HomeMy WebLinkAboutUpdated Ordinance #2 - 6/10/20251
SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. ____ of 2025
Adopting the City budget, excluding the budget for the Library Fund
which is separately adopted, and the employment staffing document of
Salt Lake City, Utah for fiscal year 2025-2026
PREAMBLE
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-6-111 of the Utah Code, the City Budget Officer
prepared and filed with the City Council a tentative budget in proper form for all funds for which
budgets are required by said law, including tentative budgets for the general fund, the library fund,
special revenue funds, debt service funds and the capital improvements funds for fiscal year 2025-
2026. The tentative budget was accompanied by a budget message as required by law.
That tentative budget was adopted by the City Council, in Resolution No. 12 of 2025, on
May 6, 2025.
Section 10-6-118 of the Utah Code requires that before the 30th day of June of each fiscal
year, or September 1, in case of a property tax increase under Sections 59-2-919 through 59-2-923
of the Utah Code, the governing body shall, by resolution or ordinance, adopt a budget for the
ensuing fiscal year for each fund for which a budget is required.
The City budget officer has prepared a budget, in proper form, for all funds for which
budgets are required by law. Section 2.52.020 of the Salt Lake City Code states in part that
employment staffing documents shall be adopted as an element of the City’s budget, or otherwise,
as the City Council may require. Three copies of such documents have been filed for use and
examination of the public in the Office of the City Recorder whose permanent office is located at
451 South State Street, Room 415, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
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NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City:
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to adopt a budget, except the
budget for the Library Fund which is separately adopted, for fiscal year 2025-2026, and to adopt
the employment staffing documents. All conditions precedent to the adoption of the budget, which
includes the employment staffing documents, have been accomplished.
SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF BUDGET. The budget attached hereto and made a part of
this Ordinance, shall be, and the same hereby is adopted as the budget of the City, excluding the
budget for the Library Fund which is separately adopted, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025
and ending June 30, 2026, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 10-6-105, 10-6-118
and 59-2-923 of the Utah Code, subject to the conditions set forth herein. The budget is subject to
the approval of the Mayor and reconsideration of the City Council pursuant to Section 10-3b-204
of the Utah Code.
SECTION 3. EXHIBITS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. The following exhibits
are incorporated by reference in the budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 and adopted as an element
of the budget:
A. The Key Changes for All Funds, labeled “Council Adopted June ____, 2025”;
B. The Employment Staffing Document, labeled “Council Adopted June ____, 2025”; and
C. The Motion Sheet, labeled “Council Adopted June ____, 2025.”
SECTION 4. BUDGET CONTINGENCIES.
The following contingencies apply to the budget adopted for fiscal year 2025-2026:
1. Foothill Trails Contingency:
Conditional appropriation regarding expenditures for foothill trails. Only the maintenance
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of existing trails in the Foothills Trail System will be permitted, and other funding will be placed
on hold with the following contingencies:
1. Current maintenance will occur as scheduled by the department.
a. Trail maintenance is defined as:
The regular and periodic upkeep of trail infrastructure to ensure safety, functionality,
and sustainability, including activities such as clearing fallen trees or brush, repairing
tread erosion, maintaining drainage features (e.g., rolling grade dips, culverts),
reinforcing structures (bridges, retaining walls), and updating signage. Trail
maintenance ranges from routine (e.g., clearing debris) to cyclical or deferred (e.g.,
replacing aging structures), and shall adhere to the maintenance recommendations
outlined in the Foothill Trail Master Plan and other natural lands management plans.
2. Rehabilitation projects can occur as scheduled, contingent upon:
a. Work defined as trail rehabilitation is: The process of repairing, realigning, or
reconstructing sections of existing trails that have suffered from erosion, poor design,
overuse, or environmental damage. This includes improving drainage, reshaping
tread, rerouting small portions of unsustainable trail segments, closing trails, and
replanting vegetation.
b. updated signage content and public information to educate about the difference
between maintenance, rehabilitation work, or new trail alignments and cuts;
c. establishment and gathering of the Foothills Working Group, which the Department
of Public Lands is in the process of forming in coordination with the Parks, Natural
Lands, Urban Forestry & Trails Advisory Board and the University of Utah’s
Environmental Dispute Resolution program, to provide subject matter expertise for
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planning and implementation efforts, no later than October 15, 2025, to improve
coordination and awareness of the City’s trail plans and active work;
d. if any rehabilitation projects are performed this summer before the Working Group is
established, the Department of Public Lands shall provide notice to the Foothill
stakeholder list to share information before work begins.
3. In addition to the conditions listed above, other non-maintenance funding for new trail
projects will be on hold contingent upon:
a. execution of the Management Agreement with foothills stakeholder groups who own
property where trails exist and conduct work on the foothill trails within City
boundaries;
b. review by the Foothills Working Group of the implementation plans for new trail
construction or decommissioning;
c. identification of adjustments to the Foothills Trail System Plan, or additional
engagement as warranted;
d. the Council’s authorization to move forward after the Council evaluates the results of
the process above.
Existing and new funds for new trail projects will be on hold but may be released incrementally
by the Council as information about adherence to best practices and progress on community
feedback is received.
This contingency replaces previous Foothill Trails Budget Contingencies from prior fiscal years.
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2. Continued Contingency for All Funding Our Future -- Sales Tax Funds (this
has been adopted each year since the City implemented the sales tax). The Council approves
Funding Our Future sales tax revenue appropriations with the following conditions:
1. Expenditure of Funding Our Future Sales Tax Funds. Funding our Future funds
may not be expended unless the department or division expending the funds
complies with:
i. Utah Fiscal Procedures Act;
ii. The City’s Procurement Code and Rules; and
iii. Written verification from the City Attorney and City Finance Director that
proper legal and financial procedures have been followed.
2. Other Funding Our Future Budget Contingencies:
i. The Administration providing a written semiannual spending,
implementation and outcomes report on each of the critical need areas.
ii. Tracking funding for Fleet provided through the Funding our Future tax
separately to ensure it is spent only on public safety (police, fire, dispatch)
and street maintenance vehicles and equipment.
iii. The Administration spending funds in the critical need areas as adopted in
the attached key changes spreadsheet.
iv. The Administration bringing back to the Council any proposed adjustments
to the adopted budget in a budget amendment for re-appropriation before
changes are made.
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v. The Administration maintaining and regularly updating a publicly available
dashboard reflecting revenues received and actual uses.
vi. In FY25-26 and all future funding requests, providing a label denoting
which line items are funded with this Funding Our Future sales tax funds.
vii. For all positions added, the Administration shall submit an annual written
review along with the Mayor’s Recommended Budget to ensure that each
position continues to serve the critical need areas and, if a Council work
session briefing is scheduled, provide a presentation of the report.
SECTION 5. FILING OF BUDGET. The City Budget Officer is hereby authorized and
directed to certify and file copies of said budget with the State Auditor as required by Section 10-
6-118 of the Utah Code.
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SECTION 6. PUBLIC INSPECTION. The City Budget Officer is hereby authorized and
directed to certify and file copies of the budget in the office of said Budget Officer and in the
Office of the City Recorder whose permanent office is located at 451 South State Street,
Room 415, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, which budget shall be available for public inspection during
regular business hours as required by Section 10-6-119 of the Utah Code.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be deemed effective on
July 1, 2025.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this ____ day of 2025.
Chris Wharton, Council Chair
ATTEST:
Keith Reynolds, Recorder
Transmitted to the Mayor on .
Mayor’s Action: _____ Approved. _____ Vetoed.
Erin Mendenhall, Mayor
ATTEST:
Keith Reynolds, City Recorder
Bill No. _______ of 2025.
Published:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Office of the City Attorney
Date: 06/10/2025 (4:50 pm)
By: /s/Mark Kittrell