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Show Utah County property taxes up 5.8; school levies raised f .1 "Utah County Taxpayers this vear will be hard pressed to find $12,379,090 for property taxes. This is an increase of $673,158, or 5.8 over 1967, and 51 more than the $8,177,-634 $8,177,-634 they paid in 1960," The Utah Taxpayers Association said today. Utah Taxpayers said that the total tax load is determined by: both levies and assessed valuations. valua-tions. Valuations this year are $4 150,299, or 2.6 more than in' 1967. They are $33.9 million, or 26 more than in 1960. This means that county government gov-ernment would have had 26 more revenue with no increase in levies. Association analysists said that all local county school levies lev-ies went up this year; Alpine from 47.00 to 47.25, Provo from i & 46.66 to 49.87 and Nebo from ,'s ne 46.50 to 46.95 mills. The State Uniform School Levy remained -jen unchanges at 7.30 mills. UTA claims that these levies will jnv raise $8,930,901 in taxes, 5 cl more than last year, and 58 !,.jiei more than in 1960 "''..jes The $8,930,901 is more than !,"jtte was paid by the whole county G just seven years ago in 1961. $ Cities and towns in Utah County account for 18 of the , far entire county property tax load, -eetir or $2,235,205. Levies vary f greatly, from 26.00 mills in Sa- lem and 25.50 in Pleasant ,j; th1 Grove to 5.00 mills in Cedar -;r.ai Fort, and 7.75 in Genola. '.-he Utah County taxpayers pay 'S"e $1,052,753 in county taxes based bas-ed on a 1968 levy of 6.50 mills, the report shows. This is 9 of i i the total amount charged in A If Utah County. " The county mill levy remains J .1 unchanged this year at 6.50. HI Since 1960 it has dropped from 7.00 to 6.50 mills. This is the J A lowest Wasatch Front county y 6 levy. They said that Utah County taxpayers can be proud a I of this record. i?s Special Districts tax take I this year will amount to $152,- t ' 831. This is 3.4 over 1967 and 1 87 over the 1960 load. Spe- - cal Districts taxes account for 1.2 of the total county bite. i-a j & |