Springville council adopts tentative 2025–26 budget, OKs pay ordinance and several land‑use changes

The Springville City Council on Monday adopted a tentative 2025–26 budget, approved a pair of measures setting municipal officer compensation, and approved several land‑use ordinances, including a narrow amendment to creek‑setback standards and a new senior‑housing overlay zone.

The council opened a required public hearing on planned transfers from enterprise funds to the general fund before taking action on the broader budget. Bruce, a city finance staff member, told the council the transfers fall into three categories — administrative fees, a policy transfer equal to 6.5% of operating revenue, and internal utility charges — and that the combined transfers total about $8,000,000.

Why it matters: The tentative budget establishes the city’s spending plan and triggers the state’s “truth in taxation” process because the proposed property‑tax request exceeds the certified tax rate. The budget also contains staffing and rate decisions that affect taxes, utility bills and capital projects across the city.

Council action and key budget details - The council voted to adopt Resolution 2025‑22 to operate under a tentative budget effective July 1 and to set a truth‑in‑taxation hearing for Aug. 19, 2025. The vote was recorded in roll call: Mindy (yes), Logan (yes), Mike (yes) and Craig (yes). - Gabe Roush, a city staff member presenting the budget, said the general fund is balanced at $899,503 (as presented), the total city budget is about $118,000,000, and that the proposed city portion of property tax would increase 2.1% (about $67,000 city‑wide), which for a $500,000 home equates to about $4.40 annually for the city share. Utility rate increases proposed are generally 2.5–3%, which staff estimated would add about $5 per month for the typical residential customer. - The budget continues a long‑standing policy to transfer 6.5% of enterprise operating revenues to the general fund; staff cited approximately $3.5 million in such policy transfers and about $3.5 million in administrative fee transfers (for a combined transfer…