Payson council adopts roughly $91.6 million 2025-26 budget after trimming four Exhibit B projects

The Payson Common Council adopted a final fiscal year 2025-26 budget on June 25, approving Resolution 3453 after a public hearing and an amendment that removed four projects from Exhibit B.

The council voted to approve Resolution 3453 adopting estimates of revenues and expenditures, with the document presented by Dana Hanesian, Finance Director, who said, "The 2025-26 final budget is currently balanced, it's 91,633,507." The resolution passed by voice vote 7-0.

The action followed an earlier amendment to Exhibit B, made before the final vote, in which the council removed four capital items: a $1,500,000 update/enhancement for the event center, a $1,000,000 pavement-preservation allocation, a $4,000,000 aging water-main replacement item and a $4,289,400 water-line replacement item. Councilmember Farris moved to remove the four items; the motion was seconded and passed 4-2 with Councilmember Charlie Bell recorded as abstaining.

Why it matters: the approved budget covers all town funds and establishes the spending framework for the coming fiscal year. Hanesian told the council the town-wide total shown in the schedules equals roughly $91.6 million and that the general fund portion is about $40,000,006.29. She described the final numbers as the result of several work sessions on the capital improvement program, personnel requests and other…