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Herriman Fire Service Area board adopts tax rate, interim budget and updated impact schedule
Summary
Herriman's Fire Service Area board approved a certified tax rate of 0.001334 and adopted an interim FY2027 budget; staff said a proposed truth-in-taxation increase to 0.001364 would add about $205,560 in revenue if approved in a future hearing. Resolutions RZ 6-26, R07-26 and R08-26 were approved.
The Herriman City Fire Service Area board voted to adopt its certified tax rate, approve an interim fiscal-year-2027 budget and adopt an updated property-tax impact schedule during the special session. City staff member Kyle presented the numbers and described how the proposed increases would be used to cover Unified Fire Authority contract costs and future growth-related needs.
Kyle told the board the final certified tax rate calculated by Salt Lake County is 0.001334, which he said would generate roughly $900,000 for the city. He also described a contemplated truth-in-taxation increase to 0.001364 that, if pursued and approved, would generate an additional $205,560 intended to cover anticipated Unified Fire Authority contract costs.
The board moved and approved Resolution RZ 6-26 to adopt the rate of tax and levying taxes within the Fire Service Area (motion by Jared; second by Matt). The board then approved Resolution R07-26 adopting an interim FY2027 budget; Kyle emphasized that funds tied to any proposed property-tax increase are legally restricted until final adoption. The board later approved Resolution R08-26, which updates the FY2027 property-tax impact schedule to reflect the final county numbers; Kyle used last year's average property value of $640,000 to show the illustrative effect, saying an average homeowner would see about a $10 increase and a business about $90.20 if the increase were approved.
All three resolutions were moved and seconded in the meeting and recorded as carried in the transcript by affirmative responses from board members. Staff noted the county assessor's finalized average property values were not yet available and that the $640,000 figure was illustrative for the impact schedule.
The resolutions formalize the tax-rate and interim-budget steps required by recent legislation and by the board's decision to pursue (or present) a truth-in-taxation option for additional growth-related funding.
