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Show Park Record Thursday, October 25, 1984 Page B1 Perry says commission has worked toward pfanning for future growth Ron Perry handling of money suggested by his opponents who would hold the money in a trust fund. This is strictly illegal, he said. In order to hold money over from year to year, funds must be ments budget will be a five-year plan for road repair and maintenance, according to Perry. L'p to this point, he said, the countys priority of necessity has been on replacement of equipment. Through his efforts the (Park City) ChamberBureau will receive an additional $30,000 this year from transient room tax, Perry said. h ( hristophei Smart New county programs, already instituted or in the process of being created, will help plan for future growth here, according to incumbent Summit County Commissioner Ron Perry. Perry, who is running on the Democratic ticket in the Park City area, said he has helped guide the county into a position where it can begin to plan the county's growth rather than react to the problems of rapid growth. Citing the creation of a general services department and manager, the soon-to be completed Snyderville Master Plan and a five-year Capital Improvements plan that is still on the drawing board, Perry said the county has made great strides since he took office in January, 1983. Tax money from oil wells in the county can be put to good use, Perry said, but only if done properly. He points to examples of improper oil wells alone. Perry maintains that the creation and implementation of planning tools are at the forefront of the commission's priorities. To that end. the Snyderville Basin Master Plan is the most important planning instrument instru-ment at this end of the county. That Master plan, he said, is similar in nature to Park City's master plan. The county government and the Park City government are working well together to plan the entry corridors to Park City, according to Perry. But, he added, planning the Snvderville Basin is not like planning Deer Valley or Park Meadows. Problems exist because of the many fragmented parcels in the area. Perry said developers should pay the lion's share of cost for amenities needed to serve new development. He cited the Old Ranch Road Special Improvement District, where developers devel-opers rather than residents, will pay for road improvements. On the subject of the health board and county health programs. Perry said, "the complexion of the health department hasn't changed." Last June the commission fired health director Frank Singleton. In August, a study by the Mountain-lands Mountain-lands Association of Governments found the Summit County Health Board to be illegal because it wasn't established in conjunction with local municipalities. But Perry said it is expected that a new, legal board will be appointed i earmarked in a capital improvements Currently, the county takes in budget, he explained. The county is about $500 million in taxes. Of that in the process of developing such a total, $300 million is from oil, Perry budget and hopes to adopt it in said. That figure should peak in 1988 January, 1985, Perry said. when the county is expected to have Included in the capital improve- $1 billion in assessed valuation from by January. It will be the responsibility of that body to select a health director and set county health policy. The commission, however, is in charge of funding health programs. Perry said he is not in favor of cutting any of the existing programs, including the alcohol and drug treatment program which the Mountainlands report advised cutting. cut-ting. Perry said he would like to add a program of geriatric screening. The county should give more funds than it now does to Park City for recreation facilities that are used by county residents. While Perry wasn't specific, he said if re-elected he would push for increased funding by all local governments for recreation. Currently the county gives Kamas, Coalville and Park City $1,000 annually for recreation. According to Park City Recreation Department figures, that sum is $51,000 short of what the allocation should be. Perry maintains that tourism is very important to Summit County and to Park City. Currently he sits on the Mountainlands Travel Council. Through his efforts, he said, the Chamber Bureau will receive an additional $30,000 this year from transient room tax. Those are not county tax dollars, he added, but money brought in from state coffers. |