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ST. GEORGE — After months of budget talks, the St. George City Council appeared to be on the verge of passing its first property tax increase in 35 years.
Designed to fund public safety for the next five years as part of the "Safe St. George" initiative, the tax hike was shot down in a 4-1 vote in August after a large crowd of citizens spoke against it.
When St. George Mayor Michele Randall heard the vote count that evening, she said she immediately felt disappointment.
"I saw defeat on the faces of many of our public safety personnel that had shown up in support of the property tax increase," she said in a recent interview with St. George News. "As a city government, I think it's negligent to have kicked the can down the road for that long, knowing that the city's budget team was as conservative as possible."
