The claim
A 220 percent property tax increase
“The council raised your property taxes 220 percent.”
Seen: Yard signs, petition sheets and city Facebook groups, June to August 2026. First seen June 20, 2026.
It was true of a decision that has since been changed or repealed.
220.88% was noticed in June and never adopted. The rate that survives is 0.000900: 69.81% over the certified rate, on the city's own line, which is about a tenth of a property tax bill.
The numbers
What’s true
The number was real and the city printed it. The Truth-in-Taxation notice mailed in June proposed 0.001700 against a 0.000530 certified rate and stated the increase as 220.88%: a rise in the city's budgeted property tax revenue over the prior year, excluding eligible new growth.
What changed
Two things. The figure is three rates out of date: the council adopted 0.001500 on August 6, repealed it on August 18, and adopted 0.000900 in its place. And it was never a percentage of anybody's tax bill (it is a percentage of the city's own levy, which is one of seven lines on an Eagle Mountain bill), the fourth-largest of them on today's bill, and the third once the new rate is levied.
More detail
On the notice's own average home ($488,000 of market value, $268,400 taxable after Utah's 55% primary-residence exemption), the noticed rate would have added $314.03 a year. The rate in force adds $99.31.
On that same home the city's line goes from about $143 a year to about $242, inside a total bill of about $2,517 at 2025 rates. That is the city's share moving from roughly 5.7% of the bill to roughly 9.2% of it. Alpine School District's line alone is more than six times the city's.
Where this comes from
Every finding here is drawn from an open-meeting recording or a published document. Check it yourself.
“Eagle Mountain City will consider an increase to its property tax rate to generate an additional $6,958,141… Eagle Mountain City's current property tax rate is 0.000534… The estimated increase to Eagle Mountain City's property tax revenue is 218%… The affected budget is the Sheriff contract.”
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More checks on property tax
- Accurate, but incompleteEvery dollar of the increase goes to public safety
- MisleadingThe tax is really about the rodeo grounds
- Unsupported by the recordThe tax was rushed through in secret
- Not accurateThe money pays for a city police department
Checked August 19, 2026; updated October 2, 2026. Nothing goes on the fact-check list unless an open-meeting recording or a published document can settle it: the rules. Spot a mistake? civicrollcall@gmail.com