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What could have changed one Roy City Council member's mind on tax increase?
ROY – The standing-room only crowd at the Roy Municipal Center had dissipated quite a bit before the final vote on a proposed property tax rate increase even took place Tuesday. After a nearly four-hour truth-in-taxation hearing, the council voted 4-1 in favor of an approximate 34.25% property tax rate increase, amounting to $1,749,050 in property tax revenue. Those figures were less than what was originally proposed. The percentage increase originally proposed, according to the original property tax impact schedule cited in an amended agenda packet released Friday, was 54.99%, ...
