Brigham City mayor presents $110 million proposed budget, proposes property tax and fee adjustments to cover fleet and service costs

Brigham City Mayor (name not specified) presented the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget to the Brigham City Council, outlining a $110,000,000 plan that includes $33,000,000 in capital projects, $19,000,000 in overpass and corridor preservation projects funded by the state legislature, a proposed $450,000 increase in property tax revenue (the city’s financial director estimates roughly a 15% rise in Brigham City’s portion), and a $1.75-per-month increase in the residential recycling (“blue cans”) fee.

The proposed budget matters because it would fund long-term infrastructure projects and rising operating costs while relying on the city’s utility fund and a property-tax increase that would affect local taxpayers. The mayor framed the budget as fiscally responsible and said it balances generational capital work with maintaining city services.

Key items in the proposal include a multi-year Fourth Street overpass project (work began in late 2024), continued work on a two-pipe penstock in the canyon (one of two pipes already completed), construction of a substation near Watery Lane to serve a growing Nucor campus, relocation of power lines above the Staker Parsons gravel pit per a longstanding…