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South Salt Lake staff propose small year‑end budget amendments; council gets answers on COLA, Founders Day and equipment
Summary
City staff presented modest FY24–25 budget amendments and answered council questions about the FY25–26 tentative budget, confirming a 3% COLA for employees (including council and mayor), a $1,200 annual HSA city contribution and a $60,000 Founders Day allocation largely for a $50,000 drone show.
City staff presented a brief fiscal year 2024–25 budget amendment and answered council questions about the tentative FY25–26 budget during the South Salt Lake City Council work meeting May 28.
Ariel (staff) summarized three proposed amendments to the general fund: a $6,600 election prepayment required now for the November election; $30,000 for engineering planning and design services to be paid from interest earnings; and about $25,000 in animal services expenses to be covered by animal service donations (the increase covers employee benefit costs tied to turnover and equipment purchases to keep officers safe).
Two amendments were proposed for other funds: $50,000 in the public safety fund to cover increased state EMS fees tied to ambulance and EMS service levels, and $77,000 in the debt service fund to cover higher‑than‑expected interest on the bond for the public works campus construction.
In a follow‑up Q&A on the tentative FY25–26 budget, staff provided additional details: the FY24–25 budget (including the February amendment but not the May amendments) is approximately $177,000,000; the proposed FY25–26 budget is about $133,000,000, of which roughly $21,000,000 is associated with the public works bond and related capital. Councilman Paul Sanchez asked for the comparison and staff provided it.
Councilman DeWolfe's questions were answered as follows: the proposed 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment applies to all city employees, including council and the mayor; the city contributes $1,200 annually to employees' HSA accounts (paid in two $600 installments); the additional network specialist position requested by IT will be housed in the police department budget to support that department's specific IT needs; and the founders day budget is approximately $60,000, with about $50,000 of that amount budgeted for a drone show.
On emergency management and capital questions, staff said $5,000 is included in the capital budget line for EOC (emergency operations center) supplies and equipment, and detailed the $330,000 public works equipment line as: a $15,000 bobcat lease, $65,000 asphalt roller, $20,000 shoring system, $120,000 vacuum trailer and $110,000 GPS Trimble unit.
Ariel asked council members to submit further questions by June 2. No formal action was taken on the amendments during the work meeting; staff said the amendments will be included on the regular meeting consent calendar for action.
The discussion also noted that Jason Keffer resigned from the Civilian Review Board and staff proposed appointing Tom Mills (from alternate status) to a regular CRB vacancy; staff said council would take action on that appointment in the regular meeting.
