[0:03] We would like to welcome you to the
Hooper City Council Truth in Taxation
[0:09] meeting.
For those of you that are watching
[0:11] online, if you looked at the agenda that
was a posted on our website, you see a
[0:16] Zoom link and there are instructions
where you can
[0:20] » [clears throat]
>> go into the Zoom link. If you will raise
[0:24] your hand, then our city recorder Morgan
Yeoman will be able to let you in and
[0:29] you will be able to participate by Zoom.
So, we just want to let everyone know if
[0:34] you have any
questions at all, make sure you raise
[0:37] your hand and we will let you in. I am
Mayor Sherry Bingham. I'm going to be
[0:41] conducting this meeting. We are going to
have a pledge of allegiance by Council
[0:46] Member Hancock and a reverence by
Council Member
[0:50] Robledo.
[0:57] » Please repeat with me.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[1:02] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:09] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[1:15] » [clears throat]
[1:20] » Our Father in Heaven, as we come before
Thee at this council meeting here in
[1:24] Hooper, we give Thee thanks for the
opportunity that we have to help this
[1:30] town
the people that live here and we're
[1:34] grateful for all the good people that we
have living out here. We ask Thee to
[1:37] bless them and their families and their
lives.
[1:41] And at this time
we ask Thee to
[1:45] bless us with more moisture here in this
state as we're in desperate need and
[1:51] we ask Thee to bless our residents and
those that participate and communicate
[1:58] with us that
they'll be calm and peaceful and
[2:03] they'll be open to listen to us and
understand us and
[2:10] that they can share that with
their
[2:14] children and those that they live with.
We ask thee
[2:18] bless us this night as we talk about
truth and taxation that
[2:23] we'll all be able to be open and
understanding and
[2:27] we pray that everything will be
explained in detail in this and in Jesus
[2:32] Christ's name.
[2:35] » Thank you.
So, this is a public hearing. So,
[2:39] [clears throat] I need someone if they
would make a motion for us to enter into
[2:44] a public hearing.
[2:47] » I'll make
>> I motion that we enter into a public
[2:50] hearing.
>> The motion was made by council member
[2:52] Hancock. Is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[2:55] » Second was made by council member
Rapaleto. All in favor?
[2:59] » Aye.
>> Any opposed?
[3:02] Okay, we are moving into a public
hearing. So, if there's anyone that is
[3:07] here in person that would like to come
up and make a comment, you have 3
[3:13] minutes. If you would come up and state
your name and our city recorder has time
[3:18] cards that will let you know when your
time is up. And the same thing if we
[3:22] have anybody online, she will be
watching for those.
[3:32] Yes, if you just state your name.
>> Hi, I'm Valerie Stewart and I'm new to
[3:35] Hooper. I just moved here in May and we
love it down here. We love our home and
[3:40] and so far we love all of the people.
Um
[3:43] I just saw the notice in the paper that
the taxes were going to go up 46% on a
[3:48] $630,000 home, which is about $45 a
year.
[3:54] So, my question to you is
what is going up in the budget? What
[3:59] aspects? So, I went over last year's
budget and I, of course, I can't tell
[4:03] what you're proposing this year. So,
that that's my question. What's raising
[4:07] and what?
>> Okay. Thank you, and that will be um
[4:11] explained here in just a few minutes.
Thank you.
[4:16] Anyone else have anything? Do we have
any online
[4:20] that are trying to
>> No.
[4:24] No. No online.
>> Okay, we don't have any online. So, we
[4:28] are going to then move back into our
regular meeting. So, if I can have a
[4:33] motion to move back into our regular
meeting.
[4:38] » I motion to move back into our regular
meeting.
[4:41] » I'll second.
>> The motion was made by council member
[4:44] Rapuano. It was seconded by council
member Heal. All in favor?
[4:48] » Aye.
>> Any opposed?
[4:50] Okay, now we are back in our regular
meeting and I am going to turn the time
[4:54] over to Kami Moss, who is the city
treasurer.
[5:07] » So, Malcolm's pulling up a summary that
um the council all has that just
[5:13] If you go to sheet one real quick
Um so,
[5:19] as part of the bud- this is the proposed
budget that we've been over. This is
[5:24] just a summary sheet.
Um it's been available on public
[5:27] inspection and everything. Um we did um
also adopt a tentative budget um to
[5:34] operate on.
Uh it's pretty much outlined as we've
[5:37] said. Um the one thing that I was just
going to point out is we did talked
[5:42] about that impact fee studies and how
that didn't get completed last year, so
[5:47] it rolled into this year.
So, um is there any questions the
[5:51] council has for me relating to that?
Or I think we've been through it.
[5:58] Um
So, I'll explain real quick just so
[6:02] um because the question was brought up
that the $128,000
[6:06] property tax increase does equate to
46.55%
[6:11] property tax increase. The $128,000
is going through
[6:15] um towards the additional fee that the
um police with our contract with the
[6:22] Weber County Sheriff's Department has
requested for our fees for that. So,
[6:27] their fees for us for the year went up
$128,000.
[6:33] So, we are doing truth in taxation to
try and get the $128,000
[6:38] to pay their increase. So, that pretty
much is the summary of why
[6:44] we are doing that.
>> Maybe just to make it not too obvious to
[6:46] hire six additional officers.
>> Yeah.
[6:49] » So, that was the reason.
>> were the increase. Yeah.
[6:51] But, we don't
we don't really have much of an option
[6:56] as far as that goes. They
pretty much
[6:59] have looked at our options for the
moment
[7:03] that we can come up with.
>> And may I just say, I really appreciate
[7:07] everybody goes by percentages and it
sounds so bad. I'm so glad that you
[7:12] mentioned it went up $45.
And that uh because the percentage is it
[7:17] sounds horrible, 46%, but you know,
[clears throat] a dollar
[7:22] a week isn't as bad and
yeah, like they said, it's just for and
[7:28] I'm not trying to pick on you back here.
You picked a bad night
[7:34] Yeah, exactly. That's what I said. But,
where's Kirtland? He knew what was going
[7:38] on at the time.
>> [laughter]
[7:39] » So, So, I just want to thank you.
>> Yeah. Well, and um
[7:44] always, you know,
when we do those increases, because our
[7:49] property tax is so low in Hooper,
it appears
[7:54] more than we're actually getting. So,
you know, one thing I'll just
[8:00] say is that when people get their
property tax notices, look at the line
[8:04] items. Don't just look at the dollar
amount and see, you know, what actually
[8:08] goes to the city, cuz it a lot of it
goes to other places. We don't get all
[8:12] of your property tax.
So, you know, it's not just
[8:17] that we do this lightheartedly. It's
something that we've obviously not tried
[8:22] to do a lot in this city.
>> Or one interesting
[8:27] portion of that that I wouldn't mind and
several people probably have, Hooper
[8:31] City actually gives less back from the
county than is allocated to the library.
[8:37] We're below that on the amount of of
money that we get back from the taxes
[8:41] you pay to the county. So, it makes it
the portion that we get back is
[8:47] very small of the amount of money that
that is assessed by the county, but they
[8:53] do do a lot of things.
But, another thing I don't think a lot
[8:56] of people understand is we also pay our
own law enforcement. We've had some
[8:59] people in the past
that thought that was part that came out
[9:03] of their assessment to the county, but
it's not. We we pay our own law
[9:09] enforcement separately. So,
it makes it very difficult for us if we
[9:13] don't keep up with that stuff, cuz we
just don't have enough in reserves to
[9:18] keep servicing that kind of a debt every
year. It would eat up any uh
[9:24] funds that we have available quickly for
emergencies. And we're probably going to
[9:29] have some emergencies in the
not-too-distant future with sewer
[9:33] systems and such. So,
thank you.
[9:37] » Okay, so, um I won't go through this
whole summary. If you want me to, I can
[9:42] answer any questions, but I think we've
gone through it quite a bit.
[9:45] I don't see a need to read you a bunch
of numbers.
[9:50] Is there any questions that you guys
have?
[9:53] And again, this has been available on
the public website.
[9:57] » I just had a quick question on the fund
balance for the sewer,
[10:01] what we talked about last time.
Is that including
[10:04] » That's not included in there. Like I
said, we already publicly noticed this,
[10:09] so I didn't feel comfortable putting
that in there because we had 14 days we
[10:15] had to have this out, and that was
within that 14-day window. So
[10:19] because of the laws that are in there, I
didn't feel comfortable changing the
[10:24] budget that we had already noticed to
adopt. So we're going to have to amend
[10:29] for those. So we yeah. Yeah, very good
question, right? And so, you know,
[10:33] that's something that we talked about
that we'll probably amend, but I didn't
[10:37] feel comfortable doing that, if that
makes sense, because it could possibly
[10:42] jeopardize us with the state not doing
things exactly according to the law.
[10:47] » Makes sense. Thank you.
>> Uh-huh.
[10:49] » And then the storm water fund balance,
which was -745.
[10:53] Off the top of your head, do you know
what our storm balance is?
[10:56] » Um I'll look that up.
>> I'll look that up after that.
[10:58] » Give me 2 seconds.
Grab my laptop.
[11:09] Sorry, it's going to take me more than 2
seconds, but I'm happy to pull it up
[11:12] real quick here.
[11:23] Okay,
you want it storm water, right?
[11:25] » Right.
>> Um
[11:28] and this is just ballpark.
Um
[11:48] Are you looking for what it is
currently?
[11:51] » Uh what it is
>> Or [snorts] after we do this?
[11:54] » After we do this.
>> Okay. After we do this
[12:28] Um we're looking about 120-ish.
>> Okay.
[12:32] » So it is, you know,
>> Pretty substantial.
[12:34] » yeah, quite a bit, yeah.
>> Hey,
[12:36] you just you said big numbers on these
decreases and you think, man, how much
[12:40] is really in there to take this much
away? What are What are What are we at?
[12:44] What are we left with?
>> Yeah, yeah, very good, very good.
[12:47] » Thank you.
>> Yes, uh-huh,
[12:48] you got you.
[12:52] » Anything else?
>> Okay, so Malcolm, I'm going to have you
[12:55] pull up the other sheet that I asked you
to do.
[13:01] » The notice.
>> The notice, yeah.
[13:09] Okay.
So I know you've all had this available
[13:13] and stuff, but I'm going to read it just
to make sure that we cover
[13:17] what we're supposed to.
I'm trying my best to because as we all
[13:22] for the public, in case you didn't know,
the state auditor, or not the state
[13:25] auditor, but the state has changed the
property tax truth in taxation process
[13:30] and it was very particular. So, I just
want to make sure the best I can to
[13:35] cover ourselves with everything. So, I'm
sorry if I'm redundant, but I don't want
[13:39] to
have a problem.
[13:41] » [laughter]
>> So,
[13:42] um this is the notice of the property
tax increase for Hooper City. Hooper
[13:46] City is proposing to increase its
property tax revenue. Uh
[13:50] Hooper City's tax on a $630,000
residence will increase from 95.98
[13:58] to 140.68,
which is an increase of $44.70
[14:04] a year. Prop- Hooper City is tax on a
$630,000
[14:09] business will increase from 174,050.
Sorry, 174
[14:17] 51 dollars to 255.78,
[14:23] which is an increase of $81.27
a year.
[14:28] If the proposed property budget is
approved, Hooper City will receive an
[14:33] additional 128,000
in property tax revenue per year as a
[14:38] result of the tax increase. If the
proposed tax is approved, Hooper City
[14:44] will increase its property tax budgeted
revenue by 46.55%
[14:49] above last year's property tax budgeted
revenues ex- excluding new growth.
[14:55] Hooper City invites all concerned
citizens to this public hearing. Um
[15:00] and also to do the comments, which we
just had. Um about the proposed property
[15:07] tax increase.
Um and then of course it lets you know
[15:10] the public hearing date and time, which
is right now, and the location is here.
[15:15] So, at the city hall. Um
so, I think that covers us with all of
[15:20] that. That's to the best of my
knowledge. So.
[15:24] Okay? And then I will also make note
that on the table was the Weber County
[15:30] notice of proposed tax increase that is
required to be available for the public
[15:35] as well. And that has also all those
have been on our website as well. So.
[15:40] Along with the budget.
I think I've covered everything.
[15:43] » [laughter]
>> So,
[15:45] okay?
So, it's up to you guys now.
[15:50] » All right. You have that?
Can you tell us what the Because I know
[15:53] they're going to be approving a
certified tax rate, which
[15:57] they're going to have have to read that
when they make the motion.
[16:01] Yeah. So, is that on here and I'm
missing it?
[16:03] » I've noted it in the resolution as well.
>> Oh, okay.
[16:08] Good. Thank you. Yeah.
>> I don't have it right here cuz I didn't
[16:11] print that one out.
>> Okay.
[16:12] Thank you.
>> So, yeah. We'll need to when we if we do
[16:15] the action items on A,
um the approval of the tax rate will
[16:21] have to say the tax rate and say that
we're approving that specific rate.
[16:26] And then also um on the on B, if we
adopt the proposed property tax
[16:33] increase, we need to say we're adopting
the budget just as it says on the agenda
[16:38] that
except without the possible that we're
[16:41] approving the 2026-27
budget with the property tax increase or
[16:46] without it.
Okay?
[16:49] » Okay. Any questions on that when you go
to make the motion? Okay. With that
[16:53] then, okay, is there someone that would
want to make a motion of the approval of
[16:58] resolution number R-2026-02
approving the certified tax rate?
[17:06] » I'll go ahead and make that motion uh
Make the motion to approve resolution
[17:11] R-2026-02
approving the certified tax rate of
[17:15] 0.000283.
[17:20] » I'll second the motion.
>> For the 2026-2027 budget.
[17:25] » Okay, the motion was made by council
member Hill.
[17:28] » Second.
>> Second made by council member Hancock.
[17:31] Any discussion on this motion?
[17:35] Okay, this will need to be done by a
roll call vote. We will start with
[17:39] council member Hill.
>> I.
[17:41] » Council member Rappalano.
>> I.
[17:43] » Council member Hancock.
>> I.
[17:45] » Okay, that resolution is passed.
Okay, now we have our second resolution,
[17:51] which is R202605,
approving the 2026-2027
[17:57] budget with possible proposed tax
increase. Is there someone that would
[18:01] like to make that motion?
>> I'll make a motion of the approval of
[18:06] resolution number R-2026-05,
[18:11] approving the 2026-2027
[18:16] budget
with proposed tax increase.
[18:21] » Okay, the motion was made by council
member Rappalano. Is there a second?
[18:26] » I'll second.
>> The second is made by council member
[18:29] Hancock. Any discussion on the motion?
Okay, we will again do this by roll call
[18:35] vote. This time we will start with
council member Hancock.
[18:38] » I.
>> Council member Rappalano.
[18:40] » I.
>> Council member Hill.
[18:42] » I.
>> That motion that resolution passes with
[18:45] that motion as well.
[18:48] Okay, that is all we have on our agenda
tonight. As required by state, we cannot
[18:54] have anything else, and so I just need a
motion for adjournment.
[18:59] » I'll make a motion to adjourn.
>> We have a motion by council member Hill.
[19:02] Is there a second?
>> I'll second.
[19:05] » Second by council member Hancock. All in
favor?
[19:07] » I.
>> Any opposed? Okay, we are now adjourned,
[19:11] and thank you for coming.
>> Oh, the moral.
[19:24] » I sent you my email.