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Fruit Heights budgets $750,000 for parks and $942,000 for water projects in fiscal 2027
The fiscal 2027 budget the city filed with the state plans $1,126,000 of capital-fund projects and $942,000 of water capital projects, drawing on beginning balances in both funds. These are appropriations, not contracts or completed work.
What Fruit Heights' June 16 minutes record about the fiscal 2027 budget vote
The June 16, 2026 minutes record a 4-1 vote on a substitute motion on the fiscal 2027 budget and no separate vote on the original motion. The July 7 minutes approve the June 16 minutes with a correction and refer to the budget as previously approved.
Fruit Heights spent $854,478 less than its final general fund budget in fiscal 2025
The audit's budget schedule shows general fund spending of $2,545,047 against a $3,399,525 final budget. The $280,000 Class C road line shows no spending, while transfers out exceeded their budget by $81,200.
Fruit Heights' fiscal 2025 audit points to a state-compliance item described in a separate letter
The auditor's state-compliance report says instances of noncompliance are described as item 25-1 in a Dec. 30, 2025 letter to management. That letter is not in the filed audit report.
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Fruit Heights man paints over graffiti in tunnel and installs cameras
Gary Larsen says the city now supplies the paint he uses to maintain the tunnel.