Minutes of the Special Price City
Council Meeting
City Hall: Price, Utah
August 15, 2006, 12:00 p.m.
Present:
Mayor Joe
L. Piccolo
Councilmembers: Laurie Tryon, City Recorder
Richard Tatton Pat Larsen, Finance Director
Jeanne McEvoy Aleck Shilaos, Police Chief
Kathy Hanna-Smith
Jeff Nielson
Excused: Councilmember Rick Davis
Present: Rick Shaw,
Lisa Richens
1.
The ZAP Tax-(zoo,
arts and parks) Service and Fee Proposal from Lewis, Young, Robertson and
Burmingham, Inc.(LYRB)
Today’s
Special Council meeting was set up to receive approval from the City Council to
accept the proposal from LYRB in order to get the notice to Carbon County
before August 24, 2006.
The LYRB would organize the advertising and correspondence for Councilmembers
and the Mayor to educate the public on the tax. The cost to the city would be
$8,417.50. If the County decides to do the ZAP tax alone, then the City would not
be able to impose the tax. Councilmember McEvoy would like to have more time to
plan this out and make sure it is handled correctly instead of scrambling to
get it on the ballot. Councilmember Hanna-Smith recommends moving forward with
the ZAP tax and speaking to the County personally at their next public meeting to
present and answer any questions they may have. The Mayor would like to see an
alternative plan. If the City waits, we could lose $100,000.00 for this year
and $100,000.00 for ˝ of next year.
Price City qualifies for the ZAP tax; the Councilmembers would
like to establish a list of potential projects for which the tax funds would be
used, which is 1/10th of one percent on sales. We need to begin the campaign now and not wait for the County’s reply. Due to the urgency of the
August 24th deadline, a letter needs to be drafted to the County
with the Mayor’s signature, explaining the City’s intent to proceed with the
ZAP tax. This will allow the County to call us at their convenience with their
concerns and questions for discussion and to add us to the agenda for the next
regularly scheduled meeting. MOTION. Councilmember Hanna-Smith recommends accepting
the proposal and services from (LYRB) Lewis, Young, Robertson and Burmingham,
Inc. for the implementation of the ZAP Tax. Motion seconded Councilmember
Nielson and carried.
Meeting
adjourned at 12:40 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Joe L. Piccolo, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Laurie
Tryon, City Recorder