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Sunset City approves FY2027 budget, including 5% COLA for employees; council signs several administrative resolutions
Summary
The council adopted the fiscal year 2027 final budget, approved a 5% cost‑of‑living adjustment for employees and elected officials, authorized a $650,000 fund transfer from capital projects to the general fund, and adopted fee schedule updates (including a dispatch fee that becomes effective in October). Several administrative resolutions on retirement contributions, tax rate, personnel holidays, ACH fraud monitoring and an appeal authority were also approved.
The Sunset City Council on June 16 adopted its FY2027 final budget and took a package of related administrative actions, including a 5% cost‑of‑living adjustment (COLA) for city employees and elected officials and a $650,000 transfer from the Public Works Capital Project Fund into the General Fund.
City staff summarized the budget as including a total COLA cost of $95,006.51, utility fund increases, capital projects (office furniture and biometric fingerprint equipment for patrol cars), $100,000 grant match for water‑line replacement, sidewalk replacement and road maintenance allocations, and $443,743 in capital projects across funds. Staff also noted an estimated UDOT betterment for 1800 North of $489,958.23 to be paid in three installments under state code.
On the council floor, motions to approve the FY2026 amended budget (Resolution 2026‑11) and the FY2027 final budget (Resolution 2026‑12) passed after roll calls that recorded a small number of negative votes (Councilmember Thompson was recorded as voting no on some items). The council then passed Ordinance 2026‑003 adopting a 5% COLA for elected officials, city employees and municipal officers; at least one member noted objection to the elected‑official portion of the increase while supporting pay adjustments for staff.
Other approved actions included: - Resolution 2026‑14 adopting an updated fee schedule. Staff flagged that the dispatch fee paid to the Layton Consolidated Dispatch Center will increase from $0.90 to $4.00; the council set an October effective date for that particular fee even though the overall fee schedule takes effect July 1. - Resolution 2026‑15 authorizing the city to assume the URS Tier 2 public safety employer contribution increase for eligible officers (an estimated 1.25% increase was described). - Resolution 2026‑16 approving the certified tax rate for fiscal 2027 (the county set the city’s rate at 0.000956). The council recorded the roll call and approved the rate. - Resolution 2026‑17 and related personnel policy amendments to align holiday observance with state scheduling and to restore prior holiday timing in some cases. - Resolution 2026‑18 adding an ACH fraud monitoring policy to the city’s personnel procedures. - Resolution 2026‑19 appointing an appeal authority for land‑use variance applications (the city attorney was named as the appeal authority for relevant cases).
Council and staff emphasized careful budgeting to avoid a tax increase for the city this fiscal year and thanked administration and department heads for work that kept the budget balanced without raising city taxes. Several councilmembers voiced concern about external cost pressures—particularly the dispatch fee change and county actions discussed earlier—that could affect smaller cities’ fiscal health.
The council concluded the regular session and then moved into a work session on community events.
