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Tremonton council adopts 2025–26 budget, transfers $1 million from reserve to capital projects
Summary
After a multi‑hour workshop, the city council approved the final 2025–26 budget and a $1,000,000 amendment moving money from the general (rainy‑day) reserve into the capital projects fund to cover near‑term road, water and facility work.
Tremonton’s city council voted to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 annual implementation budget and to amend the current year to transfer $1,000,000 from the general fund into capital projects, officials said.
Curtis Roberts, the city’s finance lead, walked the council through a set of one‑time capital additions now included in the proposed budget: a $13,000 cemetery‑software upgrade funded by grant money; park work including a $575,000 allocation for Midland Square from Fund 26; and a carryover on the Central Trail project. Roberts also summarized recommended enterprise investments, including $905,000 for an aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) engineering package and $7.2 million that has already been set aside for a treatment‑plant upgrade scheduled to begin in fiscal year ’26.
Roberts told the council the transfers were necessary to keep the city within statutory reserve limits. “We’re expecting to end the year with a general‑fund balance that would exceed the 35% cap the state allows,” he said. “My recommendation is to move $1,000,000 to the capital projects fund so the city remains in compliance and can pay for near‑term projects.”
Council members pressed staff on project scope and timing. Questions centered on whether the 1000 North repave phase would include sidewalks (staff said the mill‑and‑fill phase at $330,000 is too limited to add sidewalks at that price) and on the phasing and funding for the Rocket Road widening and bridge/railroad crossing work. Roberts emphasized the transfers set money aside but do not authorize spending; departments must later seek appropriations or contract approvals before funds are expended.
Outcome and next steps: the council approved the budget resolution (Resolution 25‑29) and, in a separate motion, approved the budget amendment to transfer $1,000,000 from the general fund into the capital projects fund (Resolution 25‑30). Roberts and department heads said staff will return to council with project‑level spending requests, timelines and any needed procurement actions.
The adoption closes a months‑long budget process that staff and council described as iterative and more transparent than prior cycles. The city manager and department heads said they will continue work to tie capital‑project schedules to available funds and to present the council with specific authorization requests before money is spent.
