From Deseret News archives:

Highlights of the 2007-08 budget the City Council signed off on

Published: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:02 a.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
Property tax: No increase.

Fees: Increase to $1 per paying vehicle per day at airport, Gallivan Center and library parking garages, up from 50 cents at the airport and a new fee at the other garages; 4 percent water rate increase; 9 percent water, sewer and storm water impact fee increase for developers.

Services: 10 new police officers; six new firefighters; three new planners, including one for historic preservation; new graffiti technician.

Miscellaneous: Creation of Energy Fund for the Future, to improve the city's energy efficiency, but not at amount Mayor Rocky Anderson requested.

• Creation of sustainability director position to oversee new energy-efficiency fund and other environmental programs.

• $105,000 in new funding for police department investigation of cold cases.

• New staffing for YouthCity and Sorenson Unity Center.

• $250,000 in extra ongoing funding for the Tracy Aviary.

• New options for garbage pickup, including green-waste recycling and smaller trash cans.

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

previousnext

Latest comments

Bennett at center of GOP storm

In 2004 we didn't have a great choice, so we got stuck with Bennett. For...

TCU creams U.

1.Utah is clearly better than BYU. If the winner of the game was determined...

Bennett at center of GOP storm

Cherilyn Eagar would do a great job back in D.C. Something missing from our 3...

since medicare works so well and is finacially sound - by all means, lets...

I have been to Washington 6 yrs in a row and visited each member of the Utah...

Utes exposed

Rock, we have heard this rebuilding "stuff" twice this year, once after the...

If power belongs to "WE THE PEOPLE" then it is time to use it and vote out...

Bennett at center of GOP storm

As a life long Republican, I am as conservative as can be but I get irritated...

If Cannons interpretation is not mainstream; What is your interpretation?...

GameDay shows MWC some love

TCU beat Utah by 27. Check your math, bud.

Advertisements
Advertisement