Fruit Heights
Local news, council decisions, projects and city spending, with links to the agendas, minutes and reporting behind each story.
Latest decisions
- Letter of support for the 5th/5th local-option sales tax (motion to forgo sending) Approved · 3-2
- UDOT easement at Nicholls Road and Main Street (Resolution 2026-14) Approved · 5-0
- Award of pump-house fencing and gate operator to Watts Fencing Approved · 5-0
Meetings and decisions, item by item →
Follow the money and what happened next
Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Fruit Heights's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
Open questions in our reporting
- Fruit Heights budgets $750,000 for parks and $942,000 for water projects in fiscal 2027
The fiscal 2027 budget lists appropriations for the park and water projects, not contract awards.
- What Fruit Heights' June 16 minutes record about the fiscal 2027 budget vote
The July 7 minutes do not state the corrected prior-year certified tax rate.
- Fruit Heights spent $854,478 less than its final general fund budget in fiscal 2025
The audit's budget schedule does not list projects for the $280,000 Class C roads line.
Fruit Heights: audit, budget underspending and parks and water projects →
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 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.
Around town
- Community
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.