City Council Meeting — Budget Work Session — October 8, 2026

Eagle Mountain City Council held a budget work session on October 8, 2026, to launch planning for the FY2028 budget. Staff reviewed the budget process and proposed calendar, with an emphasis on aligning service levels and council priorities, developing performance measures, and improving five-year revenue, staffing, and needs forecasts. Departments are expected to submit requests by December 3; a full-day budget congress is planned for January 27. Council members emphasized seeing the scale of departmental needs and capital projects before resources are prioritized, and requested clearer projections of future revenues and operating costs. The discussion also covered the five-year capital improvement plan, including infrastructure needs, with adoption anticipated in March, and the tentative budget and public budget open house planned for May. No budget allocations, contracts, bids, or other procurement awards were approved at this session.

The council and staff discussed ways to improve public budget communication, including a concise budget-in-brief document, a public open house, online materials, and possible postcards or yard signs. Staff will obtain pricing for communication options and return it to the council; staff will also revise and circulate the budget calendar and meeting invitations. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to enter closed session, followed by adjournment; no spending action was taken in the open session.