Washington City officials adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget, and Mayor Staley used a recorded message from the Sienna Hills Auto Mall to describe recent and planned commercial and health-care projects he said will help fund essential services.

Why it matters: The mayor framed new and forthcoming private developments as sources of sales tax revenue the city will use to pay for police, fire, roads, parks and other municipal services. In his remarks, Staley named multiple retail and logistics projects around the I‑15 corridor and within city limits as examples of that commerce.

In a roughly four‑minute address, Mayor Staley said, "the city council recently passed the 2025, 2026 fiscal year budget," and described the Sienna Hills Auto Mall as the first of several auto dealerships he expects to open there. He identified Grapevine Crossing to the east as an existing cluster with restaurants and a credit union and said "additional anchors" are expected next year that will produce sales tax revenue and more shopping and entertainment options for residents.

Staley noted other developments along the I‑15 corridor, saying WinCo will "be going vertical this year" at the Main Street/Exit 12 location. He also said a new 1 Health facility recently broke ground across from Fire Station 61 and the WinCo site, restoring primary and pediatric care that the city lacked after two physicians retired.

Along Buena Vista Boulevard the mayor cited a new Residence Inn by Marriott and a Cypress Credit Union branch as taking shape near the Green Spring exit. He described neighborhood commercial work near Crimson Cliffs High School called The Junction and highlighted the Southwest Logistics Center, a Freeport West project south of the city. "You can see two of the very large, high end distribution buildings," Staley said, adding that "each of them exceed 150,000 square feet. This will provide jobs. It will diversify the economy and be a real benefit to the area."

Staley framed these projects as supporting the municipal budget and sustaining local services, saying commerce inside the city boundary is necessary for the city to maintain residents' "high quality of life." He closed by saying he planned to patronize local businesses in the area.

The address records the mayor summarizing projects and the recently adopted budget but does not include a vote tally or further budget details. The transcript did not provide ordinance numbers, staff reports, or additional financial breakdowns tied to the budget vote.

What remains unclear: The message does not specify the budget total in dollars, vote counts or departmental budget allocations; it also does not give construction timelines or the identities of the private developers beyond names used in the address. The mayor characterized the projects as benefiting jobs and revenue but did not provide supporting projections or fiscal estimates in the recorded remarks.