Show MR TH LEVIES IN C gp WITH ELE SIT SET BY 01 STATE OTE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT CUT A MILL FILLMORE CITY CUTS THREE MILLS TOWN CUTS SIX MILLS that the attitude of the state in giving the property taxpayer the greatest and first relief that he has enjoyed tor for many years meets with the approval of millard county taxing units Is evidenced by the united effort of local taxing units to reduce their levies in cooperation much concern both private and public has been expressed that the 3 mill cut cu made by the state la in entirely wiping out its general fund levy would be absorbed bo other hard pressed taxing units so that the taxpayer would not really enjoy any benefit it was as pointed out that the levy cut together with the ten per cent reduction in the valuation of 0 all improvements throughout the state would result in considerable relief to the over burdened payer ot of property taxes it it could be passed on unmolested tuesday ot of this week the county commissioners and the school board of 0 this county met to fix their levies so seriously did they take this movement to reduce taxes that they both cut rather than increase their levies the school board cut its levy it a tenth of a mill while the rc bunty commissioners cut their t ar levies a full mill and a halt half but were later prevailed upon by a large and strong committee to place a levy ot of six tenths of a mill tor for county fair purposes this left the net county and school district reduction an even mill city levy reduced to 7 mills wednesday evening fillmore city council met to fix their levies the cites financial condition I 1 a very good but it anticipates some heavy expenditures A project has already been tentatively approved tor for a pipe water extension the city knows very little at the present time about the cost of 0 this project also the fact act that the city has some money has caused local elvic civic organizations to do considerable planning towards toward spending it and several requests some of 0 them with considerable pressure have been made upon the city to make various appropriations one of 0 these appropriations which called tor for a two mill levy was rejected definitely but another which calls for or an appropriation which equals the receipts of 0 over a six mill levy Is still pending the argument in favor ot of this appropriation Is the worthiness of 0 the project and the fact act that tile the city already has the money the council however after much discussion felt that the state set a fine example in giving the taxpayer some consideration in appropriating money which it had accumulated so BO it decided that it would cooperate coo by making that attitude its first consideration era tion A motion was unanimously carried to cut oft off the entire general fund levy ot of three mills making the cites levy seven instead of 0 ten mills the seven mills includes the regular six sir milla for or waterworks water works debt service and one mill tor for streets and side walks having given this consideration to the taxpayer the council felt that it would spend the rest of 0 the cites money for or worthy projects as tar far as it will go for a number of years fillmore city has taken an attitude to cut tax i 9 only a few years ago the local 1 7 vy was 16 19 mills this was cut A over a period of years to 10 mills malle last year and the year before but every cut the city made was of offset set by an increase by some other taxing unit so that the taxpayer did not realize the benefit There forb city officials could realize the position the state Is now in and were anxious to cooperate to the fullest extent hanosh town reduces levy prom 14 to 8 falls kanosh hanosh towns amazing cut of C G mills reducing their levy from 14 to 8 mills should be very welcome news to that thrifty and progressive community at present the tentative total levy tor for state and county purposes la Is mills as compared with 31 mills last year add to this Fill morea mores tentative levy of 0 7 mills we have a total or of mills instead ot of last years II 11 mills this amounts to a reduction of 0 approximately 18 2 per cent in the hie levy on fillmore city property so it 1 you paid 60 50 in taxes on city property last year you will pay about 41 less the ten percent i in valuation on all improve ments which will amount to several more dollars this will undoubtedly be the best news that taxpayers have heard tor for a long lone time and we congratulate the state county school district and city in making this lossl ble |