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North Salt Lake: golf fund, Hatch Park bonds and water rates

The Ledger's review of North Salt Lake's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.

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Auditing North Salt Lake: what the city's audit and budget show

North Salt Lake's fiscal 2025 audit reports an unmodified opinion with no findings and $24.9 million in long-term debt at June 30, 2025. On June 16, 2026, the council adopted a fiscal 2027 budget that plans to use $107,400 of General Fund balance.

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Latest update · October 16, 2026

Hatch Park bonds: $15.1 million owed through 2047, with redevelopment money helping pay

North Salt Lake borrowed $16,692,000 in 2022 to expand Hatch Park. The city still owed $15,117,000 of that principal in mid-2025, with payments of about $1.14 million a year through 2047. Redevelopment-area transfers help cover the payments, and most of the bond money was budgeted to move into park construction in fiscal 2026.

4 stories since June 30, 2025

Timeline, newest first

  1. Hatch Park bonds: $15.1 million owed through 2047, with redevelopment money helping pay
  2. North Salt Lake adopts a lower tax rate as the fire district proposes a higher one · published Oct 16
  3. North Salt Lake's 2026 water rates: base charges up 6%, usage tiers up about 8% · published Oct 16
  4. North Salt Lake's golf fund owes $2.9 million in past subsidies, with no repayment plan · published Oct 16

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