[0:00] All right, welcome to the August 5th,
2026 North Logan City Council Truth and
[0:05] Taxation meeting. Um, we will excuse
Kenny tonight in person, but I believe
[0:11] he is going to participate um online or
at least here online. Um
[0:19] we will start with our budget officer
statement that the tentative budget
[0:23] includes a pro proposed property tax
rate increase.
[0:34] Okay. For the fiscal year 2026 2027
budget in accordance with the
[0:39] requirements of the state of Utah truth
and taxation law. I hereby state that
[0:44] the interim budget for North Logan City
for the fiscal year 2026 to 2027 has
[0:51] prep been prepared in compliance with
with applicable provisions of the Utah
[0:56] Truth and Taxation Law and reflects a
thorough evaluation of anticipated
[1:01] revenues, expenditures, and the
operational needs of the city. As
[1:05] required by law, a property tax
impact schedule has been prepared and is
[1:11] included with this budget.
North Logan City is considering a
[1:15] general fund property tax increase of
approximately 7.5%
[1:21] and a 10% library fund property tax
increase which is projected to be a
[1:26] total 7.89% 89%
property tax increase and is expected to
[1:32] generate an additional
139,615
[1:37] in additional adorum tax revenue which
consists of $93,812
[1:45] from the general fund increase and
$45,83
[1:51] from the library fund increase. The
estimated impact to an average residents
[1:58] of $659,000
home
[2:04] is approximately $28.99
annual increase comprised of $1945
[2:12] from the general fund increase and $9.54
from the library fund increase. And the
[2:20] in estimated impact to an average
commercial property of 2,544,465
[2:32] is approximately $23.74
[2:36] annual increase, which would be
comprised of $136.70
[2:43] from the general fund increase and $674
from the library fund increase.
[2:52] The property tax impact schedule also
outlines the operational impact if the
[2:57] proposed increase is adopted which
includes for the general fund
[3:03] operations.
The use would be $32,318
[3:08] for police department to provide
competitive salary increases to current
[3:14] officers for retention purposes.
[3:19] and $61,494
[3:22] for Logan City Fire Department to help
meet the contract rate increase for this
[3:29] fiscal year. And then for the library
fund operations, the $45,83
[3:38] would be to cover the new community
center utilities and provide some
[3:43] community programs in the community
center. In compliance with truth and
[3:48] taxation requirements, the city provided
notice of and has conducted one public
[3:53] hearing in this past June and is
conducting the second required public
[4:00] hearing tonight as required by law where
members of the public will have an
[4:04] opportunity to comment on the proposed
budget and the proposed property tax
[4:08] increase and instructions for the
virtual participation has been posted
[4:13] online for more than 24 hours. It's
actually been posted online since June
[4:18] 24th
[4:24] and the public hearing is in the North
Logan City Council Chambers 2525 North
[4:30] 600 East North Logan, Utah 84341.
And based on the best information
[4:36] currently available, the budget is is
designed to maintain essential public
[4:41] services, address rising operational
costs, and support the long-term
[4:45] financial stability of [clears throat]
North Logan City. Respectfully
[4:49] submitted, Scott Bennett, budget
officer, North Logan City, August 5th,
[4:54] 2026.
>> Thank you, Scott. All right, we'll move
[4:57] on to our second agenda item. This is a
separate item notifying the public that
[5:01] an executive officer or budget officer
Scott um of the North Logan City Taxing
[5:06] Entity intends to state in the public
meeting that the tenative budget
[5:09] includes a proposed property tax
increase. Um then we will move on to
[5:15] consider a property tax impact schedule
that is separate from all other budget
[5:18] documents and Scott Eerson you have that
to pre present. [clears throat]
[5:23] » So the property tax impact schedule
uh was approved back in June and it's
[5:31] been updated slightly because we've now
got the actual rates from the the
[5:38] certifier rates from the county.
So, North Logan City will consider an
[5:46] increase to its property tax rate to
increase I mean to generate an
[5:50] additional $139,615.
[5:55] The following information is intended to
provide decision makers and the public
[5:59] with an explanation of how the city
operations would be affected if the
[6:04] property tax rate
remains
[6:07] uh if it's adopted.
[snorts]
[6:11] The current general operations property
tax rate is currently 0.00746
[6:22] which is
uh proposed to generate1,31,432
[6:32] and the library operations property tax
rate is currently
[6:38] 0.00273
which is expected to generate $476,261.
[6:50] The North Logan estimated rate increase
and additional advorum tax revenue.
[6:58] The general operations property tax rate
is expected to
[7:04] uh be
7.5%
[7:09] which would generate $93,812.
[7:14] And the library operations property tax
rate is expected to be
[7:20] uh 10%
should the increase be adopted to
[7:26] generate an additional $45,83.
[7:32] And again, the G general operations
increase to an average residence of
[7:38] $659,000
[7:42] would be uh
$1945.
[7:48] And the library operations increase
would be $9.54
[7:53] for a total of $28.99.
And a general operations increase to an
[7:59] average commercial property of 2,544,465
[8:06] is expected to be gen to increase
$136.70.
[8:13] And the library operations increase for
the commercial average commercial
[8:18] property
should generate an additional uh $674
[8:26] for a total increase
for a commercial property of $23.74.
[8:35] And that is expected to be an average
7.89%
[8:40] increase.
[8:44] The affected departments for the general
fund would be the police department of
[8:49] which the budget would the budget
increase would be $32,318
[8:58] to provide prevent pro competitive
salary increases to current officers for
[9:04] for retention purposes. and the fire
department, which would receive $61,494
[9:13] to be able to meet Logan City Fire
Department's contract rate increase.
[9:20] And then the library fund
[9:25] of increase of $45,83
would be to used to cover the new
[9:31] community center utilities and provide
some community center programs in the
[9:36] community center.
So the public
[9:41] truth and taxation hearing is tonight
which has already started and all of
[9:47] this information can be found on our
website has been posted in the city
[9:54] offices and the North Park Police
Department and can be found online at
[10:01] public meeting notice website.
[10:05] » Okay, thank you Scott. All right, we
will move on to item number four, a
[10:12] public hearing to receive public input
on the proposed fiscal year 2027
[10:17] municipal budget that contains a proper
proposed property tax increase to both
[10:21] the general operations property tax rate
and the library operations property tax
[10:26] rate. The city council may consider
approval of a resolution following the
[10:29] public hearing adopting the official
2027 fiscal year budget which may
[10:33] include a proposed property tax increase
to both the general operations property
[10:37] tax rate and the library operations
property tax rate. All right. Um with
[10:43] that I will open up the public hearing
but I will first read these rules for
[10:49] speaking at a public hearing. Before you
begin please state your name for the
[10:53] record. Speak into the microphone so
your comments can be recorded. Limit
[10:56] your statements to three minutes. You're
not allowed to combine or bank minutes
[11:00] to speak on behalf of others. Please
phrase your opinions in the form of
[11:03] statements, not questions. A public
hearing is your opportunity to express
[11:07] your opinions to the city council, not a
time to ask questions of or to expect
[11:11] dialogue between yourself and the
council or city staff. Please address
[11:14] your comments to the council, not to the
public. The council may ask questions
[11:17] about your comments in order for them to
better understand you. In the future,
[11:21] note that if you have questions or need
to discuss an issue, you may meet with
[11:23] the city council members or appropriate
city staff member before the public
[11:27] hearing where dialogue can take place.
You may provide a written statement as
[11:30] your input for a hearing. You may read
your entire statement or summarize it
[11:34] with the threeminut limit still
applicable. You may provide a copy of a
[11:37] written statement to the city recorder.
He will make copies for the city council
[11:40] and the written statement will become a
part of the public record. However, the
[11:44] written submitted statement will not be
included in the minutes of the meeting
[11:47] for this truth and taxation hearing.
There's also access for the public
[11:50] electronically through an audio and v
video connection via zoom. This
[11:54] electronic zoom link zoom access link
has been provided in the public meeting
[11:58] notice and on the agenda of this
meeting. Members of the public may
[12:00] provide oral testimony through video
audio or both video and audio connection
[12:06] and submit written comments
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[12:09] public record both before and during the
public hearing. If you would like to
[12:13] provide written comments, please make
sure you email those to
[12:16] recorder@northoganscity.gov
before or during the public hearing.
[12:19] With that, I will open up the public
hearing um for comments on this matter.
[12:33] My name is Cindy Beaston. I spoke out at
the last one we had. Um and I just want
[12:39] to go on record. Um even though um I
appreciate you um giving information
[12:46] about how we compare with other cities
in um Cash Valley. I want to go on
[12:52] record and saying even though the tax
increase you propose is minimal. I'm not
[12:58] opposed to firefighters and policemen
getting raises and things like that, but
[13:03] I think as a city that um we need to be
aware of the
[13:10] hard financial times that people are
facing between housing, food, and uh gas
[13:16] prices, etc. And we should be looking at
other ways that we can trim the budget
[13:21] so that we don't have to do a tax
increase.
[13:26] That's all. Thank you, Miss Houston.
[13:34] » I thought there would be more people.
My name is Doug Yawker. I've lived in
[13:39] North Logan for approximately 56 of my
70 years. And again, thank you for your
[13:45] service. Um, I want to make some similar
comments. I'm somewhat opposed to the
[13:50] 7.9% tax increase. I mean, in my career,
I've managed multi-million dollar
[13:55] budgets. I understand, you know,
increases in wages, but I also
[14:00] understand being judicious and careful
about the money being spent. I'm now
[14:06] maybe more concerned. I live on a fixed
budget. I'm on social security
[14:11] and uh I did a little math over the last
eight years. I have averaged a 3.85%
[14:18] increase in my revenue. But we all know
gas hasn't done that. Eggs haven't done
[14:25] that. Bread hasn't done that. The other
thing to take into account, when I
[14:30] bought my home here, you know, 37 years
ago, it was valued at $60,000
[14:38] and then there was tax on that. Well,
today that home, and I know that's not
[14:42] your issue, is valued at $580,000.
Almost a tenfold increase. So, you take
[14:50] that into account, it's not just a 7.9%
tax increase. Uh, you know, the county
[14:58] has grown by 50% in the last, I think,
like
[15:05] 20 years. And I'm sure North Logan has
probably done better than that. And so,
[15:10] there's a lot more people. I mean, my
neighborhoods have gone crazy. I think
[15:16] those people are all paying taxes. So
when you need more money, when you have
[15:21] a lot more people with a lot more bigger
houses, I think there's some very
[15:27] interesting dynamics, you know, that
that creates the city some budget. And
[15:33] you know when Scott was talking about
it's only you know x amount of money you
[15:38] know and I think well it doesn't sound
like a lot but as I said when you add
[15:44] all those other things that we're paying
for and maybe I'm speaking mostly to
[15:49] those like me that are on fixed incomes
you know that I don't work in a business
[15:54] anymore where I can expect more you know
than a a measly increase from the
[16:00] government and I'm grateful for that.
But anyway, thank you for your service,
[16:04] but please take into account. There
needs to be some way to reflect those
[16:10] people who, you know, bought homes a
long time ago when they were affordable.
[16:15] And as those home prices have gone up,
up and up, even though that tax amount
[16:20] is a small number, you know, my home's
worth, they say,
[16:25] 10 times more than I bought it for. So,
thank you for your
[16:29] » Thank you, Mr. Yunker.
[16:39] Hi, my name is Tim Tolbert. Um, I'd like
to uh kind of continue on with some of
[16:45] the other things that that Doug and
others have said. Uh, last year I own
[16:50] three properties in North Logan. Last
year, one of my properties was
[16:56] reassessed and my property taxes
increased at the county level 67%.
[17:02] The other property, which is a vacant
building lot, increased by 120%.
[17:08] Okay, so in addition to the county
increases, the reassessing values, um,
[17:17] then we're adding 10% on top of 120%.
So, it's not really 7%, it's more like
[17:23] 14% for me. Um,
the other thing that I'd like to point
[17:28] out is I feel like
[17:32] I appreciate the work that you guys do,
but I also feel like to some degree
[17:37] there's a disdain for the average
citizens here because we're seeing a lot
[17:41] of um things happening like tax
increases that were told weren't
[17:47] supposed to happen. we're seeing um
municipal projects pushed through
[17:53] despite opposition. Um and so I think
that in addition to this is just a
[17:58] symptom of a larger problem where you're
not listening to to the citizenry. I
[18:03] think like we red we redid our master
plan. We redid our zoning. We redid red
[18:08] we did all we redid all of the municipal
code and we say we're listening to the
[18:13] residents. But when the residents come
in here and they oppose something like
[18:18] this tax increase, I don't necessarily
see the the kind of traction that I
[18:22] would expect and the consideration that
I would expect you guys to be listening
[18:26] to. Um, like I said, in my particular
case, I'm paying a lot probably double
[18:32] to triple the amount of tax money to the
county and the city that I did when I
[18:37] first moved here. That's the kind of
thing that's going to make people think
[18:40] twice about staying here or inviting
others to live here as well. You'll lose
[18:45] your existing residence. Maybe that's
something you want. I don't know, but I
[18:50] think you should consider that.
>> Thanks, Mr. Tolbert.
[18:55] Okay. Um, Scott, can you are you going
to be able to manage the Zoom
[18:59] participants?
Like you can can you allow them to speak
[19:03] or is it
[19:09] » Yeah.
>> As far as I know, no one has requested
[19:13] to speak over Zoom, but I do have an
email.
[19:16] » Okay.
>> Um, I will let's go with the um Zoom
[19:20] participants. If you would like to
speak, now is the time.
[19:31] Okay. I don't see any. Um I have it
pulled up on my screen as well. Um
[19:36] Scott, why don't you in the meantime
read any emails that you've received?
[19:41] » Okay. I've received one email. This is
from Janet Forbush.
[19:46] I am unable to attend due to health
issues. I wish this to be read during
[19:50] the public hearing. First off, these
taxation meetings should not be held at
[19:56] this time of the year, right after the
July 4th and 24th celebrations,
[20:02] vacations, and during the busiest time
of the year. It is not the job of the
[20:07] citizens of North Logan to be held
responsible for the burden of bad
[20:11] decisions, both past and present, that
the city council has made. You are
[20:16] forcing the private citizens to figure
out how to come up with those extra
[20:21] funds with no regards to th to all those
that are struggling in this economy. You
[20:28] state that $93,812
is for the general fund operations going
[20:34] towards the police and Logan City fire
departments and $45,83
[20:42] will be going to the library fund
increase. My questions are one, how are
[20:48] we assured that the total amounts for
the general fund operations will
[20:53] actually end up going towards the police
and fire departments? Or is this an
[20:59] example of bait and switch? Two, if
$45,83
[21:05] is going towards the community center,
why was it built if the city can't
[21:11] afford to keep the lights on?
Three, North Logan City wants to provide
[21:17] for more community programs. When will
this ever stop? I submit that it will be
[21:23] this way every year. Your job is to save
the taxpayers money. Quit spending money
[21:30] like there is a neverending supply.
That's the end.
[21:35] » Okay. Thank you. Any other email
submissions?
[21:44] No additional emails.
>> Okay. I'm going to give the people on
[21:48] Zoom another chance to participate
before I close the public hearing. Is
[21:54] there anyone online that would like to
participate?
[21:57] » I guess you could.
>> Hello. Um this is Suzanne Clissold.
[22:05] Can you hear me?
>> I can. Yep. You're you're [laughter]
[22:08] on.
>> Great. Uh my husband Matt and I um were
[22:11] not able to attend, but we also wanted
to just publicly say that we're opposed
[22:15] to the tax increase for this the reasons
that have already been stated. Um that
[22:20] people on fixed incomes uh it's a
burden, a financial burden that these
[22:26] taxes continue to rise year after year
um as our property values increase. And
[22:34] we would just like to see the city find
city, county, I know it's not just the
[22:38] city, but um find other ways to raise
revenue without it being property taxes.
[22:47] Thank you. Thanks, Miss Clizalt.
Okay. Um we Anyone else who'd like to
[22:56] speak before we close the public
hearing?
[23:04] Okay, seeing and hearing none, I will
close the public hearing. And council,
[23:09] it is now your chance to determine
whether we're going to take action on
[23:14] this item tonight.
[23:23] Is there any opportunity to talk about
items that were shared today or do we
[23:29] just go straight to
Unless
[23:35] » unless they're specific,
>> these items were specific to the truth
[23:38] and taxation meeting that were talked
about. So
[23:41] » yeah, it's just risky if you go off
topic in any way, shape, or form.
[23:44] » Off topic. I mean,
>> off of property tax specifically.
[23:48] » Fair enough. And the the property tax as
related to our budget would seem
[23:53] » No, just property tax.
>> Just property tax.
[23:56] » Yeah, they've been the increases have
been invalidated. if there's any sort of
[24:01] » That's why I'm asking.
>> Yeah. So, it it's it's unfortunate
[24:04] because, you know, we want to be as
transparent as possible. I would love to
[24:09] address um a lot of these comments and
hope to talk with you personally about
[24:14] that. Um but I think this is just a we
have to keep it on um property tax
[24:19] discussion exclusively.
[24:23] So, um does do we have a motion on this?
[24:29] Yeah, I will motion to approve the
resolution following and adopting the
[24:33] official 2027 fiscal year budget which
does include a property tax increase to
[24:38] both general operations property tax
rate and the library operations property
[24:41] tax rate.
>> All right. Motion by Buzzy. Second.
[24:44] Second by Emily. Any further discussion
on this?
[24:48] All in favor? I. Any
>> Kenny, you got an eye on that?
[24:55] » Yeah.
>> Yes. Hi.
[24:57] » Okay. Thank you for participating
remotely. That motion passes
[25:00] unanimously. Um
I would now entertain a motion to
[25:06] » motion by Buzzy, second by Emily. All in
favor? I.
[25:09] » Any opposed? Okay, that motion passes.