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Bluff council adopts tentative FY2027 budget, schedules public hearing for June 2
Summary
The Bluff Town Council unanimously adopted Resolution #103 to approve a tentative FY2027 budget and set a public hearing for June 2, 2026; the tentative budget includes funds earmarked for emergency services and other line items subject to final adoption later this year.
The Bluff Town Council voted 5–0 on May 5 to adopt Resolution #103, which approves a tentative FY2027 budget and schedules the FY2027 budget public hearing for June 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM. Councilmembers Britt Hornsby, Spencer Wade, Mayor Josh Ewing, Jennifer Davila and Gary Haws recorded aye votes.
Town staff presented a draft tentative budget totaling $711,031 and explained several accounting changes: capital-projects expenses were moved out of the general fund into a capital-projects fund to improve rollover accounting; BRICC/CCC/Old Elementary School activity remains a special-revenue transfer; and the tentative budget includes increases for emergency services (the $50,000 property-tax option), retirement and health care for full-time employees, Dark Sky and wayfinding projects, and two part-time positions (maintenance and notetaker).
Utah law requires that a tentative budget be adopted at the first meeting in May to provide public notice of what is being considered; staff said the budget wording would be updated to label it ‘tentative budget’ where needed. The council directed staff to schedule public outreach (an open-house on May 19) and to hold the formal hearing in early June; any final changes, including lowering the proposed tax amount, can be made before final adoption later in the year.
The resolution passed on a roll-call vote after staff corrected references to specific Utah Code citations and replaced the detailed code citations with Title 10 references to avoid listing outdated section numbers.
