Provo City Council Meeting | June 17, 2026

Provo Municipal Council · Provo, UT · 2026-06-17 · More Provo, UT meetings · More Utah meetings

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[1:59] Mhm.

[5:39] » Recording in progress.

[5:47] » I I have any notes.

[5:49] Oh, sorry.

[5:51] >> [laughter]

[5:52] >> All right. Welcome to the Provo City

[5:54] Council regular meeting June 17th, 2026.

[5:57] It is 5:31 p.m.

[5:59] Um, we will do a roll call of elected

[6:01] officials. We have with us Council

[6:03] Rachel Wiffle, Council Becky Bogden,

[6:05] Council Gary Garrett, and Council

[6:07] Patrice McKay. And online we have

[6:09] Council Craig Christensen.

[6:14] And Council Jeff Whitlock.

[6:16] Is Travis on there yet?

[6:18] Okay.

[6:19] All right. Um,

[6:22] I did not ask for an opening prayer.

[6:25] Gary Garrett will give us an opening

[6:27] prayer and then we will have the um,

[6:30] pledge of allegiance by myself, Patrice

[6:32] McKay.

[6:33] >> [clears throat]

[6:35] » Our kind Father in heaven, we thank thee

[6:37] for the opportunity to gather

[6:39] as citizens and officials this evening

[6:42] to discuss matters important to our

[6:45] city.

[6:46] We thank thee for our country, for our

[6:49] land,

[6:50] for the blessings we have

[6:54] living in our city.

[6:56] We pray for guidance

[6:59] as we

[7:00] deliberate issues and matters. Pray that

[7:03] thou will be with us in our service.

[7:06] We

[7:09] express gratitude to thee again for our

[7:11] blessings in the name of Jesus Christ.

[7:13] Amen.

[7:17] » Will all stand.

[7:20] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[7:22] United States of America

[7:24] and to the republic for which it stands,

[7:27] one nation under God, indivisible, with

[7:31] liberty and justice for all.

[7:40] » We have an applied motion on a

[7:41] resolution approving property tax rates

[7:43] for Provo City Corporation for the

[7:45] fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2026 and

[7:47] ending June 30th, 2027. This is

[7:50] presented by Justin Harrison, our

[7:52] Council Executive Director.

[7:58] » Good evening, Council, and to all those

[8:01] listening here in person online. Um

[8:05] Utah State Code requires that the

[8:07] governing board of each taxing entity in

[8:09] the state adopt a adopt a certified tax

[8:12] rate um

[8:14] before June 22nd uh of each calendar

[8:17] year uh if they're a fiscal year taxing

[8:19] entity. Uh since Provo City is not

[8:22] scheduled to adopt our

[8:24] FY 27 budget until Tuesday, June 23rd,

[8:29] um

[8:30] the Council needs to adopt a property

[8:32] tax rate, and so uh there is no proposed

[8:35] tax increase this year. The city will

[8:37] not be going through Truth in Taxation.

[8:40] Uh however, the following tax rates uh

[8:43] that have been certified by the county

[8:45] and by the tax commission uh are what

[8:47] are being proposed to be adopted. So,

[8:50] for the general operations tax rate for

[8:54] Provo City uh 0.000510

[8:58] uh for the bond payment portion of the

[9:01] property tax 0.000675

[9:06] and the library rate of 0.000400.

[9:12] That is all I have unless you have any

[9:14] questions. Happy to provide the dollar

[9:17] amount um

[9:18] that may be helpful if you're

[9:20] interested.

[9:22] But, please let me know if you have any

[9:23] questions.

[9:24] >> Okay, thank you, Justin.

[9:27] Um any questions for Justin?

[9:31] All right, this is something that's not

[9:32] in our control at all. It's set by the

[9:34] county, and we just

[9:36] acknowledge it.

[9:38] Um

[9:38] all right, we'll call for a vote on the

[9:40] implied motion. I'd also like to

[9:41] recognize that Councillor Travis Hoban

[9:43] has joined us online.

[9:46] Any council discussion on this?

[9:50] Okay, we'll do a vote on the implied

[9:51] motion. Councillor Garrett.

[9:53] >> Yes.

[9:54] >> Councillor McKay, yes. Councillor

[9:56] Christiansen.

[9:57] >> Yes.

[9:58] >> Councillor Whitlock.

[10:00] >> Yes.

[10:01] >> Councillor Bogdan.

[10:02] >> Yes.

[10:03] >> Councillor Hoban.

[10:04] >> Yes.

[10:05] >> And Councillor Whipple.

[10:07] >> Yes.

[10:07] >> So that passes 7-0.

[10:11] If there's no objection, we'll now

[10:12] adjourn the Provisional Council by

[10:14] unanimous consent.

[10:20] Very short.