Brigham City residents escaped property tax increases for the past 18 years, but they may have to make up for it in a big way.
Local leaders propose to more than double the city’s taxes on a typical-value home there from $132 to $279 each year. That 111% increase is the largest by percentage proposed among local governments in the state this year.
“We’ve been losing property tax buying power because of inflation,” City Administrator Jason Roberts said. Instead of making small increases through the years to keep up, he said officials avoided them and the painful Truth in Taxation hearings that they trigger — where angry taxpayers sometimes pour into city hall.