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All right, welcome to the August 5th,
2026 North Logan City Council Truth and

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Taxation meeting. Um, we will excuse
Kenny tonight in person, but I believe

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he is going to participate um online or
at least here online. Um

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we will start with our budget officer
statement that the tentative budget

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includes a pro proposed property tax
rate increase.

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Okay. For the fiscal year 2026 2027
budget in accordance with the

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requirements of the state of Utah truth
and taxation law. I hereby state that

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the interim budget for North Logan City
for the fiscal year 2026 to 2027 has

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prep been prepared in compliance with
with applicable provisions of the Utah

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Truth and Taxation Law and reflects a
thorough evaluation of anticipated

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revenues, expenditures, and the
operational needs of the city. As

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required by law, a property tax
impact schedule has been prepared and is

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included with this budget.
North Logan City is considering a

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general fund property tax increase of
approximately 7.5%

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and a 10% library fund property tax
increase which is projected to be a

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total 7.89% 89%
property tax increase and is expected to

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generate an additional
139,615

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in additional adorum tax revenue which
consists of $93,812

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from the general fund increase and
$45,83

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from the library fund increase. The
estimated impact to an average residents

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of $659,000
home

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is approximately $28.99
annual increase comprised of $1945

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from the general fund increase and $9.54
from the library fund increase. And the

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in estimated impact to an average
commercial property of 2,544,465

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is approximately $23.74

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annual increase, which would be
comprised of $136.70

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from the general fund increase and $674
from the library fund increase.

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The property tax impact schedule also
outlines the operational impact if the

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proposed increase is adopted which
includes for the general fund

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operations.
The use would be $32,318

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for police department to provide
competitive salary increases to current

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officers for retention purposes.

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and $61,494

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for Logan City Fire Department to help
meet the contract rate increase for this

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fiscal year. And then for the library
fund operations, the $45,83

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would be to cover the new community
center utilities and provide some

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community programs in the community
center. In compliance with truth and

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taxation requirements, the city provided
notice of and has conducted one public

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hearing in this past June and is
conducting the second required public

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hearing tonight as required by law where
members of the public will have an

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opportunity to comment on the proposed
budget and the proposed property tax

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increase and instructions for the
virtual participation has been posted

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online for more than 24 hours. It's
actually been posted online since June

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24th

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and the public hearing is in the North
Logan City Council Chambers 2525 North

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600 East North Logan, Utah 84341.
And based on the best information

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currently available, the budget is is
designed to maintain essential public

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services, address rising operational
costs, and support the long-term

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financial stability of [clears throat]
North Logan City. Respectfully

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submitted, Scott Bennett, budget
officer, North Logan City, August 5th,

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2026.
>> Thank you, Scott. All right, we'll move

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on to our second agenda item. This is a
separate item notifying the public that

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an executive officer or budget officer
Scott um of the North Logan City Taxing

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Entity intends to state in the public
meeting that the tenative budget

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includes a proposed property tax
increase. Um then we will move on to

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consider a property tax impact schedule
that is separate from all other budget

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documents and Scott Eerson you have that
to pre present. [clears throat]

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» So the property tax impact schedule
uh was approved back in June and it's

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been updated slightly because we've now
got the actual rates from the the

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certifier rates from the county.
So, North Logan City will consider an

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increase to its property tax rate to
increase I mean to generate an

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additional $139,615.

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The following information is intended to
provide decision makers and the public

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with an explanation of how the city
operations would be affected if the

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property tax rate
remains

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uh if it's adopted.
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The current general operations property
tax rate is currently 0.00746

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which is
uh proposed to generate1,31,432

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and the library operations property tax
rate is currently

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0.00273
which is expected to generate $476,261.

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The North Logan estimated rate increase
and additional advorum tax revenue.

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The general operations property tax rate
is expected to

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uh be
7.5%

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which would generate $93,812.

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And the library operations property tax
rate is expected to be

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uh 10%
should the increase be adopted to

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generate an additional $45,83.

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And again, the G general operations
increase to an average residence of

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$659,000

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would be uh
$1945.

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And the library operations increase
would be $9.54

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for a total of $28.99.
And a general operations increase to an

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average commercial property of 2,544,465

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is expected to be gen to increase
$136.70.

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And the library operations increase for
the commercial average commercial

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property
should generate an additional uh $674

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for a total increase
for a commercial property of $23.74.

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And that is expected to be an average
7.89%

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increase.

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The affected departments for the general
fund would be the police department of

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which the budget would the budget
increase would be $32,318

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to provide prevent pro competitive
salary increases to current officers for

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for retention purposes. and the fire
department, which would receive $61,494

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to be able to meet Logan City Fire
Department's contract rate increase.

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And then the library fund

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of increase of $45,83
would be to used to cover the new

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community center utilities and provide
some community center programs in the

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community center.
So the public

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truth and taxation hearing is tonight
which has already started and all of

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this information can be found on our
website has been posted in the city

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offices and the North Park Police
Department and can be found online at

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public meeting notice website.

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» Okay, thank you Scott. All right, we
will move on to item number four, a

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public hearing to receive public input
on the proposed fiscal year 2027

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municipal budget that contains a proper
proposed property tax increase to both

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the general operations property tax rate
and the library operations property tax

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rate. The city council may consider
approval of a resolution following the

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public hearing adopting the official
2027 fiscal year budget which may

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include a proposed property tax increase
to both the general operations property

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tax rate and the library operations
property tax rate. All right. Um with

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that I will open up the public hearing
but I will first read these rules for

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speaking at a public hearing. Before you
begin please state your name for the

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record. Speak into the microphone so
your comments can be recorded. Limit

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your statements to three minutes. You're
not allowed to combine or bank minutes

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to speak on behalf of others. Please
phrase your opinions in the form of

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statements, not questions. A public
hearing is your opportunity to express

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your opinions to the city council, not a
time to ask questions of or to expect

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dialogue between yourself and the
council or city staff. Please address

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your comments to the council, not to the
public. The council may ask questions

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about your comments in order for them to
better understand you. In the future,

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note that if you have questions or need
to discuss an issue, you may meet with

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the city council members or appropriate
city staff member before the public

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hearing where dialogue can take place.
You may provide a written statement as

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your input for a hearing. You may read
your entire statement or summarize it

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with the threeminut limit still
applicable. You may provide a copy of a

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written statement to the city recorder.
He will make copies for the city council

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and the written statement will become a
part of the public record. However, the

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written submitted statement will not be
included in the minutes of the meeting

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for this truth and taxation hearing.
There's also access for the public

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electronically through an audio and v
video connection via zoom. This

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electronic zoom link zoom access link
has been provided in the public meeting

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notice and on the agenda of this
meeting. Members of the public may

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provide oral testimony through video
audio or both video and audio connection

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and submit written comments
electronically for inclusion in the

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public record both before and during the
public hearing. If you would like to

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provide written comments, please make
sure you email those to

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recorder@northoganscity.gov
before or during the public hearing.

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With that, I will open up the public
hearing um for comments on this matter.

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My name is Cindy Beaston. I spoke out at
the last one we had. Um and I just want

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to go on record. Um even though um I
appreciate you um giving information

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about how we compare with other cities
in um Cash Valley. I want to go on

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record and saying even though the tax
increase you propose is minimal. I'm not

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opposed to firefighters and policemen
getting raises and things like that, but

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I think as a city that um we need to be
aware of the

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hard financial times that people are
facing between housing, food, and uh gas

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prices, etc. And we should be looking at
other ways that we can trim the budget

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so that we don't have to do a tax
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That's all. Thank you, Miss Houston.

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» I thought there would be more people.
My name is Doug Yawker. I've lived in

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North Logan for approximately 56 of my
70 years. And again, thank you for your

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service. Um, I want to make some similar
comments. I'm somewhat opposed to the

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7.9% tax increase. I mean, in my career,
I've managed multi-million dollar

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budgets. I understand, you know,
increases in wages, but I also

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understand being judicious and careful
about the money being spent. I'm now

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maybe more concerned. I live on a fixed
budget. I'm on social security

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and uh I did a little math over the last
eight years. I have averaged a 3.85%

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increase in my revenue. But we all know
gas hasn't done that. Eggs haven't done

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that. Bread hasn't done that. The other
thing to take into account, when I

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bought my home here, you know, 37 years
ago, it was valued at $60,000

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and then there was tax on that. Well,
today that home, and I know that's not

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your issue, is valued at $580,000.
Almost a tenfold increase. So, you take

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that into account, it's not just a 7.9%
tax increase. Uh, you know, the county

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has grown by 50% in the last, I think,
like

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20 years. And I'm sure North Logan has
probably done better than that. And so,

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there's a lot more people. I mean, my
neighborhoods have gone crazy. I think

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those people are all paying taxes. So
when you need more money, when you have

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a lot more people with a lot more bigger
houses, I think there's some very

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interesting dynamics, you know, that
that creates the city some budget. And

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you know when Scott was talking about
it's only you know x amount of money you

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know and I think well it doesn't sound
like a lot but as I said when you add

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all those other things that we're paying
for and maybe I'm speaking mostly to

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those like me that are on fixed incomes
you know that I don't work in a business

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anymore where I can expect more you know
than a a measly increase from the

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government and I'm grateful for that.
But anyway, thank you for your service,

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but please take into account. There
needs to be some way to reflect those

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people who, you know, bought homes a
long time ago when they were affordable.

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And as those home prices have gone up,
up and up, even though that tax amount

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is a small number, you know, my home's
worth, they say,

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10 times more than I bought it for. So,
thank you for your

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» Thank you, Mr. Yunker.

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Hi, my name is Tim Tolbert. Um, I'd like
to uh kind of continue on with some of

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the other things that that Doug and
others have said. Uh, last year I own

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three properties in North Logan. Last
year, one of my properties was

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reassessed and my property taxes
increased at the county level 67%.

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The other property, which is a vacant
building lot, increased by 120%.

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Okay, so in addition to the county
increases, the reassessing values, um,

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then we're adding 10% on top of 120%.
So, it's not really 7%, it's more like

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14% for me. Um,
the other thing that I'd like to point

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out is I feel like

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I appreciate the work that you guys do,
but I also feel like to some degree

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there's a disdain for the average
citizens here because we're seeing a lot

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of um things happening like tax
increases that were told weren't

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supposed to happen. we're seeing um
municipal projects pushed through

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despite opposition. Um and so I think
that in addition to this is just a

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symptom of a larger problem where you're
not listening to to the citizenry. I

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think like we red we redid our master
plan. We redid our zoning. We redid red

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we did all we redid all of the municipal
code and we say we're listening to the

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residents. But when the residents come
in here and they oppose something like

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this tax increase, I don't necessarily
see the the kind of traction that I

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would expect and the consideration that
I would expect you guys to be listening

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to. Um, like I said, in my particular
case, I'm paying a lot probably double

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to triple the amount of tax money to the
county and the city that I did when I

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first moved here. That's the kind of
thing that's going to make people think

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twice about staying here or inviting
others to live here as well. You'll lose

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your existing residence. Maybe that's
something you want. I don't know, but I

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think you should consider that.
>> Thanks, Mr. Tolbert.

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Okay. Um, Scott, can you are you going
to be able to manage the Zoom

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participants?
Like you can can you allow them to speak

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or is it

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» Yeah.
>> As far as I know, no one has requested

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to speak over Zoom, but I do have an
email.

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» Okay.
>> Um, I will let's go with the um Zoom

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participants. If you would like to
speak, now is the time.

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Okay. I don't see any. Um I have it
pulled up on my screen as well. Um

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Scott, why don't you in the meantime
read any emails that you've received?

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» Okay. I've received one email. This is
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I am unable to attend due to health
issues. I wish this to be read during

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the public hearing. First off, these
taxation meetings should not be held at

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this time of the year, right after the
July 4th and 24th celebrations,

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vacations, and during the busiest time
of the year. It is not the job of the

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citizens of North Logan to be held
responsible for the burden of bad

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decisions, both past and present, that
the city council has made. You are

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forcing the private citizens to figure
out how to come up with those extra

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funds with no regards to th to all those
that are struggling in this economy. You

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state that $93,812
is for the general fund operations going

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towards the police and Logan City fire
departments and $45,83

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will be going to the library fund
increase. My questions are one, how are

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we assured that the total amounts for
the general fund operations will

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actually end up going towards the police
and fire departments? Or is this an

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example of bait and switch? Two, if
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is going towards the community center,
why was it built if the city can't

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afford to keep the lights on?
Three, North Logan City wants to provide

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for more community programs. When will
this ever stop? I submit that it will be

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this way every year. Your job is to save
the taxpayers money. Quit spending money

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like there is a neverending supply.
That's the end.

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» Okay. Thank you. Any other email
submissions?

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No additional emails.
>> Okay. I'm going to give the people on

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Zoom another chance to participate
before I close the public hearing. Is

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there anyone online that would like to
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» I guess you could.
>> Hello. Um this is Suzanne Clissold.

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Can you hear me?
>> I can. Yep. You're you're [laughter]

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on.
>> Great. Uh my husband Matt and I um were

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not able to attend, but we also wanted
to just publicly say that we're opposed

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to the tax increase for this the reasons
that have already been stated. Um that

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people on fixed incomes uh it's a
burden, a financial burden that these

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taxes continue to rise year after year
um as our property values increase. And

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we would just like to see the city find
city, county, I know it's not just the

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city, but um find other ways to raise
revenue without it being property taxes.

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Thank you. Thanks, Miss Clizalt.
Okay. Um we Anyone else who'd like to

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speak before we close the public
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Okay, seeing and hearing none, I will
close the public hearing. And council,

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it is now your chance to determine
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this item tonight.

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Is there any opportunity to talk about
items that were shared today or do we

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just go straight to
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» unless they're specific,
>> these items were specific to the truth

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and taxation meeting that were talked
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» yeah, it's just risky if you go off
topic in any way, shape, or form.

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» Off topic. I mean,
>> off of property tax specifically.

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» Fair enough. And the the property tax as
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» No, just property tax.
>> Just property tax.

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» Yeah, they've been the increases have
been invalidated. if there's any sort of

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» That's why I'm asking.
>> Yeah. So, it it's it's unfortunate

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because, you know, we want to be as
transparent as possible. I would love to

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address um a lot of these comments and
hope to talk with you personally about

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that. Um but I think this is just a we
have to keep it on um property tax

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discussion exclusively.

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So, um does do we have a motion on this?

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Yeah, I will motion to approve the
resolution following and adopting the

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official 2027 fiscal year budget which
does include a property tax increase to

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both general operations property tax
rate and the library operations property

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tax rate.
>> All right. Motion by Buzzy. Second.

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Second by Emily. Any further discussion
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All in favor? I. Any
>> Kenny, you got an eye on that?

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» Yeah.
>> Yes. Hi.

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» Okay. Thank you for participating
remotely. That motion passes

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unanimously. Um
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» motion by Buzzy, second by Emily. All in
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» Any opposed? Okay, that motion passes.