Sandy council asks for itemized executive pay data, adopts tax rate resolutions 6-0 and continues FY 2026-27 budget hearing
May 26, 2026, 5:15 p.m. · Council Chambers, Sandy City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway, and Zoom
The council continued its fiscal 2026-27 budget hearings, adopting Resolutions 26-63C (leaving the current tax rate unchanged) and 26-64C, each 6-0, and voting 5-1 to ask for itemized prior-year and projected compensation for executive and elected officials before acting on pay. It also heard the Metropolitan Water District's fiscal 2027 budget, a state retirement pickup for public safety workers and a first reading of a General Fund purchasing power analysis. Council Member Brooke Christensen was excused after the first vote.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Budget
Metropolitan Water District FY 2027 budget
Discussed
General Manager Annalee Munsee presented the budget with board members John Kirkham and Todd Godfrey, covering history, treatment facilities, water sources, revenues, expenditures and a ten-year property tax lookback. She anticipated bonding in FY 2027 for capital improvements and a tax rate increase in FY 2028.
Item 2 · Budget
Utah Retirement System Tier 2 public safety rate pickup
Discussed
HR's Katrina Frederick presented a resolution for the city to pick up increased employee retirement contributions for eligible police and fire personnel. Rates rise from 4.73% to 5.98%; the city's pickup increase is 0.98% for fire and 0.4% for police, and falling Tier 1 rates produce a net savings. Information item; it returned June 2.
Item 3 · City code
First reading: new Section 4-9, General Fund purchasing power analysis
Discussed
Council Member Alison Stroud proposed executive branch disclosure and transparency standards requiring the budget officer to include a General Fund purchasing analysis in the tentative budget each year, to show residents how inflation affects the budget. Administrative Services Director Brian Kelley commented on which index to use. Pat Jones supported the proposal.
Item 4 · Budget
Public hearing: FY 2026-27 compensation for executive municipal officers
Approved · 5-1
Katrina Frederick said state law requires a separate hearing and that proposed changes include increases to salary, incentive pay and vehicle allowance, with executive officers receiving the same 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment as other employees and remaining eligible for performance pay. Pat Jones thanked the council and Steve Van Maren asked that a current-year analysis be included. Council Member Brooke D'Sousa moved to request prior-year compensation for each executive officer and projected current-year compensation, itemized by state-code categories such as car and phone allowances; Council Member Cyndi Sharkey's friendly amendment added elected officials. The motion passed 5-1 and the hearing was continued.
Item 5 · Budget
Public hearing: adoption of the FY 2026-27 Sandy City budget (Resolutions 26-61C to 26-64C)
Approved · 6-0
Brian Kelley reviewed Exhibit A budget adjustments for Resolution 26-61C and the timeline; the budget must be adopted before June 30. No one spoke. Resolution 26-63C leaving the current tax rate unchanged passed 6-0, and Resolution 26-64C passed 6-0, with Christensen excused. The minutes record no separate votes on 26-61C or 26-62C, and the hearing was continued.
Item 6 · Other
Recess for the Redevelopment Agency board
Approved
The council convened the RDA hearing at 7:36 p.m. and reconvened at 7:40 p.m. The minutes record no vote on the RDA budget.
What residents said
Elected and executive officer payGeneral Fund inflation analysis
Candidates Shane Manwaring (Salt Lake County sheriff) and Kent Davis (district attorney) introduced themselves. Pat Jones supported Council Member Stroud's General Fund analysis proposal and thanked the council in the compensation hearing; Steve Van Maren asked for a current-year compensation analysis.