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Utah County commissioners postpone truth-in-taxation hearing after review of department budget needs
Summary
Commissioners reviewed department strategic plans showing multi‑million-dollar needs across public works, IT, public safety and health, agreed they lacked precise numbers to legally notice a truth-in-taxation hearing now and voted to defer budget action while opening public budget meetings.
Commissioners at the Utah County Board of County Commissioners meeting on the regular agenda reviewed department strategic plans and widespread budget needs and decided not to set a truth-in-taxation hearing at this time.
The discussion was led by Speaker 4, who presented department summaries and multi‑year budget outlines and said the county had not had a significant property‑tax rate change since the mid‑1980s. "We believe this should be a very open and public process," Speaker 4 said, urging more public engagement as the commission evaluates whether and how to adjust tax policy.
The presentation flagged several quantified…
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