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Davis County approves 2026 budget, enacts 14.9% tax increase in 2–1 vote
Summary
After weeks of public meetings and debate, the Davis County Commission adopted the final 2026 operating and capital budgets and a 14.9% tax increase. The resolution passed 2–1; commissioners said targeted cuts and further work are required to fill a roughly $6.5 million general-fund shortfall.
Davis County commissioners on Tuesday approved the county’s final 2026 operating and capital budgets, adopting a tax increase of 14.9% that commissioners said was necessary to preserve required services. The motion to adopt the budget (item 16) passed on a voice vote recorded as two ayes and one nay.
The county’s controller, Scott Park, told the commission the general fund remains roughly $6.5 million short of fully funding the budget as presented and recommended a more targeted approach to cuts. “We are spending down our savings by $6,500,000 and that is something that we will need to address over the next few months,” Park said during his presentation.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the shortfall reflects a mix of…
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