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Your local briefing · Oct. 24, 2026
This week in Roy
- Roy council agenda: pay increases for city officers and a Hope Center room rental policy
The Roy City Council's Oct. 20 agenda listed Ordinance 26-15 on compensation increases for specific city officers and Resolution 26-29 adopting a rental policy for the Roy City Hope Center multipurpose room. The agenda gives no pay figures.
- Roy referendum falls short; Proposition 10 votes will not count
Roy City announced Oct. 20 that signature withdrawals made the property-tax referendum insufficient. Proposition 10 remains printed on November ballots, but votes on it will not count.
Latest decisions
- Ordinance 26-7: consolidated fee schedule Approved · 4-0
- Ordinance 26-6: chickens on single-family residential properties Approved · 4-0
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Open questions in our reporting
- Roy's redevelopment budget document gives three different figures for reserve use
Which figures the board's adopted resolution enacted, and whether a corrected budget exists.
- Roy's budget assumes it keeps its fire department while annexation into Weber Fire District proceeds
Whether the district board's Resolution 40-2026 was signed as adopted. The posted copy is unsigned.
- Roy referendum falls short; Proposition 10 votes will not count
What spending under the adopted budget has already begun.
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Roy's redevelopment budget document gives three different figures for reserve use
The agency's posted fiscal 2027 budget lists total spending of $1,593,819 in its narrative and $1,604,405 in its schedules, and three different amounts drawn from fund balance.
Roy's budget assumes it keeps its fire department while annexation into Weber Fire District proceeds
Roy's council asked in June to join Weber Fire District. The district's Oct. 1 hearing materials say the annexation is not complete, and Roy's final budget was prepared assuming the city keeps its fire department.
Roy referendum falls short; Proposition 10 votes will not count
Roy City announced Oct. 20 that signature withdrawals made the property-tax referendum insufficient. Proposition 10 remains printed on November ballots, but votes on it will not count.
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Tue, Oct 20 · City Council
Roy council agenda: pay increases for city officers and a Hope Center room rental policy
The Roy City Council's Oct. 20 agenda listed Ordinance 26-15 on compensation increases for specific city officers and Resolution 26-29 adopting a rental policy for the Roy City Hope Center multipurpose room.
Tue, Oct 6 · City Council
Roy council agenda: 24-lot Cole West development agreement, county election services and trash-service contract
The Roy City Council's Oct. 6 agenda listed a development agreement with Cole West for 24 single-family lots on 2.89 acres at 5154 South 2700 West, an election-services agreement with Weber County and a Waste Management…
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