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Advisors outline optional 0.30% public-safety sales tax that could raise roughly $3.48M annually
Summary
Cruz and Associates presented an optional county-level sales tax (Utah Code §2-216, the '2216' sales tax) that commissioners could adopt by resolution; consultants estimated Duchesne County would have collected about $3.48 million under 2024 taxable sales and described bond and capital-fund options.
Marcus Keller of Cruz and Associates briefed the Duchesne County Commission on a state-authorized sales-tax mechanism (referred to in the presentation as the "2216" sales tax and tied in the meeting to Utah Code §2-216) that counties can adopt by commission vote to raise up to 0.30% countywide for public-safety purposes.
Keller summarized the policy background and practical choices: the levy can be adopted by a county commission, applies across incorporated and unincorporated areas, and funds must be used for "public safety" — a deliberately broad statutory category that Keller said typically covers EMS, sheriff/jail…
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