[0:00] Okay, Travis says we're ready to go.

[0:01] Thank you everybody for joining us in

[0:03] Spanish Fork City Council meeting

[0:05] tonight, June 2nd, 2026. We appreciate

[0:08] everybody that's here in person and out

[0:11] in the lobby and on TV all over the

[0:13] world. Uh we'll get started like we

[0:15] always do in Spanish Fork with the

[0:17] prayer and the pledge. And uh tonight we

[0:20] have Councilwoman Beck offering the

[0:23] spiritual thought or prayer and then

[0:25] Councilman Marshall with the pledge.

[0:27] Councilwoman Beck. Thank you, mayor. Our

[0:30] dear father in heaven, we're very

[0:31] thankful to have the opportunity to

[0:33] gather here this this evening, and we're

[0:36] grateful for this beautiful community

[0:38] that we all have the chance to live and

[0:41] serve in. And we pray that that would

[0:42] watch over and protect us all

[0:43] continually. Bless our youth as they're

[0:45] out and about this summer to be safe.

[0:47] And please be with our first responders

[0:49] as they're serving and watching out for

[0:51] us. We pray that that would be with us

[0:53] this evening that we can make good

[0:54] decisions and be with us that we can

[0:59] make good choices, serve our neighbor,

[1:01] lift those who we are around and we say

[1:03] these things humbly in the name of thy

[1:04] son Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:06] >> Amen.

[1:07] >> You all please rise and

[1:10] repeat after me. I pledge algiance to

[1:13] the flag of the United States of America

[1:16] and to the republic for which it stands.

[1:19] One nation under God, indivisible, with

[1:22] liberty and justice for all.

[1:25] >> Thank you.

[1:26] Councilwoman Beck and

[1:28] Councilman Marshall. Okay. Uh we have a

[1:30] couple of recognitions that would like

[1:33] to to start off with uh tonight's

[1:35] council meeting before we get to the

[1:36] business. Uh first, we have uh

[1:39] Councilman Tuk uh to introduce us to a

[1:42] great youth in our community. Councilman

[1:44] Tuk.

[1:45] >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening,

[1:47] everyone. Good evening, Spanish Fork.

[1:48] So, uh, whenever we get the opportunity

[1:51] to recognize, um, folks doing good

[1:54] things in our town, we love to do that.

[1:56] And we have a really special situation

[1:58] where we wanted to recognize someone

[2:00] this evening. So, we have a Maple

[2:02] Mountain High School uh, student named

[2:05] Palmer Brandt. He's with us tonight with

[2:06] his family here in the back. And I'm

[2:07] going to say a couple things and then

[2:09] we'll um, we'll kind of go from there.

[2:11] But I just wanted to say this student is

[2:14] um is amazing and his accomplishments

[2:16] and especially when it comes to to uh

[2:19] orchestra band. And so I'd like to read

[2:22] a couple highlights that I've learned

[2:24] about him. Uh so much attention was

[2:26] brought to us about him and and what

[2:28] he's done, how amazing he is that um we

[2:31] wanted to share that with the community.

[2:32] So here are a couple highlights here. He

[2:34] was selected for uh the prestigious

[2:35] honor band of America, earned first

[2:37] chair uh baritone saxophone in the Utah

[2:40] Allstate wind symphony and a spot in the

[2:42] Utah Allstate Jazz Band. Uh and if I get

[2:45] these wrong, mom, please, you know,

[2:47] correct me. Uh also he composed and

[2:49] premiered an original tenor saxophone

[2:51] concierto with the Utah Valley Youth

[2:54] Symphony Orchestra and uh or organized

[2:57] and taught a jazz clinic for local

[2:59] junior high students. uh had artwork

[3:01] selected for the Utah All State Art Show

[3:03] and all the while maintained nearly a

[3:05] 4.0 GPA of 3.9. Those are just a couple

[3:08] of the amazing accomplishments that that

[3:09] Palmer has had. So, uh as recognition,

[3:13] we have this uh we have this plaque here

[3:16] and I'll just read it quickly and then

[3:17] we'll we'll get a picture and some

[3:19] things. But just so we all can hear what

[3:21] it says because this is incredible. So

[3:23] this says special recognition

[3:25] um proudly presented to Palmer Brandt uh

[3:28] Maple Mountain High School for his

[3:30] exceptional musical achievements

[3:31] including selection to the 2026 honor

[3:34] band of America, first chair of baritone

[3:35] saxophone and the all state wind

[3:37] symphony and baritone saxophone in the

[3:39] all-state jazz band. A dedicated student

[3:41] and mentor, he has led a clinic of

[3:43] fellow musicians and stands out as an

[3:45] outstanding representative of our

[3:47] community. And that's is signed by our

[3:49] mayor, Mayor Mendenhal. And so, uh, I

[3:52] say let's give him a little round of

[3:53] applause if we could.

[4:01] And before we if we could grab a picture

[4:03] in a minute, but um,

[4:05] Palmer and your mom, Cara, if you'd like

[4:07] to say a couple words, you're welcome

[4:08] to. If not, we can just jump right to a

[4:10] picture. We'd like to give you this

[4:11] though, Palmer. Um, to congratulate you.

[4:14] So, if you want to come on down, you can

[4:16] come together, whatever works best, and

[4:17] we'll we'll go from there. Sure.

[4:25] Yep.

[4:27] >> Right here.

[4:28] >> Yep. Right there. Yep. Right here.

[4:30] >> Well, yeah. There we go.

[4:32] >> Okay. You didn't bring your instrument

[4:34] with you, Palmer. [laughter]

[4:35] >> Okay.

[4:37] >> Yeah, for sure.

[4:37] >> Probably been more comfortable.

[4:41] >> Well, very cool. What a what a what a

[4:42] great accomplishment. What What year are

[4:44] you at Maple Mountain High School? Is

[4:46] this your senior year? Uh yes, I'm going

[4:48] into my senior year.

[4:49] >> Okay. What's plans after [snorts] after

[4:51] you uh after you next year when you

[4:54] graduate after next year?

[4:55] >> Um I'll be studying saxophone

[4:57] performance at either BYU or

[5:02] >> Okay.

[5:03] >> And

[5:05] not sure. I'm considering a double

[5:08] major, but I'm not sure in what yet.

[5:11] >> Cool. Very cool.

[5:12] >> Very cool. And is there any other

[5:13] musical talent in your family or did you

[5:15] just suck it all out of your family and

[5:18] kept it for yourself?

[5:19] >> Both of my parents sing and my dad is he actually teaches voice at BYU.

[5:25] >> Oh,

[5:26] >> and both my parents actually went to BYU

[5:29] for classical voice.

[5:31] >> Very cool.

[5:32] >> And also my brother plays saxophone and

[5:37] my other brother Adam, he plays guitar.

[5:41] >> Pretty cool. You have a loud household.

[5:43] [laughter]

[5:45] >> That's very cool.

[5:45] >> That's awesome.

[5:46] >> It's not quiet, but uh those are cool

[5:48] instruments and and put them with good

[5:50] voices like that. I'll bet it's a I'll

[5:52] bet Councilman Tuk probably walks the

[5:54] east side looking for their home to Yes.

[5:56] Listen to what's going on.

[5:57] >> We live close.

[5:58] >> We're lucky. Yeah, we do live close. So,

[6:01] >> well, congratulations. Um let let me

[6:04] give this to you, Palmer, and then can

[6:05] we get a picture with you? Just wanted

[6:07] to say really quick thank you to our

[6:09] band director [clears throat] M. McKay

[6:11] Osborne who's amazing and his private

[6:13] teacher Ray Smith.

[6:15] >> Oh, very cool. Very cool. Palmer, come

[6:17] right up here. And uh manager parents,

[6:22] >> congratulations.

[6:25] » Thanks for coming. Nice to meet you.

[6:27] He's going to take our picture right

[6:28] here while you stand in front of us.

[6:34] Do you want the straggler back there?

[6:36] >> Yeah, we Yeah.

[6:37] >> Get the whole family.

[6:38] and then we'll do

[6:39] one by himself, too. Yep. Come on,

[6:41] Matthew. Let's go, buddy.

[6:44] [laughter]

[6:45] >> I don't blame you.

[6:47] >> I don't want to. All right, we're gonna

[6:51] go one, two, and three.

[6:57] And then

[6:59] one, two,

[7:01] and three. Perfect.

[7:04] >> All right. One. One. One with Palmer

[7:06] alone.

[7:08] >> Zoom in a little tight then.

[7:12] No, we won't. Palmer. Uh, scoot over

[7:14] just a little bit. You're block. There

[7:15] we go.

[7:16] >> It's better if you block someone.

[7:20] » Got it.

[7:21] >> Congratulations.

[7:24] Appreciate it. Very

[7:32] cool stuff to represent your high school

[7:35] and your city on on a national level.

[7:37] That's that's very cool. Keep uh keep it

[7:39] up and keep it going. We appreciate good kids doing good things.

[7:45] Okay. Uh we have another recognition uh

[7:47] tonight as well from uh the other high

[7:50] school in town from Spanish Fork uh high

[7:53] school and the boys baseball team. I

[7:55] think I see coach right there in the

[7:56] back. Um, this is this is getting to be

[8:00] a a regular thing here uh year after

[8:04] year and it's it's it's a highly

[8:06] irregular thing to to be able to win the

[8:09] state championship. But we'd like to to

[8:11] have uh have coach come up and and uh

[8:14] tell us a little bit about the about the

[8:17] team and and about what they've uh

[8:19] accomplished here. Um it's uh it's quite

[8:22] the thing to to have uh this going on

[8:26] and uh and do it again.

[8:28] >> Yeah. Well, thanks for having us. Um

[8:30] yeah, the season was a little bit

[8:32] different than last year. Luckily, we

[8:34] were able to get to the same point as

[8:35] the state champions, but um so last year

[8:38] we came in as a very young, unproven

[8:41] team. And this year, after winning it

[8:43] last year, we came in with all the

[8:44] expectations of returning basically our

[8:47] whole starting team. and we were able to

[8:48] go come out as the preseason favorite

[8:50] and carry that all the way all the way

[8:52] through the season and end up winning

[8:53] the state championship again this year.

[8:55] So, it was an awesome awesome ride and

[8:57] an awesome season with the B group of

[8:59] great kids.

[9:00] >> I think that's a point that uh I've

[9:02] heard talked about quite a bit that the

[9:04] tale of two years the year before I

[9:07] think your final game you won just put

[9:09] you over 500 for the season.

[9:11] >> Yep. One game over 500. That's what we

[9:12] were joking. No better way to get over

[9:14] 500 to win the win the championship. So,

[9:17] >> and now this year it was uh you had the

[9:19] target on your back from the beginning,

[9:21] right? Yeah. Were you going to

[9:22] >> Yeah, it was kind of a totally different

[9:24] uh state tournament with all the

[9:25] expectations coming in and just the kind

[9:28] of the I think I speak for the group

[9:29] here just the kind of the stress it

[9:31] carried carrying the one seed

[9:32] throughout. But last year was just all

[9:34] emotions riding on the the hive, the the

[9:37] roll we were on and then this year we

[9:39] come in with all the expectations

[9:40] getting every team's best shot. So,

[9:42] yeah, it was kind of a a tale of two

[9:44] seasons like you said. Coach Thorp, you

[9:47] played uh you were a Dawn in what year?

[9:49] >> In 2009.

[9:51] >> And that's a lot uh sooner than coach

[9:54] Dart was a dawn, right? [laughter]

[9:56] >> Quite a bit. Um grandpa.

[10:00] >> Okay.

[10:01] >> Yeah. One of our coaches always jokes

[10:03] that he's he's the adult in the room, so

[10:05] [laughter] the adult.

[10:06] >> He was the adult.

[10:08] >> Coach Dardis.

[10:09] >> Yeah.

[10:11] >> Scary.

[10:13] [laughter]

[10:15] So maybe Councilman Rod Dart was the

[10:17] great grandpa of the of the of the

[10:19] school.

[10:20] >> That's that's one of the great things

[10:21] about being a part of Spanish Fork

[10:22] Baseball is just the community support

[10:24] we get. So we we thank all the community

[10:26] for showing up. We we pack UVU every

[10:28] time we do that. So that's that's what

[10:30] means a lot just playing being a part of

[10:32] Spanish Fork Baseball is just the

[10:33] awesome community that comes with it.

[10:35] >> Tell us about obviously the the news

[10:37] coverage of it the the day and the

[10:39] couple days after. Uh it was pretty hot

[10:41] and hot hot and heavy on on recognizing

[10:43] you guys. So we're grateful to let that

[10:45] dust settle and then you guys come in

[10:46] here and and get recognized here. But uh

[10:50] what what what's it like playing, you

[10:52] know, I guess what what we can call a an

[10:55] in city rivalry. I mean, you and you and

[10:58] the the Maple Mountain uh uh Eagles are at the the top, it seems like quite

[11:04] a bit now, but obviously those kids

[11:07] probably know quite a bit about each

[11:08] other and know each other and probably

[11:10] played together in in years past.

[11:11] >> For sure. Yeah. A lot of our guys play

[11:13] together throughout all the summer, so

[11:15] there's a there's a friendly rivalry

[11:16] there. We we joked with Coach Thomas

[11:19] over at Maple Mountain that of course of

[11:20] course all roads were going to lead to

[11:22] us playing in the state championship. It

[11:24] was funny. Some people were talking

[11:25] about maybe the state tournament doesn't

[11:26] run through Spanish Fork, but then it

[11:28] ended up both both schools from Spanish

[11:29] Fork being there. [laughter] So, it was kind of a a good ending to the

[11:34] season.

[11:34] >> Yeah. Yeah. That's cool.

[11:36] >> If I may, I'm going to put you maybe a

[11:38] little bit on the spot, coach, but I I

[11:40] understand that in some of the postgame

[11:42] conversations that you had with some of

[11:43] the coaches of some of the teams that

[11:45] you played that there was a new school

[11:47] played really well and they had some

[11:49] really high praise for you in terms of

[11:51] what it meant for them to play like you

[11:52] and and some of their aspirations. Yeah.

[11:54] So, what are you comfortable sharing?

[11:55] The head coach at Westfield just came up

[11:57] and had nothing but great things and

[11:59] that like we have nothing but respect

[12:01] for that program. We got a big lead

[12:03] multiple times and just couldn't put

[12:04] them away. They were just a tough

[12:05] resilient group of kids. But yeah, their head coach as we were going

[12:09] through the line, he just said what an honor it is to play Spanish Fork

[12:12] baseball and just just that's where we

[12:15] want to be as a program. So, it's just

[12:17] super high praise. That's the best thing

[12:18] another coach or another program could

[12:20] say about you is how much they want.

[12:21] They they look up to us as a program and

[12:23] wanted just that they respected how we

[12:25] went about our business. And so it was

[12:28] really awesome for him to say that

[12:29] through in in that moment.

[12:30] >> Thank you.

[12:31] >> I got to be honest when we heard that

[12:33] and people kept saying, "Well, we're

[12:35] playing Westfield. We're playing

[12:36] Westfield again." Are we sure it's

[12:37] Westfield? Not West Lake, not West, not

[12:40] like it up to like where is

[12:42] >> we had to pull up a map, see where they

[12:44] were located. [laughter] But yeah,

[12:45] nothing but respect for those guys. They

[12:46] were an awesome team.

[12:48] >> Yeah. Yeah. Anybody else have questions

[12:50] for

[12:51] >> for coach or any

[12:53] >> I would just say congratulations. Um

[12:56] long tradition of success whether it's

[13:00] academic

[13:02] sports or musician. I mean it's to be

[13:05] here in amongst all of the success that

[13:08] we've had as a community. Um even if it

[13:11] happens to be Eagle Mountain or Maple

[13:13] Mountain. Um, no, there it is is cool to

[13:17] have that type of competitiveness and

[13:20] success by both schools in our community

[13:22] and I appreciate it. The the tell of two

[13:25] seasons I had I went through a similar

[13:26] thing in 1988 we won. Um, maybe we

[13:30] shouldn't have the next year we should

[13:32] for sure should have. 89 should have

[13:34] been the year and we lost. We took like

[13:37] third. Um, but

[13:40] what I love about the program is that it

[13:44] creates good young people that are

[13:47] members of our community,

[13:49] >> right? And you don't have to win the

[13:51] state championship to do it. You just

[13:53] have to be part of the team and be um a

[13:55] good member of the team, right, to build

[13:58] that success. I certainly wouldn't be

[13:59] sitting here if I was not a member of

[14:01] the baseball team and we didn't win. Um,

[14:03] so it's I appreciate your effort, all of

[14:06] you kids. kids. It's It's I'm a grandpa

[14:09] now. I can say that stuff. I feel like

[14:11] Rod Dart up here. [laughter]

[14:14] But it's to be a member of that that

[14:16] unit and coming to compete every day um

[14:19] and putting yourself out there is is

[14:21] pretty cool. Win or lose, you're going

[14:23] to be better for the for the

[14:25] opportunity. So, thank you, coach.

[14:26] Appreciate.

[14:26] >> Thank you. We appreciate that.

[14:28] >> How do you balance that, coach? with

[14:30] kids, they they must know that they're

[14:33] playing it long enough, but they must

[14:34] know they've signed up to play a game of

[14:36] failure where like, hey, if you're

[14:38] hitting three out of 10, you're you're

[14:39] at the top of the top and stuff like

[14:41] that. How do you how do you keep kids

[14:42] motivated and and and looking looking

[14:45] towards a long path of a game of

[14:47] failure?

[14:47] >> Yeah, luckily luckily for us, we get to

[14:50] coach the greatest group of kids around.

[14:51] Um, I think there's for us, it's not a

[14:54] ton of motivation just because they're

[14:55] so self motivated and work so hard at

[14:58] the at the game of baseball. So, it

[14:59] makes makes our job easy as far as that.

[15:01] I mean, I could draw out of a hat and

[15:03] pick nine guys and we'd be very

[15:04] successful because of the work that

[15:06] those guys put in. So, yeah, all all the

[15:08] credit goes out to those kids and the

[15:10] assistant coaches that put in countless

[15:12] hours of basically free labor, but I

[15:14] know how much they [clears throat] love

[15:15] it. So, they they love being there and

[15:17] being with the kids. So, just a

[15:19] testament to how tough, resilient,

[15:21] hardworking our kids are. And it's it's

[15:23] [clears throat] amazing the way that you

[15:25] just presented that though because you

[15:26] watch the state tournament and you watch

[15:28] every game when you guys would come from

[15:29] behind and hit the walk-off. It the

[15:32] team's composure during those moments

[15:34] were was incredible because it was like

[15:35] oh we're never out of this. We got this.

[15:37] Like I don't was it I don't remember

[15:38] that what game it was. It was sent going

[15:40] to the championship and I don't know if

[15:41] it was was it was it against um

[15:43] >> Westfield?

[15:44] >> Yeah, Westfield. That first pitch that line driving I think I sent the

[15:48] video to mayor. I'm like there was no

[15:49] doubt it was happening right. It was it

[15:51] was just such a cool experience and it's

[15:53] great for us as a community to be a part

[15:55] of it. So, thank you for letting us be a

[15:57] part of your guys' moment.

[15:58] >> Yeah.

[15:59] K kudos to your coaching staff,

[16:01] too. I thought it was really cool how

[16:03] final game you got a comfortable lead

[16:06] and you give a senior an opportunity to

[16:09] close that out. And

[16:10] >> that that was I will say that was kind

[16:13] of misconstrued. He was just a junior

[16:14] that came back in. Yeah. Okay.

[16:16] >> He had he had a tough spot earlier in

[16:18] the in the state tournament and Nixon

[16:20] was kind of our leader all year. So, it

[16:21] was it was nice to have him come in and

[16:23] get that last out.

[16:23] >> I thought that was pretty cool that you

[16:25] did that.

[16:27] >> Well, congratulations.

[16:28] >> Thank you so much.

[16:29] >> Well done,

[16:30] >> Coach Thorp. Thanks for leading the Dons

[16:32] again and and we're super proud of you.

[16:34] We'd uh we we hope I hope there's

[16:37] another baseball that somebody gets for

[16:39] me signed so we can put it in the

[16:41] mayor's office. But you kids should all

[16:43] know that uh that's that's the game in

[16:45] the mayor's office. Anybody that comes

[16:46] visits uh gets to see some some cool

[16:49] pictures of of cool kids doing good

[16:51] things and you guys are are in there

[16:54] once and now being in there twice is uh

[16:56] is pretty cool too. So thank you guys

[16:58] for for not only playing hard uh you

[17:02] know doing your doing your job but

[17:03] representing your city well too uh on

[17:05] and off the field. That's that's an

[17:07] important part. But I know that the

[17:08] coaches stress that too of of uh being

[17:11] good on the field and being good kids

[17:12] off the field.

[17:13] >> For sure.

[17:13] >> Y

[17:14] >> if you come up and get a picture, we'd

[17:16] love to give you a round of applause and

[17:17] a picture if that's all right. Guys,

[17:26] after this picture, if you start with

[17:28] the if you'll start with the chief over

[17:29] there and shake the chief's hand and

[17:31] then come all the way around. We like

[17:33] the youth to know who the police chief

[17:35] is and the city attorney is. So that's

[17:39] where you start.

[17:43] » I'm just going to

[17:46] squeeze it in.

[17:50] » Yeah.

[17:52] >> Wait a second.

[17:57] » Just lay out in front.

[18:06] Seth, just get out of the way and let

[18:07] the photographer do it.

[18:09] >> I don't know.

[18:15] » Thought Seth wasn't that

[18:18] >> gonna work. All right. One, two.

[18:26] » There you go. One, two, three.

[18:31] » More.

[18:36] » That's good.

[18:38] >> Yeah. Very good.

[18:39] >> Start over there with the chief right

[18:41] there.

[18:44] >> Coaches, too.

[18:46] >> 2009.

[18:49] >> Congratulations, coach.

[18:51] >> Congratulations.

[18:52] >> Thank you, brother.

[18:55] >> Congrats.

[18:58] walked past me.

[18:59] >> Way to go.

[19:02] Congrats. Congratulations, young man.

[19:04] What's your name, brother?

[19:09] Congratulations.

[19:11] >> Yeah, we're good.

[19:13] >> Dylan, congratulations. Chambers.

[19:15] >> All right. Congratulations.

[19:19] » Sam,

[19:24] what's your name? Congratulations.

[19:29] » Congratulations.

[19:30] >> Thank you.

[19:33] » Thanks for being here tonight.

[19:35] >> Good to see you.

[19:37] >> Nice job, guys.

[19:38] >> Hey, coach. Before they before they

[19:40] leave,

[19:41] >> let's One thing that we've usually done

[19:43] is have them come up and say their name.

[19:45] So, it's just uh the city and and uh

[19:47] let's say their name, what year they

[19:50] are, and uh their parents because the

[19:53] parents are part of uh kids to this

[19:55] point, too. Once you're done with that,

[19:57] you can

[19:58] >> you're free. You're free.

[20:00] >> Pull pull the mic up.

[20:02] >> What do I say again? I don't remember.

[20:04] >> Your name, what year you are in school,

[20:06] and your parents.

[20:08] >> All right. Um my name is Kingston

[20:10] Johnson, and I'm a class of 2029. And my dad's name is Jason Johnson and my

[20:16] mom's name is Lesie Johnson.

[20:18] >> All right, perfect.

[20:19] >> Well done.

[20:20] >> Thank you. You did it.

[20:21] >> So, class of 29. Is that freshman?

[20:23] >> I don't know.

[20:24] >> I'm Tape Wahberger. I'm a class of 2028

[20:27] and my mom is Lisa Wahberger and my dad

[20:29] is Mike Wahberger.

[20:30] >> Yeah.

[20:30] >> Thank you guys.

[20:31] >> They help horses.

[20:33] >> I'm Trac. I'm 2029 and my parents are

[20:37] Josh and Melanie Orton. Perfect.

[20:40] >> Um I'm Talon Nelson. and I'm a class

[20:42] 2029 and my parents are Heather and

[20:44] Tyler Nelson.

[20:46] >> I'm Nolan Hickman. I'm a class of 2028

[20:49] and my parents are Ryan and Nicole

[20:51] Hickman.

[20:53] >> I'm Sammy Dart. My parents are Kyle and

[20:56] Ally Dart. And I just finished junior

[20:58] year, so 2027.

[21:01] >> Uh my name is Cohen Nelson. I'm a class

[21:03] of 2028. My mom and dad are Tyler and

[21:04] Heather Nelson.

[21:05] >> Cohen, wait. What was one of your

[21:08] favorite parts of this whole experience?

[21:10] Um,

[21:12] I'd probably say the Westfield game

[21:15] three,

[21:16] >> the come uh come from the dinger.

[21:19] >> Yeah, that was sweet.

[21:20] >> Sweet.

[21:22] >> Um, Dylan Chambers. I'm a class of 2028.

[21:24] My parents are Ryan and Bethany

[21:26] Chambers.

[21:28] >> Matai Johnson. I am a senior. I just

[21:31] graduated. And my parents are Lesie and

[21:33] Jason Johnson.

[21:34] >> Now, they didn't have a speed they

[21:36] didn't have a speed gun at that game,

[21:37] but you're one of the pitchers, too,

[21:39] right?

[21:40] a few pictures here. What are they? I

[21:43] mean, some of these pictures are in the

[21:44] 90s, right?

[21:47] >> I don't know where they came from, but

[21:48] we'll take them.

[21:48] >> We'll take them. Yeah. [laughter]

[21:50] I couldn't see the ball.

[21:52] >> You couldn't see them?

[21:52] >> Yeah. That's incredible. That's awesome.

[21:56] >> I'm Cody Mlan. I'm a class of 2028. And

[21:59] my parents are Mike and Lindsay Mlan.

[22:04] » I'm T Cloud. I'm a class of 2028. And my

[22:06] parents are Amberly and Casey Clard. We

[22:09] good.

[22:11] >> My name is Tillen Scott. I'm the class

[22:13] of 2028 and my parents are Matt and

[22:15] Brandy Scott.

[22:18] >> Hi, I'm E Smith. I am a class of 2028.

[22:21] My parents are Jeff and Marlo Smith.

[22:24] >> My name is H Freeland. I'm a class of 27

[22:27] and my parents are Lacy and Jake

[22:28] Freeland.

[22:29] >> Perfect.

[22:32] >> Young.

[22:32] >> In case you didn't notice, that's a lot

[22:34] of 28s and 29s. The Dons will be good

[22:37] for a bit here.

[22:39] >> We're looking forward to next season.

[22:41] >> Yeah. Yeah.

[22:42] >> No pressure.

[22:44] >> Coach Dart, anything you want to say?

[22:46] Ally, anything you want to say? You're

[22:47] here.

[22:50] » Appreciate the community support.

[22:53] >> Come on up to the mic. You got to come

[22:54] up.

[22:54] >> Come up to the mic. Grandpa,

[22:57] >> old man. What was he?

[22:58] >> The adult.

[22:59] >> He's the adult in the room. from almost

[23:01] every team we played. Our crowd was the

[23:04] envy of every team. Uh they just were

[23:06] amazed at the turnout that we get. And

[23:09] so it really does mean something to to

[23:11] have the community support we have. And

[23:14] when we when the kids win it, we're dog

[23:17] piling. The very first thing they say is

[23:18] someone get the fire trucks ready. And

[23:20] for the city to do that for us and to

[23:22] have the support um see the people on

[23:24] Main Street and stuff is really an

[23:26] awesome thing. It makes it even more

[23:28] special to win a state championship in

[23:30] Spanish Fork. I I believe that that it's

[23:32] more special here than any other place.

[23:34] So, we appreciate all the community

[23:35] support. These kids are tough and

[23:37] they're really good and it's been

[23:38] awesome to be part of it. So, thank you

[23:40] guys very much for having us.

[23:42] >> Thanks, coach.

[23:43] >> Congrats you guys.

[23:44] >> One more round of applause. Thank you

[23:46] guys.

[23:52] » Very good.

[23:54] >> Thanks, coach.

[23:55] Mayor, if you get the ball, do I get the

[23:57] saxophone?

[23:59] >> That's true. That's true. There's cool.

[24:01] Yeah, I already got a ball. I'll take

[24:02] the saxophone.

[24:04] >> No,

[24:06] >> I want the sacks.

[24:08] >> I don't know what to do with the ball.

[24:10] >> Yeah,

[24:11] >> you know what to do with this.

[24:12] >> Baseballs and softballs and soccer balls

[24:14] and volleyballs, all signed by state

[24:17] champions

[24:18] >> in the mayor's office. So,

[24:20] >> it's pretty It's been quite the

[24:22] >> state championship run from two high

[24:24] schools in the last four years and uh be

[24:28] excited.

[24:28] >> What does a wrestler sign? I'm just

[24:30] wondering.

[24:30] >> Singlet,

[24:31] >> but he doesn't get a singlet. No.

[24:33] >> What did they Maybe there's Is there

[24:35] headgear in there? I don't know. Maybe

[24:36] there's

[24:38] >> Yeah. What did they sign? What did they

[24:39] get?

[24:39] >> Sign the mouth gear.

[24:41] >> No, we just got a picture of the

[24:42] wrestlers. We didn't

[24:43] >> tell you.

[24:44] >> Yep.

[24:45] >> But very good stuff. Thank you guys.

[24:47] Thank you. Thank you, Spanish Fork

[24:49] again. And I hope uh I hope parents and uh and the citizens at large get to

[24:55] see recognitions like that and uh both

[24:58] what Councilman Marshall touched on both

[25:00] sides of of greatness from our our city

[25:03] in the arts and in the sports. So very

[25:05] cool stuff. Okay. Um takes us uh to the

[25:09] public comments section uh of our

[25:11] agenda. Anybody from the public that

[25:13] would like to address uh the mayor and

[25:16] council, feel free to do so now. Jack or

[25:19] Jordan, excuse me. We'll be keeping our

[25:21] clock up there. We'll try to keep it at

[25:22] three minutes if possible. But any

[25:24] questions or comments to the mayor and

[25:26] council. Uh this is the public comment

[25:28] section where you can come up and

[25:29] address us for three minutes if you can

[25:31] keep it to it.

[25:35] Looks like no takers tonight. So we'll

[25:37] move on from public comments and we'll

[25:39] move to council comments. We'll start

[25:40] with Councilman Oiler, work our way that

[25:42] way and end with Councilwoman Beck if

[25:44] that's okay.

[25:45] >> Thank you, Mayor. I don't have anything

[25:46] tonight.

[25:47] >> Okay. Councilman Carden,

[25:49] >> just uh two things. Uh the youth arts

[25:51] festival is going on right now at Maple

[25:53] Mountain High School. So, they've

[25:54] invited us as council and mayor if we

[25:56] have the time to go and check that out.

[25:58] It's usually from about 9 till about 2.

[26:00] Um reach out to Whitney or Emily and

[26:02] they can get you in. The other thing I

[26:03] just wanted to say thank you to the

[26:04] veterans and I know we'll probably will

[26:07] talk about it, but thanks for the

[26:08] Memorial Day celebration and

[26:09] specifically um Bronco. Make sure the

[26:11] staff at the cemetery know how what a

[26:13] good job they do of making sure that

[26:14] cemetery looks pristine coming into it.

[26:16] visited a couple other cemeteries and

[26:18] they did not look the same. So, thank

[26:19] you for all the work that they do.

[26:21] That's all I got. Mayor,

[26:22] >> very good. Thank you, Councilman Cardon.

[26:24] Councilman Tuk.

[26:24] >> Thank you, Mayor. I do have a couple

[26:26] items, but before I I go, I'd like to

[26:28] give some time to our Chamber of

[26:29] Commerce President, Kathleen Levit.

[26:31] >> Thank you so much. Just a few quick

[26:33] things to share. Um, I wanted to share

[26:36] our business of the month for this month

[26:38] is Nothing But Cakes. I'm sure you

[26:40] remember they came a few months ago and

[26:42] brought cake for everyone. They've

[26:44] actually been doing that. I think you

[26:46] missed, but [laughter]

[26:48] it was a good time. They've actually um

[26:50] they're under new ownership and those

[26:53] new owners hit the ground running. It's

[26:55] a young uh brother and sister and they

[26:59] just really showed I think the community

[27:02] how it's done to get their name out

[27:03] there in the community, how to showcase

[27:05] their product and lead with generosity.

[27:07] And so they've been sending they've been

[27:09] bringing cake to lots of other

[27:10] businesses and schools and making

[27:13] connections in the community. So, we're

[27:15] really proud to celebrate them as our

[27:17] business of the month. Um, and then

[27:19] upcoming our women in business is next

[27:21] week on June 10th at 10 o'clock in the

[27:24] morning. Uh, we're going to be playing

[27:26] bingo with the residents of the Legacy

[27:28] House. So, please join us for that. If

[27:32] you're a woman in business, if you are a

[27:35] woman thinking about getting into

[27:37] business, if you support women in

[27:38] business, please join us for Women in

[27:40] Business. um because it's a it's a

[27:43] beautiful thing that's developing here.

[27:45] And then new networking is June 18th

[27:48] hosted at the Hampton Inn. We're having

[27:51] Jersey mics for lunch. And then we're

[27:53] hearing from Spanish Fork's very own

[27:55] Trevor Sperry um in from the emergency

[27:58] preparedness program. So we're looking

[28:00] forward to hearing from him. And that's

[28:02] all I've got for you guys.

[28:03] >> Thank you, Kathleen. Thank you,

[28:05] >> Kathleen. And thanks for all you do to

[28:06] keep our business community strong and

[28:07] healthy. Appreciate it. Just a couple

[28:09] items, Mayor. So, um, and I may there

[28:11] may be a picture, too, Jordan. If you

[28:12] can get those, great. If not,

[28:15] okay, no, no worries. So, just two two

[28:17] items to report on. We recently had, uh,

[28:20] the mini and junior and then also the

[28:22] pre-teen and teen little Miss Spanish

[28:24] Fork pageantss. And, uh, those were

[28:27] exciting for a lot of young women in our

[28:29] community. And, um, my youngest daughter

[28:33] actually competed in the the pre-teen

[28:35] competition. and and I've never had a

[28:36] daughter do that and kind of didn't know

[28:38] it was for us but it clearly was and so

[28:40] we prepared and did it and it was a fun

[28:42] experience to see it on this other side

[28:44] of competing and she had a wonderful

[28:46] experience and so um anyway great

[28:49] outcomes though for for so many of like

[28:51] I said of our young women in the

[28:53] community uh in addition to those

[28:55] pageantss um I just wanted to say kudos

[28:58] to parks and recreation I know Bronco

[28:59] Menal's here uh and Dell as well and and

[29:02] Nick for the city grand opening of the

[29:04] outdoor portion on Memorial Day. It was

[29:06] fun to go stop in. Um and uh my oldest

[29:10] daughter actually is a lifeguard and so

[29:12] I took a picture with her and she didn't

[29:13] want to get a picture of me and she was

[29:15] lifeguarding trying to work. Dad, don't

[29:17] bother me. And so anyway, um maybe I'll

[29:20] show you next time. But uh anyway, just

[29:23] that that's all I've got. Come here.

[29:25] >> Thank you, Councilman Tuk. Councilman

[29:27] Marshall.

[29:28] >> Councilman Tuk, your daughter's been

[29:29] waiting years for her to say, "Please,

[29:31] Dad, leave me alone." And she had an

[29:33] opportunity, right? legit. Um I went

[29:37] [clears throat] to the South Valley

[29:37] Solid Waste District meeting last week.

[29:40] Um we passed our tenative budget, so

[29:42] we're all good there. Um one thing that

[29:43] the city ought to be aware of and the

[29:45] citizens as well is that if the gas

[29:47] prices continue to be as high as they

[29:49] are, um due to poor leadership in the

[29:51] White House, um there could be a search

[29:54] charge on our our loads coming up. So

[29:57] the budget may adjust as we move forward

[30:00] depending on the what the fuel charge

[30:01] is. Um,

[30:03] I think that's about it. One thing I

[30:05] went to, I missed the memorial thing.

[30:07] How did the memorial um thing look? Was

[30:09] did it look good?

[30:10] >> Looks good.

[30:11] >> That's awesome. I I appreciate the city

[30:13] taking some ownership up there. I know

[30:14] this the Veterans Council does as well.

[30:17] Um, our our plane got delayed or I'd

[30:20] have been there. That was one of the

[30:20] things I wanted to get to this year

[30:22] pretty bad. So, I appreciate everyone

[30:23] being there um representing the city. I

[30:25] know the veterans really appreciate you

[30:27] guys attending that. So, thank you very

[30:28] much.

[30:30] >> Thank you, Councilman Marshall.

[30:31] Councilwoman Beck.

[30:32] >> Yeah, the Memorial Day program is

[30:34] definitely one of the highlights of the

[30:35] year. Um, I think the only thing I'd

[30:37] like to Well, two things. Yard of the

[30:39] week is up and going, so you can hop on

[30:41] the city's website to nom nominate a

[30:43] yard. And the summer reading program is

[30:46] also in full swing from kids, teens, and

[30:49] adults. You can come to the library or

[30:51] um call them and and get signed up. So,

[30:53] they have lots of fun prizes throughout

[30:56] the entire summer, and then they'll have

[30:57] a year-end summer reading program in

[30:59] August. That's all I have.

[31:01] >> Perfect. Thank you, Councilwoman Beck.

[31:03] Yeah, it's already been said uh the

[31:04] Memorial uh day celebration um uh I

[31:09] don't know how far again Garrett

[31:10] Johnston is [clears throat] from you

[31:13] guys. Pretty close

[31:13] >> that for me.

[31:14] >> Okay.

[31:14] >> Carrie's age.

[31:15] >> Um

[31:17] traveled up from St. George uh to to to

[31:20] give the the keynote part of that. Very

[31:23] good. um very if if you had the chance

[31:26] to see it, I know um I know you guys

[31:28] were there and uh but there were um I

[31:32] think SFCN was there and and got some

[31:35] footage uh as well, but um some some

[31:39] poignant uh remarks from somebody that's

[31:42] not too far removed from um from, you

[31:46] know, from active duty uh in in our

[31:48] military. and and I think uh a lot of

[31:50] people came up to me after and uh said

[31:52] that it's it's really good every year.

[31:54] But thank you Garrett Johnston. I can't

[31:57] remember what rank you are. You're a lot in the

[32:00] >> Sergeant Major.

[32:00] Is that what it is?

[32:02] Okay.

[32:03] >> Chief, you know I mess you know I mess

[32:05] that stuff up all the time. So I just

[32:07] don't

[32:08] >> Okay. All right. So you know uh

[32:11] currently serving in a police department

[32:14] >> in St. George. Okay. So very good. Um,

[32:17] thank you for for coming up and and

[32:19] thanks for uh again the public coming

[32:20] out and and and again making your

[32:22] community feel small uh in in the way of being together. Uh and then heading

[32:27] over to the the Fit City uh as already

[32:30] been said. Sorry the weather didn't

[32:31] quite cooperate uh for for a bit there

[32:34] though. It was really nice and and uh

[32:36] and fun and and I know boy the days

[32:38] since then Bronco have just looked like

[32:40] they're packed. Uh so good luck.

[32:43] summer's here and uh and so kudos to

[32:48] that staff working on the fly and trying

[32:50] to trying to make sure everything's good

[32:52] and and Nick and and you and everybody

[32:54] taking care of us and being safe, too.

[32:56] So, appreciate that. Um yeah, uh lastly,

[33:01] um geez, I had something else uh that

[33:04] was really profound. Oh,

[33:07] >> um not that profound. Simply [laughter]

[33:10] >> you set yourself up.

[33:11] >> Yes. Yeah. Sorry, guys. mean the pause

[33:13] there. Uh but just driving around town,

[33:15] seeing a lot of, you know, now we're

[33:16] into summer and it seems like

[33:17] construction starts like that. Um

[33:20] there's a lot of construction projects

[33:21] happening around the city. A lot of cool

[33:23] ones that that, you know, we we tend to

[33:26] let other companies kind of do their

[33:28] announcements when it, you know, when

[33:30] it's time. So, just know there's a lot

[33:31] of cool things happening in the city uh

[33:34] at all different parts of town that

[33:35] you'll start to see signage of and and

[33:37] everything else of great companies uh

[33:39] landing in Spanish Fork and and that's

[33:41] always happening, but also residential

[33:43] construction that happens on our

[33:44] streets. I guess here's my public

[33:46] service announcement and and maybe the

[33:48] chief could say say this better than I

[33:50] could, but we're always worried about

[33:52] the winter and and when snow plows come

[33:54] and everything, but summer's a really

[33:55] active time. So just remind your kids.

[33:58] Uh we we say it every year when the when

[34:00] the river is supposed to rise, but we

[34:02] never had the river rising this year and

[34:03] so it wasn't that dangerous as far as a

[34:05] river, but it's always a little gets a

[34:08] little bit heightened when our streets

[34:10] crews are out doing their work and and

[34:12] construction's going on. So please just

[34:14] sit down at dinner and remind your

[34:16] family and and especially little kids to be looking out and and let's all of

[34:21] us uh look out as well as we're going

[34:23] through our communities. it might be a

[34:25] little bit tighter on those streets with

[34:27] grass being dropped off or fencing or or

[34:30] homes being built. So, let's take an

[34:33] extra minute and uh and keep each other

[34:34] safe uh by going a little bit slower and

[34:37] being a little bit more attentive to uh

[34:39] to who's on the roads in the summer. So,

[34:41] uh let's have a a safe summer now that

[34:43] we're not in school. So,

[34:45] >> not very profound, but just the public

[34:47] service announcement. Sorry,

[34:48] >> you made up for it.

[34:49] >> All right. Uh okay. Council comments. Uh

[34:52] now, staff reports. anything manager

[34:54] parents that we wanted to report on?

[34:56] >> Thank you, mayor. Uh maybe just a quick

[34:59] followup from last council meetings.

[35:00] There was a a resident that came in with

[35:02] some concerns about a trail if you

[35:04] remember from that property along the

[35:06] railroad on the eastish side of Highway

[35:10] 6. We've been doing some research u back

[35:13] into the uh annals of time. This is back

[35:16] in 2008. We we been able to find some

[35:19] agreements on that. um things aren't

[35:22] perhaps as exactly as she outlined, but

[35:24] it's been really helpful. Dale and and

[35:26] his team are working to identify a

[35:28] couple things that we can do perhaps in

[35:30] the interim. Um

[35:32] no land was dedicated, but there was a

[35:35] lot of things that happened with that.

[35:36] Actually, more of it was focused on the

[35:38] front side of their property uh in terms

[35:41] of getting the road built and getting

[35:42] some connection to utilities back in '08

[35:45] when when that part of town was

[35:47] beginning to develop. and all of that

[35:50] was done. Uh there wasn't any agreement

[35:52] on a fence, but um we're looking at the

[35:55] possibility of putting up a fence now

[35:57] and what that costs and and then the

[36:00] possibility of putting the trail in. The

[36:02] downside there is the trail hasn't had

[36:04] any connection further to the to the

[36:06] northish

[36:08] to the north and west. Um and so that

[36:12] that's the reason why the trail hasn't

[36:14] continued on. But it's been really good

[36:16] for us to dig into it because it's

[36:17] really old, right? This is back in 2008.

[36:20] So, uh, a little bit more I think that

[36:22] we still need to research on that, but

[36:24] we're we're looking into it and and, uh,

[36:26] the parks crews will give us some some

[36:29] ideas and some estimates here in the

[36:31] next couple of weeks.

[36:33] >> The idea for that trail, that section of

[36:35] trails to continue north and

[36:36] [clears throat] clear over to what used

[36:38] to be Councilman Argyle's

[36:40] >> home, right? Yeah.

[36:42] >> Yeah. Uh, and the challenge that that we

[36:44] I guess we ran into is um you quickly

[36:49] run into railroad rideway.

[36:51] >> And so you can't put the trail on the

[36:54] railroad right away unless you just put

[36:56] it and you know don't tell anybody.

[36:58] That's not how we roll, right? And so

[37:00] you can't do that. So you you have the

[37:03] trail dead end and so maybe you run it

[37:05] to some sidewalk across the street. uh

[37:07] you want to eventually get it to the

[37:08] trail that is either uh on the other

[37:11] side of Center Street on that same side

[37:12] of the railroad tracks or on the west

[37:15] side of Center Street that goes down on

[37:17] to Fort North. Both of those are great

[37:19] locations, but we just don't have a good

[37:21] path to connect them. So, the project

[37:22] kind of fizzled out because of that uh

[37:25] way back when. We do have the we do have

[37:27] the the easement to do it. So, that's great. But, of course, there was

[37:31] no fence ever put in. they they can put

[37:34] fence up and that certainly is something

[37:35] that they they can do. But like I said,

[37:38] we'll work with them. I think if we can

[37:39] put something up that perhaps will stand

[37:42] the test of time and maybe not be that

[37:45] expensive, that that might be the best

[37:47] next step. And then when we do the when

[37:50] we can do the trail meaningfully, then I

[37:52] think that may be the right time. But

[37:54] like I said, we we'll get a couple of

[37:55] ideas and then

[37:56] >> perfect share those with you.

[37:59] >> Thank you. Following up on that,

[38:00] anything else that we want in that

[38:02] section?

[38:03] >> Okay.

[38:04] >> Thank you, manager. Per takes us to

[38:06] consent items. If there's nothing else

[38:08] uh from the council, we'll go to consent

[38:10] items. Any questions on the consent

[38:12] items A and B? If not, I'd entertain a

[38:15] motion for the consent items.

[38:17] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[38:19] consent items.

[38:20] >> Second.

[38:20] >> Motion made by Councilwoman Beck, second

[38:22] by Councilman Marshall. All in favor say

[38:24] yes.

[38:25] >> Yes.

[38:26] >> Consent items are approved. takes us to

[38:28] our first of uh four public hearings

[38:32] tonight. Um A and B in the public

[38:35] hearing section will be Mr. Jordan Hails

[38:37] for the fiscal year 2027 budget.

[38:41] Up on the screen I've got the the

[38:43] timeline of this budget. Um

[38:46] so a month ago the tentative budget was

[38:49] presented. Um for those that would love

[38:52] to hear my presentation that night, they

[38:54] can go to YouTube and watch it there. Um

[38:57] the budget is available at

[38:58] Spanishwork.gov as well. Um tonight we

[39:01] have like you said four public hearings,

[39:03] one for the RDA, one for the LBA, the

[39:05] city's council budget or the city budget

[39:08] and then uh a dividends transfer public

[39:11] hearing as well and then two weeks from

[39:13] today we will approve the budget. Um but

[39:16] any questions before we go to the public

[39:18] hearing? Questions for Jordan?

[39:21] >> Thank you Jordan. I'd entertain a motion

[39:23] to go into public hearing for fiscal

[39:24] year 2027 budget. So moved.

[39:27] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[39:29] >> Second.

[39:30] by Councilman Oiler. All in favor

[39:32] say yes.

[39:32] >> Yes.

[39:33] >> We're in public hearing for the 2027

[39:35] budget. Anybody that would like to speak

[39:37] to the mayor and council about this

[39:39] item, please come up.

[39:42] >> Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion to

[39:43] go out of public hearing.

[39:45] >> So moved.

[39:46] >> Motion made by Councilman Tuk. Second.

[39:49] >> Second by Councilwoman Beck. Ty goes to

[39:52] the prom.

[39:54] All in favor say yes.

[39:56] >> Yes.

[39:56] >> Okay. Public hearings uh closed on this.

[39:59] Any further questions as a council that

[40:01] you have for Jordan on uh the 2027

[40:05] fiscal year budget?

[40:06] >> I can't speak for everyone, but I know

[40:08] that we've said it. If you have any

[40:10] questions or things, our numbers and

[40:11] things are out there still. We're still

[40:13] talking. We're not proving this for

[40:14] another couple weeks, but I have yet to

[40:16] have anybody reach out about the budget

[40:18] at this point.

[40:22] >> Thank you, Councilman Carden. Anybody

[40:24] else?

[40:26] So, this public hearing uh does stay

[40:28] open like Councilman Carden referenced.

[40:30] So, it's the the budget's up on the

[40:32] website. People can find it. So,

[40:34] continue to to look for it to citizens

[40:36] and feel free to shoot us questions and

[40:39] uh if we don't know the answer, we'll

[40:40] get you to the right the right place uh

[40:43] during this budget public hearing. Okay.

[40:46] Next uh public hearing is for the fiscal

[40:49] year 2027 enterprise funds transfers.

[40:53] One of the items that we one of the

[40:55] things that we do in the city is we take

[40:57] uh profits from our utilities and

[40:59] transfer those into the general fund um

[41:02] to keep property taxes low. Um state law

[41:04] requires us to have a public hearing in

[41:06] order to uh as part of that process. So

[41:10] that's what the purpose of this hearing

[41:11] is.

[41:13] Thank you Jordan. They find that uh

[41:15] information in the same budget section

[41:18] right online. Okay. I'd entertain a

[41:20] motion to go to public hearing for item

[41:22] B.

[41:24] >> So moved.

[41:24] >> Motion made by Councilman Oiler.

[41:27] >> Second.

[41:27] by Councilman Carden. All in

[41:29] favor say yes.

[41:30] >> Yes.

[41:31] >> We're in public hearing for item B, the

[41:33] fiscal year 2027 enterprise funds

[41:35] transfers. Anybody from the public that

[41:37] would like to speak to that item, please

[41:39] come forward.

[41:41] Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion to

[41:43] close the public hearing.

[41:45] >> So moved.

[41:46] >> Second. Motion made by Councilwoman

[41:48] Beck, second by Councilman Marshall. All

[41:50] in favor say yes.

[41:51] >> Yes.

[41:51] >> Discussion back up here. Any questions

[41:54] for Jordan about that section of the

[41:56] budget.

[41:59] >> Okay. Thank you, Jordan. Again, public,

[42:00] you can find that uh in uh this in a

[42:03] section of the fiscal year budget of the

[42:05] enterprise funds transfers and what

[42:08] they're for. Please look over it and ask

[42:09] us any questions if you need to. takes

[42:12] us to item nine tonight. New business

[42:14] ordinance to approve title five

[42:15] amendment for directional signs.

[42:19] >> Can al also call this the intermission

[42:20] to all the public hearings on the

[42:22] budget.

[42:22] >> That's what it is.

[42:23] >> Um this I'm Joshua Nielson. Von and Dave

[42:25] Anderson asked me to come present this.

[42:27] Title five, as you may or may not know,

[42:29] we don't discuss a lot has to do with

[42:30] businesses and we reg all the

[42:32] regulations we have with respect to

[42:33] businesses. Um there's a section inside

[42:35] of there regarding um signs. Um, we have

[42:38] a business that's coming or that's here

[42:40] in town, Wheeler, that um, one of the

[42:43] there's all kinds of different signs

[42:44] that businesses put up on respect to

[42:46] their property. One of those has to do

[42:48] with directional signs. And Wheeler,

[42:50] this property wants to put up

[42:52] directional signs, um, multiple

[42:54] directional signs on their property. So,

[42:56] you can see they have a big property.

[42:59] It's kind of hard to tell from here.

[43:00] It's 11 acres. Um, and there's lots of

[43:03] different places and different people

[43:04] who are coming into this property. And

[43:06] so they kind of need to know where

[43:08] they're supposed to go. Um our our

[43:11] regulations currently limit the size of

[43:13] those signs to um 3 ft tall or 6 ft of

[43:17] copy, six square feet of copy. They want

[43:20] slightly bigger signs. And so they've

[43:21] asked for a te text amendment that is

[43:24] proposed right here. It's about as

[43:25] simple as you can get. If it's a site

[43:28] that's more than 10 acres, then they can

[43:30] have a slightly larger sign up to four

[43:32] feet tall or 16 ft of copy. Um, if it's

[43:35] less than 10 acres, then it stays the

[43:37] same. That's the proposal. Any questions

[43:40] for me?

[43:42] Questions for Joshua on this?

[43:46] You We know where we're oriented here.

[43:47] The Wheeler Machinery Building,

[43:51] Jane. It's on a map. You got it. You

[43:53] know where it's at.

[43:55] >> Very cool. Thank you, John.

[43:56] >> Admit that I don't, but [laughter]

[44:00] >> it's out west of the freeway.

[44:01] >> Oh, yeah. No, I'm just kidding. across

[44:03] the street from Coach Orin Moral's old

[44:06] home right there.

[44:07] >> All right.

[44:07] >> Yeah.

[44:09] >> I think the proposed change makes sense.

[44:10] Like it's you don't want people getting

[44:13] confused on where they should enter and

[44:14] exit. So, um sites this large, it does

[44:18] make sense to have a little more copy

[44:19] out there and telling where people

[44:20] telling people where to go. So,

[44:25] >> okay.

[44:26] >> Ready?

[44:26] >> Yep. Ready.

[44:29] I move to approve the ordinance to amend

[44:32] title five to change the size of the

[44:34] requirements for directional signs.

[44:36] >> Motion made by Councilman Marshall.

[44:40] >> Second.

[44:41] by Councilman Tuk. A roll call

[44:43] vote here. Councilman Carden.

[44:44] >> Yes.

[44:45] >> Councilman Tuk. Councilman Marshall?

[44:46] >> Yes.

[44:47] >> Councilwoman Beck?

[44:48] >> Yes.

[44:48] >> And Councilman Oiler?

[44:50] >> Yes.

[44:50] >> What' I miss? Why are we laughing?

[44:52] >> Because we were all going to not

[44:55] like normal. [laughter]

[44:57] >> All right. May May I ask a quick

[44:59] question. Are you with the applicant?

[45:01] >> No.

[45:02] >> Oh, you're with him. I don't know you

[45:04] yet. I'm so sorry. So rude.

[45:06] >> I need to get to know you. I was hoping

[45:08] somebody was here from Wheeler because

[45:09] they're going to open up

[45:11] sometime in the next couple of weeks and

[45:13] that's really a good a big deal. Like

[45:17] these guys don't sell Ford F-150s,

[45:21] but when they do sell something, it's a

[45:23] lot bigger. It's a lot more expensive.

[45:26] And uh it's a great addition uh in terms

[45:29] of the sales tax revenue that can come

[45:32] from the sales of those large pieces of

[45:33] equipment, but also just in terms of the yellow iron that is going to come in

[45:39] and out of this location for service.

[45:41] And it's it's great to have we're really

[45:44] excited to have Wheeler a part of our

[45:46] community.

[45:48] Caterpillar is number 64 on the Fortune

[45:52] 500 list as far as large US companies.

[45:55] So 67 billion in revenue, something to

[46:00] that figure. So for them to for them to

[46:04] now sell that equipment inside our city.

[46:07] >> Really cool.

[46:08] >> Um, Councilman Argo is going to wonder

[46:10] if they have a gift shop.

[46:12] >> He's going to wonder if they have a hat.

[46:14] >> Yeah,

[46:16] our employees are have started asking,

[46:18] "So are we going to get rid of all of

[46:19] our John Deere tractors and only Wheeler

[46:22] now?" But

[46:23] >> we're really excited. This is really

[46:24] cool. Um, I can't remember their opening

[46:26] day, but I think it's in the next week

[46:27] or two. So,

[46:28] >> I think we're turning I think

[46:30] >> gift shop.

[46:31] >> He is definitely going to want a gift

[46:33] shop.

[46:34] >> Yeah, I think there's I think there's

[46:35] something on our calendars to be down

[46:36] there at the end of the month, right?

[46:38] >> Friday.

[46:38] >> Okay, very cool. We got that and and

[46:41] then what do we got? We got the hospital

[46:43] thing coming up, too. We didn't mention

[46:44] that, but Fridays.

[46:45] >> I don't see gift shop on the signs, but

[46:47] it does say ho shop. Is that close?

[46:49] >> It might be. Might be the same thing.

[46:51] >> Okay,

[46:51] >> I'll have something. and we'll make sure

[46:53] former Councilman Argyle is aware of the

[46:55] day we're down there turning shovels.

[46:58] So, I'll bet he'll be there with a cat

[47:00] hat on. So, very cool stuff. Welcome to

[47:03] our community and uh thanks Josh for

[47:06] presenting that and uh those those signs

[47:08] make sense around that area. Okay. Um

[47:13] takes us uh to uh adjourning to

[47:15] redevelopment agency uh to entertain a

[47:18] motion to go into redevelopment agency.

[47:23] So moved. Motion made by Councilman

[47:25] Carden.

[47:27] >> Second.

[47:27] by Councilman Oiler to go into

[47:29] redevelopment agency. All in favor say

[47:31] yes.

[47:32] >> Yes.

[47:33] >> In redevelopment agency, we are

[47:35] directors and I am the chairpresident.

[47:39] I'd appreciate being referred to as

[47:40] such.

[47:42] >> As the chair slp president.

[47:43] >> Yep.

[47:44] >> Okay.

[47:44] >> Either way,

[47:45] >> deal

[47:46] >> Jordan. Oh, we have minutes of uh of RDA

[47:51] uh meeting 552026

[47:54] to approve in the consent agenda.

[47:56] Anybody want to make that motion?

[48:01] » I move to adopt the RDA consent item.

[48:04] >> Motion made by Director Oiler.

[48:09] >> Second.

[48:09] by director Tuk. All in favor say

[48:12] yes.

[48:13] >> Yes.

[48:13] >> The RDA meeting minutes are approved.

[48:17] Now into the RDA fiscal year 2027

[48:20] budget. Mr. Jordan Hails.

[48:22] >> Uh chair slashpresident and directors.

[48:26] Um the budget for the RDA follows the

[48:29] same process as the the other budget. Um

[48:31] so we'll have a public hearing this

[48:33] evening and then uh approval of the

[48:35] budget in two weeks.

[48:37] >> Thank you, Jordan. There's a link in the

[48:39] minutes and again in the uh on the

[48:42] website if you want to see the RDA

[48:44] budget. I'd entertain a motion go to

[48:45] public hearing for the redevelopment

[48:47] agency fiscal year 2027 budget.

[48:50] >> So moved.

[48:51] >> Motion made by director Carden.

[48:53] >> Second.

[48:54] by director Beck. All in favor

[48:55] say yes.

[48:56] >> Yes.

[48:56] >> We're in public hearing for the RDA

[48:58] budget. Anybody from the public would

[49:00] like to speak to this. Seeing none, I'd

[49:03] entertain a motion go out of public

[49:04] hearing.

[49:05] >> So moved.

[49:05] >> Motion made by Director Tuk.

[49:08] >> Second.

[49:09] by director Marshall. All in

[49:10] favor say yes.

[49:11] >> Yes.

[49:12] >> Discussion back up here. There any

[49:13] questions about the fiscal year 2027

[49:16] budget for the RDA?

[49:19] >> Okay, we're in um again public uh you

[49:23] can look at that and uh ask us any

[49:25] questions about that over the next

[49:26] couple of weeks as well.

[49:29] I'd now entertain a motion to adjurnn to

[49:31] the LBA, the local building authority.

[49:35] Anybody

[49:37] dare? Do

[49:37] >> you have to adjourn one and a move to

[49:39] the other one or can we

[49:40] >> No, it doesn't.

[49:42] Huh?

[49:43] >> Oh, okay. Just curious. I'm not going to

[49:45] do the talking, but I was just

[49:46] >> adjourn to L. I move that we adjourn to

[49:49] LBA.

[49:51] >> Director Carden of the RDA has proposed

[49:54] to move in uh to being a trustee in the

[49:58] LBA.

[50:00] >> Is there a second?

[50:01] >> Second.

[50:02] made by director Marshall to go

[50:05] into LBA. All in favor say yes.

[50:07] >> Yes.

[50:08] >> We're in LBA. You notice when you

[50:10] >> prom these meetings, you never get this

[50:12] kind of stuff.

[50:13] >> They're very respectful.

[50:16] >> Um I mean you never have to do the

[50:18] labels.

[50:20] >> No, she did once and she just called us

[50:21] our last name.

[50:22] >> Oh, did she just

[50:22] >> She yells it too.

[50:24] >> She just goes the last name.

[50:26] >> Okay.

[50:26] >> Mendal.

[50:27] >> Okay.

[50:30] What where are we at?

[50:32] We're in LBA consent. The LBA minutes of

[50:35] 55

[50:37] 26. I'm sure it doesn't mean to say 25.

[50:39] It says 25. Do you mean 26?

[50:44] >> Says LBA meeting minutes of 5525.

[50:47] >> Yeah, the attachment says 26.

[50:49] >> Yeah, it should be 26.

[50:51] >> Okay. I don't know that we went into LBA

[50:53] in 26.

[50:56] >> We would have presented the tenative.

[50:58] >> That was on the 5th, right?

[50:59] >> Yeah. 5526. I'd entertain a motion to

[51:02] approve the LBA meeting minutes of 5526.

[51:08] » Move that we approve the consent item in

[51:11] the LBA.

[51:12] >> Motion made by trustee Oiler.

[51:15] >> Second.

[51:16] by trustee Marshall. All in favor

[51:18] say yes.

[51:19] >> Yes.

[51:20] >> Meet it. The minutes are approved. Now

[51:22] into the public hearing. Mr. Jordan

[51:25] Hails for the for the last time. Um,

[51:28] we've got the budget public hearing for

[51:30] the LBA. Uh, in two weeks we'll have the

[51:32] approval. Um, again, this section of the

[51:36] budget is part of the same document if

[51:37] you go to the the the website and you

[51:39] can view it all there. Perfect. Thank

[51:42] you, Mr. Hails. I'd entertain a motion

[51:43] go into public hearing for the LBA

[51:45] fiscal year 2027 budget.

[51:48] >> So moved.

[51:49] >> Motion made by Trustee Marshall.

[51:51] >> Second.

[51:51] by Trustee C. Trustee Carden. All

[51:53] in favor say yes.

[51:54] >> Yes. We're in public hearing hearing for

[51:56] the LBA budget. Anybody here to speak on

[51:59] that item?

[52:01] Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion go

[52:02] out of public hearing.

[52:04] >> So moved.

[52:05] >> Motion made by Trustee Beck.

[52:08] >> Second.

[52:08] by Trustee Tuk. All in favor say

[52:12] yes.

[52:12] >> Yes.

[52:14] >> We're out of public hearing. Sorry, you

[52:16] were vice chair there, Councilwoman

[52:18] Trusty Beck.

[52:19] >> Okay,

[52:20] >> I'll get you next time.

[52:22] >> Okay. Um, LBA New business. We have

[52:26] items A and B.

[52:30] Manager parents.

[52:31] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'm going to

[52:32] invite uh Jonathan and Garrett to come

[52:36] up. Garrett's my new friend. Does not

[52:38] work for Wheeler.

[52:40] His work for Gilmore Bell. He and I have

[52:42] spoken on the phone and I know who he is

[52:45] now. I know what he looks like. Um

[52:48] tonight we have a presentation of the

[52:51] LBA parameters resolution which is the

[52:53] precursor to going uh to issuing a bond.

[52:57] Uh this bond would be eventually uh for

[53:01] the construction of the financing of and

[53:03] the construction of a fire station 61.

[53:06] That project is actually already started

[53:08] and uh possibly also for the

[53:10] construction of a public works shop. I

[53:13] say possibly because that public works

[53:15] shop has not yet been designed all the

[53:16] way and it has not yet been decided by

[53:18] you that we're going to build it. But um

[53:21] we've decided that the best tool for us

[53:24] to finance these structures is an LBA

[53:28] bond and it is best to be agile.

[53:33] Um, and so doing some of this leg work

[53:36] now will enable us to watch markets and

[53:39] make sure that if there's a moment in

[53:41] time, say between now and uh when when

[53:46] we would for sure have to bond, which

[53:48] would be spring of 2027,

[53:50] if there's a time where interest rates

[53:52] are better, uh we'll be able to act

[53:54] quickly and take advantage of those

[53:56] interest rates. Uh we've spoken about

[53:58] this a couple of times in previous

[54:00] meetings where we've t talked about the

[54:02] construction of station 61.

[54:05] We would bond for $15 million for the

[54:08] construction of station uh 61 and

[54:12] anticipate that it will have a rate

[54:14] somewhere in the 4% range. Uh right now

[54:17] we anticipate four to four and a

[54:18] quarter, but we'd sure love like three

[54:20] and a half, right Jonathan?

[54:21] >> Yes, we would. Um, our best loan rate

[54:24] that we have to date, uh, is in the

[54:27] ones, and we'd sure love that as well,

[54:29] but I don't think we're going to see

[54:30] that, uh, perhaps ever again. Uh, but

[54:34] right now, we're planning that this

[54:35] would be somewhere in the 4% range. Um,

[54:38] again, $15 million for station 61. We

[54:41] want that to be a 10-year repayment. Uh,

[54:44] and then the and those numbers are are

[54:47] known. You gave the green light on that

[54:49] project a couple of months ago. the GMP

[54:52] was issued and and we know that we'll

[54:54] need about $15 million in that bond.

[54:58] The public workshop is about six or

[55:00] eight months behind that in terms of its

[55:01] timeline and process. And so we are

[55:04] still going through the design phase,

[55:05] but we're we have great estimates along

[55:07] the way and and we estimate that that

[55:09] bond will need to be um about no more

[55:13] than $45 million.

[55:15] So, the parameters resolution that you

[55:18] have before you is an all-encompassing

[55:20] parameter. It says we're not going to

[55:22] bond for anything more than. And this

[55:25] parameters resolution says we're not

[55:26] going to bond for more than $83 million.

[55:30] Now, we're not going to go and bond for

[55:31] 83 because we can, but it just it does

[55:34] give us the ability to bond for a little

[55:36] bit more in case we said we're going to

[55:37] go bond for 58 and then we were wrong by

[55:40] $3 million and we can't go and get those

[55:43] extra $3 million. So we tell the

[55:46] financial uh folks this is what we think

[55:49] we need $60 million for those two

[55:51] projects and they recommend for us what

[55:55] that parameters resolution

[55:57] high extent should be uh and also the

[56:00] interest rate. And so today we'll tell

[56:03] you that uh we think the most the public

[56:05] workshop project will cost would be a

[56:07] bond of 45 million. So 45 + 15 is 60

[56:10] million. So, in case anybody wonders why

[56:13] the parameters resolution says up to 83,

[56:15] it's that that comfort level that that

[56:18] our financial advisors suggest that we

[56:20] always have. How did I do with that? Was

[56:22] that terrible or was that okay? All

[56:25] right, with that, I'm actually going to

[56:27] let either Jonathan or Garrett walk

[56:30] through any of the issues or details

[56:31] about this. And please, if you have any

[56:34] questions about uh the ins and outs of

[56:35] these, please um please ask them. Mayor,

[56:40] there is something that you need to do

[56:41] in with that statement resolution. We'll

[56:44] have you read um that statement

[56:46] resolution and then I think we go into

[56:48] the discussion on the parameters

[56:49] resolution after that.

[56:51] >> Perfect.

[56:53] Okay. Uh maybe you want me to read that

[56:56] before you come up. Okay. No, I was

[56:58] going to say just just to explain to the

[56:59] statement resolution was a new

[57:01] requirement added by state law in 2024

[57:05] for whenever you issue a lease revenue

[57:08] bond specifically.

[57:10] >> It's now a requirement to read this

[57:11] statement resolution in in your public

[57:15] meetings. So

[57:15] >> that's why I haven't done that's why you

[57:17] have not done it before and may not be

[57:18] familiar with it for any any bond issue

[57:20] over over $10 million. It's a new new

[57:22] requirement. So just FYI.

[57:24] >> Perfect. Okay. I'll read this and then

[57:26] we'll go into that discussion. Uh

[57:28] statement reads, "The Local Building

[57:30] Authority of Spanish Fork City, Utah,

[57:32] hereby intends to issue a lease revenue

[57:34] and refunding bond. The purpose of said

[57:37] bond is to provide funds to a finance

[57:40] the cost of construction of a fire

[57:42] station and public works building and

[57:44] all related improvements, the quote

[57:47] project. B refund certain outstanding

[57:50] bonds of the authority. And C fund any

[57:52] required debt service reserve fund. and

[57:55] D pay costs associated with the issuance

[57:58] of the bonds. The estimated amount of

[58:00] the bond is $83 million.

[58:03] How do I do?

[58:07] >> Yeah, it's fine. It's okay to clap.

[58:09] Okay. Uh uh Jonathan, thank you for

[58:13] being here. Thanks for being our

[58:14] financial advisor uh in Spanish Fork and

[58:17] taking care of us. Um this uh uh this

[58:21] part that I was going to maybe read to

[58:25] before you come up uh is in uh section B

[58:28] of our new business of the LBA. It says

[58:30] the city council and local building

[58:32] authority are considering possibility of

[58:34] issuing lease revenue bonds to

[58:36] construction construct the new station

[58:39] 61 building and a possible public

[58:42] workshops. Construction on station 61

[58:44] has already started. the public works

[58:46] shops has not. This resolution will

[58:48] allow the city to issue bonds to

[58:51] construct both buildings if and only

[58:53] after the city council authorizes the

[58:55] construction of the public works shop. A

[58:58] future decision. Our financial adviserss

[59:00] advise us to undergo these approvals now

[59:02] to ensure quick and responsive future

[59:04] actions if or when both of the projects

[59:07] are authorized. This parameters

[59:09] resolution outlines the highest and most

[59:11] limits that the bond amounts and rates

[59:13] could be. In actuality, the bond totals

[59:15] and the rates will be less than these.

[59:19] Good.

[59:24] » Thank you, Mr. President. Chairman of

[59:27] the [laughter] local building authority

[59:29] board and trustees.

[59:31] The uh

[59:34] we do think it's in the city's best

[59:35] interest to consolidate bond issues as

[59:37] opposed to doing two separate possible

[59:39] bond issues. a small one for the fire

[59:42] station and a larger one for the public

[59:43] works. If we can simplify and economize

[59:46] by doing it all in one process, we're

[59:49] saving money in the process. So that's

[59:52] why we recommended this. Uh in addition,

[59:56] in that statement that the mayor read,

[59:59] we discussed refunding bonds. That's

[1:00:02] municipal bond language for refinance.

[1:00:05] the city has outstanding uh series 2022

[1:00:08] transaction that is refinancable because

[1:00:12] the prepayment terms are such that that

[1:00:15] we can do that. We're not at a point in

[1:00:18] our current environment, financial

[1:00:20] environment and market environment where

[1:00:21] we think that's um ideal. Meaning we

[1:00:25] could refinance, we could save some

[1:00:27] money. It translates to about $15,000

[1:00:30] per year for the next say 18 years. But

[1:00:37] we don't think it's we don't think it's

[1:00:39] as advant ad advantageous now to do that

[1:00:42] as perhaps some point in the future.

[1:00:44] Meaning this the savings could be more

[1:00:47] and to give away the prepayment

[1:00:49] flexibility to capture 15,000 a year

[1:00:52] versus 50,000 a year doesn't quite make

[1:00:55] sense. But we wanted to include that in

[1:00:58] the resolution and allow ourselves that

[1:01:00] flexibility. So part of the 83 million

[1:01:03] is also not just new projects but also

[1:01:06] possibility of refinancing the 2022

[1:01:08] bonds. I'll also add that because we're

[1:01:11] starting multiple projects and they're

[1:01:13] phased at different times, we have in

[1:01:16] the resolution a reimbursement clause

[1:01:18] that says that we can start spending

[1:01:20] money on the fire station,

[1:01:23] but if we issue bonds later and we want

[1:01:26] to and we will want to reimburse our our

[1:01:29] cash reserves, we're given the

[1:01:31] authorization to do so. And under

[1:01:32] federal law, Garrett can speak to this

[1:01:34] in more detail, that's a requirement. we

[1:01:36] have to declare our intent to reimburse

[1:01:39] ourselves with taxexempt money. So

[1:01:42] that's something we've embedded in here.

[1:01:44] I'll also note mayor that there is a

[1:01:46] section referring uh to designated

[1:01:49] persons. The city council delegates

[1:01:51] authority to designated persons within

[1:01:54] the council ranks and the staff ranks to

[1:01:57] finalize terms and conditions. You as a

[1:02:00] council have to decide number one, do we

[1:02:02] do a public works building? If that

[1:02:04] happens and the council says, "Yes,

[1:02:06] we're going to do that and we want to

[1:02:07] finance that." We have the authority

[1:02:09] that we need to do this, but you have to

[1:02:11] delegate to what's bracketed in the

[1:02:14] resolution as three or four people, four

[1:02:16] three or four individuals who will be

[1:02:18] those designated persons to uh to

[1:02:21] determine the final terms and conditions

[1:02:22] of bonds to be issued. We usually see

[1:02:26] that as two, usually an elected official

[1:02:29] and a staff member. We've got in here

[1:02:31] three or four, so you can choose any

[1:02:34] number. We've got listed in the

[1:02:35] resolution. Mayor, council members, city

[1:02:39] manager, finance director. As a council,

[1:02:42] you can decide, do we want three, do we

[1:02:45] want four? And then any of one of those

[1:02:47] three or four can be called on to make

[1:02:49] the determination

[1:02:51] um of final terms and conditions on the

[1:02:53] bonds. It can do two. If you want to

[1:02:56] make it two, I simply say we'll

[1:02:58] designate or delegate to any two of the

[1:03:01] following versus the three or four in

[1:03:03] bracket. So that's up to you. That's all

[1:03:06] I'm

[1:03:08] I can add, mayor, at this time.

[1:03:10] >> Any questions for Mr. Ward?

[1:03:13] >> So if that delegation happens, say it's

[1:03:16] four, is there a vote amongst the four

[1:03:20] or do each one of them like what is

[1:03:22] their role? They have to all approve and

[1:03:24] agree to the terms and conditions. Yeah.

[1:03:26] They'll ultimately say we bless the

[1:03:28] transaction, the terms and conditions,

[1:03:30] and

[1:03:30] >> then the mayor and recorder can sign.

[1:03:32] >> Okay. Otherwise, it's coming back to

[1:03:34] this body to do that.

[1:03:36] >> Yep.

[1:03:37] >> At a future date. Okay.

[1:03:39] >> Jonathan, what does refunding look like

[1:03:41] in the future? Is that a public hearing

[1:03:43] or is that something administrative?

[1:03:45] >> It would be administrative if the if the

[1:03:47] council chooses to approve the

[1:03:48] resolution this evening. So basically

[1:03:51] we're we're making this we're taking

[1:03:54] this legislative action and making it

[1:03:55] administrative by delegating the

[1:03:57] authority and the terms around which you

[1:03:59] can negotiate the bond.

[1:04:02] >> Yep. The timing the terms become much

[1:04:04] more flexible.

[1:04:05] >> Okay. And this isn't this we won't issue

[1:04:08] this bond until after we've decided on

[1:04:10] the public works building. And if we

[1:04:11] decide not to then obviously this drops

[1:04:13] down. That's how I'm hearing it. Right.

[1:04:14] >> Okay.

[1:04:15] >> Correct.

[1:04:16] A couple times in your your description,

[1:04:19] you said we. It's the collective we.

[1:04:22] It's not our our bond. It's not you

[1:04:26] guys, right? It's the we that we

[1:04:28] delegate the responsibility and

[1:04:30] authority to the city manager, the

[1:04:33] mayor, whomever.

[1:04:34] >> Exactly. Correct. Yeah. We as your

[1:04:36] financial advisor in conjunction with

[1:04:39] the delegated persons and the staff

[1:04:40] execute the process.

[1:04:42] >> Just want to make sure I I understood

[1:04:43] that. It's just when you say we are

[1:04:45] going to make the decision, it's we and

[1:04:48] not our financial adviser. Just just so

[1:04:50] the public understands that.

[1:04:52] >> Good point.

[1:04:52] >> It's the collective we.

[1:04:54] >> Um why? So Seth mentioned it's $60

[1:04:58] millionish and that's is for sure

[1:05:00] because we don't know exactly what the

[1:05:02] number is. Why would we want to go up to

[1:05:05] potentially 83?

[1:05:09] probably just because of cost overruns

[1:05:11] or if there are more bonds that are

[1:05:14] refundable at a future date in time. The

[1:05:17] economy is great, the interest rates are

[1:05:19] low and we want to include other trans

[1:05:21] other series of bonds

[1:05:23] >> to pay off something else or

[1:05:25] >> you'd issue new bonds to pay off old

[1:05:27] bonds at a lower rate. Yeah.

[1:05:29] >> All right. That makes more sense.

[1:05:30] >> We wouldn't obviously touch the 1%

[1:05:32] rates, but if we're at 4%, we can get a

[1:05:34] three and a half and it and it

[1:05:36] justifies. use this authority to bond

[1:05:38] for the additional 20

[1:05:40] >> and pay off

[1:05:42] the old.

[1:05:43] >> Okay,

[1:05:43] >> that makes sense.

[1:05:45] >> That's a way better example or

[1:05:47] explanation, Seth.

[1:05:50] [laughter]

[1:05:51] >> Than it's 20 million.

[1:05:53] >> I thought I was answering you clear.

[1:05:56] [laughter]

[1:05:57] >> Thank you, Jonathan. That was that was

[1:05:58] very helpful.

[1:05:59] >> That was good. [laughter]

[1:06:01] >> Yeah. Yeah, that's that's a good uh

[1:06:02] that's a good part to bring to the

[1:06:04] public here. you're you're you're you're

[1:06:06] having some reserve there to be able to

[1:06:08] say, "Hey, interest rates are better

[1:06:09] than what we had that money borrowed at.

[1:06:12] So, let's refinance it. Let's refund

[1:06:13] those and save some money

[1:06:15] >> in expedited way."

[1:06:17] >> And you don't have to come back here and

[1:06:20] ask to do that long process of it. You

[1:06:21] have

[1:06:22] >> you don't have to refund the other loan.

[1:06:24] You can just pay off that portion of the

[1:06:26] loan with the new new amounts. Right.

[1:06:29] >> Jonathan, how how are we as a risk as a city? Can you speak to that at all?

[1:06:35] >> Yeah, the city's ratings are very

[1:06:37] strong. You're in the double A range,

[1:06:39] which uh AAA is the best. Double A plus,

[1:06:42] double A even, double A minus. And I

[1:06:46] think other than

[1:06:49] I think all of your bonds, water, sewer,

[1:06:51] or sales tax, and these lease revenue

[1:06:54] bonds haven't been rated yet, but when

[1:06:56] they get rated, they'd be in the double

[1:06:58] A. They'd probably be one notch lower

[1:07:00] than your general obligation, which is

[1:07:03] the guilt edge municipal bond security

[1:07:06] rating. And we don't know what that is,

[1:07:09] but I suspect it's in the double A

[1:07:11] range.

[1:07:13] Perfect. That's a that's what we call

[1:07:15] high investment grade ratings. It's

[1:07:19] really uh really commendable. It's a

[1:07:22] function of your rating or your economy,

[1:07:24] your finances, your debt load, your

[1:07:26] management practices and policies as

[1:07:28] well.

[1:07:29] >> When you put those offerings out there,

[1:07:32] there's there's buyers is what you're

[1:07:34] saying. They like those

[1:07:36] >> Yeah.

[1:07:36] >> rated bonds. I was on a call the other

[1:07:38] day and the question was, you know, do

[1:07:42] some buyers want more yield? So, they

[1:07:44] may be dissuaded to buy Spanish fork

[1:07:48] bonds because the bonds aren't going to

[1:07:49] be really high interest rates, not a lot

[1:07:51] of high yield because the credit's so

[1:07:53] good. But yeah, I think most investors

[1:07:56] buy municipal bonds because they like

[1:08:00] good solid credits. they like income and

[1:08:02] cash flow that's uh reliable and steady

[1:08:06] and that's what Spanish Fork offers when

[1:08:08] they sell their the Spanish Fork city

[1:08:10] bonds.

[1:08:14] » Any other questions for Mr. Ward on this

[1:08:17] subject?

[1:08:17] >> Garrett Gross has Mr. Gross.

[1:08:20] >> I I just handle the boring legal

[1:08:21] matters, but uh any any questions on the legal structure of of the LBA? I

[1:08:26] know you've the city and the authority

[1:08:29] have issued uh well the authority excuse

[1:08:32] me has issued lease revenue bonds before

[1:08:34] on behalf of the city but any any

[1:08:36] questions there I'm like I said I'm

[1:08:38] Garrett Gross from Gilmore Bell you're

[1:08:39] probably familiar with some of my

[1:08:41] colleagues Randy Larson Brad Patterson

[1:08:44] Aaron Wade I started with the firm about

[1:08:46] two years ago after working 14 years

[1:08:49] inhouse at Zans's bank so

[1:08:52] >> Garrett what's been your experience

[1:08:53] between having two three or four

[1:08:56] individuals.

[1:08:57] >> But, uh, it just it sort of depends in

[1:09:01] terms of what you want in terms of the

[1:09:04] decision- making. You know, do you want,

[1:09:06] you know, and safeguards around the

[1:09:09] decision- making, making sure that it's,

[1:09:10] you know, sort of been vetted out

[1:09:12] amongst a wide range of people. For for cities, typically

[1:09:18] two has been the max. for sometimes more

[1:09:21] complex authorities. I've seen, you

[1:09:23] know, the three or four kind of being the threshold. The the downside to

[1:09:28] having more is obviously if you're

[1:09:31] trying to make some decisions quickly,

[1:09:33] trying to get, you know, everybody, you

[1:09:35] know, on board in terms of availability,

[1:09:38] right, on quick decision- making. So,

[1:09:40] you know, it's sort of what you feel

[1:09:42] comfortable in in the middle of that. To

[1:09:44] me, typically what I've seen the most of

[1:09:46] is two, right?

[1:09:49] mo most of in terms of not most upper

[1:09:52] threshold but most common.

[1:09:58] » Thank you, Mr. Gross. Appreciate that.

[1:10:01] Um,

[1:10:03] >> yeah, I'll just speak to this off the

[1:10:06] cuff a little bit, but I think uh

[1:10:08] obviously our city manager and our

[1:10:10] finance director

[1:10:12] uh should be a couple of those

[1:10:14] positions. Um, I've sat on that for the

[1:10:17] other a couple other issuances, but uh,

[1:10:21] happy if anybody else wants to join me

[1:10:24] on that. You guys can all leg wrestle

[1:10:26] for it if you'd like. I don't know, but

[1:10:28] >> I don't know. President/chair sounds

[1:10:29] like it seems like that's right

[1:10:31] >> enough authority.

[1:10:32] >> No, it sounds right up your alley.

[1:10:33] >> Oh. Oh, yeah.

[1:10:35] >> I don't think we need four.

[1:10:37] >> No, I

[1:10:37] >> I'm even comfortable with the two, but

[1:10:40] unless you

[1:10:43] >> What do you guys think? I am too.

[1:10:46] >> I'm not comfortable with two. I think

[1:10:47] that

[1:10:48] >> the amount of flexibility that we've

[1:10:51] given are going to give tonight requires

[1:10:53] a little bit more oversight than

[1:10:55] >> and and I think that the elected

[1:10:57] officials

[1:10:59] >> should be equal to the staff members on

[1:11:02] it. So, I'm leaning more towards four,

[1:11:04] which would be you two and those two.

[1:11:08] >> I was trying to not

[1:11:10] >> I know if if you don't want to and and

[1:11:12] so I mean I would do it. I have no

[1:11:14] problem. But I I like the idea of

[1:11:16] because of the range that we're giving

[1:11:18] here. It's there's a lot of flexibility

[1:11:21] in this resolution. Not I don't think we

[1:11:24] have given that much flexibility before.

[1:11:26] I like the idea of not having to come

[1:11:29] back to this body every single time to

[1:11:30] make the make the decision. So I like

[1:11:32] the expedience this is going to to give

[1:11:35] us. Um but I like to put some of our

[1:11:38] butts on the line a little bit and and

[1:11:40] make us accountable. like it's two of us

[1:11:42] and one or two staff members.

[1:11:47] » That was going to be my only additional

[1:11:49] suggestion is it's typically good to

[1:11:50] have at least one of, you know, a

[1:11:53] balance of of each, right? If you're

[1:11:55] going to have some elected officials,

[1:11:57] maybe have at least one staff person

[1:11:59] there to, you know, administratively see

[1:12:02] things through, right?

[1:12:03] >> You're inferring that politicians would

[1:12:04] blame somebody other than themselves for

[1:12:06] something like this or something. Never

[1:12:08] happens.

[1:12:09] >> It never happens. ever. Ever. I I have

[1:12:12] much more trust in [laughter] city

[1:12:15] council of the LBA of Spanish Fork than

[1:12:17] that. I would never say such.

[1:12:19] >> Let me maybe for the sake of comfort of

[1:12:23] moving it along. The way the parameters

[1:12:25] resolution is written today, it doesn't

[1:12:26] say it's you and you. It just says four

[1:12:31] of any of the following. So it you don't

[1:12:33] have to designate anybody today. It can

[1:12:35] be uh you know when we get to that week

[1:12:37] even hey Shane's around. Stacy's not.

[1:12:41] We're going to use Shane and and the

[1:12:42] mayor or something like that.

[1:12:44] >> Shane that's not around.

[1:12:46] >> I'm sorry. I did not mean to open that

[1:12:48] door.

[1:12:48] >> I had to go there.

[1:12:50] >> You had to walk into it.

[1:12:51] >> But if you want to identify it, I'm sure

[1:12:53] you can. But the way it's written now,

[1:12:55] it gives you the flexibility to to

[1:12:57] identify them in that moment or closer

[1:12:59] to that moment and then just say that

[1:13:02] it's going to be four of any of the

[1:13:03] following or three of any of the

[1:13:04] following.

[1:13:04] >> So are you recommending leaving three or

[1:13:06] four in the in the text?

[1:13:08] >> I would not leave three or four. I would

[1:13:10] choose three or

[1:13:11] >> or four, but then leave

[1:13:13] >> but you don't have to decide who those

[1:13:15] three or four are.

[1:13:16] >> Yep. Because it's following

[1:13:18] >> and put that in the motion.

[1:13:21] >> Yep.

[1:13:22] Okay. Makes sense.

[1:13:24] >> Good discussion. Good questions. Any

[1:13:26] other questions or comments about that?

[1:13:30] >> No.

[1:13:31] >> Okay. I think that's a good

[1:13:33] recommendation. And and uh if somebody's

[1:13:35] ready to make a motion, uh put it put it

[1:13:37] in that motion.

[1:13:43] » What is this body called?

[1:13:46] >> It's a local building authority.

[1:13:47] >> Not this body. the the three or four

[1:13:51] >> uh designated officers.

[1:13:53] >> Designated officers.

[1:13:55] >> Say that twice.

[1:13:56] >> Designated officers. Yep. So the top

[1:13:59] line of the second page there is the

[1:14:00] designated officers.

[1:14:03] >> You got it. Sh these officers.

[1:14:06] >> I'll give it a shot. All right. I move

[1:14:08] to approve the parameters resolution of

[1:14:10] the local building authority of Spanish

[1:14:11] Fork City Utah authorizing the issuance

[1:14:14] and sale of not more than 83 million

[1:14:16] aggregate principal amount of leasing

[1:14:20] revenue and refinding and refunding

[1:14:22] bonds

[1:14:23] and four people on the governing board.

[1:14:28] Is that what you said?

[1:14:29] >> Designated officers

[1:14:31] >> be defined as four. I did not have it

[1:14:34] but I do now.

[1:14:35] >> You do now.

[1:14:37] That's why Joshua's here. He can help

[1:14:38] clean that up. Thank you.

[1:14:40] >> Yeah, I'll second Jesse.

[1:14:42] >> Motion made by Trustee Marshall,

[1:14:45] seconded by Trustee Oiler. This is a

[1:14:47] roll call vote. Trustee Carden,

[1:14:50] >> yes.

[1:14:50] >> Trustee Tuk,

[1:14:51] >> yes.

[1:14:51] >> Trustee Marshall,

[1:14:53] >> yes.

[1:14:53] >> Trustee Beck,

[1:14:54] >> yes.

[1:14:54] >> And trustee Oiler,

[1:14:55] >> yes.

[1:14:58] >> Parameters resolution of the LBA of

[1:15:00] Spanish Fork is approved. I would

[1:15:03] entertain a motion uh to

[1:15:06] uh adjourn from the LBA.

[1:15:09] >> Can we put those together, Tara? Or

[1:15:11] >> Josh? Okay. I move to adjourn from LBA

[1:15:13] and reconvene back into city council to

[1:15:15] continue new business item B.

[1:15:18] >> Motion made by Trustee Carden.

[1:15:21] >> Second.

[1:15:22] by Trustee Marshall. All in favor

[1:15:24] say yes.

[1:15:25] >> Yes.

[1:15:25] >> We're adjourned from LBA and back to

[1:15:28] city council meeting. Manage your

[1:15:30] parents.

[1:15:30] >> Yeah. Thank you. We'll move on to the

[1:15:31] last item of the agenda. But before we

[1:15:33] do that, maybe a little show and tell.

[1:15:34] Terra, do you have those resolutions

[1:15:36] handy right there? Would you

[1:15:37] >> Would you put

[1:15:38] >> Yeah, just put that just set that on the

[1:15:41] Don't put it too far. We don't want it

[1:15:43] to fall.

[1:15:45] Maybe if Travis can zoom in on that

[1:15:47] piece of that pile of paper. Um, that's

[1:15:51] one of the resolutions that you just

[1:15:53] approved and you're going to approve or

[1:15:55] review another one. Um, that thick stack

[1:15:58] of papers. There's a number of exhibits.

[1:16:00] I can't remember what letter we got to

[1:16:01] in the exhibits, but I feel like it was

[1:16:03] in the latter half of the alphabet.

[1:16:04] >> I remember a K.

[1:16:05] >> Yeah, I do remember a K. Um, but uh

[1:16:10] highly technical work when you go

[1:16:12] through these uh bond offerings, you

[1:16:14] know, anytime I think you're talking

[1:16:15] about millions of dollars, the world

[1:16:17] wants to make sure do it right. And so

[1:16:19] we appreciate the the legal work. Uh and

[1:16:22] honestly, I appreciate Tara. I walked

[1:16:24] into her office and and she's got a a

[1:16:26] little workspace that she was on and she

[1:16:29] had the printer just going. There's a

[1:16:30] little bit of smoke coming out of it. Uh

[1:16:33] she was gathering everything and and

[1:16:34] making going off of a kind of a

[1:16:37] blueprint looking for this and she would

[1:16:39] find this and put it here and find this

[1:16:40] and put it there and a lot of

[1:16:42] reshuffleling and shuffling again and um we really appreciate that work.

[1:16:46] So anyways, that's that's one of the

[1:16:48] resolutions that we approved tonight.

[1:16:51] for those that are watching um online

[1:16:53] and and here in the room, the process

[1:16:56] that you've gone through is kind of

[1:16:59] unusual and and some people might wonder

[1:17:01] what the heck are they doing going into

[1:17:03] this other group and this other body

[1:17:04] that um and I think it's helpful to to

[1:17:07] maybe remind the public that as a city

[1:17:09] council, everybody knows you as

[1:17:11] Councilman so and so or councilwoman

[1:17:13] such and such and mayor so and so, but

[1:17:17] you also are the trustee of

[1:17:21] uh an LBA or a board member of an RDA,

[1:17:23] Spanish Fork has at least three legal

[1:17:25] entities that it is. And so uh when you

[1:17:30] have an agreement, when you when you go

[1:17:32] do something as the local building

[1:17:34] authority, the LBA,

[1:17:37] you're going to do it on behalf of the

[1:17:39] city. So now you have to have an

[1:17:40] agreement with yourself.

[1:17:44] One legal entity, the LBA, now has to

[1:17:46] have an agreement with the city of

[1:17:48] Spanish Fork. It's all you, but you're

[1:17:51] going to take off the one hat you had on

[1:17:53] and you're going to put on another. And

[1:17:55] so now we're going to go through a

[1:17:56] fairly similar process. It's not exactly

[1:17:59] the same, but another document about the

[1:18:01] exact same thing. But this document is

[1:18:02] the relationship between the city and

[1:18:05] the LBA. Um, it's a different document.

[1:18:10] It's not the same, but it's about the

[1:18:12] same thickness. Um, so with that, I'm

[1:18:14] gonna let either Jonathan or Garrett arm

[1:18:16] wrestle over who gets to talk about what

[1:18:17] this is and then we'll go from there.

[1:18:22] So that that was actually uh very very

[1:18:25] well wellstated. Um, because of those

[1:18:28] relationships, under state law, the

[1:18:31] local building authority does not have

[1:18:34] the power to do much of anything except

[1:18:36] the power that's derived to it from from

[1:18:39] the city council. Right. So part part of

[1:18:42] why the the city council has to then

[1:18:44] approve all actions they they first have

[1:18:46] to approve all actions of the local

[1:18:49] building authority after they've they've

[1:18:50] been taken. They have to ratify those.

[1:18:53] And then a lot of the agreements, the

[1:18:55] legal agreements, part of the lease

[1:18:57] revenue bond structure are between the

[1:19:00] city and the local building authority.

[1:19:03] With the city agreeing to make lease

[1:19:05] payments to the authority who the local

[1:19:07] building authority, an entity created

[1:19:10] under state law, then assigns those

[1:19:11] lease payments to to a bond trustee to

[1:19:15] make those payments uh to to bond

[1:19:18] holders. Um and and so that's why um not

[1:19:22] only does the city have to approve all

[1:19:25] the actions of the LBA, but then it also

[1:19:27] has to approve of its own right the the

[1:19:29] bond documents themselves and and the

[1:19:31] legal agreements that have been drafted

[1:19:33] there to which the city is a party.

[1:19:37] The other aspect of this is that when

[1:19:40] offering these bond documents or

[1:19:42] offering bond documents, these bonds to

[1:19:44] the public, the city legally under the

[1:19:47] SEC rules has to make certain legally

[1:19:49] required disclosures to the public about

[1:19:52] essentially its its financial condition

[1:19:55] and certain certain other ma certain

[1:19:57] legal matters, tax matters,

[1:20:00] etc. And so in doing so the the

[1:20:03] authority typically does not have the ability. I mean it can and it can be

[1:20:09] dele but under SEC rules the the

[1:20:12] appropriate entity that makes a lot of

[1:20:14] the representations and enters into what

[1:20:16] we call a disclosure undertaking is

[1:20:19] typically the entity whose credit the

[1:20:21] investors are looking at which

[1:20:23] ultimately even though the authority is

[1:20:25] the obligor or the issuer of these bonds

[1:20:29] the the ultimate credit that the

[1:20:31] investors are looking to are are the

[1:20:33] cities and so that's why the city then

[1:20:35] approves a few addition additional

[1:20:38] documents. One one of which being the

[1:20:40] offering document as well as what we

[1:20:43] call a continuing disclosure undertaking

[1:20:45] where it agrees with the public to to

[1:20:47] let the public know if certain material

[1:20:50] events take place throughout the the

[1:20:53] life of the of the repayment of the

[1:20:55] bonds. We don't think that, you know, is going to happen based on

[1:20:59] the the wowing credit factors that

[1:21:02] Jonathan just just uh indicated that the public markets think of the city and and the way that things have been

[1:21:09] managed. But legally, of course, we're

[1:21:13] chicken little as lawyers. The sky is

[1:21:15] falling. We have to deal with case

[1:21:18] scenario. So, any questions with that?

[1:21:23] And I and I apologize after the, you

[1:21:25] know, I should have in advance to Tara

[1:21:28] and Seth for the amount of documentation

[1:21:31] that we inundated them with and then

[1:21:34] [clears throat] tried to explain the

[1:21:35] order verbally and and I figure, you

[1:21:38] know, I I there is so much here, you

[1:21:41] know, we we had to clarify it a couple

[1:21:43] times in writing and and I do not blame

[1:21:45] them in the lease. There is a lot to

[1:21:48] sort of swallow and digest with with

[1:21:50] these lease revenue bonds. Any with that

[1:21:53] said, any questions?

[1:21:54] >> Any questions for Mr. Gross?

[1:21:59] The financial world, we're still signing

[1:22:01] paper and faxing at places. So, I mean,

[1:22:04] the age of AI has not got there yet.

[1:22:08] >> We're slowly progressing.

[1:22:11] >> Thank you.

[1:22:12] Garrett. Appreciate it. Thank

[1:22:14] you, Jonathan. Anything else, Jonathan,

[1:22:15] that you need to add? manage your

[1:22:18] parents.

[1:22:21] Jordan Hails, anything?

[1:22:25] » I I don't understand it well enough to

[1:22:27] speak. [laughter]

[1:22:29] This is quite complex stuff. So, I'll

[1:22:31] leave it to the the professionals here.

[1:22:33] >> Okay. That's why we pay the

[1:22:34] professionals, but you are a

[1:22:36] professional finance director, so we

[1:22:37] appreciate your we appreciate your

[1:22:40] involvement, too. Okay. Uh any other

[1:22:43] questions? If there's none from the

[1:22:45] council, I'd uh I'd entertain this

[1:22:47] motion that is back in the uh council uh

[1:22:52] the council agenda.

[1:22:58] And again, I think that was a great way

[1:23:00] of putting it, but mirrors what we

[1:23:02] already discussed in the LBA, but you're

[1:23:05] relying on the on the credit of of the

[1:23:08] city ultimately. So, we're making the

[1:23:10] same resolution

[1:23:12] inside the the city council body. Now

[1:23:16] >> I move to approve the resolution of the

[1:23:18] city council of Spanish Fork City, Utah,

[1:23:20] authorizing and approving the execution

[1:23:22] and delivery of a master lease agreement

[1:23:25] and a ground lease agreement by and by

[1:23:28] and between the city and the local

[1:23:30] building authority of Spanish Fork City,

[1:23:32] Utah, authorizing the issuance and sale

[1:23:35] by the authority of not more than 83

[1:23:37] million aggregate principal amount of

[1:23:40] lease revenue and refunding bonds and

[1:23:42] related matters.

[1:23:44] Second

[1:23:45] >> motion made by Councilman Oiler, second

[1:23:48] by Councilwoman Beck. A roll call vote

[1:23:50] here. Councilman Oiler,

[1:23:51] >> yes.

[1:23:52] >> Councilman Carden, yes.

[1:23:53] >> Councilman Tuk,

[1:23:53] >> yes.

[1:23:54] >> Councilman Marshall, yes.

[1:23:55] >> And Councilwoman Beck,

[1:23:56] >> yes.

[1:23:57] >> Okay. Item A of new business is

[1:23:59] approved.

[1:24:01] So, with that, I think it's maybe worth

[1:24:03] highlighting that that in these

[1:24:05] resolutions, specifically the parameters

[1:24:07] resolution, we did set uh the date of a

[1:24:09] public hearing for a month from now in

[1:24:10] the council meeting in July. We can take

[1:24:13] public comment uh on that. I think we

[1:24:15] put notice actually I think this one

[1:24:17] actually still has notice in the

[1:24:18] newspaper in addition to whatever

[1:24:22] >> there's actually two hearings a new one

[1:24:24] that was also added requirement under

[1:24:27] state law

[1:24:27] >> here. Come back up. Come up here.

[1:24:30] >> So So unfortunately as part of this new

[1:24:32] 2024 amendment to lease revenue uh

[1:24:35] bonds, there will actually be two

[1:24:37] hearings that serve two slightly

[1:24:40] different purposes. I think they're very

[1:24:42] redundant in my opinion, but you know,

[1:24:45] um, don't quote, you know, don't quote

[1:24:47] me on that too.

[1:24:48] >> You just got quoted.

[1:24:48] >> I know [laughter]

[1:24:50] that meeting. I'm on the record. They

[1:24:52] are a little bit redundant, but it is an

[1:24:53] opportunity to provide

[1:24:55] the public full disclosure of not only a

[1:24:57] bond being issued, but a specifically

[1:24:59] nonvoted on leash revenue bond. And so,

[1:25:02] they can't be held concurrently,

[1:25:04] unfortunately, under state law. So they

[1:25:06] can be held, you know, consecutively on

[1:25:07] the on the same evening, but they serve

[1:25:10] two slightly different functions.

[1:25:12] >> That's another legislation re recently.

[1:25:14] >> That's that's part of the new 2024 ads.

[1:25:16] >> Same one.

[1:25:19] >> So just like tonight, thank you,

[1:25:20] Garrett. Just like tonight where you had

[1:25:22] back-to-back public hearings on the

[1:25:23] budget, then one on the dividend. You'll

[1:25:24] have two, [clears throat]

[1:25:26] excuse me, back-to-back public hearings

[1:25:28] in uh the July, I think it's July 7,

[1:25:31] that first Tuesday in in July. Uh so

[1:25:34] we'll have that and then after that as I

[1:25:37] mentioned the the plan unless something

[1:25:40] changes that that we would uh finalize

[1:25:44] everything and go to the bond market in

[1:25:46] this late winter early spring of 2027.

[1:25:51] But we will watch it with the uh with

[1:25:54] our financial adviserss and watch the

[1:25:56] markets and if there's a reason to go

[1:25:57] faster, we will come to you quickly and

[1:26:00] tell you, hey, this is what's going on

[1:26:02] or we'll communicate with you in some

[1:26:03] way. U I don't anticipate that'll

[1:26:05] happen, but it certainly can. We saw

[1:26:08] that in 2021. We saw that in 2022.

[1:26:11] Um and so I think this gives us that

[1:26:13] flexibility. Again, if and if nothing

[1:26:16] changes, the plan is that we would

[1:26:18] exercise uh the authority given today in

[1:26:21] the late winter, early spring of 2027.

[1:26:25] But if something else changes, we'll

[1:26:26] communicate that.

[1:26:27] >> Sorry, I missed it. When would that

[1:26:28] public hearing be then?

[1:26:29] >> The public hearing is a month from now.

[1:26:30] The first council meeting, actually the

[1:26:32] only council meeting in July, but July

[1:26:33] 7th.

[1:26:34] >> Okay, perfect.

[1:26:34] >> Yep. [clears throat]

[1:26:36] >> Okay, that's it.

[1:26:38] >> Your fiesta's

[1:26:40] council meeting.

[1:26:43] >> Yep. We only have one in July.

[1:26:46] >> All right.

[1:26:46] >> Okay.

[1:26:47] >> Which one?

[1:26:48] >> Very good. Any other items, council,

[1:26:50] that needs to come before this body

[1:26:52] tonight?

[1:26:54] We've already had a close session uh

[1:26:56] before council meeting. So, if there's

[1:26:58] nothing, I'd entertain a motion to

[1:26:59] adjurnn.

[1:27:00] >> So moved.

[1:27:01] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[1:27:03] >> Second.

[1:27:03] by Councilman Tuk to adjurnn. All

[1:27:05] in favor say yes.

[1:27:06] >> Yes.

[1:27:07] >> We're adjourned from city council

[1:27:08] meeting. Thank you everybody for joining

[1:27:09] us.

[1:27:09] >> Yes.

Spanish Fork City Council | June 2, 2026

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