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Show T Inside, Gift Guide. 1 ,i- NO MILL LEVY INCREASE ' i' $6,24842397 ; ' Duchesne County 662,490.15 from the current year the Ute Tribe Jurisdiction Case. In the computer budget, an estimates; however, Happen aaid, the sheriff's office brings close to increase of 653,790.67 was bud-- . 6260.000 revenue to the county. This revenue comes from the .contracts the sheriff has with Duchesne City, 6100,000, Myton ' General the 1985 1609,193.21 higher than current year estimates. Although with a budget increase, the mill levy will not increase, according to Duchesne County Commissioner Ted Happen. In fact, he said he is pleased the with budget that commissioners approved. ' ; , - , the said. .I feel good sbout .it, Happen said. When we can increase the , , ! . , i Some of the increases in the 1986 budget sre in the Duchesne ' County Sheriffs Office. The office was budgeted, an increase ' . . ' .( ' . i. , .. 7" . ' services without increasing the mill levy, then that ia all we can work towards. I doubt that we will have to increase the mill levy- City, 65,600, Utah .State Pri- soners, who are housed at the .Duchesne County Jail, 690,000 and the state gives the office' 610.000 :for operations, Happen 7 .- geted for 1986. This increase is for some terminals in the Duchesne County Clerks office, . Operating Budget for 1986 is which 16,249.423.97, is II. . Another increase in the budget this year is in the Duchesne County Attorneys budget The current 678,958.79 was increased to 8101,800.00.' ; This increase, Happen said, was to help offset the increased work load of the attorney, possibly hire a district attorney and help with some cost associated with the legal work for To date, An their ' salaries and benefits, will go towards travel for the Ute Tribe Jurisdiction Case and the Central Utah Project There were not all collected. Although most of that money was collected before the November 30 deadline, Taylor Property Taxes,' which must be collected before November 30 before a late fee is assessed, total; 82,264,116, or 18 percent of the increases in the 1986 budget The recreation creased budget was de- -' 810,288.69 from the 1985 current year estimated budget. total for 1985 was The 835,288.69; 1986 will be 625,000.00. According to Diane Freaton,' Duchesne County. Auditor, the decrease in ncrea-tion waa caused when each city was allotted a certain amount of ' Residents should pay their property taxes, which an assessed by the budget requested from each city, before the deadline, she said. Those people who pay lata will first have a 610 labs fee Assessed, and after. January 15, 1986, the county am put a lain on 812,356,530 that will be collected,; according to Duchesne County Treasurer Maxine Taylor. ' j Taylor said in 1984, at this time, 82,422,000 was collected of the 811,475,500 budgeted, or 21; percent.;,. However, by January 15, 1984,; 93 percent of the taxes had been' increase of .64,055.93 was budgeted to the commissioners. This increase, because they froze property the Duchesne County. software materials that are needed in the Duchesne County Court House. revenue. Continued on page 3 getting Roosevelt, she said, is more money in road repairs this year to offset their recreation budget. There waa a trade off between the two (roads and recreation for Roosevelt), she said. A 8122,826.65 increase in the for 1986, Happen aaid. These road repairs will consist of repairs throughout the county, he said. roads was also budgeted Total revenue sources for the 1985 budget will come from taxes, 62,428,000.00, which is down 874,101.81 from the current year estimates, licences permits, 815,000.00, which 'same budgeted last year, and ia the inter- governmental, $2,477,689.00, which is a major decrease of 8815,745.96, surplus from 1985, $651,203.39 and miscellaneous, which ia an $116,000.00, $11,251.78 decrease from the 1985 current year estimates. f i.' ' it, taxes some with along - J ' , 'lit ..I..' . 72nd Year Wednesday, November 27, 1985 No. 48 'VS J. , If ' ..I.r, , l!' Roosevelt, Utah 28 Pages 50 Cents ' ' eSafe8 & W. The private and personal blessings we enjoy, the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity, deserve the Thanksgiving of a whole life. Jeremy Taylor CUP loses in two. wins GOING UP The Roosevelt Christmas Tree is pictured going up on the First Security Bank corner. It will be all ready for the ceremony Friday evening which will turn the lights on in the town. Everyone is invited to attend the ceremony Friday evening at 6 p.m. on that comer.; Central ' Utah Project election passed by an overwhel-.- . ming margin, last Tuesday even-- ' ing. " ' Duchesne County, narrowly ' passed the repayment proposition by a vote of 1015 for to 941 percent of the against. Fifty-twCounty agreed with the addiof $350 tional indebtedness million to be paid back to the Federal Government over the next 80 years. Uintah County and Wasatch County were the only two in the state to defeat the measure. Uintah County voted 658 in favor resource. ' ' and 1542 against, a 30 percent to A tar aands project will mean hundreds of jobs to Eastern' 70 percent margin. Wasatch still Utah, a part of our State that has , County waa closer but 853 -. defeated the idea, narrowly been very economically depresfor and 1090 against. eed. : Im encouraged by yesThe total of the - entire 12 terday's decision and Im hopeful county vote waa 62,269 in favor that ' the Synthetic Fuels Corof the measure, a 73 percent of poration will continue in their the voters, to 29,821 opposed. It these with projects negotiations was almost a five to two margin in favor of the measure. in an expeditious manner, The proposition covered the Nielson aaid. supplemental contract arrangements which must now foes a ; Nielson noted that Mr. Corcongressional review before allocation of funds can be set coran also Indicated the prospects looked favorable for Geokinetics, up to finish' the project The Utah congressional delean oil shale project near Vernal. The Synthetic Fuels Board will gation is expecting strong opposition to the review from several likewise make a determination on critics (mostly from California funding for that project at the and ffliio). They have expressed December meeting. their pleasure with the outcome of the vote. The approval of the The o , - . . decision by the Synthetic Fuels Beard to continue negotiating for federal funding with two Utah tar sands projects. 7 ; . ' In a telephone conversation with Synthetic Fuels Corporation ' at least 30 percent upfront financing of each project. In a press release the SFC stated that the two projects ware relatively equal when compared against the solicitation ranking criteria. However, the Synthetic Fuels Board will not main a final ranking of the projects until their next Board meeting in December. which : amount : to Congressman Howard Nielson said he was pleased with the . Chairman Tom Corcoran, . Nielson was told that of the four tar sands projects in the country ' ' The two projects will have 60 ' seeking funding from the SFC, , from that time to secure days . the two Utah projects Sunny-their financial commitments. aids and PR Srpings were the only two which met the quell-- , "I am very pleased that these tying criteria of the SFC'e tar two projects are still hi the sands solicitation process. running," Nielson said. I would : Corcoran said that the SFC like to congratulate those into volved in the projects on their staff had been directed both hard work in getting this for in ; continue working with SFCa solicitation process and projects and encourage them to the secure equity commitments, in proving the viability of the Vice . c ' - ; . . HA It,. U ' , . , ... ten to pass in ,, - 100-da- y - proposition will enable construction to continue beyond thia fiscal year, they have all said. It will also allow planning and engineering for the Jordanelle Dam and the pipeline to south-centrUtah to go through. About 18 percent of the eligible voters turned out for the election, it was termed a good figure by many voting district officials because of the two handicaps of being a special election and the inclement weather. Final results of the Election show: Duchesne 1015 (52 percent) For, 941 (48 percent) Against; Garfield 212 (52 percent) For, 174 (45 percent) Against; Juab 881 (87 percent) For, 129 (13 al -- Continued oa page 8 Real 'Old Fashion' Turkey-Da- y planned The first made Thanksgiving What the organizers Dinner are trying to do ia to share the abundance with those of our day who, like generosity of Americans who shared . their , the pilgrims, have little food of abundance with the Pilgrims who their own. Those who have hem blessed with the means to bring had very little food of their own. Uintah Basin Christian . their dinner, over to the Oom- -' The munity Center and share it with Fellowship of Churches la spanthose less fortunate an promised soring an "old fashioned Thanksgiving Dinner" in that same vein. ' an experience they will not soon forget. Many persons will be without the means to have a real Transportation for those witha way then can be arranged Dinner out thia year Thanksgiving because of the high unemploy- ' by calling one of the following was possible because of the the Native -' ment rate. Everyone ia invited and at extended to those v without a dinner and hem to those blessed with ' numbers: to have dinner at the 2 p.m. on Myton City Building Thanksgiving. Thia invitation is come who have . 722-919- 6, 722-297- 5. s. fashioned Thanksgiving sufficient dinner. 722-854- or ' The dinner ia open to everyone, All the haves and the have-not'are welcome to bring what they can and participate in a real "old 722-255- 8 Dinner. . - ' - I? r . |