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Brigham City staff outline options — including a 5.15% property-tax scenario — to cover $405,000 fleet-cost increase
Summary
City staff told the council the mayor’s budget includes a roughly $405,000 gap driven by an inflation adjustment for fleet assets and presented options to cover that gap, including property-tax increases, higher sales-tax revenue forecasts, ambulance revenue changes, or a modest utility-fund transfer.
Brigham City staff told the Brigham City Council a $405,000 change in the general fund tied to fleet-asset cost increases is driving the current budget discussion and presented several ways to cover that amount.
Tom Carter (staff member) presented scenarios during the council’s work session. Using a conservative assumption of $75,000 in county-certified new-growth revenue, Carter said the city would still need about $330,000 to cover the $405,000 fleet-related amount. One across-the-board scenario would produce a 10.3% property-tax increase; splitting the difference yields a roughly 5.15% property-tax increase that would raise about $165,000, Carter said.
To cover the remaining $165,000 under the half-property-tax scenario, Carter presented three…
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