Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including politics, polygamy, vice and courts.
VERNAL, Utah — Uintah County commissioners have been hearing from constituents who have sticker shock over a proposed 73% property tax increase.
For the average priced $292,000 home in Uintah County, the tax increase is about $175. For a business priced the same, it would be $318. Commissioner Horrocks, who was among those who voted to reduce property taxes in the past, said it was the"best decision we ever made." He believed there were other ways they could fund services.
"We will have to have a tax increase. I’m not sure at this point how much that will be, but I do not believe it will be the full 73%," he said.
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