County Website Is A “Hit”

The numbers are in and county officials are pleased to see the public’s use of the county’s website continue to grow. “Weber County taxpayers have really enjoyed the ease and convenience of being able to access county information through the website,” said Commissioner Ken Bischoff.

One simple example of this is when taxpayers want to know if their taxes have been paid by the November 30th deadline. Of the 91,296 parcels in the county that receive a tax notice, over 41,000 are paid by mortgage companies. “Many taxpayers just like to have the reassurance that their taxes have been paid on time by their mortgage company,” said Treasurer John Bond. The website address that is printed on the tax notice for that purpose had 43,890 hits in 2008 and 70,916 hits in 2009.

The website’s ‘Property Tax Information’ feature provides a variety of information, including the property’s ownership, legal description, value and tax status. On average, this site was used 22,000 times a month in 2008 and that has grown to average almost 25,000 hits a month in 2009.

“Internet tax payments have really shot up too,” Bond said. In 2006, when internet payments first became available in the county, there were 622 internet payments made that paid $726,399 in taxes. In 2009, there were 1,765 payments totaling $2.7 million.

The employees who work on the website continue to make the site more and more user-friendly. Ideas from the public have helped improve its functionality and any suggestions or comments may be forwarded to the Weber County Treasurer at: jbond@co.weber.ut.us.