| Show Davis Commission Approves Budget By LE ANN BLODGETT The Davis County Commission approved a budget for the coming year of increasing last year's total by THE MAJOR portion of the increase can be explained by the addition of outside agency budgets being where they haven't been we are going to get blamed for it should at least go through our auditing said Commissioner Glen to a recent of alcohol THE Community Action Program was cited as an example by Commissioner Stanley Last It was funded through federal and private sources-this the money still comes mostly from federal but is shown in the local along with the Commissioner Smoot explained the difficulty this year in determining the budget because it will not be known until spring where the county stands on the reevaluation of which will increase the property tax revenue by an unknown THE Commission is not required by law to set a mill levy until The Utah Code provides that the reevaluation cannot cause more than a 6 percent overall property tax an individual's tax could go up more as it is computed on a county-wide and not an individual A FARM Bureau representative in attendance at the hearing the coming year will be critical and maybe some of us won't be able to pay these taxes next County Recorder Rod Walker explained that if the budget had been figured the same as last without including federal it would been A QUESTION from a attending the prompted Commissioner Smoot to explain the reasons for salary In October 1973 there was a increase to The 1975 budget includes a 5 percent This represents about a 5 to 10 percent varying with individual The cost of living has increased more than the commissioner pointed DAVS County are not receiving high They are generally lower than adjacent are actually some county who qualify for food said Earl ANOTHER citizen pointed out that school received an 11 percent increase this year without public is frustrating to me they go year after year with increases and no apparent while there is public comment each time the county receive an II all comes from the same tax he painted The county is presently assessed at million Estimated reevaluation is expected to be about Only 6 percent increase in revenue is allowed the that does not apply to new construction or improvements that were not assessed in the year immediately prior to IT IS expected to be this year because of the decline in In past years there has been a 5 to 7 percent increase in evaluation due to increased This year it is expected to be only 2 to 4 Commissioner Smoot he was grateful for the Greenbelt law which allows farmers lo pay a lower tax if their ground is in production it would make farming it was pointed STATE AND federal monies coming through tHe budget that have not been circulated through it in past years amount lo we talk about tHe it is every dollar we regardless of where we gel our A percent of comes from property Other sources come from revenue fees for WHEN THE county picks up the expense for a federal they also pick lip the funds so it isn't additional money A graph showing a home and where the properly taxes go was shown by Commissioner He pointed out that a person paying taxes on a home pays 65 cents for commission service DAVIS COUNTY has the PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 2 Commission Okays Budget CONTINUED FROM FRONT highest average number of persons per home of any county in the Out of the property tax only goes through the the remainder goes to mosquito Weber city tax levies and uniform school Commissioner Smoot explained that federal programs must be analyzed each must have an analysis as to the benefit of these programs as they can eat us he HE EXPLAINED how federal programs such as the Victims-witness program is included as a separate line item-not included in the regular attorney department's budget so it can be assessed Since it is a one-year federal it will be assessed and included in the regular budget next or MANY programs are on a declining beginning with a 90 percent federal match and declining a certain percent each then either picked up by the county or Commission Chairman C. 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Moss said he was proud of the UTA News' Taxpayers are the most critical analysts of taxation and their bulletin shows Davis as ranking with 27 counties in Utah having a higher tax per TAX per capita is The only one lower is Utah with The highest is Rich County with Weber County shows and Salt Lake citizens pay per ranking Uth highest in the County is recognized for improvements and modernization efficiency in keeping taxes said one A NEWS article in a Salt Lake paper prompted a citizen to ask about the increase in county planning department Commissioner Moss explained that the county has talent with additional some of the salary costs are paid through the CETA The ment wants us to hire these people as we they will be dropped in June when the program dies He explained there have been added challenges in the county in storm drainage and Cities have also contracted for more services through the county planning which circulates through giving an of A CITIZEN who described himself as an avid the outlay of tax dollars for golf Commissioner Moss explained that the fees paid by golfers were supporting the courses in turn helping to bring money into the general |
