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t last month’s Millcreek City Council meeting, Mayor Jeff Silvestrini addressed residents’ comments about a new property tax increase. Residents received a notice informing them there was a need to raise property tax nearly 3% to increase Millcreek’s police officer salaries. Silvestrini detailed the various reasons he felt the tax increase was justified for UPD Millcreek police salaries. “The city first implemented the tax in 2018 when we left the SLVLESA (Salt Lake Valley Law Enforcement Area) police taxing district,” Silvestrini said. “There wasn’t a raise in taxes, just a shift in who was collecting it. The proposed increase in the amount of 2.78% will be the first time ever the city has raised its property taxes and we need it to raise the hourly pay of our officers and stay competitive with officers pay in surrounding cities.” Silvestrini presented visual charts to show the breakdown of the police department and where the money needs to go. Many towns located in Salt Lake County have decided to leave the UPD and form their own department. Millcreek decided to stay with the Unified Police Department. In referencing the charts, Silvestrini noted, “Millcreek’s problem right now is that our
officers are paid lower than other officers in the Salt Lake Valley UPD. We share things like an evidence locker, homicide detectives, crime lab, forensic lab, gang units and many other services we pay for here in Millcreek. The main expense we have is labor costs.” According to Silvestrini’s chart, it showed how the UPD wages stack up against other agencies. According to the chart, Millcreek pays its master officers a rate of $33.51/hour. Master officers are individuals with years of experience. “They are some of the most valuable officers,” Silvestrini said. “We have usually invested money and training with these officers. They aren’t like a green recruit. They are experienced and these are the officers we want to keep. Looking at the chart, these master officers are 12th on the pay wages below towns like Murray, Sandy and Salt Lake City.” Murray City pays the highest according to the chart. They pay $38.04/hour, putting them $4.53/hour higher than Millcreek. Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini discusses community concerns regarding the current fee schedule for busiSergeants in Millcreek are currently paid nesses. (Kirk Bradford/City Journals) $40.41/hour. They are ranked 10th on the pay wages chart. Murray is also first on the pay wage chart for sergeants paying them $44.96/ Some residents were supportive. “I want to pay this increase in support of hour making them $4.55/hour higher than Kristeen Balderas said, “I support the taxa- retaining and attracting good officers.” But Millcreek. tion and UPD.” Resident Linda Meln said, Continued page 10
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Sales tax numbers show large, sustained COVID-19 boost for most cities By Justin Adams | justin.a@thecityjournals.com
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his June, the City Journals featured an article about how the first sales tax reports released by the state showed early signs that COVID-19 had actually boosted sales tax collection in the month of March, relative to the same month the previous year. Readers responded with valid feedback, pointing out that sales tax numbers for March included all the panic-buying of food and toilet paper that was going on at the time. They theorized that sales tax numbers would go down in the following months as the bulk-buying relaxed and as the County’s order to not allow dine-in eating was put in place. Others pointed out that an increase in sales tax from year to year should be expected, as populations grow and new businesses open. They suggested that the Journals compare 2020 sales tax numbers not just to 2019, but to previous years as well in order to provide more context to how COVID-19 is impacting our economy. So with these two pieces of feedback, this reporter downloaded additional sales tax reports from the Utah Tax Commission for the months of March through June between the years of 2017 and 2020. What this reporter found is that
COVID-19 has been a big boost for the coffers of most cities in the Salt Lake valley. Twelve out of 15 cities collected more sales tax in the four-month period than in the same period any of the previous three years. The only cities that didn’t were Salt Lake City, Murray and Sandy. (Murray and Sandy trailed previous years’ numbers March-May, but rebounded in June to beat previous June numbers.) Many cities have experienced a sustained period of increased sales tax collection throughout all four months, suggesting that there’s been more than just a two-week period of panic buying that’s kept Utah dollars flowing. Seven of the 15 cities have stayed ahead of previous years’ numbers for all four months. Many of them by quite a bit. Riverton’s sales tax collection is up 36% relative to its 20172019 average. West Jordan is up 26% and Holladay 22%. Five others are in the 10-20% range (West Valley City, Taylorsville, South Salt Lake, Millcreek and Cottonwood Heights). The question is: why the big increase? Stocking up on toilet paper in March doesn’t explain it. And the growth is more than what one would expect from regular economic expansion. So why are Utah businesses
For three out of four months, taxable sales in Millcreek are significantly higher than any of the previous three years. (Graphic by Justin Adams/City Journals)
as a whole collecting more sales tax during COVID-19? One possible reason could be that Utahns who normally would be traveling out-of-state for vacation—spending their money at Disneyland or Las Vegas or in Europe—are staying home and spending that money here instead. There also may have been an influx of college students who normally would have been living on campus, in places like Provo or Logan or other university towns out of state, but who returned to their parents’ houses in
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ful in [their] surroundings so that [they] can spend time on more important things,” she said. Hadlock’s business, which has been running smoothly for 14 years, suddenly took on a new type of instructional clean when COVID-19 demanded the need to do everything she used to do in person, via technology. More people have become “paralyzed” in their homes, she said. They’re “faced with their stuff, and their anxiety levels are high. They want to declutter, but they don’t know
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where to start.” That’s where Hadlock and her expertise come in. A free 20-minute phone call with a potential client usually carries an answer. “I don’t work with everyone. We have to be a good fit.” After the phone call comes a questionnaire for them to fill out and a 1-hour consultation where they take Hadlock, via Zoom, around the rooms of their home. After that comes a collaboration process. “The client and I design a plan. It’s not
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Want to keep Utah’s museums open? Visit or donate By Mariden Williams | m.williams@mycityjournals.com
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ccording to a July survey by the American Alliance of Museums, some 16% of museums across the United States are in danger of closing their doors due to the financial strain of the pandemic. Even those that aren’t in immediate danger of closing are still under immense financial pressure. Utah’s museums are, sadly, no exception. The Hogle Zoo, the Living Planet Aquarium, the Tracy Aviary, Utah’s numerous dinosaur museums—all of them are under a lot of strain, and if they’re to stay open, need the public’s support. While most museums do have endowments and financial reserves to fall back on, they’re not big enough to keep them going for very long, and closures earlier in the year have already eaten up almost all of that cushion. Funding is particularly important, and tight, in facilities with live animals. Places like the Natural History Museum of Utah have the option of closing up completely for a while: the dinosaur bones won’t get any deader if no employees come in for weeks at a time. But zoos don’t have that option. The animals need to be fed and cared for whether visitors are coming in or not, and that makes funding disappear even faster. The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, the Tracy Aviary, and the Hogle Zoo all closed for around 50 days from mid-March to midMay—the high season for most zoos—and all three are still reeling from the impact. “The Hogle Zoo has taken a major hit, there’s no doubt. We were closed for 50 days during a time of year that is critical to the financial health of the zoo. Spring is when we fill our coffers to help keep us afloat during the fall and winter when attendance declines,” said Erica Hansen, the Hogle Zoo’s public relations manager. A lot more was lost than just ticket revenue. Spring is also a key time for many zoos’ fundraising events, most of which had to be canceled or moved online. “We had to cancel our conservation fundraising garden party, and our education fundraiser, which raises money for camp scholarships and free nature programs,” said Patricia Dark, the Tracy Aviary’s marketing director. “Additionally, we had dozens of weddings booked that had to be canceled. All in all we lost about $500,000.” Keeping zoos open is important, and not just because they’re fun to visit. Zoos are crucial for wildlife conservation, both locally and abroad, and they sponsor a lot of habitat protection and breeding programs for endangered animals. The Living Planet Aquarium farms coral and uses it to bolster struggling and dying coral reefs, which are vital to marine life. The Tracy Aviary hosts and breeds several species that are extinct in the wild, such as the Guam kingfisher. Zoos are the only chance we have at introducing such species back into their native ecosystems. “We engage over 100 community science
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volunteers each year in local and state-wide projects that help conserve birds and their habitats. Our work helps many species—from rosy-finches, owls, and hummingbirds in Utah to macaws, pelicans, and plovers in Central America,” said Dark. To keep doing the important work, zoos need every bit of money they can get, according to Loveland Living Planet Aquarium CEO Brent Andersen. “It costs over $2 million a year just to care for all of the animals—that includes food, veterinary care, staffing, habitat maintenance, etc. The closure happening right before spring break, our busiest two months of the year, has had a tremendous negative impact on funding,” Andersen said. “The reopening has relieved some of that pressure,” but not all of it. To make things even harder, all three zoos are currently operating at limited capacity—in the aquarium’s case, this is by design, as they have been forced to limit ticket sales in order to enforce social distancing requirements in their mostly-indoor buildings. “We’ve created a timed ticketing system. This online reservation system allows guests to reserve a specific day and time for their visit. This system ensures that there is always enough room for guests to make physical distancing possible,” Andersen said. It’s a system that helps keep everyone safe, but it also means they’re seeing 40% less attendance than they have in prior years, which makes things hard. “Fewer guests means less revenue, while the cost of caring for the animals and running the facility remains.” At the mostly outdoor Hogle Zoo and Tracy Aviary, tickets are being sold as normal,
but visitors still seem to be hesitant to return in the numbers they used to. According to Dark, the Tracy Aviary is only seeing 40% of its usual amount of visitors. The story at the Hogle Zoo is similar, even though staff are doing everything they can to make sure that visiting the zoo is as safe as possible. “We were among the first three zoos in the country to reopen and our team worked tirelessly to make that happen,” Hansen said of Hogle Zoo. “We have hours for high-risk and elderly on Monday mornings, 8 to 10 a.m. Masks are required indoors and strongly encouraged outside, we have numerous hand sanitizer stations throughout zoo grounds, distance markers and lots of reminders for guests to take caution. We’ve had a few vocal parties on the great mask debate of 2020, but otherwise, most guests seem to be enjoying their time and are happy to have a safe place to stretch their legs.” With this decrease in visitor revenue, there’s a fair amount of worry as to what will happen should a winter resurgence of the virus trigger a second wave of closures. Will the museums be able to survive it? “Boy, we sure hope so,” Hansen said. “That could be tough for us, and we’re currently counting on revenue and attendance during our popular BooLights and ZooLights events to help us out.” At BooLights and ZooLights, which occur around Halloween and Christmas respectively, the Hogle Zoo grounds are bedecked in hundreds of colorful holiday-themed lights. Both events are good family fun, and have been well attended in the past. Unfortunately, they also take place in fall and winter, which is when epidemiologists say a resurgence of the virus is likely.
Government aid is also a possibility. “Depending on the length of any closure, we would be seeking federal and local funding like those that were allocated through Congress in April,” Andersen said of the aquarium. This would also be an option for Utah’s other zoos. Representatives from all the state’s museums and zoos said the public can help them to stay open. People can make a difference, through visiting them and simply donating. “We need visitors now more than ever. Or we at least need your support. There are many ways to donate,” Hansen said. Many museums, including the Hogle Zoo, are currently holding silent auctions, with prize packages donated by community businesses. Some even open after regular hours on fundraiser nights: the aviary is holding $30 socially-distanced outdoor movie nights throughout September, which gives people an opportunity to explore when the sun is less intense and nocturnal birds are active. Buying annual memberships to your favorite museums functions as a donation as well as a pass to visit them often. And, of course, there’s always the tried-and-true simple cash donation, which can be made through most any museum’s main website. Donations really do make a difference for museums. It sure made a difference for the Natural History Museum of Utah, whose curators were, earlier this summer, worried whether it could survive the year. But after their Fund the Future drive in June yielded nearly triple their original goal, their future is secured. With the public’s help, that same security can be given to other favorite museums. l
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with other departments in hiring and retaining the best, brightest and highly trained officers. Further, many in our community have suggested we consider reforms to policing, in the form of improved training and augmenting resources for mental health professionals to work alongside officers. These things also cost more, not less money. Police officers have hard and dangerous jobs. In the current climate, there are fewer candidates for police jobs, thus more competition for a smaller pool of officers. Simple supply and demand dictate we pay officers more and that requires more funding unless we are willing to reduce the level of service we receive. We are constantly looking for efficiencies and ways to save money as the UPD Board. No one likes paying more taxes, but we do depend upon our UPD officers and they do a great job for us. We also recognize that this is a difficult year for a tax increase. To defer an increase this year would require a cut in service and potentially a much larger tax increase next year. l
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Local school districts to provide free breakfast, lunch this fall By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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he American Academy of Innovation charter school in South Jordan is joining local school districts in providing free breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students, thanks to a temporary meal waiver granted by the USDA. The USDA free meal waiver will continue to the end of December 2020 or until all funds are gone, whichever comes first. There’s no need to apply for the benefit; all students are automatically eligible. However, with most locations, children must be present to receive meals, so check with your individual school. The new breakfast program at AAI will be offered before the bell and lunch will be served as scheduled during the school day. Students enrolled in AAI’s online and independent study learning programs may pick up meals at the front office at designated times. “At AAI, we strive to offer fresh housemade meals to our students,” food service director and chef David Kimball said. “We are grateful to do what we can to ease the financial burden for all of our families, particularly any who are facing difficult times.” At nearby Jordan School District, officials are encouraging parents to continue applying for free and reduced meal eligibility so that they won’t experience a lapse in benefits because of the potential expiration of this waiver.
All Jordan District schools will serve free meals for face-to-face students in the school cafeteria. Online and at-home learners may pick up meals at specific times and locations designated by each school. In addition, free curbside lunch and breakfast for the next morning will be available for all children 18 years old and under at Elk Ridge Middle, Joel P. Jensen Middle and South Hills Middle. Meal service at these three locations will be from 10 to 11 a.m. weekdays. At Canyons School District, Nutrition Services Director Sebasthian Varas said this was welcome news for their communities. “We have families who may not qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, but have been financially hurt by the pandemic,” he said. “This will hopefully bring them some peace of mind and take at least one worry off their shoulders.” Four schools—Butler Middle, Draper Park Middle, Jordan High and Midvale Middle—will make grab-and-go sack lunches and breakfasts available to remote learners and non-Canyons students. Parents or guardians may pick up these meals without having their children present, however, students are encouraged to preorder if they are enrolled online or at-home. Members of the community, who do not have students enrolled at those schools, do not need to preorder.
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Granite School District Child Nutrition Director Dana Adams also welcomes the free meal service. “There will be some challenges to navigate, but it’s such good news for our students and families,” Adams said. Because of staffing limitations and safety measures at all schools, meals will be available only to students (both in-person and distance-learners) Children across the Salt Lake Valley can receive free meals this fall, thanks to a who are enrolled in USDA meal waiver. (Photo courtesy of Jordan School District) Granite schools. Distance-learners need to For more information about Murray arrange meal pick-up times with their indiDistrict’s food services, see www.murrayvidual schools. Murray School District students, both schools.org/nutrition-services/ Salt Lake City’s grab-and-go meal serin-person and online learners, as well as children under the age of 18, can get their vice is designated at certain locations through free weekday meals at their local schools or Oct. 30, excluding holidays and weekends. at these local apartment complexes: Hunter For more information and a list of schools Woods, 11-11:20 a.m.; Frontgate bus stop, to get meals, see www.slcschools.org/depart11:30-11:50 a.m., and Fireclay, noon to 12:20 ments/business-administration/child-nutrition/drive-thru-meals/ l p.m.
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6 and proceeded to win nine of its first 11 games. In Region 6 competition, the Titans got off to an 8-1 start. As of Sept. 18, the team was in first place, two games ahead of Skyline, Murray and Brighton in what is a competitive region. Fellow league foe East is also
The Olympus girls soccer team has had its way with most teams on its schedule. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
no slouch. Still, the Titans have had their way with just about everyone. In its first 12 games, Olympus has outscored its opponents 51-9. The Titans outpaced region teams 46-8 through the first nine
matchups. Those totals included a 10-goal outburst in a shutout over Hillcrest on Aug. 25, eight goals in a blanking of Highland on Sept. 15 and nine goals in a 9-1 thrashing of Highland in the teams’ first meeting on Aug. 18. As of Sept. 16, Olympus had posted four
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shutouts and had seven games of scoring at least three goals. The Titans’ only losses up to this point came against Corner Canyon on Aug. 11 in a shootout and at Brighton in a 1-0 setback on Sept. 10. On Aug. 13, to open Region 6 play, Olympus defeated the Bengals 4-3. Olympus scored two goals in each half of this home game, with Emma Neff scoring twice. In a season where Olympus has been
hot offensively, it shouldn’t be a surprise to see so many contributors. Eleven players scored during the first 11 outings, with Lily Webster pacing the Titans with 13 goals. Neff had chipped in 12, and Kelly Bullock and Sofia Ward had five apiece. Goalkeeper Callie Droitsh has had 3.5 shutouts and even scored a goal when she got a chance to play on the field. Alyssa Blanck has had some time in the net as well
and contributed 1.5 shutouts. Olympus’ regular season went through September and concludes Oct. 1 at Murray, which the Titans defeated in a shootout at home on Sept. 3. At our press deadline, Olympus was sixth in Class 5A in the Ratings Percentage Index standings, just ahead of league mate Skyline. At this pace, the Titans could secure a first-round bye and should have a home game in its first post-
Senior Lily Webster has paced the attack this year with 13 goals through Sept. 18. (Travis Barton/City Journals)
season game. The 5A state tournament gets underway on Oct. 8. Olympus appears to have a bright future. Though the team will lose seniors Webster and Ward, Neff, Bullock, Droitsh and Blanck will be back next season along with other key contributors. l
Junior Emma Neff’s tenacity has played a role on both ends of the field for the Titans (Travis Barton/City Journals)
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Students adapt as campus landscapes continue to change By Katy Whittingham | k.whittingham@mycityjournals.com
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ongoing challenges, the student interviewees’ full names have been withheld in this article. Matt C., a returning student to a local Salt Lake City college said, “I lost my summer internship opportunity at the end of last year because of COVID, and I started to work at a job not related to my major. I really considered not returning this fall because it was nice having money, but I wanted to at least give it a try, and my parents definitely want me to finish my de-
The Taylorsville Salt Lake Community College campus on a midweek day in September. (Katy Whittingham/ City Journals)
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Late into the spring, Jennifer expressed concerns to her sister and aunt about their plans. “Since I already waited, and our living situation in the move fell through in June, it made sense to wait this year out, but my sister was more disappointed since she hadn’t had the time in between high school and college that I had and her senior year of high school was affected, too. I just felt like it would be a really weird year to start.” After months of online learning, Salt Lake Community College welcomed students back to campus for a new school year on Aug. 25. Understanding the complications of students’ individual situations because of the pandemic, SLCC has created a variety of learning options including in-person and fully online classes. The return to campus plan is available on the school’s website. The college’s presi-
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By Katy Whittingham | k.whittingham@mycityjournals.com determine how their infants are progressing and whether they may benefit from early intervention. Luke Thomas of Midvale, now 21, was born hard of hearing due to microtia, having a smaller ear on one side and no ear canal. At that time, doctors told his mother he would be fine because he could hear to some extent and they had no idea there were a team of experts who could help him throughout his education. “He really struggled throughout his education and wishes he could have attended the schools with other hard of hearing children, but we only found out about USDB when he was graduating from high school,” Susan Thomas said. The press conference in September included two families, the Crocketts and the Painters, with children in the Parent Infant program to discuss their experiences to help raise awareness and alleviate fears. Thomas said, “We want to educate families who may have missed hearing about services because of COVID-19 or slipped through the cracks for other reasons.” According to Baby Watch Early Intervention Program Manager Lisa Davenport,
The Crockett family, who are part of the Parent Infant program, were one of two families that participated in the press conference Sept. 15 at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (Photo courtesy Crockett family)
Baby Watch and all local early intervention programs have continued to be open during the pandemic and remain “committed to providing quality services to all children and their families through the use of virtual technology.” The Baby Watch Early Intervention Program has 15 local early intervention programs across Utah. “Face to face visits are a critical and valuable component to early intervention services and will resume as soon as it is safe and appropriate to do so,” Davenport said. The Baby Watch Early Intervention Program enhances early growth and development in infants and toddlers, who have developmental delays or disabilities, by providing individualized support and services to the child and their family. For more information or for families with children under age 3 seeking support, you can contact them at 800-961-4226 or visit http://utahbabywatch.org/. USDB educates students who are Deaf, Blind, or Deaf-blind The Painter family, who are part of the Parent Infant program, were one of two families that participated in so they can achieve their full academic, sothe press conference Sept. 15 at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. (Photo courtesy Painter family) cial, and career potential. To learn more and
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COVID numbers for schools posted online weekly By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com Granite School District posts their COVID-19 case numbers online each week “in the interest of transparency.” Case numbers are listed by school under the headings elementary, junior high, senior high and specialty schools. Though there is specificity to the school, and it includes staff and student cases, there is no identifying information published. “We are not permitted to disclose breakdowns between numbers of staff or student cases, nor identify grade or class information to ensure compliance with federal health privacy laws,” said Communications Director Ben Horsley. “We believe this extra layer of transparency is critical in helping our parents make appropriate decisions for their kids,” said Karyn Winder, president of the Granite Board of Education. www.graniteschools.org/covid/current-case-counts/ l
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and passionate residents. These residents have taken their passion for mountain biking and pulled the community together to raise money and speed up the timeline for a desired trail system. This group recently raised $200,000 as a donation to begin this trail planning process. Mountain biking is one of the fastest growing high school sports in Utah and the west side of the valley has over a thousand students participating. Developing this trail system makes these recreational opportunities available right in their backyard and will expand participation and access. The proposed trail system will link over 70 miles of trail and will provide recreational opportunities for hikers and equestrians, in addition to mountain bikers. It will be another jewel in the open space crown of Salt Lake County.
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care how you vote. Crawl through a lake of spiders, a graveyard of zombies - just vote!) The CDC issued COVID-19 risk categories, pertaining to Halloween activities. The lowest risk is a virtual festival where celebrations are held on Zoom because we just can’t get enough of Zoom, can we? (Sidenote: Has anyone investigated the connection between the coronavirus and Zoom? Hmm??) Moderate risk includes small gatherings where individuals stay apart from each other and wear those Halloween masks from the ‘70s because there is no way germs (or breath) will get through that thick plastic. Higher risk activities will be your social distanced haunted houses where vampires and witches stand six feet away and snarl the horrible things they’d do if they could just get a little closer. That horrifying thing breathing down your back is the lo-
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