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Salt Lake City residents face tax and fee hikes as budget reacts to inflation, maintenance costs.
Crunching the Numbers
When Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall released her budget recommendations in May, she described an impossible bind. Decreased federal funding, ongoing inflation and a 175-year-old city meant that maintenance was more expensive, and more necessary, than ever.
After a round of administrative cuts failed to close the gap, including the termination of several city employees, Mendenhall said that there was one remaining solution—tax rate and utility fee increases for residents. “This budget has had to hold two truths at the same time,” Mendenhall said.
“The first is that Salt Lakers are already…
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