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Utah County presents conservative tentative 2026 budget; health department, Children's Justice Center, CIP flagged for funding
Summary
Finance staff presented the county's tentative budget, using conservative revenue estimates and flagging requests including up to $8.3 million for the health department, roughly $2 million for the Children's Justice Center, and a $280,000 transfer to the capital improvement plan.
Utah County finance staff presented a tentative 2026 budget to commissioners during the Oct. 22 meeting, using conservative revenue estimates and identifying major spending pressures for next year.
Rod, who presented the budget to the board, said sales tax revenue was projected to rise 2.9% over the current year's budgeted revenue and property tax to grow about 2.3% over the 2025 budget. He said an outside consultant provided high, mid and low forecasts and the budget team used the low…
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