Marh 2025 | Vol. 19 Iss. 3
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City undergoes lots of change in one year, primarily in personnel
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“Our goal is to provide the best high-quality service we can. Your trails are good and your taxes are low,” Draper Mayor Troy Walker said in his annual State of the City address. (Photo courtesy Draper City)
s the saying goes, change is the only constant. That’s what Draper City experienced in the past year, particularly in personnel. Mayor Troy Walker addressed those changes and touched on an array of topics including property values and property tax increases, demographics and accomplishments in his annual State of the City speech. The biggest personnel change happened when David Dobbins departed after working for Draper for 19 years. “When you have a city manager leave a city, it’s a big deal. With
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In his annual State of the City speech, Draper Mayor Troy Walker describes an “affluent” city, predicts property values will not go down, and touts second lowest property tax rate in Salt Lake County. By Mimi Darley Dutton m.dutton@mycityjournals.com
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our form of government, the city manager executes the duties as CEO and runs the city. If you have a good one, you won’t notice. If you have a bad one, you’re going to notice,” Walker said. The city promoted from within making former City Attorney Mike Barker Draper’s new City Manager. “Mike has been with us 10 years. Mike to me was the natural fit. He’s been in the trenches all along so there was no bringing him up to speed,” Walker said. Bret Millburn also left creating an Assistant City Continued page 7
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