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Cache County Council authorizes correction to $150,615.75 tax-increment overpayment, holds distributions pending April 14
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The council authorized an administrative correction after county records showed North Logan's North Gateway redevelopment project had been paid a twelfth-year tax increment in error. The county will reallocate $150,615.75 among taxing entities and hold some funds in suspense until April 14 while North Logan and the school district clarify their positions.
The Cache County Council on March 24 authorized county staff to correct a $150,615.75 tax-increment overpayment tied to North Logan City's North Gateway redevelopment project and to hold disputed distributions until their April 14 meeting.
Diana, who presented the treasurer/auditor offices' review, said her team found the project's legally authorized term in the original project plan and taxing-entity committee records was 11 years, not the 12 years reported in some annual agency submissions. "The $150,615.75 distributed for that twelfth year was an overpayment and constitutes an administrative error," she said, recommending the county reallocate the funds so each taxing entity receives the correct share.
Under the correction the county proposed reallocating the overpayment as follows: Cache County School District $104,814; Cache County $22,078; North Logan City $21,030; Hyde Park Cemetery District $1,888; and Cache Mosquito Abatement District $807. The treasurer's office said the correction is not punitive and "does not create any new obligations; it simply ensures compliance with Utah law," and that the change would be implemented with the final distribution for the 2025 year.
Council members pressed for a practical process after North Logan asked time to consult its school board. The county must issue a check to North Logan by March 31 under the current schedule, the chair said, but the council agreed it could place most of the disputed funds into a suspense account to allow North Logan and the Cache County School District to provide written clarification. The council voted to proceed with the administrative correction while withholding distributions (except the portion to North Logan that is not in dispute) and to revisit final allocation on April 14.
County staff said they had not received written documentation from North Logan or the school board confirming any amendment that would change the legal term. The council recorded the motion to approve the correction and the temporary holding plan by voice vote.
