Bluffdale council adopts 2025–26 budget, sets certified tax rates and approves 3% COLA for staff

Bluffdale Mayor Hall and the City Council unanimously approved the city’s final operating budget for fiscal year 2025–26 and adopted the certified tax rates for Salt Lake and Utah counties during their June 18 meeting. The adopted budget includes a 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for executive municipal officers, a near-elimination of the planned draw on reserves and a small slate of new hires.

City finance staff told the council the state auditor’s certified tax rate for Bluffdale this year is 0.000866, which produced required property tax revenue of $2,246,566 that must be included in the budget. Staff said Bluffdale’s portion of a homeowner’s total property tax bill is about 10%. Stephanie (finance staff) explained how adjusted valuations lower the tax rate as required under Utah law and that the city is not proposing a separate property tax increase…