Fiscal Year 2025-26 Fifth Budget Amendment

At a glance

• What: Ordinance 26 of 2026 amending the final Fiscal Year 2025-26 City budget (Budget Amendment No. 5), including the employment staffing document.
• Where it stands: Adopted June 9, 2026, 6-0, closing the amendment.
• Status: Resolved.

Detail

Budget amendments happen several times a year to adjust budgets and add or modify projects. This amendment includes funding for new police officers, replacement of aging police patrol vehicles, purchase of a transport van and a pass-through of property tax revenue to the Salt Lake City Public Library, among other items. Timeline: briefing and hearing date set May 19, public hearing June 2, action June 9, 2026. Staff referred the Council to the motion sheets.

Motion

Moved by Petro, seconded by Dugan to adopt Ordinance 26 of 2026, approving the remaining items in the budget amendment as proposed by the Administration and closing the amendment. AYE: Petro, Puy, Wharton, Carlsen, Dugan, Young. ABSTAIN: Napier-Pearce, who had been sworn in that evening. Final result 6-0, passed. The minutes mention "remaining items" because earlier items were acted on at a prior meeting.

Sources

• City Council Formal Meeting minutes, June 9, 2026 (approved July 21, 2026): https://slc.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/44487

Log

2026-06-09 - City Council Formal Meeting

Ordinance 26 of 2026 adopted 6-0 with one abstention, closing the amendment.

2026-06-02 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting

Public hearing with no comments, introduced by Austin Kimmel. Ordinance 25 of 2026 adopted 6-0 (Dugan/Petro) approving item A-2, Inland Port Related Police Expenses and Revenues, with action on the remaining items deferred to June 9.

2026-05-19 - City Council Work Session

Briefing with item-by-item presentations (Kimmel, Luedtke, Reed and Council analysts). Items included Inland Port police funding (A-2: General Fund one-time 2,500,000 dollars and ongoing 2,500,000 dollars; unanimous straw poll, see Inland Port Police Funding), workers compensation premiums (1,731,829 dollars General Fund; 1,710,000 dollars Risk Fund), a new Library Pass-Through fund (33,195,704 dollars ongoing), CRA pass-through true-up (4,536,141 dollars) and 2,311,032 dollars one-time, 12 police vehicles (1,001,800 dollars), 49,336,400 dollars of General Obligation Series 2026 bond CIP budget, and 700 South railroad crossing improvements (101,005 dollars; Puy asked for location and design details). Public hearing set for June 2 and tentative action June 9, 2026; the evening Consent Agenda set the hearing date (2026-05-19 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting).