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Your local briefing · Oct. 25, 2026
This week in Richfield
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Latest decisions
- Axiom Development impact fee deferral agreement Approved with conditions · 4-1
- Sale of lot 6-36B-13 for $75,000 Approved with conditions · 5-0
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Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Richfield's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
Open questions in our reporting
- Richfield leases 1.4 acres of airport land to the state for $100 a month
The Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 minutes list no contract amount for the 100 South work.
- Richfield fire chief reports state approval of a $600,000 grant toward a $1.2 million fire truck
The Sept. 22 minutes record no purchase contract for the truck.
- Richfield adopts a higher property tax rate estimated to bring in $500,000 more a year
The hearing minutes assign about $300,000 of the $500,000 to police and roads; the minutes list no use for the rest.
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Richfield leases 1.4 acres of airport land to the state for $100 a month
The council voted 5-0 on Aug. 25 to lease about 1.4 acres at the south end of the airport to the state Division of Facilities Construction and Management for $100 a month over five years. The same meeting approved a 100 South redesign 4-1, with the park strip limited to a hotel's frontage.
Richfield fire chief reports state approval of a $600,000 grant toward a $1.2 million fire truck
Richfield applied to the state's Community Impact Board for $600,000 toward a $1.2 million fire truck, with $300,000 each from the city and Sevier County. The fire chief told the council on Sept. 22 that the board had approved the grant.
Richfield adopts a higher property tax rate estimated to bring in $500,000 more a year
Richfield's council adopted a tax rate of .002277 for 2026-27, up from .001721, after a truth-in-taxation hearing. The city's notice said the change would raise property tax revenue about $500,000, or 32.33%, and add $100.92 a year to the city's tax on a $330,000 home.
Around town
- Sports
3A and 2A girls soccer first-round results include Ogden 10-0 and Maeser Prep 8-0
Higher seeds mostly advanced, with Richfield edging Ben Lomond 3-2 and Beaver holding off Rowland Hall 5-4.
City council & planning →
Tue, Jul 28 · City Council
Richfield council approves lot sale and Axiom impact-fee deferral agreement
The Richfield City Council's July 28, 2026 meeting approved the $75,000 sale of one acre (lot 6-36B-13) with a road-participation condition and approved an impact-fee deferral agreement for the Axiom development on a…
- Axiom Development impact fee deferral agreement Approved with conditions · 4-1
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