Centerville tentatively adopts FY2027 budget after HB236 disclosures; staff proposes 15.5% property‑tax increase

Centerville’s City Council moved forward with its FY2027 budget process on May 5, adopting a set of resolutions required by recent changes to Utah’s truth‑and‑taxation law and tentatively approving a budget that includes a proposed property‑tax increase.

Brent, the city’s budget officer, told the council the tentative budget as presented includes a property‑tax increase that would raise an estimated $361,640. “We are identifying certain areas within the budget that increased and that the property‑tax increase would fund,” he said, naming a police officer and related equipment, South Davis Metro Fire assessments and other operational needs.

The tentative rate change staff presented would move the city’s property‑tax rate from about 0.0012 to roughly 0.001386 — an estimated 15.5% increase on Centerville’s portion of the tax bill. On the example used in staff materials, the change would increase the average Centerville homeowner’s city portion of the tax bill by about $59.61 a year.

Why separate actions tonight

Council staff and Lisa, the city attorney/finance staff working on compliance, said House Bill 236 (HB236) requires additional, clearly separated steps in the calendar: a…