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Show Park City Receives Little Support From Snyderville Commissioner The city council last week received little support from Summit County Commissioner Bill Wallin of Snyderville in seeking a county contribution to the yearly operating costs of the aging War Veterans Memorial Memor-ial Building. Wallin said he would "consider" "consi-der" supporting a proposal to split the costs 50-50 if he was assured the city would manage the building well. Maintaining that he supports the city's full takeover of the building because it "would be in better hands," Wallin questioned ques-tioned whether a county contribution contribu-tion would remove incentive for the city to operate the building economically. "There's a possibility that if the city knows it's going to get half the costs, they won't manager it right," Wallin told the council at its regular meeting Thursday. Wallin had been invited to the meeting to hear long-time active resident Nan McPolin, representing represent-ing a large citizens group, renew her protest against the county's sioner Leavitt, McPolin blamed "one commissioner" for making the building "into the hot issue it is." Addressing Wallin, she said "if I was sitting in your shoes I wouldn't let two men persuade me. I would vote no." Wallin said he would consider supporting a move to split the costs of operating the building, but that he would have to be presented "a hard dollar amount." Told that the costs would probably run about $30,000 annually in addition to federally funded CETA grants, Wallin said he thought the building could be maintained for less if more attention was paid to generating revenue by charging fees for some activities. "1 would consider splitting the costs if the building was managed well," said Wallin. Councilman Jan Wilking sug- gested the city prepare a budget for operating the building and ask the county to include half the amount of the costs in their 1978 budget, which is now being formulated. Mayor Leon Uriarte asked Wallin for his support in the request saying that if he voted against the other commissioners, voters in the Park City area would "respect" him for it. "We need your suppcfri," said Uriarte. "You were elected from this end of the county," said Councilman Eleanor Bennett. "It's your duty to your constituents constitu-ents to stand up for something profitable to your end of the county." In a letter to the county commissioners Monday, signed by Mayor Uriarte, the city asked that the county split the costs of both operating the building and the city recreation program. withdrawal of participation from the building, which had been operated by the county as a memorial to war veterans and community center since it was built in the 1930's. The city was forced to take over operation of the building in September, after nearly a year of almost constant controversy over its fate, when the county threatened to withdraw a $147,000 federal grant for needed repairs. At the time, Commissioner Commis-sioner Dale Leavitt of Kamas reportedly said the county would "close the doors" and sell the building if the city didn't take it over. McPolin, who has taken the protest to the council once before and met with the commissioners in the last six weeks, said the building is "a memorial to war veterans in all of Summit County," not just Park City. "In that building you will find the names of all those in Summit County who served. It is the only place in the county where they are recognized," she said. "For that purpose, I would like to feel the county is a part of the building. 1 don't feel we're asking anything unjust." In a presentation that lasted over 30 minutes, McPolin also quoted tax figures showing that Park City contributes substantially substantial-ly more to county tax revenues than the South and North Summit area and said she felt "Park City has not received benefits from the county other areas have received." receiv-ed." She repeated her contention, stated in previous meetings, that the Memorial Building helps keep "crime and delinquency" off the streets and said she didn't think the city's forced takeover of the building was handled "proper- iy" Mentioning no names, but obviously referring to Commis- |