The Salt Lake City Council is close to figuring out how it will spend nearly $40 million on capital improvement projects during the 2024 fiscal year.
SALT LAKE CITY — For as much as members of Salt Lake City Council patrol the needs and desires within their own districts, they are well aware that some ideas simply just don't end up in a city budget for one reason or another.
"It makes that some of those things that repeatedly fall through the cracks or maybe don't get the attention they need through more structural things, it gives us a chance to emphasize them and highlight them," said Salt Lake City Council Vice Chairwoman Victoria Petro, between council meetings held Tuesday.current fiscal year budget
toward this program, a 16% decrease from the record amount of money set aside during the 2023 fiscal year. But the additional money sets up about $28 million in new project funding, while the rest is used to help pay off debts tied to previous city projects, said Ben Luedtke, a policy analyst for the city.
Members of the council met Tuesday to hash out their final concerns about this year's program funding and listen to final public feedback before a vote that could take place as early as next week. Here is what is tentatively scheduled to be approved this year:The implementation ofDistrict 1The creation of an art project to be incorporated into the area.Restoration of the courts and adding more amenities for the Fire Station No. 7 tennis courts.
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