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1-14-22: GOOGLE BILLING CORRECTION; YOUTH COUNCIL FUNDRAISER; PARLEYS MINE UPDATE; INTERNS; etc. View this email in your browser CITY HALL CLOSED Mon., 1/17/2022 In Honor of Martin Luther King Day No public meetings next week NEWS Millcreek's Correction to Google's Recent Subscriber Communications MILLCREEK. Google Fiber erroneously told its customers recently that Millcreek was responsible for a two percent fee increase that Google intends to begin charging to its Millcreek internet subscribers. Notwithstanding that communication, Google's contract with Millcreek, signed in 2020, has required from the outset that Google pay the city 2% of its gross revenues collected from Millcreek subscribers. This is a license fee that allows Google to utilize city streets to provide service to its customers. When Google first started providing services to its Millcreek subscribers, it apparently did not build the 2% license fee into the cost it was charging to its ---PAGE BREAK--- subscribers. In early December 2021, Google incorrectly told its Millcreek customers that their bills would be increased to pay a fee to Salt Lake City. When Millcreek customers complained about paying any fees at all to Salt Lake City, Google then erroneously told its Millcreek customers that a “new” 2% fee would be added to their bills and passed through to Millcreek because “how Google compensates the city (for use of its right-of-way) has changed”. In fact, how Google was required to compensate Millcreek has not changed and the 2% fee was always part of the deal Millcreek made with Google to allow it to use Millcreek’s right-of-way. Click here to read the contract. The City's rights-of-way belong to all Millcreek residents. The installation of Google’s cable has inconvenienced all Millcreek residents; and City employees (compensated by all Millcreek taxpayers) have expended extra effort to ensure Google addressed concerns about restoring pavement and landscaping as the fiber cable has been installed. For Millcreek to not charge this license fee would give Google an unfair advantage over its competitors and burden all Millcreek taxpayers with extra expense. Through the 2% license fee, Google pays for the additional expenses the City incurs, as well as for any damage to the City right-of-way. Google is entitled to pass through that cost to its subscribers. But Google should not have stated that the fee was something new in its relationship with Millcreek. Google neglected to include the cost in its initial billings to Millcreek subscribers, and is now correcting that oversight. Google told the City Council earlier this week that it intends to charge a 2% fee to all of its Millcreek customers, but will not impose the increase retroactively to its current subscribers. ---PAGE BREAK--- Update on Proposed Parley's Canyon Mine January 10, 2022 was the date for filing of petitions to intervene in the small mine application proceeding. Millcreek’s filing, as well as what the Division of Oil Gas and Mining (DOGM) filed to support the denial of the small mine application, are linked below. The next proceeding before the board of DOGM is on January 26. ---PAGE BREAK--- Millcreek Petition to Intervene (PDF) - January 10, 2022 DOGM Response in Opposition to Request for Agency Action (PDF) New Year, New Millcreek Interns Our new interns (from left): Mary Draper (Promise Safety Committee); Jessica Schmidt (Promise Economic Wellbeing Committee); Christelle Gatoro (Economic Development); Kate Welch (Promise Health Committee); Olive Nyiramwiza (Promise Education Committee) ---PAGE BREAK--- Updated Recycling Rules Our partners at Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling have prepared this updated Recycling Guide. They advise that the recycling markets continue to improve and that it is important to familiarize yourself with items that are recyclable. Remember, reducing contamination and keeping plastic bags out of recycling can keep costs low. When in Doubt, Throw It Out! ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- MILLCREEK'S TEST UTAH COVID TESTING LOCATION HAS MOVED Test Utah has moved its COVID-19 testing location from the Holladay Lions Rec Center to Big Cottonwood Park (4300 S 1300 Patients will be served in the order they arrive. You may pre-register at but this will not generate a specific appointment time. ---PAGE BREAK--- Testing is available 7 days a week, 7AM - 7PM. You must be in line 1 hour prior to closing, vehicles will not be allowed to enter after this time. For additional COVID testing information, visit the Test Utah website. HOW IS COVID IMPACTING MILLCREEK? Case counts through 1/14/2022 Millcreek (surrounding cities) cumulative and current cases by zip code: 84106: 6,409 total cases (957 current cases) 84107: 7,510 total cases (1,005 current cases) 84109: 4,416 total cases (660 current cases) 84117: 4,733 total cases (672 current cases) 84123: 8,139 total cases (990 current cases) 84124: 3,853 total cases (534 current cases) TOTAL: 35,060 (increase of 3,341 since 1/7/22, our last reported data). We have reported weekly since January 2021 on the cumulative case counts in Millcreek. January 2021 started with 15,235 cases. The cumulative case count is now at 35,060. The above graph demonstrates the amount of each month's case count increase over the previous month. The cumulative case count increases remained below 2,500 during 2021, but jumped dramatically from December 3 to January 7, 2022 by almost 4,000 new cases. This week's increase of 3,341 is already 80% of what we experienced in the entire past month. Get your shots, folks, and mask up! Meetings with the Mayor ---PAGE BREAK--- Fridays from 2-4pm have been set aside for citizens to meet with Mayor Silvestrini (virtual option is available). Please call [PHONE REDACTED] to schedule a slot. VISIT us at Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Copyright © 2022 Millcreek, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Click here to subscribe to this weekly newsletter Forward Share Tweet