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Taylorsville staff presents midyear budget adjustments; public hearing set for Feb. 5
Summary
Finance staff presented a midyear budget update with limited changes largely in the general fund, two proposed fee changes (cemetery rates and credit card processing fees), and plans for public hearings on Feb. 5 to consider the adjustments and fee changes.
City finance staff on Jan. 22 briefed the council on the 2024–25 midyear budget and related fee adjustments, describing about 15 general fund changes, minor changes to economic development and capital funds, and no changes to the storm drain fund.
Scott Harrington, city finance staff, said he supplied council members with a summary packet and a full 380‑page budget document. He identified two fee changes planned for council consideration: cemetery fees (driven by increased vendor costs for burial vaults) and a change to the credit‑card processing approach, moving from a flat fee to a percentage fee (the staff discussion used a working figure of about 4 percent).
Harrington said council members will have two weeks to review materials and that the required public hearings for the budget and the fee changes can be held the same night at the Feb. 5 meeting. No formal vote was taken; staff requested council members schedule review meetings with finance as needed before the hearing.
Council members did not object to the timeline. Staff asked that council members coordinate individual or small‑group review sessions over the coming two weeks; the public hearing and any ordinance or fee action will return to the council for formal adoption.
