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Commission adopts $1.8M sales-tax revenue adjustment, continues detailed review of recorder-fee transfers
Summary
The board voted to increase county option sales-tax revenue by $1.8 million (offset by a property-tax reduction) as part of a 2021 budget amendment and directed staff and legal counsel to provide further analysis on proposed transfers of recorder fees to support surveyor services; commissioners also discussed capital projects and ARPA eligibility and approved multiple consent items.
Utah County commissioners voted to adopt a budget amendment that raises projected county option sales-tax revenue by $1.8 million and reduces property-tax revenue by a corresponding amount, after a lengthy discussion about using recorder fee revenue to support related county services.
Commissioner Sakovich, who presented a detailed budget worksheet, outlined a package of adjustments that included moving some recorder fee proceeds and surveyor fees to better reflect the "total burden" of operating county offices and support planned capital projects. "To the extent that the recorder's office relies on other departments to provide the services for which they receive the fees, it would be allowable to…
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