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STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Correction, there is drilling equipment on the hill.

On TMH building delayed

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Taxslave,
You’re right, TMH claimed that construction crews were standing by, ”chomping at the bit to turn the engines on”. That news article was 6/21/08.
Here we are 9/09/08 and “Workers were scheduled to begin drilling holes today for piers that will support the foundation for TMH new facility”.
But, as of 9/08/08 George Rohrich CEO of TMH said he hadn’t heard drilling could be delayed because the contractors haven’t received city licensure
So, this is apparently twice that contractors were a day away from commencing drilling (200) 18 inch caissons to stabilize the site.
In either case, it didn’t appear that contractors were on site to commence work.

On TMH building delayed

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Are taxpayers to assume that the $29.5 million tax increase for a new middle school did not include a roof? What if DOLA had denied the request? Something's wrong with this picture!!

On School District going back to DOLA

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

As of a few days ago, HUD had not committed to a loan guarantee.

On Where Is The New Hospital

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Tax

The statute is 29-1-301 and is clearly worded as is Tabor that requires an election to raise a mill levy. However, I just found an opinion written by the Colorado attorney general in 1998. In essence the opinion states that DOLA or the taxing entity may not have the authority to invoke a "temporary mill levy reduction" but that a temporary reduction is a valid method. What he said was do what you want, the state won't prosecute. Statute 29-1-301 does not speak to "temporary reductions". Google C.R.S. 29-1-301 then choose AG Opinions.

In spite of the huge increase in valuation last year, our mill levy was minimally reduced and temporarily at that.

On County expects drop in revenue

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

When property values increase as they have, statutes require that the mill levy be reduced so as to limit revenue to no more than 5.5% over the previous year. Once the mill levy is reduced it CANNOT be increased without a vote of the people. So what is this automatic increase in the levy? Take a look at county tax collections over the past few years, it has increased on the order of 15%, not 5.5%. Only in Moffat county!!

On County expects drop in revenue

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Not all of Natives's posts have been erased, I printed copies of all the exchanges I was involved in.

On native

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Tomorrow, Mr. J.B. Nathan, C.P.A. with HUD in D.C. will be in town.

On Hospital On Target

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

Granny,

They are appointed by the commissioners in what seems perpetuity. I addressed this in the past. There is an old adage, employers hire (appoint) in their own image. There you have it.

On Hospital On Target

STANHATHHORN (Anonymous) says…

I have a document that, in part, states "The Hospital has paid the HUD application fee (0.15% of the full amount of the proposed mortgage amount or $60,495). Do the math. That equates to a proposed mortgage amount of $40,330,000. Taxpayers were told during the campaign that we would shoulder 40% of the repayment burden or three mills (max. of $1.5 million) on a loan of $42.6 million. Later news releases increased our share to 50%. Now the value of the project has diminished by 5.3%, So, our contribution has again increased!! I wonder what exactly are we going to get?

Perhaps our resident "service excellence officer" can explain???

On another note, the "early preconstruction work" that the was reported to be $1.2 million for grading and caissons is pegged at $1,561,934 on that same document!! Will we ever get to the truth?

On Hospital On Target