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Riverton: developer payments, service areas and fire debt

The Ledger's review of Riverton's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.

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Auditing Riverton: What the city's audit shows about its money

Riverton's fiscal 2025 audit reports $54.9 million in governmental revenue, a $9.2 million General Fund balance and about $34.8 million in bonds, leases and notes. The city levies no property tax of its own; police and fire are funded through two service areas the City Council governs.

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Latest update · October 16, 2026

Riverton still owes $2.5 million on Unified Fire debt it agreed to share when it left

When Riverton left the Unified Fire Service Area, its new fire service area agreed to pay 12.2% of the district's remaining 2016 building debt, though none of it paid for projects in Riverton. At June 30, 2025, $2,498,450 in principal and $391,562 in interest remained.

4 stories since June 30, 2025

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  1. Riverton still owes $2.5 million on Unified Fire debt it agreed to share when it left
  2. Riverton paid $2.8 million to a Mountain View Village developer and $442,000 to Costco
  3. Riverton's city tax rate is zero. Its police and fire service areas collect $14.3 million · published Oct 16
  4. Riverton had $5.1 million in park fees and $5.5 million in road fees on hand · published Oct 16

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