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Show RON KNOWLTON Review ' Staff proponents of a waste to energy burn plant have begun meeting with city officials throughout the couhty irt a push to commit the cities to the project. (See related story this page). ' The Davis County Solid Waste Management Project Board has set a March IS deadline for cities to decide whether they want to go with a $54 million burn plant that will be built by Incinco Inc. in Clear' county-wid- e terville and West Bountiful city council meetings last week that the burn plant is the best solution to the countys garbage . ' needs. A waste to energy burn plant was found to be the best solution to the countys garbage ; rs had other plants in operation, Jeffries said. had proven technology and the financial capability to stand behind its project. Katy-Seghe- needs, Jeffries said. came forth with a bid that was $9 million less than the next lowest bidder when the project was put out to bid, Jeffries said. , A waste to energy burn plant is a good alternative because it has Katy-Seghe- Jeffries said operating landfills has proven to be the most economical method for cities to dispose of their garbage. However, both the countys north and south landfills only have a limited lifespan. In the south, the BARD landfill has experienced environmental problems and city officials have been unable, to find a new field. Wilbur Jeffries, Wasatch Front landfill site that would be politiRegional Council Director, told cally and physically feasible, Jefcity officials at Bountiful, Cen fries said. Katy-Seghe- Plant Proponents Begin Push rs rs Jeffries said. Jeffries said Katy-Seghe- would guarantee mance of the plant for 20 years. The plant would be the first built by the company, in the United States. The comproven to be environmentally safe, Jeffries said. pany, however, has built similar Also, the cost is competitive plants in Belgium. with landfilling and minimizes A similar plant at risk to local communities. present is also planned by the Jeffries said a company was company in Savannah, Georgia, wanted to build the plant that Jeffries added, had a good track record and that An additional aspect that made . Katy-Seghe- rs Katy-Seghe- " electricity. rs the perfor- rs 45 to' 50 years, Jeffries said. the plant attractive to Davis County officials is that steam generated by the plant could be sold to Hill Air Force Base to keep costs down, Jeffries said. The plant will also produce If cities in the county decided to participate in the project they would need to sign a resolution commiting all of their residential garbage to the plant, for the next , 20 years. . The cities would also need to agree to pass an ordinance requiring all waste collected by commercial haulers to go to the Electricity from the plant would be sufficient to meet Bountifuls power needs, Jeffries said. Bountiful City officials, however, felt the cost for the power was not competitive with other sources of electricity, Jeffries said. Several other power companies are interested in purchasing the power, he added. The useful life of the $54 million burn plant would be about plant. A common fee would be established for both landfills and the burn plant, Jeffries said. Jeffries said Davis County cit- ies would be given first preference to haul their garbage to the plant. r gar can Q33affiONs3an nUD Bounti Vol. 4 No. 9 Wednesday, Local Man Cliarged On Armed IMEiery Gauge to Test the lountiM Ianlt RON KNOWLTON ; Review Staff 7 A Bountiful BOUNTIFUL man was charged with armed robbery last Wednesday in connection with a Feb. 14 bank robbery at the Rocky Mountain State Bank, 562 S. Main. Police reports said Joseph M. Perfili, 26, 135 W. 900 S., Bountiful, was arrested after a large sum of money, a handgun and clothing believed to have been worn during the bank' robbery were recovered by Bountiful Police detectives. t A red Volkswagon beetle identified by witnesses who said they saw the vehicle at the scene of the robbery was also recovered. Bountiful Police Chief Larry Higgins said police arrrested Perfili after local residents called police. Higgins said Perfili was fied from a picture taken during the robbery by a bank camera. Perfili was bound over to district - : court following a hearing in cuit court. cir- Breeze In a related matter, a man convicted of holding a family captive overnight during an Aug. 17, 1982, bank robbery in West Bountiful was sentenced to a prison term. Terry Lee Conner, who was passing through Utah when Tracy Collins Bank and Trust, West Bountiful, was robbed, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David K. Winder to five years for conspiring to rob the bank and 25 years for the actual armed robbery. The terms are to run concurrently. ' The sentence is to run consecterm Conutively with a ner is serving for an Oklahoma bank robbery. Conner was taken from the Leavenworth, Kan., federal prison for the Utah trial. The Oklahoma robbery was committed in late December, 1982, after the Aug. 17 West Bountiful bank robbery. RON KNOWLTON Review Staff The BountiBOUNTIFUL has Council City approved a proposal to lease a wind anemometer from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) ful 30-ye- ar duce electricity. Servoss said the city can lease the anemometer at no cost from WAPA. The city, however, must share data it collects from the equipment with WAPA. The anemometer will be placed initially at the mouth of Ward Canyon near Stone Creek, but can be moved to other canyons depending on the data collected. I CHEERING -- Review Staff - Bountiful BOUNTIFUL Mayor Dean Stahle admits that the more city officials look into methods to dispose of the citys garbage the more confused-e- r and confused-e- r they become. : Bountiful officials are debating whether to join other Davis County communities in a waste to energy bum plant project. The Davis County Solid Waste Management Project Board has, set a March 15 deadline for cities to decide on the, project. Although the plant appears to be dependable and probably the best method the city has looked at to dispose of its garbage, the plant may not be fair to Bounti-- . ful residents because of the high cost to transport garbage to the plant, City Engineer Jack Balling . : said. V. He said the plant proposal would be fair if the city could deliver its garbage to a transfer station at the BARD landfill. the firm that will build and operate the burn plant, could then pick up the . Katy-Segher- s, garbage. But Balling said county officials have told him the transfer station idea would be too costly. Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy said that without the transfer station, the plant would mean a 50 percent increase in garbage rates for city residents. Councilman Richard Sharp noted also that with the burn r plant city residents would have to drive to Clearfield instead of the BARD landfill to dump ; bage. gar- ' He said the city could see more garbage deposited in emp- ty lots and along roadsides as a result. Stahle said city officials have also considered a steam gasification plant that uses a process and which could be built on BARD proper-- . ty owned by the city. The facility could generate power for the citys power department as well. The city could develop an industrial park that could use electricity generated by the plant, he ' during the during the first round1 state finals wasnt much to get excited about, that is if your a Viking fan. But Mark PozzuOli from Viewmont gets a few reactions in, even if they .were. for a .losing cause. Servoss said. The city can process the chip at a cost of $17, Servos said. ; He said the anemometer will require very little maintenance,' City crews will install the device:; Servos estimated it will cost the city $1,700 to maintain and use the anemometer to collect the necessary data. The anemometer can be placed atop a utility pole, Servos said. Recording equipment would be placed high up on the pole to protect against vandalism. well-kno- Via Casualty Loses CP0Says Floods Ha ve Tax Breaks BARRY KAWA ' ; .7, said. Review Staff Stahle said the city has also looked at a bio mass plant which appeared to be an experimental process. Councilman Harold Shafter said he believes the city cant lose if it goes with the countywide bum plant. 7 The bum plant would obligate the city for 20 years, after which time the city could go back to using BARD. The burn plant would significantly prolong the life of BARD, he said. .Centerville City officials have delayed their decision on the plant also. Centerville Mayor Neil Blackburn said the city would make a decision on the plant by March 1, however. FARMINGTON Property owners who suffered losses in the 1983 flooding may be eligible for a tax deduction on their 1983 return and past returns that could save them thousands of ; v . dollars. 7 Michael J. Peterson, a Salt Lake CPA tax manager who resides in Farmington, said section code allows a 165 of to deduct casualty person losses if the damage exceeds $100 plus 10 percent oi their adv justed gross income. Peterson said casualty loss is defined as a sudden and disaster suich as the Rudd Canyon mudslide in Farmington in May of 1983. The Rudd Canyon disaster is a good the-IR- non-recurri- example of property owners in the area who are eligible for an immediate tax break on their 1983 return or who can file a ca- sualty loss claim for back taxes, - 7 7 he said. Peterson cites a fictitious Far-- ; mington family named Brown living at the mouth of Rudd Canyon as an example. The ; Brown family purchases a home and land there in 1978 for $160,000. The day before the flood occurs, the home and the . property have a fair market val-ue of $210,000 but the family has no flood insurance, The mudslide from the canyon completely, destroys the home and Farmington City condemns the area and agrees to pay the Brown family $25,000 for the property. The Brown familys - is as fol1983 lows: taxable income, $28,000; federal taxes, $4,560; casualty loss, $ 30,900. 1 ' . ; ; $160,000; ; $135,000; less $100 and 10 per- cent adjusted come, 100; gross musical group erforms is, very bucks. Peterson said the fictitious Brown family may be able to carry the $130,000 loss back for the past three years and wipe out the taxes over that period. For a family in the 50 percent tax and casualty loss is 7, 7 Peterson says schedule A which itemizes deductions, does not have a section for taking the net operating loss in a past or future year's return. However, special forms exist for cases such as in the unfortunate Brown family $130,900. I $25,000 refund from the IRS, he said. , Peterson said the options for deciding which years to take the loss on are tricky and a person should consult a CPA or competent tax return preparer before filing. If a person suffering casu- alty loss has already filed, then he may be able to amend his return, he said. Practice Games disgusting night whenever the Disgusting Brothers entertain. But the. reasons why the in- civi-ize- d. 4B Index Classified...... 8A,9A Sports........... 1B.2B :i.v h w . ; : 1 example. If youre not aware of it, where would you put it? Youd just lose it, he said. And youre talking about big basis of property, amount city will pay, $25,000; deductible loss, bracket, that could mean a justed , . The casualty loss is derived from: value of property before casualty,, $210,000;- value of property after casualty, $25,000; decline in value, $185,000; ad- Disgusting! Its a V The anemometer will be placed atop a 60 foot high pole. Recording equipment will also be placed on the pole. Information from the anemometer will be collected on a computer microchip which must be removed every three months, , Viewmont-Brighto- n RON KNOWLTON years. The anemometer will be used 7 to check wind velocity in the X canyons east of Bountiful. Kent Servoss of the citys pow- er department said the department wants to see if it would be feasible to have a large windmill generator in the canyon to pro- Conner was originally identified from a photo by a local resident. er With Garbage Issue 12 for 2 25-ye- ar 1 bebruary 29, T384 Bountifuls basketball team has played well through a tough schedule while Viewmonts pre-seas- on young team is unbeaten in its three games this season. IB |
