LOGAN – The members of the Logan Municipal Council have approved a city budget in excess of $180 million.
At their regular meeting on June 21, council members unanimously approved Resolution 22-25, setting Final Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 in the amount of $181,611,003.
Council chair Jeannie F. Simmonds acknowledged that the budget was “… a very large amount, a huge amount.”
That vote came after “multiple workshops, multiple hearings and multiple solicitations for input from the public,” according to Richard Anderson, the city finance director.
Council member Tom Jenson made the motion to approve the budget, after noting that he had heard Mayor Holly Daines say that the city intended to build a new library, a new fire station and the Center Block Plaza with no tax increase.
“That’s commendable and well-managed,” he added.
Early in that meeting, the council members approved Resolution 22-26, approving a certified property tax rate of 0.001064 for the next fiscal year stating July 1.
“That’s not a tax increase,” Richard Anderson emphasized.
“I would just like to say that I appreciate all of the hard work that the staff puts into creating this budget, all the department heads and the finance staff,” Daines said.
“This is the blueprint for what we’re going to do in the next year,” she added. “So it’s important and I appreciate all the hard work that that each of them put into this budget.”
“It was evident in our hearings that everyone was very careful and considerate of the fact that they’re spending public money,” Simmonds said. “They are trying to get as many projects done they possibly could.”
Council member Mark Anderson also pointed out city department heads and staff were conservative in their financial estimates.
“Very conservative,” the council chair agreed. “I think we get an awful lot done for the size of the budget for Logan City.”
Cereal!?!? I really don’t think they even know what conservative is.
I however do believe they are very aware that they are spending the people’s money, they just don’t care how they are spending it. Granting millions of dollars to multi-million dollar companies whose developments are going to generate millions of dollars a year is a slap in the face of the working class, especially the working class that will have to other option than to live in their over priced rentals due to an affordable housing crisis that they clearly exploited the situation all for increasing their financial portfolio (aka greed).
How do wealthy people judge being conservative when it comes to finances?
I’ve appreciated all the trail and park projects completed recently, and there are some great new projects coming up this year. Logan has a lot of upcoming changes as the city becomes more of an urban center, whether people like it or not. It has to happen, and we have some great leaders at the helm planning for the future.
Urbanization forcibly attained. No, Mr Ligma, it doesn’t have to happen. Especially considering the already insufficient resources we have, first and foremost water. This urbanization is deliberately being imposed upon the residents of Logan and it will destroy our community. Give it five years, and you will see how destructive these greedy and politicized policies truly are. That is if the United States of America exists as a Constitutional Republic for that long.