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Weber district finance chief warns hold-harmless change will force regular levy reviews
Summary
Business administrator Brock Mitchell told the Weber School District board that a state change shortening the "hold harmless" period from six years to two will push the district to review levy rates annually to avoid losing guaranteed state funding.
Brock Mitchell, Weber School District business administrator, told the board at a work session that a recent change in state law shortening the "hold harmless" calculation from six years to two will increase the frequency the district must review its levies and could reduce guaranteed state revenue if the district does not adjust local levies.
"Hold harmless was a six‑year calculation. The state has changed that...and that's now a two‑year hold harmless," Mitchell said, adding that the certified rate (the sum of the board‑voted and capital levies) is the trigger for a truth in taxation hearing when it increases year to year.
Mitchell explained the components of the district's tax structure: the state sets the basic state levy; the district passes through a charter allocation to local…
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