| Show Property Owners Face Levy Cut Tax Boost Salt Lake City property owners although benefited by a slightly reduced le levy lewill will pay or thereabout more to their various taxing units this y year year ar than in 1945 1915 A reduction m in the state levy f from om 4 mills to 27 mills milIs I overcomes overcomes overcomes over over- comes increases by the city the county and the Salt Lake school district but a increase in assessment valuations spells the difference With all aU taxing units reported In the total levy in the city is set at mills for 1946 compared with 1625 mills in 1945 T The e breakdown breakdown breakdown break break- down looks look like this With the 1945 figures in parentheses City City 17 17 1675 County County School School 1775 17 In State State 27 4 i Metropolitan water b boar boa o a r d d- d 5 5 5 Mosquito abatement abatement 2 12 2 Assessments Assessment within city limits meanwhile took a jump from to Of at the plus added tax payment Salt Lake City will get geta a little less than bringing its total property tax revenue to toa a shade over Out of I that about goes into a postwar reserve fund raised by a mill levy which brings the city's operational levy down to 1625 mills The county will get around 60 more from the city this year but the thc county government will take an over all drop of more than owing to lesser assessment values outside the thc city Total Salt Lake county countr valuations valuations valuations dropped from rom 1945 s 31 1 to Taking Salt Lakes Lake's increased riches into account this means a 0 drop of 20 20 in the value of other oUter property property property prop prop- erty located in the county The losses however are confined to a 0 major decrease in the Jordan school district outside of ot towns and a minor lessening in the Bingham Bingham Bing- Bing ham school district where the copper copper copper cop cop- per strike held sway for several months early in 1946 Jordan school district outside of pt towns raised the levies from 1795 to 1990 while taking a 20 drop in assessments meanIng meaning meaning mean mean- ing a total tax payment which will willbe willbe willbe be Under 1945 Bingham city also failed tailed to raise the levies ics from to enough to compensate for tor the valuation decrease decrease decrease de de- de- de crease and will win pay slightly reduced taxes all aU told The other school districts however however however how how- ever arc are faced with both higher valuations and higher levies The over-all over levies follow with 1945 1915 figures in parentheses Murray city Granite outside towns S South uth Salt Lake Sandy city MI city West Jord Jordan n 2390 2195 and South Jordan which was not a taxing unit last year 2390 |
