Sunset budgets $97,755 for Davis County dispatch fees, up from $28,200
Sunset's fiscal 2027 budget more than triples its spending on Davis County dispatch fees and the fees it expects to collect for them.
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Sunset's fiscal 2027 budget sets aside $97,755 for dispatch fees paid to Davis County, more than three times the $28,200 in its fiscal 2026 adopted budget. The budget lists $23,990 as the fiscal 2025 actual. [1]
The money runs through the city's Dispatch/Animal Control Fund, which records dispatch and animal control fees collected and payments to the county. [1]
Collections
The budget expects $78,174 in county dispatch and animal control fees collected, up from $21,240 budgeted for fiscal 2026 and a fiscal 2025 actual of $21,310. It lists the remaining $19,581 as a contribution from fund balance. [1]
The fiscal 2026 amended budget raised that year's dispatch fee line to $31,650, with $10,410 from fund balance. [3]
The fund's balance was $48,642 at June 30, 2025, according to the audit, which reports it as committed fund balance. [2]
Budget figures are plans for fiscal 2027, not actual collections or payments.
Sources
- Sunset City · Annual budget, year ending June 30, 2027 (State Auditor filing), Dispatch/Animal Control Fund
- Sunset City · Financial report and auditor's reports, year ended June 30, 2025 (State Auditor filing), governmental funds balance sheet
- Sunset City · Amended budget, fiscal 2026, printed June 17, 2026 (State Auditor filing)
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.