Kaysville canceled its $16.5 million fire-station bond election

Kaysville's proposal to borrow up to $16.5 million for a new fire station reached the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot. The City Council then scheduled an Oct. 7 special meeting with a single action item: "Action to cancel the November 3, 2026 special bond election." ^[2][4]

At that meeting, the council passed a resolution canceling the election, according to a city notice posted Oct. 8. The question still appears on ballots that were already printed and mailed, but votes on it will not be counted. ^[5]

What voters were asked

A city notice dated Aug. 10, 2026 says the council authorized calling an election on general obligation bonds of up to $16,500,000 to construct and equip a fire station. The bonds would be secured by property taxes. The notice set a public hearing for Oct. 1. ^[1]

The proposition on the Davis County sample ballot says the bonds would be due within 20 years. It estimates debt-service property taxes of $115.37 a year on a $711,000 primary residence and $209.77 on business property of the same value. ^[2]

The ballot adds an estimated $191.32 a year for station operations on that residence if the station is built, for a combined $306.70. For business property, it estimates $347.86, or $557.63 combined. The ballot says the figures are estimates, not limits. ^[2]

The Oct. 1 hearing

All six elected officials attended the Oct. 1 public hearing. The minutes say roughly a dozen residents spoke, and the council recorded their questions for follow-up. ^[3]

Later in the meeting, Mayor Tamara Tran said the council would not pursue alternative financing for the station if voters rejected the bond. She said construction would not proceed under this proposal, but the need could be revisited in future years, according to the minutes. ^[3]

The minutes also say ballots had begun reaching voters outside the country. ^[3]

The Oct. 7 special meeting

City Recorder Annemarie Plaizier posted the special meeting notice on Oct. 5. Its agenda lists an opening, the action to cancel the election and adjournment. ^[4]

The city's Oct. 8 notice says the council passed a resolution at the meeting canceling the election. It says the city's Aug. 10 election notice should have included instructions, required under a 2025 state law, on how and when voters could submit arguments for or against the bond, and did not. ^[5]

Davis County and the city are giving public notice of the cancellation, including signs at voting locations, according to the notice. The cancellation applies only to the fire-station proposition; voters can still vote on everything else on the ballot. ^[5]

The notice says the city anticipates bringing the bond question to voters on the November 2027 ballot, and that the council may decide to place it back on the ballot or take no further action. ^[5]