Salt Lake City council adopts final property tax levy, closes truth-in-taxation hearing

The Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously to close a state-required truth-in-taxation public hearing and adopt an ordinance establishing the city's final property tax levy for fiscal year 2025-26, including the final levy for the library fund, and to ratify the budget previously adopted by the council in June.

The hearing is the final procedural step required by state law when property-tax revenue is proposed; Jennifer Bruno, the council executive director, told the meeting that the hearing is specific to property-tax revenue proposed to be received by the city and library and that the council may adopt the rate as advertised or adopt a lower rate and then rebalance the budget to maintain a balanced budget as state law requires.

Public comment at the limited formal meeting focused on homeowner concerns about how property taxes are calculated and on the broader fiscal impact of non-taxable lands and intergovernmental agreements. Alicia Scotter, a Salt Lake City resident, said her family's…