The city council has adopted a tentative budget for the 2009-2010 financial year, which starts July 1, which offers a rough draft that the city council work through over the coming month before adopting a final budget on June 16. Though it accounts for the drop in sales tax and development-related revenues, the funding deficit is currently expected to affect departmental requests rather than property taxes.
“I know that other Utah cities are proposing a property tax increase to survive in these tough times, but I don’t see a need for that,” said Centerville City Manager Steve Thacker. “We’re still doing better than other cities.”
Though the rough outline has been agreed upon, there are still several details of the budget that need to be worked through. The council will be addressing several of these at a special work session scheduled for May 26 at 7 p.m., which will be open to the public. There will also be a public hearing on the proposed final budget held as part of the city council’s June 2 meeting.
One of those details will be the possibility of creating an additional position in the parks and recreation department, a move recommended by Thacker.
“We have more parks acreage than ever before,” he said. “I would also like to redirect the parks director towards some emergency management work.”
Despite the drop in revenues, funding is still secure for both the Davis County Cultural Arts Center and the Centerville City Hall remodel. Both projects had been planned for several years in advance, with saved-up cash reserves paying for the work.
The budgeting for the cultural arts center, which will be paying back bonds that will be financing the project, takes into account the reduced revenues, which are being projected to continue into the next fiscal year.
jwardell@davisclipper.com
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