Show Utah Foundation Reports County a school property taxes increase this year The total property lax tax ra rate le imposed for or city county school and other purposes in inVernal InVernal InVernal Vernal rose by mills this year according to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation the private tax lax research organization lion Vernal's overall property tax levy in 1977 is mills per 1000 assessed valuation This compares with a total levy o of mills last year Following is a tabulation showing the trend in Vernal's total rate in selected years since 1950 Year Total Mill Levy 1950 1960 1970 1975 1976 1977 Approximately percent of total property taxes charged in inVernal inVernal inVernal Vernal will go for school pur pur- poses The Foundation report indicates that 52 percent of the property properly tax lax collected in Vernal will go for municipal purposes percent for county purposes and 66 percent for or special district purposes A comparison of the 1976 and 1977 levies InVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal by purpose Is as follows Purpose 1976 1977 Municipal School County 1180 1260 Special District TOTAL Other principal cities in the Uintah Basin 1977 property properly lax tax total mill levy are Duchesne mills and Roosevelt mills The Foundation examination of 1977 mill rates imposed in the 69 largest cities of the state reveals that the overall property properly tax lax rate increased in 49 cities declined slightly in 17 cities and remained unchanged in 3 cities The total average levy in these 69 cities climbed from mills per 1000 assessed valuation in 1976 to mills in 1977 a rise of oC mills or 4 percent MOST lOST OK OF the increase in the property properly tax lax levy this year occurred in the levy Imposed for Cor school purposes Foundation analysts emphasize that a substantial part o of this increase In school levies resulted from rom the phasing in o of levies that were temporarily lowered when these districts were reappraised reappraised reappraised reap reap- praised under the continuing assessment program Under Utah law operating levies for or school put purposes poses are reduced when reappraised valuations are first placed on the tax rolls These reductions are phased back in over a year three-year period According to the Foundation study no new counties were reappraised in 1977 As a result there were no further reductions reductions reductions in school levies this year resulting from the revaluation program As indicated however a number of school districts which were reappraised reappraised reappraised reap reap- praised in recent years had their operating levies raised under the automatic phasing in provisions of Utah law to lo this year the first round o of the property properly reappraisal reappraisal reappraisal reap reap- program had been completed in 25 of Utah's 29 counties Work in the four our remaining counties Carbon Salt Lake Sanpete and Sevier is expected to lo be completed this year and the new assessed valuations in these four our counties should be placed on the tax rolls in 1978 The Foundation analysis o of tax rates throughout the state shows that thai 7 counties raised their levies 11 counties reduced their levies and 11 counties s made no change Of or the 40 school districts in Utah 24 districts had higher levies only 2 had lower levies and 14 districts made no change three municipalities cities and towns lowns increased their levies in 1977 Of these two Iwo were new towns lowns that imposed imposed imposed im im- im- im posed a levy for Cor the first time this year Thirteen Utah cities and towns reduced their levies this year while municipalities made no change chang |