Eagle Mountain property owners will now pay a property tax rate of 0.000900, or a 69.81% increase from its 2026 rate of .000530. It will increase annual taxes for the owner of a median-priced home by $99.

Marking the first property-tax increase in the city since 2010, the increase will give Eagle Mountain $2,132,876 in additional revenue, which will go toward funding a Utah County Sheriff’s Office contract that includes more officers.

The city originally proposed a 220.88% rate increase, which would give the city a total of $9,798,139 in property tax revenue, covering a new sheriff’s contract dollar for dollar and freeing up sales tax revenue to fund other expenses, such as staff hirings, raises and other projects.

The reduced increase will free up less money in the general fund, but many on the council felt the original approved tax figure was too high to levy on residents in a single year.

“I know that we need to hire staff, and I know we need to deal with the sheriff’s contract, but I feel like that is the most that I want to go because I really do want to make sure we’re not raising it too much, and I think the $8.27 (a month) feels more manageable,” Councilwoman Melissa Clark said.

Councilman Zachory Huish added: “This volatility in the tax rate is not a fault of residents, and I feel like we’re kind of asking residents to absorb that in one year. For some people, it’s fine, but there are many, it’s evident that they cannot absorb it this year. It’s going to be challenging for them.”

Councilman Rich Wood, the lone dissenting vote on both the tax rate appeal and new approval, expressed concern that the 0.000900 rate would prevent the city from spending money on projects such as replacing roads and improving parks.

“At the end of the day, you’ll know you’re heard,” he said. “If we do this (a .000900 raise), that means that we are all agreeing that we’re not going to be able to do the things that are needful, and we’ll have to live with whatever we can do.”

Also on Tuesday, the council approved $363,992,973 for its 2026-27 annual budget. Items removed from the budget in response to the lower tax rate included $1 million set aside for the rodeo grounds and $2.5 million for land acquisition.