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Riverton Fire Service Area board adopts amended 2024–25 budget, approves 2025–26 budget and tax rate
Summary
The Riverton Fire Service Area Board approved a final amended budget for FY2024–25, adopted the FY2025–26 final budget and approved the RFSA tax rate after brief discussion about rising service costs. The board also approved consent minutes from May 20, 2025.
The Riverton Fire Service Area Board adopted Resolution 25-02, approving a final amended budget for fiscal year 2024–25; adopted Resolution 25-03, approving the final budget for fiscal year 2025–26; approved Resolution 25-04 adopting the RFSA tax rate; and approved the consent agenda including minutes for May 20, 2025.
Board action came after a brief presentation by Mr. Geer and a short public-hearing period during which no members of the public spoke. Mr. Geer explained that the RFSA is a separate reporting entity that “rolls up into the city” for financial reporting and reviewed the need to adopt a final amended budget for 2024–25 and a budget for 2025–26, as well as the tax rate for the RFSA.
The board approved the consent agenda first, including a motion to approve the May 20, 2025, minutes. The motion to approve minutes was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
On Resolution 25-02 (final amended budget for FY2024–25) a motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded. Roll call votes recorded by name showed the motion carried: Council member Perucci, Board member McKay, Board member Hammond, Board member Barroker and Board member McDougall all voted yes; no no votes or abstentions were recorded. The same pattern followed for Resolution 25-03 (final FY2025–26 budget). A board member who identified themselves as a chaperone at Riverton High School noted that police and fire had been called during a graduation-night event and thanked public safety staff; that comment preceded the motion to adopt Resolution 25-03. The motion to adopt Resolution 25-03 was moved and seconded and passed on a roll call that recorded yes votes from Barroker, Hammond, McDougall, Perucci and McKay.
During discussion on the FY2025–26 budget, Council member Perucci said the city is not planning any property tax increases in this budget but warned the RFSA budget and other city service budgets will require “hard discussions” about service levels and cost in the coming years: “...we're not planning on any property tax increases with this budget, but we have to have some hard discussions as a city about our FSA budget in the years to come.” Board member McDougall added that growth-related revenues that helped cover rising costs have tapered, and that although the city has been able to manage cost increases by tightening budgets and using increased cash flow in prior years, that trend has leveled off: “We've been able to hold it off...but it is a reality that eventually we're gonna have to pass those costs on, to the users of those costs.”
The board then approved Resolution 25-04 adopting the RFSA tax rate. A motion to adopt the tax rate was moved, seconded by McKay, and passed on roll call votes that recorded yes votes from McDougall, Perucci, Barroker, Heyman and McKay. The board did not receive public comment on the items during the public hearings and closed the hearings before each vote.
The board took no further formal direction to staff during the meeting and did not amend the adopted budgets. All motions listed above passed and were recorded as approved.
