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Brigham City staff outline $405,000 fleet‑fund shortfall and options including a targeted 5% property‑tax proposal
Summary
Staff said a $405,000 increase is needed to cover fleet lease costs after adding a 2% inflation factor; they presented scenarios to fund the gap through property taxes, sales tax forecast adjustments, ambulance revenue and modest utility transfers and recommended a roughly 5% tax proposal for the tentative budget.
City staff told Brigham City Council members that the mayor’s budget includes an added 2% inflation adjustment to the city’s fleet‑leasing program that produces a roughly $405,000 increase the general fund must support if no other offsets are used.
Tom Cotter (presenting staff member) explained scenarios for covering the $405,000, including using new growth in taxable value (staff used a $75,000 historical average for new growth), raising property taxes, increasing forecasted sales‑tax revenue, applying anticipated ambulance revenue gains under new state law, or modestly increasing the utility‑fund transfer to the general fund.
Using staff’s example, applying the full $330,000 shortfall to property taxes (after counting $75,000 new growth) would equate to a uniform 10.3% property‑tax increase across the city under the…
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