Show -- r i'-- rw Page 2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 12000 j ' BEST AVAafiSLE COPY near state SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Legislature has agreed to give up $13 million in Olympic sales taxes In exchange for Salt Lake City letting the state off die hook for any pal costs related to the Games Venue city leaders have expressed concern about municipal costs related to the 2002 Winter Games things like plowing roads increased' law enforcement and transportation costs Senate Bill 272 sponsored bySen is an Effort John Valentine to resolve those fears Under the bill the state has Agreed not to collect sales tax on Olympic ticket sales estimated at $13 imillion Instead the Salt Lake Organizing Committee will colled that money f throw in $2 million bf its own money and whatever federal dollars can be : House and Senate and has been sent to Gov Mike Leavitt As part of the agreement Salt Lake attracted and put it into a- bank account City has agreed to waive an indemnValentine said the federal funds ) ification agreement as it applies to could total as much as $13 million city services Salt Lake City Councilman Tom Venue cities with Olympic costs' would then be permitted to draw on Kogan is bothered that the dly had to that account for their public safety give up its indemnification agreeandsdty: services related to hosting the games’ ing the city's share “It’s a wiy to get the fends to the “I’m not tickled by it” he said venue corhmunities without those “We’re the only one that gave up communities having to go to their anything I just think a far fairer said has Valentine “It taxpayers1 arrangement could have been put worked ora a major problem that has been looking over the games since Rogan was the sole dissenter when the council agreed to the Legislathe day Wte got the bid” Valentine’s bill passed both the ture’s terms last week ‘ - I)- - Former Mayor Palmer DePaulis former SLOC President Ibm Wpkh v and Norm Bangexter negotiated the agreement in 1991 In the midst of the Olympic votethen-Go- buying scandal and city fears of Olympic shortfalls Leavitt agreement However part of the intent language that accompanied Tuesday’s action states that the Legislature never recognized the indemnification agreement The Legislature also formally agreed Tuesday to allow SLOC to delay repayment of $38 million in state fends used to construct Olympic venues The payment had been due by January 2002 before the games Senate Bill 211 postpones the receives its television revenue from ‘’NBC:-- "' ' ' r ' SLOC has also agreed to pay $40 milium into a fend to maintain and v' ! operate die venues : The Legislate also: set aside $700000 for a lodge at Soldier Hollow the 2002 Olympic venue for biathlon skiing and cross-count- ry events Nordic-cbmbiiie- d “It gives us a chance to just leverage so many opportunities” said Howard Peterson a member of the Soldier Hollow Legacy Committee Those opportunities include use of dm day lodge for youth programs and Olympic test events - In briof Open space Senate gives final nod to measure oh telephone deregulation rate hikes r SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Despite objections from con sumer groups the Senate gave its final approval Tuesday to a measure that nudges along telephone deregulation by giving U S West a way to get rate hikes The bill allows the company the faster approval route for new rates in areas where the Utah Public Service Commission determines there is viable competition The Senate vote was 26--1 in favor of House Bill 338 It now goes to Gov Mike Leavitt who has promised to be dm Ultimate “arbiter of fairness" u Cross says her bill will eaer-Rep Susan J Koehn gize competition for residential phone services The Legislature appears ready to approve an even wider- -' reaching bill that would loosen regulations governing rate hikes for U S West Questar Gas Co and electric utility Utah Power — That bill already approved by the House received dm Sen- ate’s initial approval Tuesday on a 3 vote Expats testified that House Bill 320 originally drafted by Questar lobbyist Kevin Howard would allow utilities to pus more expenses on to consumers in the form of higher rates It also would abolish the Committee of Consumer Services a state agency established in 1977torepresent residential and consumers before dm PSC" kl s Leavitt has said he would give careful consideration to t&T utility bills weighing their impact on consnmeai : A‘ 2 ¥ i- SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly $2 million has disappeared from a fend designed to prevent Utah's open spaces from doing just that ' The LeRay McAllister Critical Land Conservation Fund was created last year to buy and conserve farmland and open area lature’s -- 16-1- two-thir- ds AP photo small-busine- ss bf: Man stabbed to death in meth lab LAYTON (AP) — A man has been found stabbed to death in a mobile home that police say was a methampheta-min- e dd lab The Davis County medical examiner said Kenneth Whittington of Centerville suffered multiple stab wounds It was undear how many times Whittington was stabbed because there was so much blood at the scene Police to the home late Mday night after Whit-tingtm’S vrifiwBdttRndjmtt iWporflbe A skier sMea down a slope at the Diamond Peak ski tosort n Incflne Vlage Nev on Tuesday Bill would let three counties put fluoride on their ballots SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — allow municipalities with Weber counties Dwujmd i could be allowed to vote on optout offluoridaUofi wtietfier to add fluoride to' county votes in n Lgyton Police Arrested Chnittian Lance Hpft4rtntf24 of ihrip8ter supply a Mil adding the chemical r Centerville in connection with dm stabbing He wu bodied into that inned theUtah Leriala-th- e The change accommodates V Davis County Jail on $130000 bail ture and was sent to the gover- Utah County where most Police have yet to find the murder weapon and Davis County nor on — towns and cities have their Tuesday prosecutor Steven Major said investigators don’t yet know foie The bill makes it easier to own water systems motive for the killing The county’s conservative get the fluoride' question on Review reveals Pineview Dam risks gh V Standard-Examin- m I q V I the ballot by allowing county residents are also more wary going through the traditional their water Opponents say adding fluoride denies those who don’t in Davis Weber and Utah counties to call for a referendum without commissioners OGDEN (AP) — Pineview Dam could foil in a major earthquake and heeds to be renovated or replaced according to Bureau of Reclamationoffidals Tests conducted by the bureau dining the past year show dm dam could collapse in an earthquake measuring 75 or more on the Richter scale The reservoir s 36 billion gal- Ions of water could flood the Ogden area in less than 30 minutes Reconstruction could start as early as the fell of 2001 and will likely shut down State Road 138 for six months to two years the reported Tuesday Water levels of Pineview Reservoir may have to be significantly lowered to allow construction workers access to both sides of the dam which would severely diminish recreational use of the reservoir as well as pose a significant burden to motorists growth planning More than million was paid out to local communities for open space preservation This year another $275 million wu tobe available But the Legislature has voted to freeze of the money — a total of $18 million — ! - r signature-gatheri- ng process City councils in those counties can already put the issue on But Rep Becky Lockhart amended the bill to vo ity rules that’s one thing but to TotsurcifweW't responsibility” be said Rep said die substance can be harmful “When we talk about major Susan Koehn Cross the House sponsor of the bill said the goal of die bill was to let communities decide themselves whether or not to fluoridate: “This is a process MU” she said “This js not to debate the and cons of the fluoride of having fluoride added to want the substance in their system the freedom of choice Rep Don Bush " Issue” : Two years ago the Legisla- ture gave the same ballot authority to Salt Lake County but' commissioners there have not called for a vote until Nov 15 2000 so the Utah Transit Authority can work on a plan for a commuter rail project between Payson and Brigham City “This really cooks down to a decision whether or not the commitment we made last year means anything’’ said Rep Ralph Becker Exhaust - State 1 Union Pacific says it won’t let the state use its other rails for commuter trains unless it does buy that line “What we're going to do is turn that into a trail system” said House Majority Leader who Kevin Garn wu instrumental in creating fee growth legislation - We have recently returned from the floor covering market in las Vegas We must make room for the new inventory arriving daily i&nmi jf'r I 1 fl I Roll Ends & Remnants Starting ct ?“'£ While the corridor is not practical for commuter rail! hf iV IS WOHUlg Union Pacific Aprils 1000 j Lake chase the Denver and Rio Grande Rail Corridor from er KfAvKhMrinfo D-S- alt City Becker said the move undermines the efforts of the Quality Growth Commission which fundraiser jeffersonSjackson — v pay- ment until March 13 after SLOC Heavy Frieze’s & Cut Berbers h IhiULUto |