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Show O ' , ' 'I (. - -...... t t &m I w- I , .. " . - - ....... .. V i'i. J :'': . i w , " - 1 Panguitch Mayor Jon Lee Torgerson, City Manager Bruce Fullmer and city recorder Karen Breinholt show off the plaque received at the Step 10 to 13 Utah League of Cities and Towns meetings. The award is for, "Recognition of your Initiatives Promoting Affordable Housing. Panguitch City Wins Plaque For Housing Panguitch City was recognized with a special plaque at the convention con-vention of the Utah League of Cities and Towns held last week at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. Surprised at the award, Mayor Jon Torgerson received the plaque for the city which reads "In Recognition of Your Initiatives Promoting Affordable Housing." Torgerson was also named to the Joint Highway Committee which will make studies of the future funding of highways at all levels of government. The city's five council members and City Manager Bruce Fullmer attended the four-day workshop-convention. workshop-convention. Responsibilities of each city office were covered in detail at the workshops and a variety of subjects of importance and interest to-those involved with proper functioning of a municipality were discussed in detail. One workshop attended by most city managers concerned municipality liability. Pending changes in Environmental Protection Agency water quality standards was the subject of another popular workshop. "Panguitch City has worked long and hard to solve the water problems in Panguitch," said the Mayor. "We want to make sure we are operating with the latest information." Financial management was another important subject that proved popular. Proposed electrification for the city made city officers particularly interested in "Financing the Acquisition of Municipal Electrification Elec-trification Utilities. The impact of tax reform legislation on cities was also discussed. Time management and communication com-munication skills were two more popular workshops and were well attended by local officers. Torgerson will attend his first meeting of the Joint Highway Committee in Vernal. The committee com-mittee has an important influence on gasoline, its taxes and its juxtaposition jux-taposition with gasoline and highways. On the final day of the convention, delegates voted on various resolutions recommending that the tax on gasoline be raised at a county's option from 14 to 20 ents, that they receive interest on sales tax, and that drivers' license receipts be audited. Another proposition advanced was a bill to make cities immune from civil lawsuits and a recommendation recom-mendation that cities not be charged from county jails. The gas tax resolution recommends recom-mends that the state legislature allow counties a 6-cent increase to pay for local road repairs. If adopted into law, the suggestion might create significant price differences dif-ferences between counties which do and do not raise the eas tax. |