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Commission replaces county MCAT representative after debate over funding, structure
Summary
After extended debate about the Multicounty Appraisal Trust and recent proposed legislation, the Carbon County Commission voted to replace Assessor Gillen Bishop on MCAT with IT Director Barry Horsley.
The Carbon County Commission voted to replace Gillen Bishop as the county’s representative on the Multicounty Appraisal Trust (MCAT) after an extended discussion about the trust’s funding, scope and governance.
Bishop, the county assessor, spoke at length to defend his work on MCAT and to explain why he opposed portions of proposed legislation labeled in the meeting as House Bill 270. He said the substitute bill would have grown MCAT’s budget from about $7 million to more than $10 million in the first year and to roughly $18…
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