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Rod Man, candidate for Utah County commission, urges data-driven pay rules, modest tax reviews and tighter project scrutiny
Summary
In a Utah County Republican Party podcast interview, commission candidate Rod Man said he favors a systematic, data-driven approach to commissioner pay, smaller regular tax reviews rather than large infrequent hikes, tighter scrutiny of long-term development subsidies, and investments in transportation and water recharge projects tied to measurable outcomes.
Rod Man, a candidate for Utah County Commission Seat B, told the Utah County Republican Party podcast that he supports a data-driven method for setting elected-official pay, small periodic reviews of property-tax needs, and cautious use of long-term development subsidies.
Man said he examined historical salary data and compared two indexing approaches — general inflation and local nonfarm-wage inflation — and argued a systematic policy would be preferable to ad hoc raises. "I think we should pay a fair wage," he said, adding he would provide the underlying data for voters to review.
The candidate framed property-tax increases as a matter of timing and transparency. Noting prior large hikes, he said the county should "look at the need every two or three years and then do small increases instead of waiting for 15 or 10 years." Man said that approach would keep increments small and easier to…
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