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Bountiful staff warn proposed property-tax changes, PIDs and primary-exemption shift could reallocate local revenue
Summary
City staff and state representatives discussed proposals to cap property-tax increases and raise the primary-residence exemption; staff estimated Bountiful would lose roughly $1 million in annual property-tax revenue under a 60% primary-exemption scenario and urged legislators to consult cities on municipal-power and PID legislation.
City Manager Gary Hill and council members told Representatives Ray Ward and Melissa Garth Ballard that several state proposals on property taxation could materially affect Bountiful's finances and local services.
Hill explained that property tax is the only tax local governments can directly control and warned that proposals to cap annual increases could have unintended consequences. "Property tax is the only tax revenue that we actually have any ability to change," Hill said, and he cautioned…
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