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Pacific Avenue sidepath

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  1. Council action

    Under construction according to the dated project source. Record → · Oct. 6, 2026

  2. Money in the record

    grant: $460,000 — County transportation funding for the Pacific Avenue sidepath, reimbursement up to 80% of eligible costs; budget: $115,000 — City matching funds for the Pacific Avenue sidepath Record → · Oct. 6, 2026

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  • North Salt Lake adopts a lower certified tax rate as the fire district proposes a higher one

    North Salt Lake's council adopted a certified property tax rate of 0.000805 for the coming year, which is expected to bring in $3,139,460. At the same meeting, the city manager briefed the council on a South Davis Metro Fire Service Area proposal to raise its own rate from 0.000519 to 0.000603. The fire district is a separate government.

  • North Salt Lake's 2026 water rates: base charges up 6%, usage tiers up about 8%

    On June 16, 2026, the North Salt Lake council approved higher water and storm water rates, effective July 1, 2026. The staff memo described a 6% increase in both base charges and tiered water usage rates. The base charges in the packet's fee schedule do rise 6%. The listed usage rates rise between about 7.7% and 8.3%.

  • Hatch Park bonds: $15.1 million owed through 2047, with redevelopment money helping pay

    North Salt Lake borrowed $16,692,000 in 2022 to expand Hatch Park. The city still owed $15,117,000 of that principal in mid-2025, with payments of about $1.14 million a year through 2047. Redevelopment-area transfers help cover the payments, and most of the bond money was budgeted to move into park construction in fiscal 2026.

  • North Salt Lake's golf fund owes $2.9 million in past subsidies, with no repayment schedule yet

    North Salt Lake's fiscal 2025 audit records $2,921,931 owed by the Eaglewood golf fund to the city's capital projects fund for subsidies from fiscal 1994 through 2020. The city says it expects to set a repayment schedule in a future year. The golf fund reported an operating gain for fiscal 2025, and the audit says about $160,000 of it is a receivable from a tubing operator.

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