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South Salt Lake council adopts 2025-26 budgets and final tax rates
Summary
The council approved the city's multiple fund budgets totaling $135,418,997 and adopted final tax rates for general and public safety purposes after public hearings produced no comments.
The South Salt Lake City Council approved multiple fiscal-year 2025-26 budgets and adopted final tax rates after public hearings yielded no public comments.
At a June 11 meeting, city staff said the proposed total budget across funds is $135,418,997, which includes $21,000,000 allocated to construct a new public works campus and is covered by a bond the city received last year.
Why it matters: The ordinances adopt the city's operating, capital and utility budgets for the coming year and set final tax rates that will affect property-tax-funded services.
City staff (identified in meeting materials as Crystal) presented the budget overview and noted the document combines several funds: general fund, capital improvements, insurance reserve, debt service, public safety special revenue, public works campus construction, and multiple utility funds. Crystal told the council the budget process included department prioritization and resident input.
Councillors made separate roll-call votes to adopt each fund. Among the amounts the council approved were: a general fund of $29,358,498; a capital improvements fund of $12,055,500; a public safety special revenue fund of $30,414,800; a public works campus construction budget of $21,210,000; and utility budgets including water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste. The city also approved the final tax rate for general purposes and a final tax rate for public safety purposes.
Council discussion framed the budget as the council's central responsibility and emphasized investments in public employees, public safety, infrastructure and community programs such as the Promise program. One council member described the budget process as collaborative and noted survey and department input used to build the tentative budget.
The council took all votes by roll call; each vote recorded affirmative support in the meeting record. The meeting record did not show any votes against the ordinances.
What's next: The adopted budgets take effect for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025. City staff said public notice and additional documentation are available to the public; no additional hearings were held on the meeting night.
