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Show 1 Total property tax rate in Springville up 0.90 miffs of 107.58 mills. Blanding, on the other hand, had the lowest tax rate among Utah cities with a total levy of 67.45 mills. Park City again retained the dubious distinction of having the highest property tax rate with a total levy of 108.72 mills. It was followed closely by Ogden with an overall levy The total property tax rate Springville increased by 0.90 Us this year, according to an pysis prepared by Utah oundation, the private re- rcn organization. sPringville's total property 'vy in 1969 was 87.35 mills Hat, Per ilfi0 assessed val-ri). val-ri). This compares with a and Vy of 8645 mills in 1968 85.55 mills in 1965. Accord- 4 lax i the study' the PrPerty a Uor in sPrtngville has risen ana a,"" 1960' 62 since 1950' 8 since 1940. The folio wing tabulation shows the total tax rate in Springville during a number of selected years: Year, 1940, mill levy, 44.36; 1950, 53.87; 1960, 76.72; 1965, 85.55; 1968, 86.45; 1969, 87.35. Approximately 62 of the property taxes charged in Springville this year will go for school purposes. The Foundation's Foun-dation's report shows that 29 of the property tax will be for municipal purposes, 8 for county purposes, and 1 for special district purposes. A breakdown of the 1969 property prop-erty tax in Springville is shown by the following: Purpose, municipal, mill levy, 25.00; school, 54.15; county, 7.20, special district, 1.00. Total, To-tal, 87.35. (Includes state school levy of 7.2 mills.) The Utah Foundation report points out that the total property prop-erty tax levy in the 63 largest municipalities in Utah averaged 87.43 mills ($87.46 per 1,000! assessed valuation). This compares com-pares with 86.64 mills for 1968, 85.90 for 1965. Among the 63 municipalities included in the Foundation survey, sur-vey, total property tax levies rose in 41 cities and declined in 22 communities. The average rise in the cities reporting an increase was 1.51 mills, with the average reduction in cities with declines being 0.47 mills. Largest overall increases were recorded by Provo 5.41 mill? and Nephi 5.20 mills. Largest Lar-gest declines for the year were posted in Kaysville 1.40 mills and Heber 1.04 mills. Foundation analysts empha size that in addition to mill levy increases, taxpayers in some communities also will experience exper-ience higher taxes this year as a result of upward adjustments in property valuations. Preliminary Prelim-inary figures indicate that total to-tal assessments in Utah rose by $77 million, or 4.65 in 1969. Part of this increase results re-sults from new properties added to the tax rolls, but part is a reflection of the adjustments made under the property equalization equa-lization program. The report points out that |