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Show Tl nhge Cit Nefns SERVING MILFORD AND WESTERN Te BEAVER COUNTY SINCE ee AUGUST 26, 1994 VOL. IV Health Tax Referendum August 26 Tiger Football Craig Davidson, Beaver City Hospital Administrator, presented a resolution. to the Beaver City Council Tuesday evening to eliminate the $8. monthly connection fee and Parowan at Milford JV: Varsity: hearing is tentatively scheduled for September 21 at a time and place to be announced. Mayor James — Robinson, City Council members and Hospital Board members will be available and anxious to answer questions and provide 1915 thru 1950 12:00 to 4:00 - Registration at Milford Library BACK TO SCHOOL DAY AT MILFORD HIGH on September September 6, at the council chamber. An additional pertinent information. “We want the voters to have information, not mis-information," Robinson said. Davidson issued an invitation to all individuals with questions to call or visit the hospital. Davidson wrote in a letter to Beaver City residents, "Since the hospital was built in 1967, there has always been some type of 7:30 P.M. M H S Reunion special A public hearing to discuss the issue is scheduled for 8:00 P.M., Football Millard at Beaver ' JV: 4:00 P.M. limits of Beaver City. The council adopted the resolution and agreed to referendum 7:30 P.M. Beaver additional 1% tax on retail sales within the incorporated 27. 5:00 P.M. Varsity: replace the revenue with an a NO. 34 Weekend Kvents Nept. 27 authorize 1991 revenue subsidy Beaver City residents. from It started with a _ $3. connection fee to build the first ten beds, was raised to $4. for the second ten beds, and finally was raised again to it's current $8. level when the 16 Long Term Care beds were added. These tax dollars have been used for retiring bonds that were taken out to build and equip the hospital. To my knowledge, no tax funds have ever been used to fund the — operating expenses within the hospital. "However, there has always been_a little concern that the connecting fee is only paid by those residents - who use Beaver City services, where the hospital service area covers residents from Milford to Mt. Holly (continued on page 3) EPA Is Bringing — Money To | Beaver County The EPA has money to spend, and some Beaver County residents are the likely recipients. A notable — group of conservation and water quality officials met in Beaver to discuss offering assistance to J & J Enterprises, a feed yard near the Beaver River. The purpose of the Tuesday evening meeting was to set in motion a schedule of review and completion of 4:00 to 6:00 - Social Hour the J & J Enterprises application, and to establish a timetable for a Beaver River Watershed Plan. — Howard Roper, District conservationist, clarified the difference between a "319" project such as this and a "314" project like the Minersville Reservoir study. "This type of project is strictly voluntary. It can never at the Pavilion 6:00 - Banquet at the Pavilion (Lions Club) 8:00 to 10:00 Dance at the Pavilion - Live Orchestra August 27 10:00 A.M. Reunion Brunch (ESA Sorority) 11:30 - Tour of old and new high schools Annual Methodist Church Auction become a mandate because 10:00 A.M. until finished of the involvement of local people. The local boards must sign off and endorse 9:00 P.M. - Pavilion every phase of a "319" project," he said. Funds for "319" projects must first be appropriated by Congress, then distributed by the EPA to various states. After the funds reach Utah they are funneled Dance to Justice through Department the of Environmental Quality and the Utah Department of Agriculture to the U AC D, and finally to the landowner for implementation. Roper said this allows for considerable local input and control. (continued on page 3) - |
