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Show v Buying dump land is major new task in '85 county budget by Rick Brough The purchase of land for a county dump is the major new expenditure in the Summit County 1985 budget. The $540,000 purchase is part of a budget that is increasing from approximately $4.5 million in 1984 to $6 million this year. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled this FYidayat6 p.m. at the Summit County Courthouse in Coalville. The county will call for a property tax increase of six mills to eight mills next year. Summit County Clerk Reed Pace gives an example of the impace. If a person owned a $100,000 house assessed at 15 percent, he would pay about $30 more a year. The la85 budget will not allocate county money for Park City services that are used, in part, by county residents. On Tuesday, the commission commis-sion heard requests for financial aid from Park City Recreation Director Steve Haugen and librarian Pat Montgomery. But Pace said the budget process was too close to deadline for the county to make changes now. Commissioner Gerald Young also said it was unlikely the county would help the Miners Hospital Library, since it already maintains a bookmobile. Haugen said a survey of the city's recreation programs showed that 31 percent of participants are non-residents of Park City. Montgomery estimated 10 percent of library patrons are non-residents. In other areas, Pace said the county will not grant a request from Sheriff Fred Eley for money to hire two additional deputies. Hey will be able to hire two new jailers if money is available from a state grant. In that event, jail monies would increase from $30,000 budgeted last year to $83,994. The county attorney's office also is considering hiring a full-time attor ney, said Pace. Its overall budget is going from $150,000 (1983) to $180,786. The county's plans for the Brown's Canyon landfill has been challenged by a suit from canyon property owners. Pace said the county would allocate the money for the landfill, but the expenditure will be voided if the county loses the suit. Expenditures for garbage collection collec-tion also are increased. Beginning in January, the county will collect trash for the entire Summit County area. "For at least six months, we'll have to haul it to Henefer," said Pace. The hearing is set for a Friday evening, Dec. 14, he said, because law requires the budget to be filed by Dec. 15. The county has had to work on the budget up to the last minute. "The ideal time to start on the budget would be the first of November, but we've never met that," said Pace. |