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Herriman council reviews parks, cemetery and events budget; staff propose new positions and rodeo subsidy
Summary
Council heard department budgets for FY2027–28 including staffing changes in parks (an arborist assistant, a director conversion and a future parks manager), a $500,000 splash-pad request, Ice Ribbon ticket revenues and credit-card fees, and a proposed rodeo subsidy of roughly $43,400 in FY27 ($54,730 in FY28).
Herriman — At its March 11 work session the Herriman City Council reviewed the parks, cemetery and events department budget proposals for fiscal years 2027–28, with staff laying out personnel requests, operating pressures and capital asks that will feed into the city manager’s recommended budget to be released May 13.
Councilmember Kyle, who presented the item, said parks’ net revenue projections show a modest 4% increase in the first year and a larger jump into FY28 driven mainly by proposed new positions. “We’re requesting an arborist assistant in FY2027 and moving our deputy director to director-level responsibilities this year,” Kyle said. Staff also proposed converting a parks technician lead to a foreman role and adding a parks manager in FY2028 to help supervise operations and projects.
Why it matters: the tentative budget must be adopted…
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