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1. Assessed Valuation and Mill Levies (1978-1980) <br />• The assessed valuation of the major entities has continuously grown during <br />the 1978-1980 time period. However, the growth was more pronounced <br />between the 1978-1979 period thnn during the 1979-1980 period, ns <br />indicated on Table II-10. Despite the indicated slowing growth trend, it <br />does appear that the area's tax base will remain relatively stable, <br />especially given the projected growth of the area. <br />Aowever, several items could affect the distribution of the assessed valu- <br />ation and, therefore, the tax base within Delta County. First, during the <br />1978-1979 period, the assessed value of the unincorporated areas of the <br />county appears to have grown at a faster rate than any municipality in the <br />County. This is implied by the higher growth rate for Delta County <br />(including municipalities) than the rate for nny town. in some areas, <br />this may be a result of new agricultural, industrial, or commercial <br />developments. However, in other areas it may be the result of housing <br />• dispersal due to lack of zoning in unincorporated Deltn County. Second, <br />with the creation of more mobile home developments, the tax base increases <br />at a slower rate than with permanent housing. <br />The aforementioned items could result in a slowly deteriorating tax base <br />for the municipalities in the North Fork Valley. If the growth occurs <br />outside city boundaries and intra-city development is in the form of <br />mobile homes (with smaller assessed value, but the same public service <br />requirements), public service demands could increase faster than the tax <br />base. Changes in zoning ordinances to control mobile home developments <br />and the dispersal of growth could help avoid this potential problem for <br />both the municipalities and the county. <br />in terms of mill levies, the county governments have the highest levies, <br />with the majority of the mill levy devoted to general, road and bridge, <br />and public welfare funds. Of the municipal governments, Aotchkias and <br />Paonia have the highest mill levies with 9.74 and 9.36 mills in 1980, <br />respectively. The interesting feature of the mill levies analysis is the <br />• absence of a property tax in the City of Delta. The property tax was <br />27 <br />