Jordanelle Public Hearing on Nov. 8th!
The Wasatch Taxpayers Association has decided to support Jordanelle homeowners in their effort to receive fair taxation. WTPA encourages ALL Wasatch residents to attend this public hearing, and support their effort. We all have a financial stake in a well run county, and deserve to have fair representation by our government.
HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH ANOTHER PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY AROUND THE JORDANELLE!!!
After successfully defeating the assessment a year ago, Wasatch County is again trying to create an assessment area around the Jordanelle for fire service. Additionally, the Utah State Legislature has twice addressed this exact issue and subsequently removed a municipality’s ability to create Special Service Districts for Police, Fire and Ambulance service.
Check to see if you are on the assessment rolls!- Jordanelle- Assessment List (10-3-12)
Map of assessment area PLEASE READ- Public notice with PROTEST directions
With seeming complete disregard for the law the Utah State Legislature has created, Wasatch County is attempting to create a Special Assessment Area for exactly the same fire service they were prevented from creating by the legislature this year.
Wasatch County is proposing an assessment of 0.56 cents per $1000 of a property’s market value. This creates a burden on the owners of property in the Jordanelle area well beyond the assessment that the owners successfully defeated one year ago. Some quick math at these figures:
$500,000 property would cost $280 per year, twice what Wasatch County was collecting before.
$10,000,000 property would cost $5,600 per year for the exact fire service they were receiving for $145 per year prior to successfully defeating that assessment.
900 property owners in the Jordanelle Area will have to pay an additional tax for fire protection service when (21,600) property owners of Wasatch County only pay for fire protection service through their annual property taxes. Because Wasatch County is doubling the previous assessment and in the case of multi-million dollar properties charging $1,000’s for the same exact service that was successfully protested last year, has the potential to exceed $6 million dollars. It is especially important when the 900 property owners in the Jordanelle area are asked to fund well over $6 million dollars in taxes in addition to their annual property taxes for fire protection service and the 21,600 property owners in Wasatch County are asked to fund $600,000 for fire protection service in only their annual property tax.
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