Kaysville's 2026 property tax increase: $802,910 more a year, adopted 5–0
On Aug. 6, Kaysville's council unanimously adopted a property tax increase and its final fiscal 2027 budget. The state's 2026 table lists the city's general operations rate at 0.001586 and $6,484,991 in budgeted property tax revenue.
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Kaysville's City Council adopted a property tax increase on Aug. 6, 2026, that Mayor Tamara Tran said would bring in an additional $802,910 a year, a 14.12% increase over the city's current certified property tax revenue. [1]
Tran said the revenue would support police and fire operations and staffing, technology upgrades, parks equipment, inflationary operating costs and the city's financial commitment to the Kaysville Fieldhouse partnership, according to the minutes. [1]
The votes
Council Member Mike Blackham moved to approve the resolution adopting the tax rate consistent with the fiscal 2027 budget, seconded by Council Member Abbigayle Hunt. Council members Hunt, Nate Jackson, Blackham, Joshua McBride and John Swan Adams voted yes. [1]
Hunt then moved to adopt the final fiscal 2027 budget, seconded by Blackham, and the same five members voted yes. Jackson and McBride took part by webinar. [1]
The council approved the minutes of the Aug. 6 meeting on Aug. 20 as part of a 5–0 consent vote. [2]
What the figures mean
Finance Director Maryn Nelson attributed the increase mainly to General Fund inflationary costs. She estimated the combined effect of the property tax and utility rate increases on an average resident at about $16.60 a month. The minutes say Kaysville receives about 20% of a resident's overall property tax payment. [1]
A resident asked about May projections showing cumulative increases of about 66.75% by fiscal 2028 without a west-side fire station. Nelson said that figure assumed the city would completely eliminate its annual use of General Fund balance and was "an aggressive planning scenario rather than an adopted plan" that the council had not voted on. [1]
The State Tax Commission's 2026 table lists Kaysville's general operations rate at 0.001586 and its final budgeted property tax revenue at $6,484,991. [3]
The Fieldhouse payment
The minutes describe a payment of approximately $368,000 on a 15-year loan for the Kaysville Fieldhouse. They also say the budget assumed an equal split between the General Fund and the RAMP fund, "with approximately $368,000 budgeted from each source." The minutes do not reconcile the two descriptions. [1]
The 14.12% figure is the increase in the city's property tax revenue over its certified revenue, not the change in any household's total property tax bill, which also depends on assessed value and other taxing entities. The copy of the Aug. 6 minutes reviewed is the version reproduced in the Aug. 20 packet.
Sources
- Kaysville City Council · Aug. 20, 2026 packet with Aug. 6, 2026 truth-in-taxation minutes
- Kaysville City Council · Minutes, Aug. 20, 2026
- Utah State Tax Commission · 2026 approved tax rates and budgets
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.