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%, amounting to $2,807,745 in property tax revenue.

The figures fell further Tuesday after a vote to remove cost-of-living adjustments for City Council members.

According to the amended agenda packet, the reduction from the original property tax impact schedule was the result of the reduction of the fire department ($917,195), Roy Days changes ($49,450), additional school resource officer revenue ($40,000) and property tax new growth revenue ($50,000).

The 34.25% amounts to approximately an $11.08 per month increase to a primary residence of $439,000 and approximately $20.17 to a business valued at $439,000.

Roy City Council member Diane Wilson supplied the motion for the vote and Council member Jason Sphar seconded it. Council members Alexis Jackson and Janel Hulbert joined them in voting in favor, while Council member Bryon Saxton voted against it.

After the meeting, Wilson addressed if her mind could have been changed by the residents Tuesday night.

“First of all, I really appreciate the ideas that they brought up,” she told the Standard-Examiner. “Throughout this two-year process, we have taken into account many of those. They’ve sent emails and we have evaluated them one by one, and I mentioned a couple of those in my slides. At this point, the ideas coming up had been evaluated. If there would have been other information, that’s what a public hearing is for. I absolutely would have changed. That’s why I have options. When I am thinking about making a proposal or a motion, I’ve got options for myself because I don’t know what’s going to happen at the end. That’s why I talked with Council member Saxton last night. You have to leave your options open until you hear what’s been said.”

Addressing specifically what could have been said Tuesday by the residents, Wilson said that’s what the council was looking for.

“We were looking for some of those ideas,” she said. “I don’t know what that would’ve been because I was waiting to hear.”

Contact Standard-Examiner editor Ryan Comer at rcomer@standard.net.