the council. Councils could political pressures as this. be subject to in issues such This type of issue puts the counn in a situation. It shouldnt be appealable to a political body. If its appealable to anybody electable, then it should cil no-wi- be appealed to the courts, Newman argued. He said he felt the Planning Commission should be given more latitude and more guidelines. Council members generally agreed. And, as Counclman Larry The frustration Bunkall noted, Ive felt is that Ive never felt Ive known more than the Planning Commission did when it made its decision.. But Mayor Jerry Maloney said elimination of the appeal process was not being responsive to the public which elected the council. That point apparently struck a responsive chord with council members who also had agreed with Newmans points. before a Maloney said that citizen is faced with the horrendous task of going to court, there should be some sort of appeal. I have a sense of abandoning the people who elected us by not allowing decisions made by the bureaucracy to be appealed to the City Council. Im a little fearful of that, he said. He said a number of people in the city have been doing different jobs for years that they thought were legal, but which arent. He said he would hate to penalize those people. requests for legal status may be the appropriate middle course, suggested assistant city attorney Paul Treatment of Morris. The Jackson case should not be effected by changing the appeal process, said City Attorney Ron Greenhalgh. No time frame was spt for mak- ing a decision. At COG Meeting 'Foaming' Possible During Beer Talks SO. SALT LAKE. Some foaming or fuming about a proposed countywide beer tax may be in the cards during a meeting scheduled here tomorrow (Friday). The Salt Lake County Council of Governments will review comments and recommendations on the proposal during a session starting at 7:30 a.m. at South Salt Lake City Hall, 2500 So. State. In other action, COG will consider a list of legislative proposals. Members are expected to assign priorities to the list for recommendation to Salt Lake area representatives and senators during a breakfast at the Ambassador Club Tuesday at 7 a.m., according to COG executive secretary Ed Blaney. Also scheduled is a presentation of an updated County Recreation and Parks master plan and further input on an expanded contract services program in the County. A unanimous recommendation to support a countywide beer tax made by COG last month and supported by Park Citys City Council met strenuous resistance from the Utah Beer Wholesalers Assn, during the week. William E. Christoffersen, executive secretary of the group, said, Both of these local government bodies are blindly supporting an inequitable, inflationary type of taxation that would fall most heavily on the lower and middle classes. A circular sent out by the group called attention to a public hearing on the issue in Park City today (Thursday) and the COG meeting. If approved by the various city councils and the County Commission, the tax on beer could be increased by as much as 36 cents per - to raise an estimated six-pac- k -- $11.8 million annually. Revenue from the tax will apparently be redistributed among the cities and county to cover additional police and legal costs incurred from the enforcement of drunken driving laws. Blaney, however, said COG will discuss precisely where the tax should be implemented at a wholesale or retail level - not whether or not to have the tax. - by Jim Cornwell As far as can be determined, little or none of the advice has been acted upon or even taken seriously. Now good or ill fortune, as it may appear to each of us, affords an opportunity to expound on a hitherto avoided subject. To wit, surgery and hospitalization. - Of course, as the adage goes, free advice is worth about what you pay for it. Weve suggested in the past how athletic coaches could improve when it seemed their court-oo m p r illegal- ly for more than five years in a residential area of Redwood. Earlier this year, he attempted to obtain a city business license but was told that to do so, he would COMING BACK . . . Hero for on early visit Friday, Santa advises parade watchers hell be back for traditional Christmas Eve tour. Best Turnout Ever equitable. Jackson Case WEST VALLEY. When the City Planning Commission turned down Doug Jacksons request to make his meat cutting business in Redwood a legal use, he appealed the decision directly to the City Council. The City Council returned the case to the Planning Commission. In the wake of that case (which will be heard Dec. 9 by the Planning Commission), the council is considering a recommendation by City Manager John Newman to alter the appeal process in future cases of a similar nature. While council members agreed the appeal process should be changed, there was no consensus on how extensive the revision should be. One option, the course which Newman said he utimately would favor, would eliminate all appeals of Planning Commission decisions to the City Council in matters such as the Jackson case. Appeals would have to be made directly to the courts. A second, compromise option would treat requests for legal uses just like conditional use applications, meaning that Planning Commission denials could be appealed to the council, which could either uphold the earlier decision w'ithout a hearing, or set, a hearing date, Newman said. Right now, the ordinance does not stipulate any procedure for handling the appeal of decisions on uses, thus causing the problem, the city manager added. The Jackson case provides a classic example of the problem. Jackson has operated a part-tim- e Sewer Plant Granger-Hunte- -- ing their property and upgrading the community. Newman acknowledged that the bill could run into difficulty in the legislature, where some of its basic He provisions could be altered. said the League also was uncertain whether to earmark revenue from the tax increase for specific purposes such as law enforcement or roadwork. Resistance also can be expected from legislators who oppose any type of tax increase, city officials Appeal Process Is Pondered A Green i Sheet Newspaper Published weekly at 1SS E. 4905 South, Salt Lake City, UT 64107. Second class postage paid at Salt Lake City, UT 84119. Subscription rate. $10 00 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to West Valley View, Box 7187, Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Thursday, Dec. clause adjustment which shifts some revenue from cities receiving a surplus to those facing losses. If approved, Sanderson projects the change would increase West Valleys sales tax receipts over the next five years (through 1988) from $26 6 million to $35.5 million. That apparently convinced the WeafUam) THE cities d council, several members of which reacted more coolly to the proposal when it was presented briefly a week earlier. Mayor Jerry Maloney said that of three options for increasing taxes - property, utility and sales taxes - the sales tax was the most Really, weve never envied someone who could recount, at the mere mention of the subject, the details of their operation from anesthesia to final stitches. Not only did it become boring it was more than a trifle frightening. Just hearing the details second-hancan clamp an icy chill on the spinal column, so our reaction to operational summaries has always been, Thank heaven that didnt happen to me! This year the surgeons scalpel turned in our direction. And the d only thing that made Thanksgiving thankful was that the surgery was over. Reflecting on it, our first error was dodging the inevitability of the operation once examination confirmed the existence of a hernia. Our second mistake was friends listening to who scoffed at the procedure and assured us it was little more complicated than trimming your toenails. The third and worst blunder was it as elective surgery. Admittedly, that came only after wed refused to face up to the problem for five months. In a rare demonstration of courage considering our confessed cowardice about dentists drills, shots, anesthetics or men bearing surgical tools, we finally agreed to submit to the operation. And set the date. Ten long, torwell-meani- turous, dragging, sweaty-palme- d, downright frightening days away. Experience has taught us two future dates are slow to arrive the one youre looking forward to and the one youre not. - In this case, time swept by with all the speed of a turtle plagued by corns. Each day was 48 hours; each hour an eternity. And the only date that loomed from every calendar was Monday, the 22nd. We discussed it with virtually no one. Not being just convinced anything we said would betray how fearful the prospect was. Inevitably, the alarm went off at 5:45 on the morning of our trip to short-sta- y surgery. The condemned man didnt even get to eat a hearty meal. He drove ever so slowly to the hospital. Enroute he contemplated taking a side-tri- p to Panguitch or Torrey or one of those other scintillating vacation spots that had suddenly acclose-mouthe- quired hitherto unnoticed appeal. Once, at Cottonwood it all kaleidblended into a pell-me- ll oscope of removing clothing and being wheeled into a room occubrightly-lighte- d pied by green-cla- d people not unlike MASH. It helps, we told ourself, to have an anesthesiologist you know. Clint spoke of mutual friends and assured us itd all be quite painless. It also helps to know your surgeon - Carvel was reassuring while discussing random subjects. Frigid with fear, we heard ourself answering. And then the only humor wed e been able to inject into this experience - the moment when the surgeon brushed back that flimsy hospital gown and found taped to our midriff the note wed carefully typed and persuaded a friendly nurse to put in a conspicuous place. The limerick is credited to Heywood Broun, circa the 1930s. white-knuckl- It perfectly fit the situation : There once was a man with a hernia. Who said to his doctor, "Goldernia, When improving my middle, Be sure you dont fiddle With matters that do not concernia! On succeeding days, as the stit- ches hurt when we coughed or the gas pains made us cringe, it brought a warm feeling to mind to know wed done something a trifle unusual. Akin to the WWI flying ace gallantly waving a glove as his Spad plunges into a final tailspin. Or the hero of A Tale of Two Cities reciting, as he ascends the scaffold, Tis a far, far better thing Ido... No doubt the operating room folks viewed it differently. Cornwells ancient axiom about Its best when its surgery: over. |