Clearfield City's council page lists Nike Peterson as a council member serving 2016 through 2028. The page lists these assignments: the Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District, the Clearfield City Audit Committee, and membership in the Redevelopment Agency, Building Authority and Housing Authority.[1]
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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.
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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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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.