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Show MARCH 28, 2001 WASATCH dsa a COUNTY A3 COURIER ieee _ Midway cane Tesch as City Attorney Anderson named special counsel for water eo DEREK JENSEN --. MANAGING EDITOR six-week tuate. process that saw the Midway -. about oncluding - City -_ strictly on qualifications that fit the city best. But he predicted the amount the new city attorney will be used will fluc- - Council a. “Some iipniie you attorney, to two, Joe Tesch was ratified last week as the city attorney. The council wasn’t done, however, as they also tapped water specialist John Anderson, who operates out of Salt Lake City, as special counsel for ha hs Fi aaa Pita with the much some “Some months you about ‘work: < is required. “And that months you hardly \ : will depend on the ever see them,” live with the attorney, economy,” Preece Preece said. : added. In making the some months you hardly Perhaps aware selection the counsel of this system, both ever see them.” judged on a fourBirch and Sweat tiered criteria. The requested their BRIAN PREECE factors included: family medical Midway community experience and capa-— insurance be paid development director bility, 35 percent, by the city since work plan, 25 percent, | they would be selffitting in with city organization, 20 peremployed. 7 | cent and cost, 20 percent. “They said, ‘we’ll lower our hourly whittle five candidates the water board. ‘Last week’s alicaaen live Services, that’s normal,” he said. “Price was not the major factor.” ‘Midway will pay the city attorney by the hour, but Preece said the amount - will depend on how came Ate Alte council heard presentations from potential candidates in a closed ses-sion February 21. Besides Tesch, who ~has: offices in* both Heber and Park City, and Anderson, Mark Smedley, Scott Sweat and Randy Birch made . presentations, “~ Community Development Director Brian Preece, who. didn’t vote on the Ultimately, Midway’s choice of Tesch and Anderson marked the two highest priced attorneys of the five. But Preece explained that considering cost as only 20 percent of any request for proposal i is standard procedure. 7 “When you choose _ professional attorney, said the selection was based - (Though the council also made determinations about what projects EPG Pentacore should complete before Horrocks takes over.) Besides Horrocks, Sunrise Engineering and Epic Engineering made presentations to the council dur‘ing the same February 21 closed session. | Horrocks Engineers Inc., headquartered outside Utah, has a satellite _ office in Heber City. e-mail: derek@wasatchcountycourier.com cost if you do this for us,” Preece said. But the development director _ stressed the decision was not based on an hourly rate comparison—again touting the role of experience. “Sometimes the lowest fee in the end isn’t the cheapest cost,” Preece concluded. New Engineering Firm *the~ formula would be around - »$500,000,..according»to the environ- — coffers take the pares to a high-end second home ~ mental impact statement. Under county ordinance developers are required ~to either make 10 percent of their development affordable housing or Creek that can bring millions of dollars of additional revenue into the county. However, a low density, low they pay the county $43,600 per unit value subdivision aimed at full-time ‘foro the: Hine — housing slush fund: the man who’s company wrote the software for the formula dis- - pute — and who is also the engineer for the project—says the formula work s for any type of development. “It works for any type of land “development. We feel it's very objec- | residents can drain the county’s bank account just as quickly. _ While the decision to exempt the church from the affordable housing requirement will ultimately be made by the Wasatch County Commission after the Planning Commission makes its recommendation, Smith says he doesn’t know of any project that has been excluded. ~ A church spokesman did not return a call from the Courier last tive and based’ on some pretty fair numbers,” says Francis Smith of Francis Smith Beeiieerine in Heber 7 Gily. | : week. Roy Remund, chair of the Acoust to Smith, the Fiscal Wasatch Planning Commission, and Al a Program computes all possi_ Mickelsen, Wasatch County’s planble costs to the county. The church ning director, also did not return aetheakohe tah for the Courier phone calls. 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The million-dollar price See com- my saad ke where -dropped, the-cost to the county under + At rere taxes pty property “ern FROM paying i CONTINUED from as a religious organization and that’s A on cop exempt OF AN | rams i CAMP In addition to ratifying the attorneys last week, the Midway City Council certified Horrocks Engineers Inc. as the official city engineer. The selection spelled the end of |