Hyde Park's police payments to North Park Police Agency: $860,568 in fiscal 2025, $990,000 budgeted

Hyde Park receives its police services from the North Park Police Agency under an interlocal agreement with North Logan City, according to the city's fiscal 2025 audit. Each city funds the agency based on an agreed-upon formula. ^[1]

The audit reports $860,568 in total funding from Hyde Park for the year ended June 30, 2025. It lists the arrangement as a related-party transaction because two council members, the mayor and a citizen of the city serve on the agency's governing body. ^[1]

Budget and actual

The audit's General Fund budget comparison shows police spending of $957,100 in fiscal 2025, against a final budget of $956,000. ^[3]

In the budget the city filed with the State Auditor, the "No.Logan Contract Serv." line shows $860,568 actual for fiscal 2025, $910,000 budgeted and $925,000 estimated for fiscal 2026, and $990,000 in the "Budgeted 2027" column. Total police department spending is budgeted at $1,069,200, including $73,000 for 911 services. ^[2]

Fire protection, provided under a line labeled "Smithfield City-Fire Protection," cost $187,008 in fiscal 2025 and is budgeted at $200,000. ^[2]

At the Aug. 26, 2026 hearing on the city's tax increase, the minutes say the budget already included higher emergency services costs regardless of whether the increase was approved. ^[4]

The funding formula

Neither the audit nor the filed budget shows how the $990,000 figure was calculated. ^[1][2]