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Tooele unveils tentative FY2025–26 budget; council tentatively adopts without tax increase

3233923 · May 8, 2025

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Mayor Debbie Wynne presented a tentative FY2025–26 budget that the council tentatively adopted; the document keeps the certified tax rate and does not propose a tax increase, adds staff positions including three police officers (one SRO), increases victim-advocate hours, funds road work, and reserves $500,000 toward leased fire trucks.

Tooele City Mayor Debbie Wynne presented the budget officer’s tentative budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at the May 7 council meeting; the council voted to tentatively adopt the budget and set a hearing to consider final adoption.

Wynne said the tentative budget is based on adopting the certified tax rate and that the city “will not be proposing a tax increase this year.” The budget includes investments in roads, water efficiency, parks and recreation projects and staffing increases to support growth.

Highlights Wynne and Finance Director Shannon Wimmer listed included funding for a full-time utility service technician to support water-meter installation and reading, a parks-and-cemetery restructure and outsourced cemetery maintenance, a public works assistant director position, three full-time police officers (one to serve as a school resource officer at the new Deseret Peak High School), an increase of the victim advocate position from 30 to 40 hours, a proposed 2% cost-of-living adjustment for employees and a tier 2 pickup for public safety (to be handled via a separate resolution).

Wynne said the budget also reserves $500,000 as a lease-purchase down payment option to acquire additional fire trucks over coming years and that the city absorbed a larger judgment levy payment this year after payoff of several prior bonds.

Councilman Brady moved to tentatively adopt the budget and schedule a public hearing; Councilwoman McCall seconded and the motion passed 5-0. Staff said the final adoption is scheduled for mid-June with public notices and the tentative budget available in the recorder’s office and online.