The Snyderville Basin Cemetery District board on Thursday unanimously approved a $495,000 budget for 2025 to fund its work establishing burial grounds in the unincorporated area.
The revenue will come from a property tax. The annual tax for a primary residence with an average assessed value of $2,032,000 will be $25.70 and $46.74 for a business with the same assessed value.
The Summit County Council approved the tax rate after taking public input last month as part of the Truth in Taxation process. The cemetery board held a public hearing on the budget at its meeting, but no one from the community commented.
Snyderville Basin residents voted in 2012 to create the district, but the effort stalled until last year when the County Council voted to appoint board members. Their mission is to provide one or more cemeteries to benefit residents.
Of the total budget, $395,000 is for capital expenditures, which include site preparation and improvements, master plan consulting, design engineering and permitting. No money is earmarked for land acquisition.
“We’re hoping to use county-owned land that we can obtain without having to pay Park City land values,” board member Dan Whitehurst said.
The board’s preferred site for a cemetery is a 12-acre parcel near the Utah Olympic Park that is jointly owned by Basin Recreation and Summit County. A cemetery is an allowed use there.
Operating expenses, which total $100,000, include marketing and communications, accounting, insurance and utilities. In addition, the board will seek a line of credit from Summit County to cover its expenses at first because “we won’t be receiving $495,00 on Jan. 1” and will need to pay interest, Whitehurst said.