Auditing Taylorsville
The Ledger's review of Taylorsville's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.
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Background
Auditing Taylorsville: what public records show about the city's finances
The Ledger is starting a review of Taylorsville's audits, budgets, debt, redevelopment areas and council votes, reporting only what the records say. Here is the city's financial baseline and what the series covers.
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- Politics
Auditor recommended formal terms for Taylorsville's $831,000 advance to its storm drain fund
At a November 2025 council meeting the city's auditor described an unrepaid temporary loan from the General Fund to the storm drain fund and recommended formalizing it with interest. The audited report puts the balance at $831,774 at June 30, 2025. The council later raised the storm water fee.
- Politics
Taylorsville's Bangerter urban renewal area: a $21.3 million cap through 2038 and milestones due
The redevelopment agency asked taxing entities to extend tax-increment collections in the 5400 South and Bangerter Highway area from 2029 to 2038. The approved budget sets a cumulative cap of $21,292,871, which includes past collections, and requires annual milestone reports beginning June 30, 2026.
- Politics
Taylorsville's 2026 property tax increase: $234,800 for road maintenance
The City Council voted 5-0 on Aug. 12, 2026 to adopt a city levy that raises its rate from 0.000819 to 0.000860. The city's notice says the $234,800 in added revenue will go to public works road maintenance and be kept in a restricted account.
- Politics
Solstice at 54th: the proposed $900,000 in agency aid for 30 workforce homes
Taylorsville's redevelopment agency board had a proposed resolution on its Oct. 7, 2026 agenda for Edge Homes Utah's 316-unit Solstice at 54th project, with up to $900,000 in agency buyer assistance, up to $50,000 for sewer work and the sale of an agency parcel. The records reviewed do not show the board's decision.