Tax Error Prompts Hiring

The Wasatch County Council has approved the hiring of three people to aid the assessor’s office. The decision comes after a clerical error—made in May 2019 eventually caused an under collection of six million dollars in taxes. The original mistake was related to an overestimated value of a home in the Twin Creeks area. In a summary of events regarding the tax error, the county pointed at hiring additional staff in the assessor’s office as part of a plan to ensure avoiding a similar mistake in the future. At the Wasatch County council meeting on January 22 the council discussed adding three positions. One position is intended to add an additional certified appraiser and an additional clerical position. Another was to fill the other vacant certified appraiser position … and finally a proposal to hire an appraiser with some technical skills. To cover the cost of about $182-Thousand dollars the county will use funds previously allocated to prepare for the new administration building. Wasatch County Council voted unanimously to approve plans to move forward with the three hires..