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0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efb02e0000KPCW's COVID-19 news coverage for Summit County and Wasatch County, Utah. 0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efb02f0000You can also visit the Utah Department of Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization websites for additional information.

Summit County Council Give A Hand To COVID-Impacted Business

Summit County Council 2019

The Summit County Council on Wednesday passed a Resolution aimed at helping businesses that are facing COVID-19—and their annual tax obligations.   

Businesses are still being asked to file their personal property taxes by May 15th.    However, the deadline for paying the tax bill has been extended until August 15th.

The Council’s Resolution also authorized the County Assessor to waive interest on the late payments—but only until the August deadline.

In the meantime, it’s been a week since the Council approved a revised Health Order, allowing businesses a gradual re-opening.   County Council Member Kim Carson said that reportedly, businesses have been very cooperative.         

“Yesterday, 180 inspections were conducted.  And those were at the facilities like restaurants and salons, where they have more direct personal contact with their customers.   Those overall, we heard, went really well.  And we just want to thank everybody that came over from other government organizations and school districts to help support our inspection staff.   We trained 40 inspectors earlier this week.   And they go out in teams.”

Carson, who is also the Council liaison to the Board of Health, said they’re watching the health data closely for any significant increases in coronavirus cases.       

“And you’re going to see fluctuations occasionally.  However, we don’t want to see a large, sustained increase.   So last week, over the weekend, we saw an increase one day of eight cases.   But that was really kind of a one-day occurrence.  I don’t think yesterday we had any.   Right now we’re at about 382 total cases.   Another thing we look at is the number of hospitalizations.  And our hospitalization rate has stayed steady for several days.” 

Although the current data is positive, Carson said that residents still need to wash their hands, maintain social distancing and wear a mask in public.

We noted a report from one caller, who said he had seen a crowd of up to 30 youngsters on the Park City Library field, not wearing masks and not distancing.

Carson said they don’t have the personnel to watch everywhere in the county.   But she said the incident is concerning, if true, because the youngsters are putting everybody at risk, especially the vulnerable population.

Known for getting all the facts right, as well as his distinctive sign-off, Rick covered Summit County meetings and issues for 35 years on KPCW. He now heads the Friday Film Review team.
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