6-27-17 Transcript Bulletin
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
FRONT PAGE A1FRONT PAGE A1 Superbikes race at UMC See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETINUL SINCE 1894 TUESDAY June 27, 2017 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 124 No. 8 $1.00 County wants to sell UMC in public auction County will not ‘continue to spend resources’ that will burden taxpayers TIM GILLIE ers and continue to delay a STAFF WRITER resolution.” DESTRUCTIVE DEMOLITION DERBY Tooele County has asked If Skanchy approves the a judge to allow the county county’s request, Tooele PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE to sell the Utah Motorsports County will publish a public Campus in a public auction. notice of the auction shortly Kings of Destruction were on display In a motion filed on June after the judge’s approval. The 23 with 3rd District Court auction will be held 45 days Saturday at Deseret Peak Complex. Case Judge Randall Skanchy, Tooele after the publication of the Barker (above) in car 3.14 collides with Shane County petitioned Skanchy notice, according to Natalie to allow the county to hire a Callahan, communications Wilkinson in car 72. Breelyn Sandoval (left) third-party auctioneer to pro- director with the public rela- watches her father Ricky Sandoval. EMTs mote and conduct a public auc- tions firm hired by the county tion to sell UMC to the highest to deal with the UMC sale. (below left) help injured driver Doug Emery. bidder. The county plans to engage The sale of UMC continues the services of an experienced Alex Jensen (below right) works on Mike to be the subject of an active third party to conduct the auc- Evan’s car. Drivers and fans (bottom) stand case in Skanchy’s court, but tion, according to paperwork according to a prepared state- filed with the court. for the National Anthem before the derby. ment released by the county, The county will establish “[Tooele County] will not con- a confidential reserve, or tinue to spend resources on an minimum bid. Potential buyers uncertain challenge that will place a burden on the taxpay- SEE UMC PAGE A7 ➤ Commission OK’s small property tax increase But county-wide municipal services tax rate for unincorporated areas will increase 56 percent TIM GILLIE property tax levies. The certi- STAFF WRITER fied rate is the rate that will Countywide property taxes produce the same amount for Tooele County government of property tax revenue the services will go up much less county received in 2016, plus in 2017 than forecasted six additional revenue from new months ago. growth or property added to But the municipal services the tax rolls since 2016. property tax rate for unincor- The combined rate for all porated areas of the county countywide property taxes in will go up much more than 2017 will be .002100. predicted. Under the 2017 property The Tooele County tax rate, property tax paid on Commission approved prop- a home valued at $200,000 in erty tax rates for 2017 in a spe- 2017 that was also valued at cial meeting held last Friday at $200,000 in 2016 will go up by 7 p.m. in the county building. $3.74 per year or 1.6 percent. The certified tax rates were adopted for all of the county’s SEE TAX PAGE A10 ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 6:01 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Thursday 6:01 a.m. 9:04 p.m. BLM reviews ‘mastication’ projects, Friday 6:02 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Saturday 6:02 a.m. 9:04 p.m. Sunday 6:03 a.m. 9:03 p.m. Monday 6:03 a.m. 9:03 p.m. explains how they W Th F Sareduce Su M Tu wildland fires Tuesday 6:04 a.m. 9:03 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 11:17 a.m. 12:02 a.m. STEVE HOWE rotating bladesprotection. or 0-2a toothedLow; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High;The 8-10 sites visited showed differ- leaving sage brush and other Thursday 12:20 p.m. 12:37 a.m. STAFF WRITER drum mountedVery High; on 11+ an Extreme excava- ent stages of recovery and con- understory plants intact. Friday 1:22 p.m. 1:09 a.m. Anyone driving through tor or tractor. As the juniper is ditions following treatment. On a BLM-maintained Saturday 2:21 p.m. 1:39 a.m. ALMANAC Johnson’s Pass may have ripped into smaller pieces, the Sunday 3:19 p.m. 2:08 a.m. Some sun with Statistics for the week ending June 26. Mastication has become site north of Clover Springs Delightful with Mostly sunny and very Mostly sunny and very Monday 4:16 p.m. 2:38 a.m. a shower in the Pleasant with sunshine Partly sunny noticed standsPlenty of of sunshine junipers remains areTemperatures left scattered on popular in Utah as a means of Campground, there are signs Tuesday 5:12 p.m. 3:10 a.m. sunshine warm warm afternoon seemingly torn to shreds on the ground.High/Low past week reducing 98/55 wildland fire fuels, of the treatment working. The First Full Last New the side of Big Hollow Road. Last Thursday,Normal high/low BLM naturalpast week restoring 85/60 native grasslands site was originally demasticat- 90 60 84 58 88 60 93 66 96 67 92 63 97 68 Average temp past week 74.5 The destruction is the result resource specialistNormal average Brad temp Jessop past week and 72.7providing suitable habitat ed and seeded about 10 years TOOELE COUNTY WEATHERof a favored federal Bureau of and Utah StateDaily TemperaturesUniversity for- Highfor sage Low grouse, according ago, with additional thinning June 30 July 8 July 16 July 23 Shown is Wednesday’s Land Management technique estry professor Darren McAvoy to Jessop. Unlike controlled in 2010 and a mix of native weather. Temperatures are Forecasts and graphics provided by FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Wednesday’s highs and known as mastication, in led members of federal and burns, shredding can occur and non-native grasses and AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Wednesday night’s lows. which live junipers are shred- state agencies on a tour of mas- during more of the year and Brad Jessop talks about the Bureau of Land Managment’s use of mastica- ded from top to bottom using tication sites in Tooele County. can target juniper specifically, SEE BLM PAGE A7 ➤ tion to remove juniper trees near Rush Valley. UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B4 Grouse 85/48 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 90/61 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS B6 78/50 91/61 92/61 89/62 Ogden Stansbury Park World traveler Crashes highlight HOMETOWN A8 88/54 Erda 90/61 OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 91/61 Pine Canyon selected as grand off-road races Salt Lake City 90/54 92/61 73/54 0.16 0.17 0.24 1.08 12.88 11.38 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 92/61 Bauer marshall See B1 90/60 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 90/60 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D SPORTS B1 Provo Roosevelt 90/60 See A8 90/55 89/55 See Stockton Pollen Index Price complete 90/60 91/56 High Nephi forecast Rush Valley 91/55 90/58 Ophir Moderate on A7 83/58 Low Delta Manti Absent 94/58 92/52 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 105/65 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 91/58 94/51 Moab 88/58 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 101/64 Beaver 102/63 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 91/48 Ibapah 90/55 24-hour 90/54 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.98 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 91/54 92/55 at Grantsville 1.68 -0.01 102/70 Kanab 97/57 Eureka 80/54 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4194.36 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY June 27, 2017 KINGS OF DESTRUCTION KIDDIE DERBY FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS Kamryn Greathouse (left top), Boston Deros (left), and Elle Lazenby (above) compete in the Kings of Destruction Kiddie Derby Saturday night at Deseret Peak Complex. The kids competed after the adults smashed into each other earlier in the evening. Agencies continue work to revive Greater Sage-grouse little green plants with bugs. showed some birds migrated them to buy time for the habi- Another 40 birds were released near Vernon in April Juniper trees are not good for from the Vernon area as far tat to take effect. Habitat is the sagebrush; they change the south as 30 miles south of key to populations.” MARK WATSON land, 92,398 is U.S. Forest coordinator for Utah State water usage of the area. And Nephi, then north to the Belton said the motiva- STAFF WRITER Service land, 82,740 is pri- University’s Community-Based the birds need the natural Spanish Fork area. tion to increase the number Various governmental agen- vate, 34,131 is Utah School Conservation Program. green sagebrush.” Robinson said the state’s of Greater Sage-grouse came cies and private landowners and Institutional Trust Lands “We just don’t want them to Utah State University gradu- plan for greater-sage grouse about when the bird was being continue to focus on increas- (SITLA), and 684 is DWR.