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'You should all be looking down with shame': Roy residents pack council chambers, blast proposed 55.45% tax increase
ROY – Roy City Mayor Ann Jackson started off the City Council meeting Tuesday night by clarifying that the maximum tax rate would not be set that evening and that it would be set June 16. That did little to dissuade residents from lining up and taking to the microphone one by one during the public comment period – which ended up taking up nearly 90 minutes – to speak out against what has been proposed by the administration of a maximum tax rate of 55.45%. Ultimately, the City Council voted in support of a resolution to adopt the tentative budget (which is the administration’s ...
