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Show Kaysville Not To Be Taxed For Library? By ROSELYN KIRK FARMINGTON - Davis County is asking that an excessive ex-cessive library levy applied inadvertently by Davis County be rectified by not taxing Kaysville residents for their library during 1978. DAVIS County commissioners commis-sioners asked county attorney, attor-ney, Milton Hess, to draft a letter to Kaysville city officials of-ficials asking Wat citizens be relieved from the levy this year since it would be too costly to refund the tax overage to each taxpayer. Mr. Hess has been investigating inves-tigating the legal options the county has for correcting the error since it was discovered by County Clerk Rodney Walker that Kaysville residents had been taxed twice for their library. An order to exempt Kaysville residents from the county levy once they were placed on the city levy did not reach the proper authorities. The county tax notices also include taxes levied by the city so the error was not discovered dis-covered until Mr. Walker checked the tax distribution money sent to each city. RESIDENTS paid 1.9 mills for the county library, in addition ad-dition to 1.4 mills for their own library. Mr. Hess said the county can levy up to 3.75 mills for library services but that was not the intent of officials. Kaysville city was sent a check for $29,000 which city officials deposited, thinking that it was the result of the 1.4 mill city levy, which is collected by the county and passed on to the city. Instead the money came from the 1.9 levy collected from all cities in the county for the library system. Since Kaysville has its own library and is taxed separately, Kaysville citizens should have been exempted from the levy. MR. HESS will suggest in his letter to city officials that all money collected from the double levy be sent to the city, with the suggestion that no additional taxes be charged during 1978. The letter will also suggest that the money collected from-the from-the 1.9 county levy be held in a fund for six months in case any citizens should file suit. THE COUNTY had also considered the possibility of refunding the overage to each taxpayer, but Mr. Hess said he had talked to County Treasurer Robert Telford who said it would cost half of the money raised to credit the 'taxpayer. Mr. Hess said that relieving Kaysville residents of the tax levy for this year appeared to be "the practical way to handle" the overage. |
