The Ledger is reading Clearfield's budgets, audits, redevelopment records and council minutes. Here is what the city's fiscal 2025 audited report and its fiscal 2027 final budget show.
Clearfield's fiscal 2027 budget moves $1,158,322 from five utility funds to the general fund to pay for shared administrative services, plus a separate $170,000 noncash entry for water the city uses. The $1,158,322 figure is the same in all four budget years the document shows.
Clearfield's fiscal 2027 budget moves $1,158,322 from five utility funds to the general fund to pay for shared administrative services, plus a separate $170,000 noncash entry for water the city uses. The $1,158,322 figure is the same in all four budget years the document shows.
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Clearfield's council voted 4–0 on Aug. 11 to set a property tax rate of 0.001253, above the certified rate of 0.001176, for an estimated $233,106 in additional revenue. City documents say the State Tax Commission rejected the city's previous increase in September 2025.
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Clearfield's fiscal 2027 budget plans to draw $2,197,288 from general fund reserves, leaving a forecast $4,418,637 unrestricted balance. That is $172,968 more than two months of operating expenses, after about $1.8 million in capital requests were deferred or eliminated.
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Clearfield's council voted 4–0 in June to dissolve Redevelopment Project Area 8, which stopped collecting tax increment in December 2025. A staff memo said about $1 million remained, and state law requires any funds unspent at the end of the dormancy period to be returned to taxing entities.