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Lehi holding steady with its budgetLEHI -- Lehi's city council has approved the city budget for 2017-2018."The proposals presented for funding in this budget reflect the needs of our rapidly growing community and focuses funding on the goal set forth by the council of helping Lehi continue to develop as a family‐centric community," Mayor Bert Wilson said in his introduction to the budget. "We need more time for our Parks Impact Fee Fund to be replenished before we undertake any additional projects," he said. "…We are proposing revenue bonds to help pay for the mounting infrastructure needs due to growth for both culinary water and pressurized irrigation." General Fund Where does the revenue come from? $ Taxes 24,440,000 Licenses & Permits 4,910,000 Intergovernmental 383,000 Services/ Fees/Fines 2,249,000 Misc. Revenue 518,000 Other 4,237,357 Where does the money go? $ Personnel 10,391,656 Operations 12,559,220 Public Safety (including operations) 13,445,544 Other Contracted Services 729,524 Road maintenance 1,557,500 Sidewalks 300,000 What's New? Revenue increase of about $2 million due to increase in sales tax and property tax collections Three new full‐time police officers and additional part‐time staff New equipment and apparatus for new fire station Capital Projects $ Center Street & SR92 2,200,000 Cabelas Blvd. 1,514,700 Shadow Ridge Park improvements 1,100,000 Monument Park improvements 890,000 Fire apparatus/equipment 398,625 This story includes highlights of the General Fund budget. It is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis of the document. As such, the revenues and expenditures columns above do not have totals provided and, if added up, do not equal each other. For a detailed budget, visit the city website. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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