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Davis County budget committee orders stress test amid $10 million judgment and projected shortfall
Summary
Davis County officials directed departments to run a late‑June stress test on constrained revenue scenarios after learning a December judgment erased roughly $5 million of fund balance. Commissioners discussed a temporary judgment levy, use‑limitations on opioid settlement funds, and modeling a modest property‑tax increase.
Davis County officials on May 29 pressed department heads to run a budget “stress test” in late June as the county grapples with a projected fiscal shortfall and the fallout from a recent legal judgment. The budget committee was told the Heather Miller settlement created about a $10,000,000 judgment, with roughly $5,000,000 drawn from the county’s fund balance.
Controller Curtis Koch told the committee he had circulated a flow chart on judgment levies and said a judgment levy is an available, short‑term option that would have to be processed through the county’s usual truth‑in‑taxation procedures and cleared with attorneys. Koch cautioned the measure would not be a long‑term remedy but could explain a one‑time tax increase to the public.
Why it matters: committee members said the county needs to show voters prudent belt‑tightening if…
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