by Randi vonBose | Jun 12, 2017 | Budget, Education, General, Insurance
The company that currently insures our city employees notified the city manager that our premium would go up by 59%. An alternate bid came in with a 36% increase, thus raising the cost by about $375,000/year that was not previously accounted for in the budget. Why...
by Randi vonBose | May 29, 2017 | Budget, Education
If we look at the city as a co-op business in which we are all investors, understanding the role of government becomes clearer. Our taxes are the money we are willing to give to save money by getting a group rate for contracted services. If we have to hire a plumber...
by Randi vonBose | May 26, 2017 | Budget, Infrastructure
As I started thinking through ideas that would generate enough funds to meet the road need, I first looked into the idea of creating our own “gas tax” in Kaysville. Just as we have been given the power via the state to have an independent sales tax, I wanted to know...
