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Weber Fire District officials are proposing a 23.6% property tax hike, which would generate an extra $2.96 million a year.

The Weber County emergency dispatch center proposes a 4.9% hike, which would generate an extra $275,000 a year.

The separate proposals are focus of public hearings this month.

FARR WEST, Weber County — Weber County residents are facing potential tax hikes to help bolster the Weber Fire District and the county office that manages emergency dispatching operations.

Weber Fire District — which serves Farr West, West Haven, five other Weber County cities and the unincorporated areas of the county — is seeking the larger increase, a 23.6% hike to help build two fire stations and a training facility.

The increase would

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