Kip Hansen
Council Member, Richfield
Office held
| Council Member | Richfield | Source |
Background
Kip Hansen is a Richfield City Council member with a background in agricultural education and business. He earned bachelor’s degrees in agricultural education and animal science from Utah State University in 1983, then briefly taught vocational agriculture at Uintah High School in Vernal. After three decades in agricultural business, he returned to high-school teaching in 2014. An Association for Career and Technical Education profile identified him in 2023 as South Sevier High School’s agricultural science teacher and FFA adviser, and a finalist for its 2024 national community-service award.
In the news
- Politics
Richfield adopts a higher property tax rate estimated to bring in $500,000 more a year
Richfield's council adopted a tax rate of .002277 for 2026-27, up from .001721, after a truth-in-taxation hearing. The city's notice said the change would raise property tax revenue about $500,000, or 32.33%, and add $100.92 a year to the city's tax on a $330,000 home.