FRONT PAGE A1 Tour of Utah hits Tooele County See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 THURSDAYTHURSDAY August 7,7, 20142014 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 121 No. 20 $1.00 PEN STROKE ENDS OVERLAKE LAWSUIT Tooele City, developers reach out of court settlement that involves cash and water deal FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO by Tim Gillie opers from the city will be sub- STAFF WRITER tracted from the $20.7 million to make up the balance of the The 12-year-old legal battle payment. between Tooele City and the However, Tooele Associates developer of Overlake subdivi- may purchase additional water sion is over. from the city, which could shave The end of the protracted con- off millions of dollars from the flict came with the stroke of a final cash settlement. pen at 11 a.m. this morning. But After the Tooele City Council this time, not in a courtroom. approved the out of court settle- The new agreement between ment by resolution Wednesday both parties will require Tooele night, council members headed City to pay no more than $15.6 to the mayor’s office in City Hall million instead of the full $20.7 to formally sign the document. million that a jury awarded to Before noon today, Tooele Overlake’s developers, Tooele Associates representatives met Associates and Perry Homes. in Salt Lake City and added their FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The $5.1 million reduction is signatures to the agreement, Tooele City Mayor Patrick Dunlavy (above) presents a resolution to the city council Wednesday to approve a lawsuit settlement with Tooele Associates, developer of not a direct savings to the city; Overlake. The settlement includes money and a deal in which the city will provide more water for Overlake from the city’s growing water system (upper right photo). water credits given to the devel- SEE LAWSUIT PAGE A12 ➤ Audit says county Late July budget is in recovery rainstorms by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Volunteer boards help water Tooele County’s financial health improved in 2013. also gave reports That’s the conclusion from an independent audit report for the shortage SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE year ending Dec. 31, 2013. on countyUV INDEXbudget The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Friday 6:33 a.m. 8:36 p.m. “The changes made during Saturday 6:34 a.m. 8:35 p.m. the year, although hard, have by Tim Gillie by Emma Penrod Sunday 6:35 a.m. 8:34 p.m. Monday 6:36 a.m. 8:32 p.m. had an overall positive impact STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER Tuesday 6:37 a.m. 8:31 p.m. on the financial position of the Wednesday 6:38 a.m. 8:30 p.m. county,” reads the report’s exec- The F SaTooele Su M CountyTu W Th A series of storms at the end of July has Thursday 6:39 a.m. 8:28 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set utive summary, which was pre- Commissionnumber, the greater not the onlyneed for eyeheard and skin turned the area’s water outlook around Friday 6:49 p.m. 4:08 a.m. pared by Ulrich and Associates, from protection.its independent0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; audi- 6-7 High; 8-10 somewhat, exceeding the month’s nor- Saturday 7:38 p.m. 5:18 a.m. an Ogden-based accounting tor Tuesday,Very High; 11+ but Extreme also received mal precipitation total and cutting into Sunday 8:22 p.m. 6:31 a.m. Monday 9:02 p.m. 7:46 a.m. firm contracted by the county reports fromALMANAC its volunteer the year’s water deficit. Tuesday 9:40 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to perform the state mandated auditStatistics committee for the week endingand August budget 6. Tooele totaled 1.68 inches of precipi- Some sun, a t-storm Couple of Wednesday 10:16 p.m. 10:12 a.m. Partly sunny Sunshine Sunshine Partly sunny Mostly sunny Temperatures Thursday 10:53 p.m. 11:22 a.m. around in the p.m. annual audit. thunderstorms advisory board. tation for July, which is more than half The county’s 2013 year-end TheHigh/Low two past citizenweek finan- 92/59 an inch above the .92 inches typically Full Last New First Normal high/low past week 93/67 83 60 87 60 89 62 89 64 86 63general fund88 unassigned63 fund85 59 cial groupsAverage temp were past week created in 72.1 expected during the month. balance, the amount of funds OctoberNormal 2013 average tempto pastallow week the 79.6 According to weather data from Ned TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Aug 10 Aug 17 Aug 25 Sep 2 available for use at the discre- county commission to tap Bevan, a cooperative weather observer Shown is Friday’s weather. tion of the county commis- into the expertise of local for the National Weather Service, Tooele Forecasts and graphics provided by Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s sion, was up from $1,564,077 in can thank several significant storms that AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 lows. SEE BUDGET PAGE A7 ➤ SEE AUDIT PAGE A7 ➤ COURTESY OF JOLIE GORDON SEE WATER PAGE A9 ➤ UTAH WEATHER July brought a significant amount of rain to Tooele Valley. Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 82/51 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 85/62 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Thursday CLASSIFIEDS C4 83/53 87/64 87/62 82/61 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Missionary with Exit 99 to play in 83/62 Erda 83/61 autism builds Fridays on Vine OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 85/62 Pine Canyon Friday Salt Lake City 81/54 84/61 70/52 KID SCOOP B8 Tooele 84/61 Bauer others through concert series 83/60 Last Normal MonthGood Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 82/59 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 83/60 service 84/54 See A5 83/58 See Stockton PollenSaturday Index Price complete 82/58 See B1 85/57 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 83/54 82/57 Ophir Moderate on A9 73/54 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 88/59 84/51 Green River Th F Sa Su M Tu W 91/60 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 85/58 86/55 Moab 83/59 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 94/60 Beaver 92/59 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Wednesday 84/53 Ibapah 81/55 24-hour 86/56 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 1.06 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 85/50 87/59 at Grantsville 1.40 -0.01 96/68 Kanab 89/55 Eureka 76/55 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 93.58 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN THURSDAY August 7, 2014 School district to hold tax hearing for extra $1.1M revenue by Tim Gillie tions, the district is now in the There is a need for local gener- buildings, Rogers said. trict’s tax levy will be reduced, percent increase. STAFF WRITER position where it needs addition- ated capital revenue to replace a The capital reserve fund will so the net effect will be revenue The increase in property tax al revenue, according to Scott sharp reduction in state capital be used to reduce the amount neutral and not result in a tax revenue requires the school dis- The Tooele County School Rogers, Tooele County School revenue for the school district, the school district needs to bond increase, according to Rogers. trict to hold a truth in taxation District will hold a public hearing District superintendent. according to the plan. for when a new building is need- “In short, it will cost taxpayers hearing. next week to explain why it needs “We started this journey by In 2008 the state allocated ed, resulting in lower long term more in the long run if the board The hearing will give dis- an extra $1.1 million in property cutting expenses, not by raising $5.3 million to the Tooele County debt service, he added. does not follow through on these trict officials the opportunity tax revenue next year. taxes,” he said. “What we are pro- School District for capital Another piece of the long- two steps and/or the voters turn to explain their reason for the The school district has pro- posing is a flat levy rate with expenses. In 2013 the allocation range capital plan is a general down the bonds in November,” increase in revenue and hear posed to keep the district’s prop- earnings moved into a capital was $430,000. obligation bond issue that is he said. public comments. erty tax rate at the current level reserve fund for future facility Enrollment projections includ- scheduled for this fall’s general However, the decision to not The hearing will be held on of .009593 instead of lowering and building needs.” ed in the long-range plan means election. let the tax rate float down to the Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Tooele it to the 2014 certified rate of Under Rogers’ leadership, the that expenses for property acqui- The new general obligation certified property tax rate means County School District Office at .009233. district trimmed 2013-14 general sition and new buildings are an bond, if approved by voters, will the owner of the average home in 92 S.