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Utah County Approves Pulling Multiple Parcels from 2016 Tax Sale, Agrees Payment Terms for Hendrickson Case
Summary
Commission approved the auditor’s pulled list for the 2016 delinquent tax sale, authorized a payment agreement for Hendrickson (payment in full by March 1, 2017), approved tax credits/refunds, and approved several abatements and fee waivers; actions were unanimous.
The Utah County Commission approved a set of tax-related actions at its regular meeting, including authorizing the auditor’s office to withdraw multiple parcels from the 2016 delinquent tax sale, approving tax credits and refunds, and agreeing to a payment timetable for a contested Hendrickson property.
Chris Paulson, the Utah County assessor, told the commission that several low-value parcels had ownership recorded to the United States (rendering them tax-exempt) and explained that airport hangars owned by a city are taxed under a privilege tax and therefore cannot go to tax sale. County staff and Commissioners then reviewed the auditor’s "if-needed" pulled list for the upcoming tax sale and discussed individual parcels with notice issues, pending payment agreements or legal encumbrances.
For the Hendrickson parcel, the commission accepted staff recommendations to change the denial on the recommendation letter to a pull with a payment agreement stipulating full payment by March 1, 2017. County attorney staff and the auditor’s office discussed alternatives (outright denial, payment agreement, or deferral) and commissioners approved the payment-agreement path by motion.
Commissioners also approved the auditors’ list of properties withdrawn from the tax sale that were deemed in the public interest to withdraw. Staff described other pulled cases (R and B Holdings, Loafer Heights, Davies family parcels) where notice issues or partial payments made in recent weeks prompted the recommendation to delay sale. The auditors explained that pulled parcels remain eligible for a future sale if issues are not resolved.
Separately, the commission approved tax credits and refunds listed on the consent agenda, granted late veteran abatements after finding claimants’ failures to timely file were beyond their control, and approved a fee waiver request for a Blue Haven Foundation charity ride; all motions passed unanimously, 3–0.
The commission also approved setting dates and locations for several closed meetings to discuss sale of county property/water rights, personnel matters, and pending litigation. The board moved into the scheduled closed sessions at the end of the open meeting.
