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Commission holds work session on proposed agricultural land-protection fund backed by rollback tax revenues
Summary
Commissioners and members of the public discussed a proposed ordinance to create a critical agricultural land-preservation fund seeded by Green Belt rollback taxes (proposed 30%/20%/15% schedule), governed by a five-member recommending committee to evaluate purchase or grant proposals to keep farmland in production.
The Utah County Commission held a work session on a proposed ordinance to create a critical agricultural land-preservation fund and a recommending committee to oversee disbursements.
Speaker 2 outlined the proposal’s intent: seed a fund using a portion of Green Belt rollback taxes (proposed at 30% in year one, 20% in year two, and 15% thereafter) to provide partial purchase assistance or grants to entities or philanthropies that acquire farmland to keep it in production. The proposal would create a five-member recommending committee (real-estate professional, full-time…
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