Riverton mayor cites decade of growth, unveils water, parks and public-safety priorities

Riverton Mayor (name not specified) used the city's State of the City address to summarize roughly a decade of growth and to outline priorities for infrastructure, water, parks, public safety and economic development as the city approaches build-out.

The mayor said the city's sales tax revenue has grown from about $4 million to about $13 million over the last 10 years, and described several large projects and funding moves he said have allowed Riverton to keep local fees and taxes relatively low. "We've seen significant increase in sales tax revenues," the mayor said.

Why it matters: the speech tied several concrete investments to fiscal outcomes and service changes. The mayor attributed nearly $21 million in aggregate taxpayer savings to the city's move to a local law-enforcement service area and said exiting the countywide fire district saved about $2 million in recent years. Those savings, he said, help keep utility and fee burdens lower than surrounding jurisdictions.

Key fiscal and public-safety points The mayor said Riverton's move to a local Riverton Law Enforcement Service Area and its own police department…