Davis County leaders are split on the proposed property tax hike of as much as 30% as debate on the county’s 2026 budget plays out.

County Commissioner Bob Stevenson thinks a tax hike of no more than 10%, combined with the use of reserves, among other steps, would be enough to get the county on a good financial footing, at least in the near term. The first of three open houses on the budget was set for Thursday at the Layton Library, though no action will be taken at the meeting.

County officials “can realistically get away with the 9.9 (percent increase) and we will be more than healthy for at least the next two years before we have to look at anything else,” he said at a Davis County Commission meeting on Tuesday. “The rainy day fund is there for situations like this, and I believe t

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