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West Valley City reviews tentative FY2026 budget; council weighs property tax increase to cover public safety shortfall
Summary
City staff presented a tentative FY2026 budget with a $120 million general fund and a roughly $4.4 million gap to balance. Councilors debated using reserves, selling assets or a 6% property tax increase (estimated to raise ~$2 million) largely to fund public safety needs, including firefighter staffing and equipment.
Mayor called the West Valley City Council study meeting to order at 4:32 p.m. and turned the floor to Mister Welch for a presentation of the city’s tentative FY2026 budget.
"This year's budget is proposed at, the general fund is a hundred and $20,000,000," Mister Welch said, adding the total city budget is approximately $195 million. Welch said the general fund’s projected revenue mix is roughly 39% sales tax, 30% property tax and 31% utility and fee revenue, and that the city must adopt a tentative budget now under state statute.
Welch said 54% of the general fund budget is allocated to…
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