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Bluff council adopts FY2027 budget and final certified tax rate; tax vote splits 4–1
Summary
At its June 16 meeting the Bluff Town Council unanimously approved the town's FY2027 budget and, in a separate vote, adopted a final certified tax rate the council described as lower than last year; the tax-rate resolution passed 4'1.
The Bluff Town Council on June 16 adopted the town's fiscal year 2027 budget and approved a final certified tax rate required for submission to the Utah Tax Commission.
Mayor Josh Ewing and four councilmembers met at 4:00 p.m. and voted on separate resolutions: Resolution #106, adopting the FY2026'027 budget, passed unanimously; Resolution #105, setting the final certified tax rate, passed on a 4'1 roll-call vote with Mayor Ewing dissenting on the tax-rate measure.
Erin Nelson, Bluff town staff, told the council the tax-rate adoption is an annual procedural step to share the rate with the Utah Tax Commission and that the rate being adopted did not include a previously proposed increase. Nelson said the rate represents a small decrease from last year, listing the change from 0.000543 to 0.000531. The roll-call vote on Resolution #105 was recorded: Gary Haws yes, Spencer Wade yes, Mayor Josh Ewing no, Jennifer Davila yes and Britt Hornsby yes.
Nelson summarized changes incorporated into the FY27 budget since the June 9 work session: airport maintenance was increased to $450 to cover mowing or small equipment purchases (funded via the maintenance position); the insurance line was adjusted upward; certain public-safety-related expenses were budgeted separately (including an EMS supplies carry-over from a fundraiser and an Emergency Support, Supplies and Equipment line to support Fire & EMS); business- and community-promotion expenses were consolidated into a single line (including funds to BOB and other promotions); and mosquito abatement and noxious-weed expenses were moved from Administrative to Miscellaneous. Council also moved capital expenses into capital funds so they roll over annually and are easier to track.
Councilmembers did not amend the budget further and adopted Resolution #106 by unanimous roll-call vote. Minutes show the budget and tax-rate adoptions were recorded in the June 16 approved minutes published July 9, 2026.
The council's immediate next steps are administrative: filing the certified rate with the Utah Tax Commission and finalizing budget documentation for the fiscal year.
