Utah County GOP member proposes resolution urging CPI-based alignment of property assessments with purchase price

Christine Brown presented a drafted resolution titled a “fair property tax” resolution and asked delegates to read the text posted in chat. She described the resolution’s central call: urging elected representatives to pursue legislation that would align property taxation with owners’ original purchase price adjusted annually by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rather than allowing market-driven reappraisals to sharply increase assessed values.

Brown said the intent is to make property taxes more predictable and to protect long‑term homeowners from sudden increases resulting from rapidly rising assessed values. She provided illustrative CPI calculations during the call: for example, compounding a historic home purchase by long‑term CPI growth would show a much smaller increase than current market reappraisals produce, she said, and she invited delegates to examine the math for their own properties.

Attendees asked clarifying questions about mechanics and whether the resolution would reset purchase price or simply adjust forward with inflation; Brown responded that the proposal would honor the original purchase price and allow annual inflation-indexed increases. She and the host encouraged delegates to print and study the full resolution; no formal vote or outcome was recorded in the session.

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Brown asked delegates to use the resolution to drive discussion with elected representatives and to treat it as a starting point for legislative remedies rather than immediate policy change by the party alone.