- Ogden Valley officials have abandoned plans to seek a 512.6% property tax hike and instead will scale back spending for the year.
- Their legal efforts to seek the increase still remain focus of a pending Utah Supreme Court case, though.
- Most notably, officials in the Weber County locale plan to scale back spending on road improvements, a big-ticket budget item.
OGDEN VALLEY, Weber County — With their efforts to implement a 512.6% property tax hike stalled in the Utah Supreme Court, Ogden Valley officials will forego the increase and instead implement a scaled-back budget for fiscal year 2027.
Still, their court efforts related to the underlying issues at play in the legal tussle aren’t necessarily over, and a tax hike could be in the offing for 2027-2028.
“There is no way we are going to have a property tax increase this year. That’s off the table,” said Kay Hoogland, a member of the Ogden Valley City Council who’s been closely involved in preparing the city’s spending plan for 2026-2027. “It’s too late; we were blocked.”…