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Show 2k Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Wednesday, February 6, 1985 Helper merchants Businesses get dfcy 'loan, toi support redevelopment. The council has obtained a $46,000 Community Development Block Grant managed by Cindy Acklin for use as a revolving loan fund. The money will be loaned to businesses after the businesses come up with of the funds By MICHAEL DAME Staff writer HELPER Members of the Helper Business Association here were encouraged Thursday night by City Councilman Bryon Matsuda to be leaders in the business community and to take advantage of tax incentives and business loans made possible by the city. In order to make it in business today, you have to be the best because only the best are going to stay in business, Matsuda told the business owners at the associations annual banquet and elections meeting. Matsuda said the city council has taken action in several areas in the recent past to provide the foundation for business two-thir- now. Interest from the loans will be returned to the CDBG fund to be used by other businesses and will not go into the citys general fund, Matsuda said. Matsuda said business has been down in the city and elsewhere for quite sometime, but Helper business owners and growth ds needed for their business project. Matsuda said businesses may apply for the funds in about two months, but they should start defining their use for the money have the desire to improve the business climate in the city. We have one advantage going for us, Matsuda said. That is that were hungry. We want to do everything we can to develop the area. Matsuda discussed the fact that almost the entire Main Street area of the business district has been declared a national historic district which , makes businesses eligible for tax incentives should they decide to restore the buildings they own in the area. Most of the same area and parts of north Helper have also been included in the current redevelopment project area of the citys Redevelopment Agency. Matsuda said the first project for the agency will be to obtain land for a senior citizens center. there were Carbon Staff writer in 1984 com- pared to three foreclosures in 1981. In addition there were at I think we showed them something they really didnt understand. And thats that two houses can be side by side and one will be and in one can be spite of what the sales ratio studies show. That was the evaluation of Carbon County Commission Chairman Lee Semken of an informal hearing last week between representatives of Carbon County and representatives of the Utah State Tax under-assess- foreclosures in 53 County least 25 warranty deeds recorded back to lending institutions in lieu of foreclosure. In 1985 there have been three ed foreclosures and two notices of default so far. There were also 28 repossessions of mobile homes in 1984, up from' 14 repossessions in 1983. Local officials also pointed out that there were approximately 0 unemployed miners in Carbon County during the period of 1983-8- when the sales ratio study was conducted. Unemployment stood at 12.6 percent in Dec. 1984, but that figure does not include Wilberg miners or those from Price over-assess- ed 800-90- 4 Commission concerning a factoring order which would direct local officials to increase the total assessed valuation in the county by three percent. We met for about two hours with Mike Monson of the The Seventh National Women Miners Conference and the first to be held in a western state will take place at the College of Eastern Utah in Price this summer. The conference, endorsed by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), will feature John Banovic, secretary-treasurof the UMWA, as a keynote speaker. Sponsored by the Coal Employment Project (CEP), the conference has been set for June In the last ten years, 3,772 women have begun careers in on each piece of property. Carbon County Assessor Fred Halverson, who also attended the meeting, said in spite of the differences between the parties the meeting was cordial. It was a cordial meeting. They listened to what we said, We according to Halverson. told them we found some errors in their sales ratio study. Some of the errors worked for us and some against us. They told us they would examine the errors we found and see if they would affect the factoring order. If it would, they said they would get back with us. In addition to meeting with the tax commission we met with er 21-2- 3. women mining. miners and the Coal Employment Project have joined together to improve health and safety and to ensure equal employment opportunities for all miners. In addition to helping women miners form support groups and strengthen their participation in union locals, CEP sponsors an annual conference for women miners. Topics at this years national Since 1977, will gathering non-uni- include under-assesse- d, d. locally. Local officials pointed out that County Treasurer Jessie Holdaway reported at least 10 percent of toe real property taxes in the county are delinquent. At the end of January there were Coupon expires Feb 14,1985 OpM SL 12-- 1 Fn. 8 Closad Tuts. 8 Sun. Phone 472-353- 7 CD VIDEO was secretary-treasure- r. After some discussion and nominations, it was decided to split the secretary-treasur' office into two positions. New officers for 1985 will be Bob Trepanier, president; Ed Smith of Smith Transit, vice er Franny Henrie, Davis, secretary; and Johna ' treasurer. Trepanier said the city has issued about 80 current business licenses. Most of toe business owners belong to the Helper president; Business Association, he said. 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Franny Henrie of Frannys and Sues Barber Shop I- lerrent and tar sale deposit required for nominations for new officers. Trepanier was president for 1984 with Johna Davis of s, It reg. price We haw VCrs 888-338- Send your Valentine theHallmark very best are the very I- , 1984 USPS off 3.00 Wednesday Special 1.00 all mcties No memberships or national conference held in Charleston. An office has been established for anyone interested in more information about the conference and the Coal Employment Project. People can write to the Lady Miners of Utah, Box 673, East Carbon, Utah 84520 or call (801) carefully balanced: How do we make it so Matsuda everybody wins? asked association members. After Matsudas comments, association president Bob Trepanier opened the meeting Published Every Wednesday and Inc., Friday by the 76 W. Main St., Price, Utah 84501. i Mon.8Thurs.2.00 Fri. & Sat. additional on speakers and activities will be available in the spring. The Utah miners are planning to travel to Colorado and Wyoming in February to meet with other women miners and will be showing videotape of the 54 Valcnftno'oCpcdd 50 Brochures Sun Advocate COUPON Not valid for Wednesday Special conference. the publicize 1985 Sun Progress, Inc All rights reserved All property of Sun Progress, Inc No part hereof may be reproduced without prior written con sent properties in the county which are five years delinquent on payment of taxes and could be offered at public sale in May. County officials said the number of properties subject to the tax sale is not normally that high this close to the May sale date. Semken said toe information presented last Thursday proved toe economic conditions in toe county are not accurately reflected in sales ratio studies. I just think the sales ratio study is the wrong tool, he said. It can be used to point out general problems. But then the local assessor should go out and make individual determinations Movie Rental people including one woman miner has brought new attention to the fact that women are in the mining industry and face the same health and safety hazards as their male coworkers. Women miners have been in the forefront of the struggle for more safety in the industry and this has been an annual topic at the conference. Women miners active in the Iady Miners of Utah want to encourage everyone who is interested to attend and help business is expanding. Matsuda said the needs of business and the needs of residents must be on , increased by that amount. The factoring order leaves the responsibility of determining where the increase will come entirely to the county assessor, Semken said such a wide diversity makes it extremely difficult to apply the tax commissions order to factor up by the three percent unless the factor is applied uniformly. If we didnt blanket assess it would be an administrative nightmare. But it would be compounding the problem to increase the taxes on a home that is already assessed at 228 percent of what it should be, he said. Semken said local officials presented a list of facts to the commission representatives in an effort to demonstrate the faced economic problems Helper today, business owners are now facing another world. Many people are now retired in Helper in areas where workshops on how to fight sex and race discrimination, mining several legislators who are health and safety, surface and involved with this, both from undergound mining, UMWA our area and from other areas of issues in the 80s, employees River Coal. Halverson con- - rights in a Local officials also pointed out the state, workplace, ".development, TSB& group support', . irupTlasiijiiad been appraiseubat , $65,000 , . j. We snowed with'con.' communicating formation and they Were quite fidence,' and' parental leave for ITriirtday, Samken explained.' two years ago, but had sdld Aiftr w0 shewed them while recently for only $46,000. receptivewherYwe showed them working miners. toe problems we identified, he there were 68 sales where the Retail sales in the county have Women miners of the CEP also declined sharply in the past said. property was support team in Price are called No decisions were made the Lady Miners of Utah. They two years. The tax commission there were 55 that were officials were told gross taxable during last weeks informal are working with women miners And in cities such as East retail sales in the county went hearing. Semken said any final in Arizona, Colorado, New Carbon and Helper only one out from $61.4 million in 1982 to $41.6 decision would have to be made Mexico, Wyoming and Utah to of, six or seven sales was undermillion in 1983 and $40.9 million by the full tax commission. A plan and publicize toe conformal hearing on the protest of ference. assessed and the rest were over- last year. assessed. Other statistics showed over the factoring order by Carbon The recent disaster at the The tax commissions order 50 percent of Price City utility County has been scheduled for Wilberg mine in Orangeville has Feb. 15 in Salt Lake City. specifies that all properties are accounts are delinquent and highlighted toe importance of not required to be increased by there were 169 utility disconmine safety. The deaths of 27 three percent. The order only nections in that city alone in 1984 requires that the total assessed because of families leaving the valuation for the county be area. over-assesse- but days, Lady miners meeting planned for Price Commissioners illustrate tax inequities at meeting By DALE EDWARDS needs regarding the CDBG funds and other ways the city can help businesses. Matsuda commented on the history of Helper. He said the city was a hub of the coal camps 40 years ago and it was easier to succeed in business in those Businesses will eventually be able to obtain loans from the Redevelopment Agency with requirements similar to those for loans from the CDBG fund. The agency is able to keep all taxes from new businesses for diversion into redevelopment projects. Matsuda asked the business owners for representatives to serve on an advisory board to help the city determine business 637-676- 9 Lee taring letiuscefia & Learning OntamandHsppinea Pierre DeCfcwdia and much more Always Plenty of Parking r |
