WASHINGTON SQUARE—Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Friday that city attorneys and financial analysts are still working through the unfunded mandates and new expenses imposed on the capital city by the 2025 legislative session, which concluded earlier this month.
She said departmental staff had flagged roughly 250 bills that impact Salt Lake’s financial picture in one form or another. And she was not yet prepared to offer a dollar figure for what the state’s actions will cost the city and its taxpayers.
“I have always presented a balanced budget to the City Council and I will always do that,” Mendenhall said. “What it takes to get there, I don’t know just yet.”…