While budget season has wrapped up in Tooele and Grantsville cities, the Stansbury Park Service Agency approved its certified tax rate for its 2016 budget, which will be finalized by the end of the year.
The certified tax rate, provided by Tooele County and approved by the Utah State Tax Commission, is expected to drop for next year by about 16 percent, from .001256 in the current year to .001206.
Stansbury Park Service Agency Manager Randall Jones said growth in the community means the agency should generate an additional $43,000 in revenue despite the tax rate decreasing.
“It will be a lower tax rate on all individual homes,” Jones said. “It would be nice to be the one government entity that didn’t raise people’s tax rate this year.”
The service agency’s board members also discussed the soap poured into the community’s waterfalls on the entrance to Stansbury Boulevard from SR-36. Jones said the prank didn’t cause any damage to the waterfalls’ piping or machinery.
Board members weren’t angry about the prank, which generated a massive plume of white, foamy bubbles, but are concerned if soap is put in the waterfall again, there could be damage.
“We will seek prosecution on people that vandalize these falls,” Jones said. “I’ve talked to several people who did it when they were kids and got misdemeanor charges and heavy fines for doing the exact same thing.”
While the board agreed the initial bubble incident is a “free pass,” there are cameras that face the waterfalls if someone decides to foam up the waterfall again.