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Provo outlines FY2027 ‘citizens budget,’ projects $334.6 million in revenues and planned water investments
Summary
An intern presented the council’s FY2027 Citizens Budget showing roughly $334.62 million in projected revenues, $341.6 million in expenditures, a $57.79 million capital program and proposed utility rate adjustments; the city highlighted a drinking water treatment plant entering final construction phase.
Provo City Council staff presented the FY2027 Citizens Budget on June 9, outlining projected revenues and key priorities ahead of the council’s formal budget hearings.
The citizens-budget presentation, delivered by Britain, summarized the tentative FY2027 numbers: approximately $334.62 million in total revenues and transfers in, and about $341.6 million in total expenditures and transfers out. The brief explained that sales and utility fees are primary revenue sources and that sales-tax receipts are projected to be roughly 14% higher than the FY2026 budget, with an estimated $30.26 million in sales-tax receipts for FY2027.
Why it matters: the document condenses the full tentative budget into an accessible overview for residents and flags major spending and capital projects. Britain highlighted the capital improvement plan (about $57.79 million for FY2027) and department general-fund expenditures (police about $27.9 million, fire about $16.8 million and parks about $15.3 million).
City staff also described several items the council and administration identified to improve fiscal operations, including a stricter approach to supplemental appropriations, creation of an annual vehicle fleet budget, measures to address fire-department overtime, investment in an economic development strategic plan and improvements to building permit processing. Britain noted the drinking water treatment plant is entering its final construction phase in fall 2026 and is projected to be operational the following calendar year.
Utility rates and rebates were called out as a new page in the citizens document. The presentation described proposed utility adjustments in the tentative budget: a 6% increase in residential water rates, a 4% increase for small commercial water customers, a 7% increase for large commercial water customers, and a 10% increase for industrial power customers; no increase was expected for residential electric customers in the coming year. The citizens packet also lists rebate programs and conservation- oriented incentives (e.g., sprinkler-controller discounts and free shade trees) intended to help residents manage higher utility costs.
What happens next: the tentative FY2027 budget is available on the city transparency portal; Kelsey Zarback, the city’s budget officer, opened a formal public hearing on the tentative FY2027 budget at the June 9 meeting and reminded the public of a second hearing on June 23 prior to council adoption. The citizens summary is intended as a public-facing guide; the council will consider the full tentative budget and any amendments in subsequent hearings.
