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Riverton adopts $38 million fiscal 2026 budget after public hearing
Summary
The Riverton City Council held a public hearing and adopted Resolution 15-24, approving the city's fiscal year 2026 budget covering July 2025 through June 2026, with total appropriations just over $38 million and allocations across general, water, wastewater, sanitation and airport funds.
The Riverton City Council on Tuesday held a public hearing and unanimously adopted Resolution 15-24, approving the city's fiscal year 2026 budget for the period beginning July 2025 and ending June 2026.
City staff member Mister Butterfield presented the budget, telling the council, "By considering and adopting the resolution before you tonight, you will be finalizing the budget process and approving our expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year." The resolution as read on the record covers appropriations across operating, capital and transfer categories for the city's funds.
The budget approved by the council totals just over $38,000,000. Key fund appropriations listed in the presentation included a general fund of $12,116,300; a water fund of $4,668,270; a wastewater fund of $6,424,706; a sanitation fund of $2,731,825; and an airport fund of $6,427,924. The resolution also authorizes allocations for smaller and special funds identified in the packet, including the 1% fund, the 9-1-1 fund, the rendezvous fund, the minimum revenue guarantee fund for air service, the senior citizens community endowment fund, the tourism asset development fund and the opioid settlement fund.
Mayor Tim Hancock opened the hearing and said it would be "conducted in accordance with state statutes and other applicable laws." One member of the public spoke during the hearing: Ashley Aragon, who identified herself as co-director of PAWS, thanked the council and staff for their support of the organization. No requests for changes or substantive objections to the budget were raised during the public hearing.
Council members thanked staff for months of work preparing the budget. Several members emphasized the difficulty of making cuts and prioritizing capital projects while maintaining basic city services such as police, water treatment, sewer, streets and sanitation. After closing the hearing, the council voted to adopt Resolution 15-24 by voice vote and the mayor declared the motion passed.
The council took no additional direction to staff and did not refer the budget back for further study; the action on Resolution 15-24 was a final adoption of the fiscal year 2026 appropriations.
Members of the council and staff who participated in the meeting praised the effort of senior staff in preparing the budget and expressed appreciation for the work required to balance revenues and costs.
