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West Jordan City Property Tax Impact Schedule: Proposed FY27 Increase of $500,418

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West Jordan City will consider a property tax rate increase to generate an additional $500,418, raising the rate from a certified 0.001281 to 0.001309 — about $8.66 more per year on a $562,200 primary residence.

FY 2027 Annual Budget

AMENDED PROPERTY TAX IMPACT SCHEDULE

West Jordan City will consider an increase to its property tax rate to generate an additional $500,418. The following

information is intended to provide decision makers and the public with an explanation of how the City’s operations would

be affected if the property tax rate changes.

Proposed Revenue with Tax Change West Jordan City's Certified Property Tax Revenue Additional Property Tax Revenue to West Jordan City $ 23,638,541

$ 23,138,123

West Jordan City’s 2025 Property Tax Rate West Jordan City’s 2026 Certified Property Tax Rate West Jordan City’s 2026 Proposed Property Tax Rate Increase to West Jordan City's Property Tax Revenue Increase to a primary residence of $562,200 Increase to a business of $562,200 $ 500,418

0.001328

0.001281

0.001309

2.19%

$ 8.66

$ 15.74

Budget without

Tax Change Interim Budget Budget Change

$ 359,250

$ 359,903

1,218,143

1,219,516

31,466,144

31,580,270

859,152

861,617

16,679,580

16,721,369

256,339

256,926

1,203,213

1,205,256

190,861

192,408

5,250,416

5,285,639

341,506

341,870

1,435,083

1,435,538

2,136,246

2,140,513

6,421,297

6,463,876

384,980

385,526

-

-

$ 653

1,373

114,126

2,465

41,789

587

2,043

1,547

35,223

364

455

4,267

42,579

546

2,192

Additional Fuel Costs

Affected Department

Victim Advocate

Community Preservation

Police Department

Animal Services

Fire Department

Public Works Administration

Engineering

GIS

Streets

Public Services Administration

Events

Facilities

Parks

Cemetery

Public Utilities

Total

$ 68,202,210

$ 68,450,227

$ 250,209

Impact of Tax Increase

The Fleet Operations and Maintenance (O&M) charge would be fully allocated to each of the above listed departments to

cover the increasing costs of fuel.

Request Detail

With the City seeing increasing costs due to inflationary pressures, specifically in the cost of fuel to run City vehicles, it is

proposed to increase property taxes to cover these increases. This will maintain the fund balance reserves in the Fleet

Fund at sufficient levels.

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FY 2027 Annual Budget

Budget without

Tax Change Interim Budget

$ 487,458

$ 496,486

573,072

575,266

552,274

554,333

664,054

665,289

1,060,886

1,065,419

293,703

299,312

271,318

271,911

602,804

604,637

-

-

768,240

771,023

97,504

97,914

1,016,664

1,019,625

358,119

359,903

1,208,433

1,219,516

2,101,518

2,105,883

31,466,815

31,580,270

858,231

861,617

16,708,666

16,721,369

130,898

131,617

255,325

256,926

1,199,739

1,205,256

178,263

192,408

5,278,603

5,285,639

340,684

341,870

1,433,792

1,435,538

2,135,758

2,140,513

6,454,153

6,463,876

383,134

385,526

-

-

Budget

Change

$ 9,031

2,195

2,060

1,235

4,535

5,610

593

1,833

15,852

2,783

410

2,962

1,785

11,086

4,366

113,488

3,387

12,707

719

1,602

5,519

14,149

7,038

1,187

1,746

4,757

9,725

2,393

5,456

AMENDED PROPERTY TAX IMPACT SCHEDULE

Additional IT Costs

Affected Department

City Council

Mayor’s Office

Public Affairs

Economic Development

Administrative Services

City Recorder & Customer Service

Passport Services

Human Resources

Utility Billing

City Attorney

Property Administration

Prosecution

Victim Advocate

Community Preservation

Justice Court

Police Department

Animal Services

Fire Department

Emergency Management

Public Works Administration

Engineering

GIS

Streets

Public Services Administration

Events

Facilities

Parks

Cemetery

Public Utilities

Total

$ 250,209

Impact of Tax Increase

The Information Technology (IT) Services charge would be fully allocated to each of the above listed departments to cover

the increasing costs of technology, memory storage, and software.

$ 76,880,041

$ 77,108,942

Request Detail

With the City seeing increasing costs due to inflationary pressures, specifically in technology and the prices of memory

storage and software, it is proposed to increase property taxes to cover these increases. This will maintain the fund

balance reserves in the IT Fund at sufficient levels.

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