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Tooele City adopts FY2026 pay schedule, final budget and certified tax rate; finance office reports low fraud risk
Summary
Tooele City Council on June 18 adopted a compensation schedule that includes a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment on entry steps, approved final budget and budget amendments, and adopted the certified tax rate while the finance office reported a low fraud-risk score to the state auditor.
Tooele City Council on June 18 adopted a new employee compensation schedule for fiscal year 2025–26, approved final city budget documents and amendments, and adopted the certified tax rate for fiscal year 2025–26.
Cammie Perkins, Tooele City human resources director, presented the compensation schedule and told the council “what we have before you is the adoption of what we are proposing to be the fiscal year 20 26 salary schedule.” The schedule presented in the packet applies a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment to the entry step and uses that as the basis for calculating other steps. The council approved Ordinance 2025-12 on a 4–0 vote.
Shannon Wimmer, the finance director, reviewed the final budget and a set of nine year-end budget amendments she called “our final amendment of the fiscal year 25 budget.” Wimmer outlined changes included in the final budget: $25,000 added to finish cemetery irrigation upgrades; funding for the Sons of the Utah Pioneers Museum; a $7,000 increase for the pool’s monthly gas costs; corrections to interfund transfers; $10,000 added for street-light power; and $33,000 for IT maintenance tied to online payments and Tyler software. She also said estimated revenues were reduced by about $253,000 to reflect the adopted tax-rate numbers the city received June 8. The council approved Resolution 2025-57 (budget amendments) and Resolution 2025-35 (final budget) on unanimous 4–0 votes.
On the certified tax rate, Wimmer told the council the administration was not pursuing a truth-in-taxation hearing and recommended adopting the certified rate; the council adopted Resolution 2025-56 and Wimmer stated the adopted total tax rate would be 0.002476 for the fiscal year 2026 budget. A council member clarified during discussion that adopting the certified rate does not constitute a tax increase and that the rate itself declines by a few percent.
Wimmer also delivered the city’s annual fraud risk assessment filed with the state auditor’s office: “our score hasn't changed. We're 355, which is low,” she said. Council members asked no follow-up questions on the assessment; Wimmer noted the score is submitted annually and typically does not change unless the auditor changes the form.
All budget, tax and compensation items were approved by roll call with Councilman McCall, Councilwoman Goches, Councilwoman Manzion and Councilman Brady voting aye.
The council’s packet and staff remarks indicate the final budget includes small, targeted adjustments and capital project fixes; the city will submit the adopted retention and budget documents as required by state rules and continue implementation under department oversight.
