[0:00] All right. We're good. Thumbs up. No

[0:02] lights on tonight to know. Just Oh, you

[0:04] didn't know there was lights. There's

[0:05] supposed to be lights, too.

[0:07] >> [laughter]

[0:09] >> You're going to push some button. Thank

[0:11] you everybody for coming to city council

[0:12] meeting tonight in Spanish Fork,

[0:15] June 16th, 2026.

[0:17] Appreciate everybody joining us in

[0:19] council chambers and online everywhere.

[0:21] We'll get started like we always do in

[0:23] Spanish Fork with a prayer by Councilman

[0:25] Carden. And then Councilman Tuck is

[0:29] going to lead us in the pledge.

[0:30] Councilman Carden.

[0:31] >> Yes, thank you.

[0:33] Our dear Father in heaven, we are

[0:34] grateful to bow our heads before this

[0:36] evening, thankful for this great city

[0:38] that we live in in this great country.

[0:40] We're thankful, Father, for our

[0:42] servicemen and women, our police and our

[0:43] firemen, our fire

[0:46] men and women who

[0:47] take care of us to keep us safe. We ask

[0:49] you, Father, to please bless them.

[0:51] Please keep them safe. We ask you,

[0:52] Father, to please bless the citizens of

[0:53] Spanish Fork as we're in the summertime

[0:55] to be safe as we go about the activities

[0:58] of the summer. We also ask you, Father,

[1:00] to please bless this meeting that we may

[1:02] make sound decisions and

[1:04] have clear minds as we talk about the

[1:05] issues that are going on within the

[1:06] city. We say this in the name of our

[1:07] savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

[1:09] >> Amen.

[1:10] >> Please stand and repeat after me.

[1:13] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:17] United States of America and to the

[1:19] republic for which it stands, one nation

[1:22] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:26] justice for all.

[1:30] » Thank you everyone. Item C on our agenda

[1:33] is some recognitions that are in order.

[1:36] Mr. Tyler Jacobson, our assistant city

[1:38] manager,

[1:39] will take it from there.

[1:44] » Thank you, Mayor.

[1:46] Sorry, that kind of snuck up on me like

[1:48] this employee that's the employee of the

[1:50] quarter sneaks up on people as well.

[1:52] Some of you may know who I'm talking

[1:54] about if you've worked with her before.

[1:55] Her name is Shelly Hendrickson.

[1:57] Shelly has worked at the city now. She

[1:59] just hit her 20-year mark. And she this

[2:03] is

[2:04] uh

[2:06] a wonderful moment in her life. So

[2:07] deserved. 20 years in the making. This

[2:10] is the first time as employee of the

[2:11] quarter.

[2:13] And

[2:14] when I talk about sneaking up on people,

[2:17] the reason I bring that up is because

[2:19] when you come into city hall, you come

[2:21] into the administration office, you'll

[2:23] see a smiling face and that's Shelly.

[2:26] One day Shelly decided, "You know what?

[2:28] I'm going to welcome people a little bit

[2:30] earlier

[2:31] in their visit to city hall. I'm going

[2:33] to go next to the elevator." So if you

[2:35] can picture walking in the back of city

[2:36] hall, if you haven't been there, maybe

[2:39] these young men here haven't been there.

[2:41] You'll have to walk in.

[2:43] Um there's an elevator and you can you

[2:46] can hide pretty well behind it. And then

[2:47] there's a set of stairs that you can

[2:49] walk up, just three stairs.

[2:51] And Shelly decided to welcome a patron

[2:54] by jumping out and scaring them.

[2:58] In her defense, she did think it was an

[2:59] employee, but it was actually a patron.

[3:00] So you never know what to expect with

[3:02] Shelly.

[3:04] I'll be serious now for

[3:06] hopefully for the rest of this time.

[3:08] Shelly has probably a greater knowledge

[3:11] of the city than almost anyone. She's

[3:15] worked in community development when she

[3:18] first started, then she went to public

[3:19] works and now she's in

[3:21] administration.

[3:22] So when people come in with questions,

[3:25] she's so great at helping to direct them

[3:27] to the right place

[3:29] or in some instances

[3:31] is able to help answer their questions

[3:34] right then.

[3:35] When Shelly was nominated um

[3:39] some of the things that were shared was

[3:42] that she constantly goes above and

[3:44] beyond to improve processes, support her

[3:47] co-workers, and provide exceptional

[3:49] service across the organization.

[3:52] We recently if any of you have signed up

[3:54] for utilities recently or used a form on

[3:56] the city's website, Shelly's the one

[3:58] that manages our job forms account,

[4:01] which is where those forms are

[4:02] generated. So, she's likely

[4:05] influenced maybe even some in this room

[4:08] and help them to have a better

[4:09] experience.

[4:10] Uh

[4:13] She has We have a memo that our city

[4:16] manager sends out to all employees each

[4:18] week and she's the one that coordinates

[4:20] that. And her

[4:22] attention to detail has has really

[4:24] helped

[4:25] leave a lasting impact on the city

[4:27] operations.

[4:29] Um

[4:31] She's great at making connections. If If

[4:33] any of you have had a chance to visit

[4:35] with Shelly and hopefully if you haven't

[4:36] you you get a chance to.

[4:38] She knows pretty much everybody and can

[4:41] somehow

[4:43] connect people

[4:44] with with someone else that she's met

[4:46] before.

[4:48] And so

[4:49] just

[4:51] I guess the final little bit about Shelly is she's

[4:55] dependable, creative, always willing to

[4:57] help whether welcoming a customer by

[5:00] jumping out from behind a wall, covering

[5:02] the office, managing employee travel or

[5:04] ensuring events like the city Olympics

[5:07] and other employee events are inclusive

[5:09] and and successful for everyone

[5:11] involved. And her ability to learn new

[5:13] technology, improve efficiency and

[5:15] support both employees and customers

[5:17] with a positive attitude makes her an

[5:19] invaluable member of the team. So, with

[5:21] that if we could give Shelly a round of

[5:23] applause and and Shelly if you'd like to

[5:25] say a few words, mayor usually is the

[5:28] one actually maybe he'll be the one to

[5:30] bite you.

[5:37] Maybe while she's walking up I'll say

[5:44] characteristics about Shelly is that

[5:45] she's always

[5:47] very upbeat and happy. And so

[5:50] as people interact with her, they'll

[5:52] quickly be be greeted by that cheery

[5:55] upbeat disposition.

[5:57] And it's just it's always refreshing

[6:00] when when you get to interact with

[6:01] Shelley. So we we love that about her.

[6:03] She's quick to quick to laugh, quick to make you smile.

[6:08] And make you feel welcome, make you just

[6:09] feel at home, which is a great thing.

[6:13] » It's probably best if I don't sing.

[6:17] >> [laughter]

[6:17] >> Actually, it's really fun when you you

[6:19] know,

[6:20] there are songs, you know, I'm thinking

[6:22] of the play The Sound of Music. How do

[6:24] you solve a problem like Maria?

[6:26] You know, how do you how do you solve

[6:27] for what Shelley's going to say?

[6:30] You just don't know. And it's it just

[6:32] leaves you on your toes.

[6:34] >> Yeah.

[6:34] >> And we have a lot of fun.

[6:36] >> [laughter]

[6:36] >> We have a lot of fun with some things that that escape her

[6:41] mouth, right? It's just a joy. It's

[6:43] always fun.

[6:46] >> [snorts]

[6:46] >> Yeah, I'll just say thank you.

[6:48] >> [laughter]

[6:49] >> Thank you for your kindness and your

[6:50] friendship.

[6:52] I'll leave it to Jack. He's way more

[6:54] eloquent than I am.

[6:56] >> So so just to illustrate,

[6:59] we were interviewing Shelley to start

[7:00] here in a long time ago. Not really. She

[7:04] was she was 18. It was 20 years ago when

[7:06] she was 18.

[7:07] And

[7:10] I was fairly new at the city. I don't

[7:11] remember what year this was. 2006?

[7:14] >> Seven.

[7:14] >> 2007. So I'd been here a few years.

[7:17] Shelley's husband used to work here and I would MC our employee things and

[7:22] so I would I would have seen Shelley at

[7:24] those events. Dave Anderson was in this

[7:26] interview.

[7:27] You might remember this too, Dave, but

[7:29] we were interviewing Shelley and and I

[7:31] was probably a little bit more

[7:32] comfortable because I knew who she was

[7:36] and I figured that she knew who I was

[7:37] because she was she would come to some

[7:40] employee events.

[7:41] And

[7:44] in her very comfortable way as well,

[7:46] after about 5 minutes of the interview,

[7:49] she stops and says, "Now, who are you?"

[7:53] Something like in that same tone.

[7:55] "And who are you?"

[7:58] I'm like, "Oh." Like we should have been

[7:59] best friends or something.

[8:02] You remember that, Dave?

[8:03] >> Asking questions. You know, what I was

[8:05] like, "What? Who are you?"

[8:06] >> I'm sure the questions were like, "Why

[8:08] do you want to work here?" And you know,

[8:09] it's certainly appropriate question.

[8:12] But it was 2007, so anything went back

[8:15] then.

[8:16] >> Shelly, every Anybody that comes to talk

[8:18] to local government is usually has a

[8:20] cheery disposition, too, just like you,

[8:23] right?

[8:24] Not usually coming in with problems or

[8:26] anything.

[8:26] >> [laughter]

[8:27] >> Uh but I will say that I've been around

[8:29] Shelly enough to know that uh that usually is why people are coming to

[8:33] talk to their government is cuz

[8:35] something's an issue. And so, to have

[8:38] someone like Shelly there to to welcome

[8:41] people and be smiling and happy and and

[8:43] get them in the right place, you you

[8:45] make people feel comfortable and you

[8:46] always make the mayor and council feel

[8:49] comfortable and uh and and approachable.

[8:52] So, thank you.

[8:53] >> Thank you.

[8:53] >> important part of being uh being a human

[8:57] in government and that's

[8:59] not certainly always always the case, so

[9:01] thank you.

[9:04] >> And Shelly, if you'll stick around,

[9:05] we're going to get a picture after we

[9:07] announce the next uh employee of the

[9:09] quarter.

[9:11] Thanks.

[9:12] All right. So, for our next employee of

[9:13] the quarter, this is the reason that I'm

[9:14] sitting over here is we wanted to show

[9:17] you a little bit of his work. Uh some of

[9:19] you may know

[9:21] uh this gentleman. He's here by my side.

[9:23] His name is Jack Urquhart, and uh Jack

[9:26] started with us in April of 2024.

[9:30] And uh he came to us

[9:33] uh from Springville and was uh initially

[9:36] hired as

[9:37] our risk manager and was in that role

[9:41] for about uh what was it? 6 months,

[9:43] Jack? About 6 months. And then was

[9:46] promoted to be the public information

[9:48] officer. And then recently he was

[9:50] promoted to be

[9:51] the first ever communications manager uh

[9:54] for Spanish Fork City.

[9:56] So as part of that um Jack took on a big

[9:59] responsibility in in having a new

[10:02] division uh that hadn't existed before

[10:04] and um has done an incredible job and

[10:07] has a great team

[10:09] um with with Pete Hansen and Adam Kill

[10:11] and also they're both here tonight and

[10:14] then Travis.

[10:15] Um

[10:17] What the heck?

[10:18] >> Born.

[10:18] How can I forget? I knew his

[10:20] identity.

[10:22] Uh

[10:23] so yeah, so Jack is just really you can

[10:26] tell in the short period of time that

[10:27] he's been here he's excelled. And so we

[10:30] want to show you some of his work. Um

[10:34] it won't take too long and then we'll

[10:35] share some of his other uh

[10:37] accomplishments really quickly. So

[10:40] he and his team are the ones that do our

[10:43] social media. So if any of you follow

[10:45] Spanish Fork and if uh then you've seen

[10:47] this. If you don't, definitely need to

[10:49] hop on. Um just like our city manager

[10:53] hopped on this slide. Give me 1 second

[10:55] here.

[10:59] » You need to be here on Monday.

[11:03] You too.

[11:05] We didn't hear the first part.

[11:07] >> Did you hear the sound?

[11:09] >> Yeah, I heard the music.

[11:12] » All right, so there's one piece of his

[11:14] work. Check this out. Um

[11:16] this is another member of Jack's team

[11:19] that probably doesn't get as as much

[11:21] credit as he should.

[11:24] This is Nathaniel.

[11:26] Uh this is actually a hamster that we

[11:28] hired not too long ago.

[11:31] So he just

[11:32] >> Recently hired [music] a hamster named

[11:33] Nathaniel Davis. He knows all about

[11:35] traveling in circles, so he wanted to

[11:38] point [music] out a couple of faux pas

[11:39] he's seeing at roundabouts.

[11:42] Some drivers, not you, of course,

[11:44] >> [music]

[11:45] >> are driving up to the roundabout and

[11:46] coming to a full stop, even if there's

[11:49] an opening to go ahead. [music]

[11:51] You should slow down as you approach.

[11:52] That's kind of the whole point. But you

[11:54] should not stop unless there are other

[11:56] drivers in the roundabout [music]

[11:57] and you don't have an opening to go.

[12:00] Another crazy thing Nathaniel sees is

[12:02] cars enter the roundabout and then stop

[12:05] within the roundabout to let other

[12:06] hamsters, or drivers, [music] in.

[12:09] Nathaniel thinks this is nutty.

[12:11] Once you're in the roundabout, you have

[12:13] the right of way [music] to go until you

[12:14] exit.

[12:16] So, remember the two golden rules of not

[12:18] stopping.

[12:19] >> [music]

[12:19] >> Don't stop on your way in if the circle

[12:22] is clear.

[12:23] And never stop once you're inside.

[12:27] While this may sound like a PSA, it's

[12:29] actually selfish. Nathaniel makes lots

[12:31] of runs to get his favorite dill pickle

[12:32] sunflower seeds, and he wants his

[12:34] commute to be as smooth as possible.

[12:38] » All right, and then one last one. This

[12:40] one's really short, don't worry.

[12:42] Let's see.

[12:44] >> What's the most attractive vehicle a guy

[12:46] can drive?

[12:48] » That one.

[12:51] >> [music]

[12:54] » All right. So, that's just a little

[12:55] taste of some of the content that Jack

[12:57] and his team produce.

[12:59] If any of you

[13:01] uh

[13:02] have ever had a conversation with Jack,

[13:04] he'll make you laugh, he'll make you

[13:06] cry. Well, he doesn't make you cry a

[13:08] lot, but he's really good with words.

[13:10] So,

[13:11] um we're grateful to have Jack as our uh

[13:14] communications manager, and and he had

[13:17] uh several nominations. I'll just read a

[13:19] little part of those, and then uh invite

[13:21] Jack to come up and uh show off his

[13:23] skills.

[13:26] Um

[13:28] So, Jack was nominated as the employee

[13:30] of the quarter

[13:31] for his outstanding leadership and

[13:33] impact as communications manager and

[13:35] public information officer.

[13:37] Many employees highlighted the

[13:39] transformation of the city's social

[13:40] media presence under his direction,

[13:42] noting that he has made it more

[13:43] engaging, creating or sorry, creative

[13:46] and effective in connecting with the

[13:47] community.

[13:49] Something that's really uh cool, he had

[13:51] a post

[13:52] Some of you that post online,

[13:55] what's the most views you've ever had?

[13:57] So, he had a post that had over a half a

[13:59] million people that viewed it. Maybe

[14:01] you've heard of a gentleman by the name

[14:03] of Post Malone that wore a Fiesta Days

[14:05] Rodeo hat. That was

[14:07] uh one of the the posts that uh Jack put

[14:09] together.

[14:11] So, we've seen one of the things you

[14:12] look at as uh city or entity is the

[14:15] number of net followers you have on your

[14:17] different social media platforms because

[14:20] that leads to more people uh actually

[14:23] following your your content. And if they

[14:26] follow your content, in the event that

[14:27] there is an emergency or something that

[14:29] like a public service announcement that

[14:30] the city needs to make,

[14:32] there's a higher chance that they're

[14:33] going to see that announcement. And so,

[14:35] Jack's worked really hard, he and his

[14:37] team, to to try to

[14:39] uh improve that. And that one post

[14:40] alone,

[14:42] I don't know I said post, sorry, from

[14:43] Post Malone, it had 156 plus net

[14:46] followers um just alone, which is a huge number.

[14:50] Um so, in addition to Jack's

[14:52] professional accomplishments,

[14:55] his co-workers emphasized his positive

[14:56] attitude, kindness, and genuine

[14:58] investment in the success of the city as

[15:00] a whole. Overall, staff described him as

[15:03] someone who consistently goes above and

[15:05] beyond and is highly deserving of this

[15:07] recognition. I'll add one last thing,

[15:09] when we were looking to hire Jack, I

[15:11] called one of his references and he

[15:13] said, "If I could, I would adopt him as

[15:15] my own son." So, you can tell just what

[15:18] a great guy Jack is and and how grateful

[15:20] we are to have him as part of the

[15:21] Spanish Fork team. So, with that, we'll

[15:23] give him a round of applause and then

[15:36] » Well, thanks, Tyler. There's nothing to

[15:38] bring you down in the depths of humility

[15:39] like hearing your own voice on a video

[15:41] in a public meeting.

[15:43] Um but, I just am so grateful to be here

[15:47] uh

[15:48] and grateful to receive this the same

[15:50] day as Shelley. I think when I came to

[15:53] interview the first time,

[15:55] you can ask my wife this, there was like

[15:57] a 5% chance that I was going to take a

[15:59] job here and then I met Shelley in that

[16:02] office before my interview and probably

[16:05] increased to like 25%

[16:08] and [clears throat] then I just kept

[16:09] feeling better and better about being

[16:11] here. Um the thing that stands out to me

[16:14] is the people. I love the teams that

[16:15] I've worked on. I've been in a couple of

[16:17] teams now.

[16:19] I've loved the City Council and your

[16:20] support. Um

[16:22] Seth and Tyler, their support and

[16:24] encouragement and uh

[16:27] I think really enabling me to grow has

[16:30] been exceptional and

[16:32] um kind of beyond what I feel like I

[16:34] deserve. So,

[16:35] thanks for that. Uh one more thing about

[16:37] my job that I love is just that I feel

[16:40] like I'm in the middle of it all. So, I

[16:41] get to connect with a lot of different

[16:43] parts of the city, which means

[16:45] I can be a pest to our other employees

[16:49] and they are always so generous with

[16:51] their time and their attention and

[16:52] working with me and uh haven't come

[16:55] across a bad one yet. So, anyway, thank

[16:57] you very much. So glad to be working

[16:59] here.

[17:00] >> Congratulations, Jack.

[17:05] » And Jack's family's here. Do you want to

[17:07] come up, Ashley, and we'll get a picture

[17:09] with you and your family and then

[17:11] Shelley, we'll get a picture with you

[17:13] and anyone else that wants to join you.

[17:18] » [laughter]

[17:19] >> Dallas, you should be hopping on one

[17:21] leg, dude. Hop on one leg. There we go.

[17:28] » Keep moving, [clears throat] Dallas.

[17:29] You're in the right chair.

[17:30] >> Let's go this way so we can get the logo

[17:31] in the middle.

[17:32] >> There he is.

[17:34] >> I don't know.

[17:35] >> Ready, one, two, three.

[17:38] >> Nice.

[17:38] >> Awesome.

[17:40] >> Thank you.

[17:40] >> Good job, Jessica.

[17:41] >> Jessica, this is Jack.

[17:43] >> [snorts]

[17:43] >> Shelly, get or Cassidy, come up.

[17:46] >> Thank you.

[17:46] >> We'll we'll join her.

[17:48] >> Welcome back.

[17:49] >> Yes, that's it.

[17:52] » Thank you.

[17:55] » [laughter]

[18:08] » That's your diploma.

[18:12] » This is the guy's side of the bull's

[18:13] side.

[18:15] >> Okay, here we go.

[18:20] » Thank you.

[18:21] >> Good job, Shelly.

[18:22] >> Shelly.

[18:22] >> At least one story.

[18:24] >> Just one story.

[18:28] » Well done.

[18:28] >> Thank you.

[18:29] >> Awesome.

[18:30] >> Good pass.

[18:37] » Good stuff. Good recognitions, good

[18:40] people, and it's always the fun part of

[18:43] council meeting. Appreciate you, Jack.

[18:45] Appreciate you, Shelly, and your

[18:46] families that support you as well.

[18:49] Uh before we go to public comments,

[18:51] nobody else wants to Nobody else has a

[18:52] story they want to say about

[18:55] You got him out? Okay.

[18:57] Um

[18:58] Uh Councilman Marshall excused tonight.

[19:01] Not up on the dais. He's away on on

[19:03] business tonight, so we'll we'll get him

[19:05] next time here.

[19:06] Uh public comments is the section for

[19:08] any of the public that would like to

[19:09] come address the mayor and council, Ask

[19:11] any questions,

[19:13] uh and uh apparently Tyler is doing the

[19:15] time since we let Jack Do we let him

[19:17] give him the night off? If you get the

[19:19] >> Uh he's got a couple of minutes.

[19:20] >> Oh, okay.

[19:22] >> Got 3 minutes.

[19:23] >> Uh

[19:23] please come address the mayor and

[19:25] council. Uh if uh there's a couple

[19:27] public hearings on the agenda that are

[19:28] later, but if you have any comments or

[19:31] questions for the mayor and council,

[19:32] please come up at this time and uh we'll

[19:34] have a a timer up there for you.

[19:37] >> We got some young men that I recognize.

[19:39] Any of you guys got a question that you

[19:41] want to ask?

[19:43] They didn't know.

[19:43] >> come with a question.

[19:46] Do you want to bribe them with candy for

[19:48] the question?

[19:48] >> for questions.

[19:50] Hey kid, want some candy?

[19:52] >> [laughter]

[19:53] >> It sound creepy at all?

[19:54] >> Hopefully that doesn't work.

[19:55] >> Still, right? I mean, come on.

[19:58] >> Okay, no public comments tonight. We'll

[20:00] go to council comments. Uh we'll start

[20:02] on Councilwoman Beck's side tonight and

[20:05] work our way to Councilwoman Tuck

[20:06] [clears throat] cuz that's all right,

[20:07] Councilwoman Beck.

[20:08] >> Okay, I always like to give a shameless

[20:10] plug for yard of the week. I figure if

[20:12] Councilman Oehler gives a shameless plug

[20:14] for spay and neutering,

[20:16] yard of the week is even funner.

[20:18] >> Uh not really, but

[20:20] it's okay.

[20:21] >> So, um if you, your neighbor, your

[20:24] family has a yard that you'd like to

[20:26] nominate, you can hop online and do

[20:27] that. Also, for Fiesta Days, the

[20:31] t-shirts right now are on pre-order. So,

[20:33] I'm going to show you

[20:35] that's the front of it and it has the

[20:37] America 250

[20:39] and then this is our logo if you haven't

[20:41] seen it.

[20:42] The theme is at the heart of it all and

[20:44] it's Fiesta Days 2026. So, you can

[20:47] pre-order your shirt online

[20:49] um until July 1st and then at that point

[20:51] you would just go into Parks and Rec. I

[20:53] believe they're most of them are $10

[20:56] unless it's like a double or triple XL.

[20:58] I think it goes up to 13 or $14,

[21:01] something like that. So,

[21:03] next next month is Fiesta Days. All of

[21:05] the calendar of events are online and

[21:07] you can check out the schedule there.

[21:08] Um the magazine should also arrive in

[21:10] your mailbox

[21:12] the first couple days of July. It was

[21:14] just sent to the printer today. So.

[21:17] That's all.

[21:18] >> Is that it?

[21:18] >> Yep.

[21:19] >> You'll see the picture of the mayor and

[21:20] council there in the spirit of uh the

[21:23] graphic there. We're surrounding a

[21:25] tractor. Is that what did we

[21:27] land on that picture? I haven't seen it

[21:29] yet. It must be good.

[21:30] >> It was a good one.

[21:31] >> All right. So.

[21:33] We're all in the Fiesta spirit. K. Uh

[21:35] Councilman Oyler.

[21:36] >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh as Councilwoman

[21:39] Beck mentioned and on behalf of the

[21:42] animal shelter, I'll just throw my

[21:44] reminder out there. If you're a

[21:45] responsible pet owner, please have your

[21:47] dogs and cats spayed and neutered. Thank

[21:50] you.

[21:51] Um

[21:52] other items of importance.

[21:54] Hopefully everybody is aware of the

[21:56] America 250 that's taking place this

[21:59] year. It's our 250th

[22:01] anniversary this coming July of the

[22:04] signing of the Declaration of

[22:05] Independence, which is pretty pretty

[22:07] cool, pretty exciting thing. A lot of

[22:09] activities around Fiesta Days that will bring that in and and talk

[22:14] about that, but also wanted to mention

[22:17] that within Spanish Fork, we've we've

[22:19] got

[22:21] something exciting happening this year

[22:22] as well. It's also the 250th anniversary

[22:26] of

[22:26] Fathers Escalante and Dominguez coming

[22:29] into the valley and mapping out this area and

[22:35] on an expedition as they headed towards

[22:37] California. They made it to Spanish Fork

[22:39] and then decided to go back to where

[22:40] they'd started. And so this was as far

[22:42] as they'd come.

[22:43] And so I just want to get a date on

[22:46] everybody's calendar to make sure that

[22:48] they're aware this the historic preservation commission

[22:53] with help from the Parks and Rec

[22:55] Department and others, we're working on

[22:57] an event.

[22:59] The 23rd of September is the official

[23:01] anniversary date of Father Escalante

[23:05] Dominguez, but on the 18th of September,

[23:07] which is a Friday,

[23:09] we'll have an event that will take place

[23:11] across the street in the old city park

[23:15] where we'll have some dancing,

[23:20] um some Latino dancing,

[23:22] >> [clears throat]

[23:22] >> some Indian hoop dancing, some Native

[23:25] American hoop dancing, um we're working

[23:28] on some guest speakers that will come.

[23:30] We'll have some food trucks.

[23:32] So, it should be should be a great

[23:34] event. Um

[23:36] put it on your calendars. So, September

[23:38] 18th. We're still in the planning

[23:40] stages, so more details to come, but

[23:43] looking forward to having as many people

[23:45] come and participate in that as would

[23:47] like. So,

[23:49] September 18th. And that's all I've got

[23:51] tonight, Mayor.

[23:51] >> Very cool. Thank you, Councilman Warder.

[23:53] Councilman [clears throat] Carden.

[23:54] >> Thank you, Mayor. The only thing that I

[23:56] have is

[23:58] um the Youth Arts Festival wrapped up

[24:00] this last week. We had over 1,380 spots

[24:03] filled. So, a lot of kids doing arts. Um

[24:06] one of those um a lot of that is paid

[24:08] for by RAP tax, um which is an awesome

[24:10] way to help give back to that arts and

[24:13] recreation and parks. So, thank you to

[24:15] all that shop in our city that make that

[24:17] possible. And that's all I got, Mayor.

[24:19] >> Perfect. Thank you, Councilman Carden.

[24:20] Councilman Took.

[24:22] >> Thank you, Mayor.

[24:23] Okay, I do have a couple things. And

[24:24] good evening, Spanish Fork. But before I

[24:26] jump into a few, uh we have our

[24:27] president of the Chamber of Commerce

[24:29] with us this evening.

[24:30] >> Councilman Took, would you like to take

[24:31] the stand for a minute? Go ahead.

[24:36] » Thank you so much. Landon, I actually

[24:38] have an invitation for you. If I could

[24:39] pass them

[24:40] >> Yeah, sure.

[24:41] >> Pass them down.

[24:42] >> Absolutely. Thank you.

[24:46] It's great. Yeah.

[24:50] » Um all right. So, just a few things. New

[24:53] networking luncheon for this month this

[24:55] Thursday, June 18th. we'll be at the

[24:59] Hampton Inn. Jersey Mike's Subs is

[25:01] sponsoring lunch this month with the

[25:03] presentation from the Spanish Fork

[25:05] Emergency Prepared Preparedness Team.

[25:08] So, we're I'm very much looking forward

[25:10] to that. Business of the month for this

[25:13] month is the UCCU branch in Salem. Have

[25:16] you Any of you know David Funk, he's

[25:18] been very instrumental in our chamber,

[25:20] on our board of directors. Um so, we're

[25:22] very excited to celebrate him and UCCU.

[25:26] Uh they will we'll be celebrating them

[25:28] on June 30th at noon at the Salem branch

[25:32] UCCU.

[25:33] Then, a couple of upcoming events that I

[25:36] would love to get on your calendars.

[25:37] They are a little ways out, but this

[25:40] summer's flying by already.

[25:42] Uh September 24th is business summit for

[25:46] 2026. That's the flyer that I just

[25:48] passed to all of you.

[25:50] Um it'll be hosted at the Spanish Fork

[25:51] Fairgrounds this year. So, um very much

[25:54] looking forward to that. Still working

[25:56] on all the lineup and stuff, but if you

[25:58] could mark your calendars and let me

[26:00] know if you can be in attendance, we

[26:02] would love to have you. It's always a

[26:03] pleasure.

[26:05] Um and then October 8th is a luncheon

[26:08] with the mayors. We are inviting guests

[26:11] now. We're going to be hosting both the

[26:13] our mayor and then Salem mayor Kristy uh

[26:17] Simon's will be joining us for lunch at

[26:19] Texas Roadhouse in Spanish Fork. So, if

[26:22] you guys if any of you were available to

[26:24] come to that as well. I think that'll be

[26:26] a really nice discourse and meet and

[26:28] greet uh between our businesses and

[26:30] elected officials. So, that's all I've

[26:32] got for you guys today. Thank you.

[26:34] >> Yes, Kathleen. Thank you, Kathleen.

[26:36] Just a a couple items I'd like to share

[26:38] with you as well. I I had the

[26:39] opportunity recently to attend the uh

[26:42] Spanish Fork Hospital expansion

[26:43] groundbreaking with Councilman Carden

[26:45] and Mayor you were there and it was just

[26:47] a really neat opportunity to see the

[26:48] hospital growing and and uh expanding

[26:50] and thriving. So, that was uh exciting.

[26:53] It'll be fun to see the changes that

[26:54] come soon there.

[26:56] Also, for those of you who are

[26:58] fans of the pageant world, we have the

[27:00] Miss Utah competition this week up in

[27:02] Salt Lake. There's 52 girls competing

[27:04] for the title of Miss Utah, and we have

[27:07] kind of a special situation this year

[27:08] with Spanish Fork. So,

[27:11] it's always set up where the Miss

[27:12] Spanish Fork from last year competes in

[27:14] this year. So, we give that girl who

[27:16] wins year off a chance to go watch

[27:18] before she competes. So, this year our

[27:20] Spanish Fork Miss Miss Spanish Fork

[27:23] 2025, Madelyn Smith, she's competing

[27:25] for the title of Miss Utah.

[27:28] But, our next year's

[27:30] Miss Spanish Fork, who just recently

[27:32] won, Cali McGuire, she actually will be

[27:34] competing as well. So, she will not be

[27:35] just observing and watching and

[27:38] preparing. She gets to actually get to

[27:39] try a run. So, she's actually Miss

[27:42] Seagull Lily is her title this year,

[27:44] which is kind of special and and great

[27:46] for her and for Spanish Fork. So, it'll

[27:48] be fun to go support them and if you

[27:50] have any questions about the

[27:51] competition, it goes all week. It starts

[27:53] today. It finishes up on Saturday night.

[27:55] It's held at the Capitol Theatre in Salt

[27:57] Lake. It's just an exciting time to

[27:59] celebrate young women and how amazing

[28:01] they are. We have so many here in the

[28:02] state of Utah, but especially from

[28:04] Spanish Fork. So,

[28:06] that's that's just an update on Miss

[28:08] Spanish Fork and Miss Utah.

[28:10] And then the last thing I had is it's voting season, and so about a week

[28:14] left to get out there and vote for some

[28:16] important positions around the the

[28:18] county, state, and beyond. So, make sure

[28:20] to get out there and exercise your right

[28:21] to vote. That's all I've got, Mayor.

[28:24] >> Perfect. Thank you, Councilman Took.

[28:25] Thank you, council members for attending

[28:27] your

[28:28] >> [clears throat]

[28:28] >> your meetings throughout the last couple

[28:29] of weeks. One meeting attended by

[28:32] Councilwoman Beck for me as she sits on

[28:35] the Mountainland Association of

[28:36] Governments

[28:38] committees with our city, too. And some

[28:41] good news coming out of that committee

[28:42] that our taxiway Bravo will will helped

[28:45] funded by Mountainland Association of

[28:47] Governments. So, again, to the public,

[28:50] that's just

[28:52] a bigger area of state funds, county

[28:54] funds, and city funds pooling together

[28:57] to make big projects happen. And

[28:59] when you're talking about the airport,

[29:00] it's always a big project. But, thank

[29:02] you to Council Member Beck, Jared

[29:06] Johnson, and city staff in keeping that

[29:09] project on the list and and and it's on

[29:12] track to be funded, which tax way bravo

[29:15] is a big deal for the airport.

[29:16] A big deal deal for the city. So, thank

[29:19] you.

[29:20] Um

[29:21] yeah,

[29:22] I think that's I think that's all I have

[29:25] for for Council comments today.

[29:27] Anything else come to mind, Council

[29:29] members, as we

[29:30] Okay.

[29:31] Um

[29:32] we'll go to staff reports

[29:35] before we go to Spanish Fork 101.

[29:37] >> I don't think we have any updates,

[29:38] Mayor, so we're good.

[29:41] >> Good to go to green waste?

[29:42] >> Do it.

[29:42] >> Who's talking green waste? Is it

[29:44] [clears throat]

[29:44] >> Matt Gatlin.

[29:45] >> You here?

[29:46] Gatlin.

[29:47] >> All right.

[29:50] >> Good evening, Mayor, Council.

[29:52] >> Good evening.

[29:52] >> I hope you guys are as excited as I am

[29:54] to be here.

[29:54] >> We are.

[29:55] >> [laughter]

[29:55] >> Um

[29:56] >> [clears throat]

[29:56] >> before I start, I just want to put a

[29:58] plug out there for my staff

[30:00] for all the effort, the thought, the

[30:02] planning that goes into

[30:05] this program.

[30:06] We're just going to go over our voucher

[30:07] program, spring and fall cleanup,

[30:10] as well as

[30:12] green waste.

[30:14] So, is there a clicker, Jack?

[30:16] You got next slide?

[30:19] So, this is just a few materials that we

[30:21] collect with the vouchers.

[30:23] Um green waste, household hazardous

[30:25] waste, metal, appliances, electronics,

[30:29] tires, furniture,

[30:31] um

[30:33] and it's surprising kind of what you see

[30:34] show up there,

[30:36] especially when we were doing the

[30:37] dumpsters, but

[30:39] Um so, this this graph is showing the

[30:42] cost and the tickets used in spring and

[30:46] fall cleanup last year.

[30:47] Um,

[30:49] the 81,000 is the last year we did

[30:51] dumpsters.

[30:53] So we can kind of see what this

[30:54] program's done. It drastically dropped

[30:57] the cost the first year. That was spring

[30:59] only.

[31:01] Um, the second year we went up to 22,000

[31:05] and we had about

[31:07] well, 2245 tickets.

[31:09] And this year we're 26, the 2241

[31:13] tickets.

[31:14] The interesting thing on that, the cost

[31:15] is different because the voucher

[31:18] um, went up from $10 to 12 this last

[31:21] year at the gate.

[31:23] Um,

[31:25] our green waste vouchers.

[31:27] So this is kind of been an interesting

[31:29] one as well.

[31:30] So over last couple years, it's been

[31:33] pretty level. I don't know why in 24 we

[31:36] had so many.

[31:37] Um, this year looks like it's coming

[31:38] down. Hopefully that's due to the other

[31:40] vouchers being put out.

[31:43] Um, you can see the ticket count this

[31:45] year. We're right now we're at 1222

[31:48] at only 14. Thank you.

[31:51] Um,

[31:52] about 14 and a half thousand dollars,

[31:54] which is pretty good.

[31:56] Um, the yearly total cost for all

[31:59] vouchers

[32:00] this year were at 41,559.

[32:04] Total we've used about well, we've used

[32:07] 3,463

[32:08] vouchers.

[32:10] Which is really good. It's It's been

[32:12] kind of interesting cuz the ticket

[32:14] count's not really growing,

[32:16] but cost is a little bit.

[32:19] Um, here's a breakdown of the vouchers

[32:22] used by green waste fall and spring.

[32:25] Um,

[32:28] it's been it's like I said, it's kind of

[32:29] interesting. Green waste is coming down.

[32:32] Spring was really heavy last year

[32:35] and fall. I think I think the

[32:37] combination of the two has broke it up

[32:40] and hopefully this year

[32:42] fall grows again. But we'll see how it goes.

[32:46] >> [snorts]

[32:47] >> So, here's just kind of a summary of

[32:48] what we covered.

[32:50] Almost the 3,500 tickets. The

[32:52] participants, this is the accounts.

[32:55] That's about 10% of our

[32:58] resident accounts

[33:00] that we have. We have about 13 13,500

[33:04] homes.

[33:05] So, that we have accounts for.

[33:08] And then the tons is figured off of the

[33:11] tickets used and about 500 lb per

[33:13] ticket. So, that's kind of an estimate

[33:16] but

[33:17] and then again we've got our cost at

[33:18] 41,000.

[33:21] Um this is kind of interesting. Our cost

[33:24] per customer is about three $3.06 a

[33:27] year.

[33:29] And

[33:30] a couple things that we talked about as

[33:32] a crew. Things that I think affect this

[33:34] is the weather.

[33:35] This year we had a really dry spring.

[33:39] I think it would have benefited people

[33:40] to have it be earlier.

[33:43] Um but how do you know what the

[33:44] weather's going to do, right?

[33:46] So, I think that's one hurdle we have is

[33:49] kind of timing of May and October.

[33:52] Is that too early, too late?

[33:55] But other than that I think we have

[33:56] pretty good participation.

[33:59] >> [snorts]

[33:59] >> One thing that was kind of an

[34:00] interesting, back to Jack doing his job.

[34:04] We had 27,000 views and I looked for

[34:07] feedback.

[34:08] Zero complaints on Facebook. We had two

[34:11] comments and both were positive. So,

[34:14] that's really good. The first couple of

[34:16] years people didn't like vouchers

[34:18] but it's gone really well the last

[34:20] couple of years so.

[34:21] That's good. Two Two comments at 27,000

[34:24] views.

[34:25] We'll take that.

[34:27] Um

[34:29] here's just a plug for recycling.

[34:32] Our contamination rate is under 20% or

[34:35] 19.8. That's really good. We've never

[34:38] been that low.

[34:39] Um when I took over we were about 25%.

[34:43] So that's continuing to come down, which

[34:45] is due to the new transfer station and

[34:47] our residents learning through Spanish

[34:50] Fork University and spreading the word,

[34:52] which is good.

[34:53] >> Um would you explain what that means,

[34:55] the contamination rate?

[34:57] >> Yeah, so contamination rate is

[34:59] what we send to Salt Lake that they

[35:00] can't recycle and ends up getting

[35:02] rejected and brought back.

[35:04] This is as a district as a whole, not as

[35:06] a city,

[35:07] but that's still really good.

[35:10] >> What are the top contaminants that get

[35:12] kicked out?

[35:14] Pizza boxes?

[35:15] >> Bags

[35:16] are a big thing.

[35:17] >> Plastic bags?

[35:18] >> Yeah, plastic bags.

[35:19] Um and then we have had people just say,

[35:23] "Well, I didn't think it actually gets

[35:24] recycled, so I've used it as a garbage

[35:26] can."

[35:27] So I think there's miscellaneous garbage

[35:29] that ends up in them, but for the most

[35:31] part I think people try to recycle and like I said, it's showing cuz our

[35:35] rate's coming down pretty quickly.

[35:38] >> And when you said say plastic bags, are

[35:40] you talking just like the grocery bag?

[35:42] >> Yeah.

[35:42] >> They cannot be recycled?

[35:44] >> No.

[35:44] That right there.

[35:46] >> I'm not a culprit cuz I don't have a

[35:47] recycling bin, but I'd like to clarify.

[35:49] I would totally recycle that.

[35:51] >> When did that change? That It's a good

[35:53] question. When did did that change

[35:55] because it we used to be able to recycle

[35:56] plastics, I think one through seven

[35:58] numbered wise, but that

[36:00] >> Uh so the reason they ask for no plastic

[36:02] bags is cuz it gums up the conveyors

[36:04] >> Okay.

[36:05] >> when it's trying to sort everything. It

[36:06] just causes mess. So

[36:08] they just ask that we put all of our

[36:09] recyclable materials right in the blue

[36:11] bin

[36:12] and then goes in the truck.

[36:14] It gets separated at the transfer

[36:16] station and then hauled to the recycling

[36:18] center in Salt Lake. So the the cleaner

[36:20] we can keep that stream, the better we

[36:22] are.

[36:23] >> Okay.

[36:24] >> The more it gets used and we're not

[36:25] wasting resources transporting.

[36:28] So,

[36:29] um the tonnage that Spanish Fork City

[36:31] has recycled this year

[36:33] is

[36:34] um 1330,

[36:37] which is pretty good.

[36:39] And then I just wanted to make it known

[36:42] that the recycling cost will be going up

[36:44] this year from 125 to 150.

[36:47] So, just the cost of of what it takes to

[36:50] recycle.

[36:53] Any questions?

[36:57] » The the weather aspect that you

[36:59] mentioned there, you got one is because

[37:01] our vouchers come out out in May and it

[37:04] was pretty warm in April, so people were

[37:06] spring cleaning before it was

[37:07] [clears throat] spring on the calendar.

[37:09] >> I think so. I think that's why we've

[37:11] seen we've seen a a kind of a decline in

[37:14] our spring cleanup ticket count, but

[37:16] I mean, overall, it's it's staying about

[37:19] the same.

[37:21] >> And I guess the other point we're a

[37:22] couple years removed from it, so it's a

[37:23] little redundant to say, but they used

[37:25] to you know, people used to remember the

[37:26] dumpsters that were put out there and

[37:28] you saw the cost of what that difference

[37:29] was and the struggle of that of how it

[37:32] was being used and

[37:34] how it was um messing up our parks quite

[37:36] a bit and everywhere you parked them, it wasn't wasn't going very well. So,

[37:40] here's the alternative to

[37:43] uh

[37:43] obviously still be a service that can

[37:46] help people clean up their yards,

[37:48] uh but but not let maybe commercial

[37:50] companies just

[37:53] uh be able to dump in our dumpsters that

[37:54] were at

[37:55] places and then those dumpsters we

[37:57] couldn't keep up with them. Nobody could

[37:59] keep up with them.

[38:00] >> Right.

[38:00] >> And so stuff was just left on the sides

[38:02] of it, which was making us

[38:04] >> I I mirrored on that point. I remember

[38:06] multiple times going to the dumpster to

[38:09] get rid of my trash and

[38:11] talking to people that were there doing

[38:13] the same thing and one individual and

[38:15] his wife were like, "We're so grateful

[38:17] Spanish Fork does this because our

[38:18] community doesn't, so we get to bring

[38:20] all our all our garbage to Spanish Fork

[38:22] to put in your dumpsters. So.

[38:25] Many others besides just Spanish Fork

[38:26] residents were taking advantage of it,

[38:29] but dumpsters we only did that in the

[38:31] spring, right? We only did that once a

[38:32] year.

[38:32] >> Correct.

[38:33] >> Not in the fall like we do now, and so

[38:35] even now doing it twice a year with with

[38:39] vouchers is a lot less expensive than

[38:41] just once a year with with dumpsters.

[38:44] >> Yeah, and and there's huge benefits. The

[38:45] dumpsters took a lot of staffing. For 2

[38:48] weeks we had somebody in a loader

[38:50] continually driving around cleaning up,

[38:52] smashing them down, trying

[38:55] Excuse me. Trying to get people to pick

[38:56] them up and replace them with empties.

[38:59] Um it was just it was a mess.

[39:01] Also, like you said, a lot of residents

[39:04] our residents were paying for Salem,

[39:06] Oakridge, you know, commercial that were

[39:09] using them. Um one one morning we had a

[39:12] guy dump his trailer in the parking lot.

[39:15] We're like, "Hey, you you can't do that.

[39:16] You got to clean it up." And he's like,

[39:17] "Well, that's your job."

[39:18] So, I mean, the vouchers I I get not

[39:22] everybody has a truck or but I think as

[39:24] a community, right? Neighbors do

[39:26] uh find a way to use your vouchers cuz

[39:29] we we want you to use them and that's

[39:30] what they're there for, but

[39:32] I think it's only fair our residents are

[39:34] paying for what they use and not for

[39:36] what everyone else is using.

[39:39] >> It's a still a new transfer station.

[39:41] It's it's in in your city, and so if

[39:44] you're getting vouchers, it's not too

[39:45] far down the road to get to the transfer

[39:47] station. If you haven't been there, your kids will love it.

[39:50] >> Your kids will love seeing the transfer

[39:51] station.

[39:52] >> quick in and out. They have they have

[39:53] good flow.

[39:54] >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah, there's no there's not

[39:56] a line anymore at you do get in and get

[39:58] out, so pretty efficient. Use your vouchers if you got them.

[40:04] >> Perfect.

[40:05] >> Thanks for your report.

[40:06] >> Hey, thank you guys.

[40:07] >> Thanks, Galen. Appreciate your work.

[40:09] Appreciate you doing a good job down

[40:10] there.

[40:13] No funny commentary,

[40:15] manager on you don't have any trash

[40:17] jokes?

[40:18] >> I I'm not going to talk any trash, but I

[40:20] will just say that Gatlin does a great

[40:23] job and uh

[40:25] he's not here to hear it, so I'll just

[40:26] say it. He does a fantastic job.

[40:29] >> [laughter]

[40:29] >> He's out of here. That's a true public

[40:32] works guy right there. Like get me out

[40:34] of here. I am done. Uh we appreciate his

[40:36] hard work and and uh this isn't his

[40:39] first thing, right? Gatlin's a he's a

[40:41] fleet mechanic by heart, but uh

[40:44] the assignments that he gets he has the assignment for garbage as well and

[40:48] he just does a great job. He just owns

[40:50] it. So I really appreciate his analysis

[40:52] and and that switch from from the

[40:54] dumpsters to the vouchers.

[40:56] Uh that was a great move. Really saved a

[40:58] lot of a lot of the residents' money, so

[41:00] we're and provides a great service, so

[41:03] appreciate it.

[41:04] >> That's all the trash talk I've got. All

[41:05] the trash.

[41:06] >> Perfect. Okay, uh thank you for that

[41:08] update. Uh takes us to consent items on

[41:10] the agenda. There's three consent items.

[41:13] Uh any questions on those consent items

[41:14] from the council?

[41:16] If not, I would entertain a motion to

[41:18] approve the consent items.

[41:20] >> So moved.

[41:21] >> Motion made by Councilwoman Beck.

[41:23] >> Second.

[41:23] by Councilman Euler. All in

[41:25] favor, say yes.

[41:26] >> Yes.

[41:27] >> Consent items are approved. Nine is

[41:29] public hearings. There's

[41:31] four public hearings tonight.

[41:34] If we haven't heard from Mr. Hales

[41:35] before on the budget, we're going to

[41:37] hear again.

[41:38] >> You're going to get a lot of me tonight.

[41:40] >> Yep.

[41:41] >> Um there are This is the lucky one night

[41:44] a year when we approve two different

[41:45] budgets, so that's fun.

[41:48] Um this is the public hearing for the

[41:51] final revision to fiscal year 2026. This

[41:54] budget year will end in 2 weeks exactly,

[41:58] um but there are some revisions to be

[42:00] done.

[42:02] Um general fund revenues are going up

[42:05] from

[42:07] uh 54.2

[42:10] million to about 56 million. It's about

[42:13] $1.8 million increase

[42:15] in revenue. Sales tax has performed

[42:17] well. Uh

[42:18] fire and [clears throat] EMS, uh you

[42:19] have ambulance transports.

[42:21] Um those people are busy. Golf course is

[42:24] performing really well. Those are the

[42:25] big changes there.

[42:28] Um on the expense side, it's going up

[42:30] about a million dollars from about 50.7

[42:32] million to about 51.7 million.

[42:35] Um the big things there, we had quite a

[42:37] bit of software uh needs in admin. We

[42:41] actually talked about some of those in

[42:42] work session before this meeting.

[42:45] Um one of those was paying for

[42:47] 3 to 5 years in advance, so it's a it

[42:49] was quite a chunk initially to pay for

[42:52] some of that. Engineering had a $120,000

[42:55] and $120,000 increase. Um that was

[42:58] primarily due to uh increase in

[43:00] inspections for which there is revenue

[43:02] to cover that.

[43:04] Uh police, a $200,000 increase in the

[43:06] police budget primarily related to

[43:09] overtime. Um our officers spend quite a

[43:11] bit of time at some of the local

[43:13] universities helping staff some of their

[43:15] big events, and we get uh paid back for

[43:18] that as well. So, there's revenue to

[43:19] offset that increase as well.

[43:22] Um parks, there's a $200,000 increase

[43:24] there.

[43:25] Um there was a an error on a spreadsheet

[43:28] there actually with the a new position

[43:30] that caused the some of that.

[43:33] Um and then the very last one is uh

[43:36] golf, $123,000 increase.

[43:39] Um they've decided to go to two

[43:41] assistant pros up at the golf course.

[43:43] is very busy. Um so,

[43:45] there's been needed help there. Again,

[43:48] there's uh additional revenue that's

[43:50] covering all of that. Um yeah.

[43:54] Any questions on

[43:55] those things?

[43:56] So, in grand total, the general fund

[43:58] revenues are going up $1.8 million.

[44:00] Expenses going up about half of that at

[44:02] around $900,000.

[44:04] The difference is going to be

[44:06] transferred um partly to save in our

[44:08] land acquisition capital buildings fund

[44:11] and part of it is being saved.

[44:14] We're actually budgeting to save up to

[44:16] $500,000 of profit from the Fit City

[44:19] Center this year

[44:21] for future equipment replacements of the

[44:23] Fit City Center. So

[44:25] things will be breaking down 5, 10, 15

[44:27] years. So we're going to put some money

[44:28] away each year

[44:31] so that we have that cash on hand when

[44:33] those things do need to be replaced.

[44:36] Um so

[44:38] one thing that's unique about Fit City

[44:39] this year is a lot of the revenue will

[44:41] be a full year of revenue. A lot of

[44:43] families paid for 12 months of

[44:45] membership, but they're only open for 6

[44:48] months of the year, right?

[44:50] Um so this will be an a abnormal

[44:53] year for Fit City.

[44:55] Um

[44:56] so yeah, we're looking at around

[44:58] 3 to $500,000 in profit this fiscal year

[45:00] from Fit City.

[45:02] Um

[45:04] you will notice that the fund as a whole

[45:06] is projected to go down 1 and 1/2

[45:08] million.

[45:09] There's a $500,000 loan to the airport

[45:11] fund in that and then we paid off a loan

[45:13] that with the water fund had made to the

[45:16] golf course. Um it was about 1.2 million

[45:19] paid early there.

[45:21] Um any questions on the general fund?

[45:25] All right.

[45:27] Um and noted

[45:29] uh

[45:30] this transfer increase of

[45:34] 500,000 there.

[45:36] Um so we're just saving a little bit

[45:37] more than projected because of the revenue that's coming in

[45:42] well. Um fairgrounds project we were

[45:46] able to get started on the Willy Barn

[45:48] rebuild uh

[45:50] a little faster than we expected. So

[45:52] uh it's just spending that money sooner.

[45:55] Uh and land acquisition going from

[45:57] 500,000 to a million.

[45:59] Um the city he able to acquire a couple

[46:01] of houses

[46:03] um in the next block over.

[46:06] Um and the greenhouse relocation, we

[46:08] decided to

[46:10] pay for that out of the parks capital

[46:12] projects fund instead of out of this

[46:14] fund.

[46:17] Uh golf course, they are doing some

[46:19] projects up there. I know one of the big

[46:22] ones is uh replacing the sand up there.

[46:27] » The mayor's been inspecting those and

[46:29] he's part of the reason why we had to

[46:30] spend extra money. He's been

[46:32] digging out the sand every time he's on

[46:34] the course.

[46:35] >> The mayor told me he avoids the sand.

[46:38] But he doesn't.

[46:39] >> I didn't know a lot.

[46:42] >> This fund is funded by excess profit in

[46:46] the golf course. So, if the

[46:49] uh because even though the the budget's

[46:52] doubling what it would initially

[46:54] um was budgeted for, there's cash there

[46:57] to to cover the the cost of the project.

[47:02] Uh rec center construction fund changes,

[47:04] uh

[47:05] 1 and 1/2 million dollar increase to

[47:07] miscellaneous income. There's a land

[47:09] sale that um is going to be budgeted

[47:12] here.

[47:13] And then a $700,000 transfer from the

[47:15] LBA fund. The LBA fund is that our local

[47:17] building authority. There were some

[47:19] unspent funds on the SFCN building and

[47:22] those funds are being gifted to the rec

[47:24] center construction.

[47:29] Uh

[47:30] parks, we talked about that $236,000

[47:33] uh greenhouse is now here in this fund

[47:35] instead of in the land acquisition

[47:37] capital buildings fund.

[47:39] Uh gun club, the gun club has been busy.

[47:42] If you live up on the East Bench, you

[47:44] probably hear that they're busy.

[47:47] Um the only change to their expenses all

[47:49] on supplies. I think it was all targets.

[47:52] Um so, this

[47:54] change is strictly due to they're going

[47:56] through targets very quickly. They're

[47:57] very busy. Um so there is revenue to

[47:59] offset this $55,000 increase in

[48:01] expenses.

[48:02] Revenues are going up 62,000.

[48:05] Um so really good things happening up at

[48:07] the gun club.

[48:09] Uh wastewater fund revenue, um there was

[48:12] a grant that we expected to get last

[48:14] year. It didn't come last year. So that

[48:16] $5.6 million grant came in this year,

[48:20] budgeted this year.

[48:23] Um

[48:24] and interest earnings coming in higher

[48:26] than expected.

[48:28] Uh water reclamation facility, that's

[48:30] another name for the sewer plant.

[48:33] Um

[48:35] we had some contingency that

[48:39] changed a little bit. We didn't think

[48:40] there were certain things that we would

[48:42] be doing this fiscal year that we did

[48:43] end up doing.

[48:45] Um so that was a cause of a $2 million

[48:47] increase at the the sewer plant.

[48:50] And then operationally, there's been

[48:52] some things that have cost more to run

[48:55] at the plant. Um as we've

[48:58] been up and running for maybe 9 months

[49:00] now.

[49:00] Um so we're figuring out what things

[49:03] cost. You can see fuel and utilities

[49:05] being part of that.

[49:08] All right. So that is

[49:10] uh the final revision and we'll we'll

[49:12] have another public hearing with the LBA

[49:14] later. Any questions?

[49:18] » Questions for Jordan before public

[49:19] hearing?

[49:21] Thanks, Jordan. I'd entertain a motion

[49:22] to go into public hearing for item A.

[49:25] >> So moved.

[49:26] >> Motion made by Councilman Took.

[49:30] Seconded by Councilman Euler. All in

[49:31] favor, say yes.

[49:33] >> Yes.

[49:34] >> We're in public hearing for item A,

[49:35] which is a resolution approving the

[49:37] fiscal year 2026 revision number two

[49:40] to the budget that does end in 2 weeks.

[49:42] Anybody from the public that would like

[49:44] to speak to this item?

[49:47] Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion to

[49:48] go out of public hearing.

[49:49] >> So moved.

[49:50] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[49:53] >> Second.

[49:53] by Councilwoman Beck. All in

[49:55] favor say yes.

[49:56] >> Yes.

[49:57] >> Discussion back up here on the fiscal

[49:59] year 2026 revision.

[50:02] Second time on the budget.

[50:04] >> No. It's always nice when revenues come

[50:06] in higher than expected.

[50:08] >> Thanks for keeping it clear. Thanks

[50:10] Jordan. It's really easy to follow.

[50:11] Thank you, Jordan.

[50:15] » Okay, if there's no further questions

[50:17] for Jordan, I'd entertain a motion to

[50:19] approve the fiscal year 2026 revision

[50:22] number two of the budget.

[50:26] » I move to approve the resolution

[50:27] regarding the fiscal year 2026 revision

[50:30] two budget.

[50:31] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[50:34] >> Second.

[50:34] by Councilman Took. A roll call

[50:37] vote. Councilman Took.

[50:38] >> Yes.

[50:38] >> Councilwoman Beck.

[50:39] >> Yes.

[50:40] >> Councilman Euler.

[50:40] >> Yes.

[50:41] >> And Councilman Carden.

[50:42] >> Yes.

[50:43] >> Item A is approved.

[50:45] Thank you.

[50:46] Uh

[50:47] item B for public hearing is the

[50:49] ordinance approving updates to the

[50:50] construction standards.

[50:53] Mr. Corey W. Pierce.

[51:00] » W stands for water.

[51:04] » Thank you, Mayor.

[51:06] Um

[51:08] thought about flipping through all 75

[51:09] pages of the things here. Jesse says no.

[51:12] >> Let's do it.

[51:13] >> I'm

[51:14] hearing Mayor Leifson say reader's

[51:16] digest version.

[51:18] >> him say that, too.

[51:19] >> Okay. Just checking.

[51:21] >> Some people even just got up and walked

[51:22] out.

[51:23] >> No, they're construction standards.

[51:27] Years ago I did one in planning

[51:28] commission. I presented, rolled through

[51:30] it, and

[51:31] we had a member fall asleep and said

[51:34] they said "Your voice is so soothing."

[51:37] And I'm like, "I don't think it's my

[51:38] voice, but

[51:40] I'll I'll kind of go over some of the

[51:41] highlights. There is a lot. I'll say

[51:43] most of the changes are minor. There's

[51:45] not really new things implemented. It's

[51:47] trying to clarify things or match what

[51:50] we're doing in the field and have been

[51:52] with what's in the standards

[51:54] to provide more clarity for the

[51:56] contractors and designers.

[51:58] Um

[52:00] we did add a section on

[52:02] I think it's funny we titled it boring

[52:04] inspections.

[52:06] Um

[52:07] when we bore utilities in under the

[52:09] road, uh

[52:10] we wanted to do a little better

[52:11] inspection with that and some details on

[52:15] GPS and locating those. Um the

[52:17] communication plan for excavation

[52:19] permits, that was mostly due to change

[52:21] in staffing or people that needed to be

[52:23] involved or

[52:24] uh communicated to when we

[52:27] uh close roads or have excavation

[52:29] permits.

[52:30] Uh a few minor changes on manhole

[52:33] uh sizing and minimum depths of sewer

[52:35] main.

[52:36] Um

[52:38] most of that's practical applications

[52:40] that we're seeing in the field.

[52:42] Um

[52:43] there's quite a bit in the electrical.

[52:45] It was mostly just language provide

[52:47] clarification.

[52:49] Uh again, what's been happening in the

[52:50] field trying to clarify and make it

[52:52] easier so it's less of a

[52:54] conflict as they get in the field. Um

[52:58] That that's the bulk of it. I don't know

[53:01] if you've

[53:02] had a chance to review and if you have

[53:03] any questions or things that I can

[53:05] answer

[53:06] more specific than that general

[53:08] description.

[53:12] » Anything for Mr. Pierce before public

[53:14] hearing?

[53:16] I will tell tell you this before going

[53:18] to public hearing, but um I appreciate

[53:20] our construction department, our

[53:21] inspections department uh

[53:24] engaging with our

[53:25] uh engaging with those that do the work.

[53:27] Um

[53:28] these usually aren't changes that are

[53:30] just, "Hey, that's a good idea. Let's do

[53:32] that." But it's

[53:33] you you you engage the the private

[53:36] sector to say, "You know, what about this?" And and uh just using

[53:41] best practices. Seems like we're on the

[53:43] front end of that, so.

[53:45] >> Yeah, and I and I should mention we

[53:47] typically as these when these are

[53:49] approved we'll hold a meeting, invite

[53:50] contractors in to come down and

[53:53] talk through it, understand, so we're

[53:55] all on the same page, so.

[53:57] A lot of times this is also geared at

[53:59] those engineers designing,

[54:02] trying to get it up front in the plans

[54:04] through the construction standards,

[54:06] um, so that as you get in the field it's

[54:09] clear.

[54:11] >> Good stuff.

[54:13] Okay, I'd entertain a motion going into

[54:15] public hearing for item B.

[54:16] >> So moved.

[54:17] >> Motion made by Councilman Euler.

[54:20] >> Second.

[54:20] by Councilman Carden. All in

[54:22] favor say yes.

[54:23] >> Yes.

[54:24] >> We're in public hearing for item B.

[54:25] Anybody that would like to speak

[54:27] to the ordinance approving updates to

[54:28] the construction standards.

[54:32] Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion go

[54:34] out of public hearing.

[54:35] >> So moved.

[54:36] >> Motion made by Councilwoman Beck.

[54:38] >> Second.

[54:38] by Councilman Euler. All in favor

[54:40] say yes. Discussion back up here. Any

[54:43] questions

[54:45] Council has on any of these?

[54:47] >> Makes sense.

[54:49] >> Okay, if there's no questions, I'd

[54:51] entertain a motion approving item B.

[54:55] >> I move to approve the ordinance making

[54:56] updates to the construction standards.

[54:59] >> Motion made by Councilman Euler.

[55:02] >> Second.

[55:03] by Councilman Carden. A roll call

[55:05] vote. Councilwoman Beck.

[55:06] >> Yes.

[55:07] >> Councilman Took.

[55:08] >> Yes.

[55:08] >> Councilman Carden.

[55:09] >> Yes.

[55:09] >> And Councilman Euler.

[55:10] >> Yes.

[55:11] >> Item B is approved. Takes us to C,

[55:13] ordinance for title 15 update amendment

[55:15] to flood damage

[55:17] prevention.

[55:20] No floods this year we have to worry

[55:22] about.

[55:22] >> It was a good year for flooding as far

[55:25] as avoiding it, rough year for water, so.

[55:29] Maybe that's the shameless plug for

[55:30] conservation.

[55:33] Let's all Let's all use that resource

[55:35] wisely.

[55:36] Um, flood damage prevention, we recently

[55:38] had FEMA

[55:39] uh, request or ask us to send in our

[55:42] code so they could review it, make sure

[55:45] it's up to

[55:47] the federal standards.

[55:48] Few suggestions they had, uh, couple

[55:50] definitions had to do [snorts] with, uh,

[55:53] manufactured homes

[55:55] and areas like that as well as defining

[55:58] uh, violation

[56:00] as a very specific term that they had.

[56:03] Um, and then also referencing and saying

[56:05] the latest date of the the FEMA flood

[56:08] maps. So, fairly fairly simple changes

[56:12] there to be in line with with what FEMA

[56:15] would have us do.

[56:16] So.

[56:18] Be happy to answer any questions on that

[56:20] as well.

[56:21] >> They looked they appeared to be minor

[56:23] adjustments.

[56:25] Any questions

[56:26] for Mr. Pierce on that?

[56:29] No questions, I'd entertain a motion go

[56:31] into public hearing.

[56:33] >> So moved.

[56:34] >> Motion made by a Councilman Took.

[56:37] >> Second.

[56:37] by Councilwoman Beck. All in

[56:39] favor say yes.

[56:40] >> Yes.

[56:41] >> We're in public hearing for item C,

[56:43] amendment to the flood damage prevention

[56:45] title 15 area. Anybody from the public

[56:47] that would like to speak to that?

[56:49] Seeing none, I'd entertain a motion go

[56:51] out of public hearing.

[56:54] » So moved.

[56:55] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[56:57] >> Second.

[56:57] by Councilman Euler. All in favor

[57:00] say yes.

[57:01] >> Yes.

[57:01] >> Discussion back up here.

[57:05] Questions about this update to title 15?

[57:09] Okay, I'd entertain a motion on item C.

[57:11] >> I move to approve the ordinance for a

[57:13] title 15 update amendment to the flood

[57:15] damage prevention.

[57:16] >> Motion made by a Councilman Carden.

[57:19] >> Second.

[57:19] by Councilman Took. Roll call

[57:21] vote here. Councilman Euler.

[57:23] >> Yes.

[57:24] >> Councilman Carden.

[57:25] >> Yes.

[57:25] >> Councilman Took.

[57:26] >> Yes.

[57:26] >> And Councilwoman Beck.

[57:27] >> Yes.

[57:28] >> C is approved. Takes us to D, the last

[57:30] public hearing of tonight, uh,

[57:32] ordinance to approve the Arrowhead

[57:34] commercial zone change.

[57:38] » Jack, can we get the slides up real

[57:39] fast, please? Good evening.

[57:41] >> How are you doing?

[57:42] >> Pretty good. This is a pretty

[57:43] straightforward request. We have an

[57:45] existing

[57:47] commercial area, if you can picture in

[57:49] your mind the Arrowhead Trail

[57:51] and Del Monte.

[57:53] Um

[57:55] it's an area that is an existing

[57:57] commercial corner.

[57:59] And um this area is part of Let's go to

[58:02] the next slide, please.

[58:09] This is to orient ourselves. Um you have

[58:12] the Hideout storage units to the north

[58:15] uh across Arrowhead. Um and to the south

[58:18] is the Arrowhead subdivision, the

[58:19] residential lots. And so, this area is

[58:22] currently part of that subdivision. And

[58:25] what the applicant's looking to do is

[58:27] take um two

[58:29] uh deep residential lots and uh

[58:33] amend the zoning to square off and

[58:35] create a more buildable second

[58:37] commercial lot.

[58:39] So, on the left you can see the current

[58:40] zoning. There's kind of an odd angle,

[58:43] 45° angle. And to the right you can see

[58:46] um the general general plan envisions um

[58:49] the commercial

[58:51] uh there along Arrowhead.

[58:54] That's the Sorry, that's the request

[58:56] from the applicant. A lot of it squares

[58:58] up with some of the findings that you'll

[58:59] see in the staff report um that was

[59:02] presented by the planning commission

[59:04] with their recommendation.

[59:06] Um in essence, this is how the

[59:08] preliminary plat was approved. Once

[59:10] again, you see the odd angle there. And

[59:13] so, they're looking to take those two

[59:14] deep lots, 147 and 192.

[59:17] Um that's the area highlighted here.

[59:19] They'd like to change that from a

[59:20] residential zone to a commercial.

[59:23] Um planning commission recommended in

[59:25] favor because as you can see from this

[59:27] finished um look, it would make that

[59:30] second pad um

[59:32] more conducive to uh building placement

[59:34] and layout.

[59:36] Uh some other things that were brought

[59:37] up with the planning commission is uh we

[59:40] do have the city boundary

[59:43] if we go back to the zoning map real

[59:45] fast there on the left, you can see the

[59:47] city boundary

[59:49] that was established in 1988

[59:51] with the Sandhill annexation.

[59:53] Um

[59:55] the uses to to the side of it are

[59:57] residential and so as the commercial lot

[59:59] develops, there would be a requirement

[1:00:01] for a masonry wall

[1:00:03] uh along the commercial portion and then

[1:00:07] um

[1:00:07] the

[1:00:09] residential lots that you can see to the

[1:00:11] south, as those develop, there would be

[1:00:14] um a vinyl fence

[1:00:16] as a minimum

[1:00:18] uh installed. It's my understanding in chatting with the neighbor today that

[1:00:22] he is in conversations with uh Clyde

[1:00:24] company to look at some alternative

[1:00:27] options um

[1:00:29] but those those would be the minimum

[1:00:30] expectations.

[1:00:32] Um

[1:00:33] planning commission did look at this

[1:00:35] gave a positive recommendation to the

[1:00:37] city council

[1:00:39] um to make the

[1:00:40] uh proposed zone change.

[1:00:43] >> Brandon, couple questions. Um the

[1:00:46] lots or this area when it was zoned, was

[1:00:49] it a master plan development or do all

[1:00:51] those lots meet the minimum standard for

[1:00:53] that zone without those two lots?

[1:00:55] >> So it is a master plan development and

[1:00:57] even excluding those two lots,

[1:00:59] um

[1:01:00] I've got a number for you in the report.

[1:01:03] Uh the average is still 12,304 square

[1:01:06] feet.

[1:01:06] >> meets it.

[1:01:07] >> It still meets it.

[1:01:12] » Any other questions for Brandon before

[1:01:14] public hearing on this item?

[1:01:16] >> Thank you.

[1:01:17] Brandon.

[1:01:18] I'd entertain a motion going to public

[1:01:20] hearing for item D.

[1:01:21] >> So moved.

[1:01:22] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[1:01:25] >> Second.

[1:01:25] by Councilman Oyler. All in favor

[1:01:27] say yes.

[1:01:28] >> Yes.

[1:01:29] >> We're in public hearing for item D, the

[1:01:31] Arrowhead commercial zone change.

[1:01:32] Anybody from the public that would like

[1:01:34] to speak to this item, please come up.

[1:01:38] Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion to

[1:01:39] go out of public hearing.

[1:01:42] >> So moved.

[1:01:43] >> Motion made by Councilman Took.

[1:01:45] >> Second.

[1:01:46] by Councilwoman Beck. All in

[1:01:48] favor say yes.

[1:01:49] >> Yes.

[1:01:50] >> Out of public hearing, but discussion

[1:01:51] back up here. Any other questions?

[1:01:55] >> Makes sense to make it square so you can

[1:01:57] actually use the land. It's a little bit

[1:01:58] hard to

[1:02:00] develop that little triangle.

[1:02:02] >> Two commercial lots. Is it big enough

[1:02:04] for a

[1:02:05] car wash and a chicken restaurant,

[1:02:06] Brandon, or what?

[1:02:11] » That's all it's That's all it's big

[1:02:12] enough for.

[1:02:13] >> With a roundabout in the middle.

[1:02:14] >> Just wondering.

[1:02:15] >> So,

[1:02:16] uh

[1:02:17] last time we spoke with the applicant,

[1:02:19] the

[1:02:21] corner, sorry. Let's go this way.

[1:02:24] The the one 93, that has been sold to

[1:02:27] Holiday Oil.

[1:02:29] Um and then they were looking to do like

[1:02:31] a retail

[1:02:32] uh pad on the proposed 192, but uh

[1:02:37] currently that purchase hasn't been

[1:02:38] finalized, but the So, as far as the

[1:02:41] uses we're hearing it'll be a gas

[1:02:43] station on the corner and then some sort

[1:02:45] of retail strip pad uh on the interior.

[1:02:49] >> So, might get a parcel

[1:02:50] >> car wash.

[1:02:51] With Holiday.

[1:02:52] >> Yeah.

[1:02:53] >> There's car wash right down the road,

[1:02:54] but now there's popcorn on the west

[1:02:56] side, just like the east side, so

[1:02:59] >> Councilman Argyle will be down.

[1:03:01] >> Yep, he'll be down. I don't have to come

[1:03:03] see you anymore up there.

[1:03:05] Okay, um

[1:03:07] any other questions for Brandon

[1:03:09] or his department on that?

[1:03:12] Again, appreciate the planning

[1:03:14] commission uh discussing this and uh and

[1:03:17] the presentation that was given there as

[1:03:18] well.

[1:03:19] Uh, good questions came from that.

[1:03:22] If there's no other questions, I'd

[1:03:23] entertain a motion on item D.

[1:03:26] >> I move to I'll go

[1:03:27] >> No, you go ahead. I'll second you when

[1:03:28] you're done.

[1:03:29] >> Thank you. I move to approve the

[1:03:30] ordinance for the Arrowhead commercial

[1:03:32] zone change based on the findings in the

[1:03:35] staff report.

[1:03:36] >> Second.

[1:03:36] >> Motion made by Councilman Tuck, second

[1:03:39] by Councilwoman Beck. Roll call vote

[1:03:41] here. Councilman Carden.

[1:03:42] >> Yes.

[1:03:42] >> Councilman Tuck.

[1:03:43] >> Yes.

[1:03:43] >> Councilwoman Beck.

[1:03:44] >> Yes.

[1:03:45] >> And Councilman Euler.

[1:03:46] >> Yes.

[1:03:47] >> Item D is approved. The two

[1:03:50] the east side folks voted made the

[1:03:53] motion to do that. You wanted popcorn on

[1:03:55] the west side, too.

[1:03:56] >> We all should have popcorn.

[1:03:58] >> Yep, me and

[1:03:58] >> Popcorn forever.

[1:04:00] >> Okay, uh, new business section of our

[1:04:03] agenda tonight. Uh, A, B, and C. First

[1:04:06] is the resolution

[1:04:08] approving

[1:04:09] the 2020, excuse me, 2027 budget.

[1:04:14] We've talked about 26. Now we're going

[1:04:16] to 27.

[1:04:17] >> Yes.

[1:04:18] Um,

[1:04:19] this slide here shows the

[1:04:21] five-month

[1:04:23] timeline of this budget, and this is the

[1:04:26] conclusion of this timeline. So,

[1:04:29] um, 2 weeks ago we had the public

[1:04:31] hearing. The budget's been available

[1:04:34] since the beginning of May to the public

[1:04:37] um, for

[1:04:38] review.

[1:04:40] And tonight it is approved. Um, there

[1:04:42] have been a few notable changes since

[1:04:45] that budget was published at the

[1:04:47] beginning of May.

[1:04:48] Um, there's been

[1:04:50] a $200,000 increase in capital to

[1:04:52] information systems to replace some

[1:04:54] equipment that's been identified as

[1:04:56] needed to be replaced. Uh, $300,000

[1:04:59] increase in capital

[1:05:01] to the uh, Smash Your Community Network

[1:05:03] to allow for internet speeds to be able

[1:05:05] to go to 10 gig. Um,

[1:05:08] that's actually a rate that you will

[1:05:09] approve tonight with this budget. Um,

[1:05:11] it's that that new rate.

[1:05:14] Um, $400,000 decrease in capital needs

[1:05:17] in the work project area.

[1:05:19] And then some budget funds have been

[1:05:21] moved around within Fit City operations.

[1:05:23] We found that we

[1:05:25] our budget was a little bit high in

[1:05:27] certain area with the pool chemicals and

[1:05:29] utilities and there was additional needs

[1:05:31] in part-time personnel staff,

[1:05:32] particularly with facilities and

[1:05:34] cleaning

[1:05:35] um, of the facility.

[1:05:38] Um, but

[1:05:39] uh, that was a net zero movement there

[1:05:42] within the the Fit City budget. And then

[1:05:45] there was a budget land sale on South

[1:05:46] Main that was going to happen

[1:05:49] in the park CP fund in next fiscal year,

[1:05:52] but it's happening in this current

[1:05:54] fiscal year.

[1:05:55] Um, so just a couple of changes since

[1:05:58] uh,

[1:05:58] >> [snorts]

[1:05:59] >> the budget was

[1:06:00] presented 6 weeks ago.

[1:06:02] Um,

[1:06:04] and since there's a public hearing 2

[1:06:05] weeks ago, there's no need for a public

[1:06:06] hearing tonight. One thing I did want to

[1:06:08] note is uh, we received our certified

[1:06:11] tax rate, that's the property tax rate

[1:06:13] for the year, and the average property

[1:06:16] tax amount for

[1:06:19] the average residential property is

[1:06:20] going down from like $270 a year to

[1:06:23] about $264 a year. That's just the city

[1:06:25] portion. So there's about a 50 cent

[1:06:27] savings per month um,

[1:06:30] on property taxes going from 22.53 to

[1:06:34] 22.03 cents per month in property taxes.

[1:06:37] >> Can you explain why that is?

[1:06:39] >> Um, it has to do So the city's

[1:06:41] guaranteed the same amount of revenue as

[1:06:43] the prior year, but sometimes you have

[1:06:45] shifts in values. So what's happened is

[1:06:48] the valuation

[1:06:49] has grown faster in commercial compared

[1:06:51] to residential. I think commercial we

[1:06:54] calculated about a 17% increase, where

[1:06:56] residential was only a 2% increase.

[1:06:59] So more of that property tax burden has

[1:07:01] been shifted to

[1:07:02] commercial property owners and away from

[1:07:04] residential your owners.

[1:07:08] Um any questions?

[1:07:11] Okay.

[1:07:12] Questions for Jordan on the

[1:07:14] 2027 budget.

[1:07:19] I think it's uh been discussed here, but

[1:07:22] um

[1:07:23] you know, Jack has shown us uh

[1:07:25] in meetings before of how to get to this

[1:07:27] on the city's website and the

[1:07:28] accessibility of it and everything, but

[1:07:30] uh also appreciate the the good work of

[1:07:34] Jordan and all his staff. Uh it just

[1:07:36] seems like the budget is getting

[1:07:38] uh easier and easier to follow. The

[1:07:40] graphics that are in there and

[1:07:41] everything else. Uh you can really not have to

[1:07:46] scroll the whole How many pages?

[1:07:49] >> A lot.

[1:07:50] >> 144.

[1:07:51] >> Yeah, 144.

[1:07:52] >> have to do all 144. There's some good

[1:07:54] graphics in the first 10 pages that you

[1:07:56] could have an understanding of this

[1:07:57] budget pretty quick if you wanted to.

[1:08:01] >> Yeah, I think we're trying to make it uh

[1:08:05] functional as well as What do I want to

[1:08:09] say? Format and function? Accessible,

[1:08:11] readable.

[1:08:12] So, all of this stuff candidly, doesn't

[1:08:15] mean anything to me,

[1:08:17] but it means everything to you. So, I

[1:08:19] think that's fantastic. Uh

[1:08:22] but all of the spreadsheets and all the

[1:08:23] different tables down below, that's

[1:08:25] where the meat and potatoes happens, but

[1:08:28] who wants to look at spreadsheets and

[1:08:30] tables, right? They're so boring.

[1:08:33] >> So, so my appreciation to uh the various

[1:08:37] staff members uh Jordan and and Carson

[1:08:40] being chief among those for making the

[1:08:42] budget

[1:08:43] I would say come alive in a way that's

[1:08:45] easier to uh

[1:08:47] easier for for anybody to perhaps

[1:08:49] digest. What does this mean?

[1:08:51] And uh

[1:08:53] >> [clears throat]

[1:08:53] >> tonight's kind of a sad night. Like, you

[1:08:55] know, it's the end of

[1:08:57] the budget season.

[1:08:59] And from here on out, all you have to

[1:09:01] look forward to are zone changes. I

[1:09:03] mean, like that's lame.

[1:09:06] » [laughter]

[1:09:08] >> And amendments to the budget?

[1:09:09] >> And uh

[1:09:10] well, I mean one or two.

[1:09:11] Uh so, yeah, this is a process that

[1:09:13] starts in January and and in varying

[1:09:16] levels of of

[1:09:18] uh

[1:09:19] public involvement, public meetings, and

[1:09:20] different interactions, but uh

[1:09:22] my thanks to all the staff, the various

[1:09:25] division managers and department heads,

[1:09:27] and to each of you for your thoughts,

[1:09:30] your time, your consideration, and and

[1:09:32] uh

[1:09:33] this is not an easy process,

[1:09:36] but it is

[1:09:37] an enjoyable process as we put

[1:09:39] priorities into action. So, I appreciate

[1:09:42] your your time and your effort as as you

[1:09:44] consider approving the budget tonight.

[1:09:48] » Yeah, I just want to echo what the mayor

[1:09:50] said. You guys have done, staff has done

[1:09:52] a great job in

[1:09:54] preparing the document. 144

[1:09:56] [clears throat] pages may seem like a

[1:09:58] lot, which it is, but if you just get on

[1:10:01] and look at the first 17 pages before

[1:10:04] you get to all the tables and the

[1:10:06] charts,

[1:10:07] um there's a lot of

[1:10:09] incredible useful information in there

[1:10:12] that residents can easily digest and and

[1:10:15] understand and be able to see where our tax dollars go. Um on page

[1:10:22] seven, there's a line highlighted in red

[1:10:24] that I love. Says, "Every dollar has a

[1:10:27] purpose." And that's one thing I love

[1:10:28] about city government is it's easy to be

[1:10:31] able to track and see where your tax

[1:10:33] dollars are being spent, unlike maybe

[1:10:35] state or federal government. At the city

[1:10:38] level, every dollar that comes into the

[1:10:41] city is spent in a way that we can

[1:10:42] explain it. So, it's it's great. I just

[1:10:45] invite and encourage everybody to come in and and review and take a

[1:10:50] look at our budget.

[1:10:52] >> It's also

[1:10:53] incredible when you [clears throat]

[1:10:54] start thinking about how much like this

[1:10:56] page that Jack is on now, $270 of your

[1:10:59] taxes or your property tax is what

[1:11:01] actually comes to Spanish Fork City.

[1:11:03] But then you start to think of the

[1:11:04] services that we get in the city,

[1:11:06] the parks,

[1:11:08] the the roads, um we

[1:11:11] just all the different things. We have a

[1:11:12] full-time fire, um we have our full-time

[1:11:15] police, and we are increasing the number

[1:11:17] of police officers that are here to help

[1:11:18] protect us and just the incredible

[1:11:20] things that we're doing in the city of

[1:11:22] Spanish Fork with those dollars. So,

[1:11:23] thank you to city staff. Thank you to

[1:11:25] those in the past who have made it so

[1:11:27] that we can have this type of budget. Um

[1:11:29] I think it was Councilwoman Becker or it

[1:11:31] was Councilwoman Oehler who wanted to

[1:11:32] put a

[1:11:33] page in the budget that compared us to

[1:11:35] all the other entities around us, and I

[1:11:37] don't know if that's in there yet, but

[1:11:39] it's not you know, it's one of those

[1:11:40] things that we talk about, but uh dollar

[1:11:42] for dollar,

[1:11:44] I would contend that we're getting the

[1:11:45] most bang for our property tax dollar or

[1:11:48] our tax dollar probably in the county.

[1:11:51] So.

[1:11:51] >> Yeah, that's a great great comment.

[1:11:53] Thank you. We'll

[1:11:54] >> [clears throat]

[1:11:54] >> we'll we'll grab that and put that in

[1:11:55] our first revision.

[1:11:57] This has been a weird property tax

[1:11:59] season.

[1:12:00] Uh

[1:12:02] and I don't know if the what the real

[1:12:04] number is, and I guess we may not know

[1:12:06] until the end of the month, but

[1:12:09] the number of cities that have said they

[1:12:10] were going to raise property taxes, and

[1:12:12] then the end how many actually do, those

[1:12:14] may be two different numbers, but it was

[1:12:16] it's a fairly large contingent of of

[1:12:19] Utah County cities that have proposed to

[1:12:20] raise their property taxes.

[1:12:22] So, we wanted to let that water settle,

[1:12:24] and we'll we'll highlight that I think

[1:12:26] with the October

[1:12:27] um in the October revision, and we'll

[1:12:30] put that into here, and then we'll

[1:12:31] figure out a good way to

[1:12:32] go about that, how to how to show it

[1:12:34] because

[1:12:36] we don't want it to be misleading, but I

[1:12:38] think that's a great thing to highlight,

[1:12:39] and we'll we'll we'll note that

[1:12:42] uh

[1:12:42] with the October revision.

[1:12:43] >> Thank you.

[1:12:44] >> Yeah.

[1:12:48] One of [clears throat] our communities

[1:12:49] to the south is raising their property

[1:12:51] tax 116% or proposing to raise it 116%.

[1:12:56] Um

[1:12:57] I don't know if some of the other ones

[1:12:59] you can think of, Jordan. I can't

[1:13:00] remember what Orem was proposing.

[1:13:02] Springville, I know was proposing

[1:13:03] something and

[1:13:04] >> Yeah. Um

[1:13:06] there's quite a few and [snorts] most of

[1:13:08] them for public safety related reasons.

[1:13:12] >> [clears throat]

[1:13:12] >> You you mentioned this, I think

[1:13:13] Councilman Carden, I'll highlight

[1:13:16] in the last few years we've accomplished

[1:13:19] some things with this budget that

[1:13:23] I think will be

[1:13:26] maybe generational accomplishments. Like

[1:13:28] not an easy feat.

[1:13:30] Um and and have been accomplished

[1:13:32] without us having to raise our property

[1:13:34] taxes, which is not an easy feat.

[1:13:37] Um and I don't say that to maybe

[1:13:39] highlight that we never will

[1:13:41] uh or or we won't need to, but what

[1:13:43] we've accomplished so far in the last

[1:13:45] five or six years with some of the

[1:13:46] growth and changes that have come to our

[1:13:48] community and to not have a property tax

[1:13:50] increase

[1:13:51] speaks to your prioritization, speaks to

[1:13:54] the departments

[1:13:55] uh

[1:13:56] efforts to to tighten their belts and to

[1:13:58] review their budgets and to put our

[1:14:01] priorities first. And uh like I said,

[1:14:04] generational

[1:14:05] uh in what we've accomplished in in

[1:14:08] adding to our um

[1:14:11] public safety response in terms of fire

[1:14:13] department and a conversion from from

[1:14:15] volunteer to part-time to full-time.

[1:14:17] Adding to our public our police

[1:14:19] department. And I think with this budget

[1:14:21] there's three and then with last year we

[1:14:23] had two.

[1:14:25] So a five additional officers in the

[1:14:27] last two years, which is significant.

[1:14:30] And that that has all come without an

[1:14:32] increase and like I said, I don't say

[1:14:34] that to say that next year or the year

[1:14:35] after that we won't need that,

[1:14:37] but what we've done so far is

[1:14:39] generational. I'm really proud of that,

[1:14:40] proud of you

[1:14:42] and your efforts, your focus in giving

[1:14:43] us that those prioritizations

[1:14:46] and uh that work, that direction, but

[1:14:48] this is a big deal and

[1:14:51] I'm really proud of really proud of what

[1:14:53] we've accomplished in the last few

[1:14:55] years.

[1:14:58] » You should be you should be and your

[1:15:01] departments should be to 231 million

[1:15:04] dollar budget should be 144 pages

[1:15:08] of spreadsheets if if you want to dig

[1:15:11] into the data of it but uh

[1:15:15] um

[1:15:16] I think I think what was brought up a a

[1:15:19] little bit earlier at

[1:15:20] you know the golf course doesn't always

[1:15:22] have to be a priority in a city but we

[1:15:24] have one and

[1:15:26] we've made it a a priority and what it's

[1:15:28] ended up doing is returning funds back

[1:15:32] to the general fund um and and I think

[1:15:35] it speaks to

[1:15:37] again not just uh

[1:15:40] not just Seth and and and Tyler and and

[1:15:42] city management but all the way down

[1:15:44] through you go to the golf course right

[1:15:46] now you might not think it's a big deal

[1:15:48] but you'll go to a sand trap I'm not

[1:15:50] ever hitting out of sand traps I just

[1:15:51] walk by them

[1:15:53] but

[1:15:54] the the sand and and the way that

[1:15:56] they're cut um on an edge is a it's a

[1:16:00] difference for a golf course so I'm

[1:16:01] telling you it's a it's a big deal that

[1:16:03] you don't you're not just rolling into a

[1:16:04] trap but there's a edge to it to you

[1:16:06] fall into a trap and it's it's just a

[1:16:09] little change that's been made up there

[1:16:10] and it's not cheap to do cuz you got to

[1:16:12] cut them and then you got to keep it cut

[1:16:15] and then you got to keep the sand in it

[1:16:16] and

[1:16:17] if you've never noticed there's

[1:16:18] windmills up by the golf course so it's

[1:16:20] not easy to keep sand in there and so

[1:16:22] goes to the sprinkler system of being

[1:16:24] able to keep it wet and keep it in there

[1:16:25] and it's a big science to it that they

[1:16:27] know that you don't have to know we

[1:16:30] don't have to know as the as the general

[1:16:31] public but those dollars spent up there

[1:16:34] they just feels like

[1:16:36] from a standpoint

[1:16:38] of of watching the these budgets come

[1:16:41] together

[1:16:42] that it everybody from the top down to

[1:16:45] the person that's cutting the sand traps

[1:16:47] takes

[1:16:49] dollars seriously

[1:16:51] in Spanish Fork. And so again, thank you

[1:16:53] to the departments. Thank you to all the

[1:16:55] employees that that do their daily work

[1:16:58] not just the Parks and Rec Department

[1:17:01] that I'm highlighting, but to everybody

[1:17:02] that that that takes care of

[1:17:04] the citizens' funds uh

[1:17:08] you just seem to do it with

[1:17:09] professionalism and care and that's not

[1:17:12] always the case at every level of

[1:17:13] government, but it sure feels like that

[1:17:15] here. So

[1:17:16] from the mayor and council

[1:17:18] we see that. I think the general public

[1:17:20] sees that

[1:17:21] because in a way that that we're passing

[1:17:24] budgets, there's not a whole lot of

[1:17:27] questions that come about because

[1:17:30] we're transparent in the way we're

[1:17:31] spending money.

[1:17:32] So

[1:17:35] with that

[1:17:36] if there's anybody else that would like

[1:17:38] to to speak to any more that uh

[1:17:42] let's do it now or let's make a motion

[1:17:44] for the 2027

[1:17:46] fiscal year budget.

[1:17:49] >> I move to approve the resolution

[1:17:50] approving the fiscal year 2027 budget

[1:17:52] and adopting a certified tax rate.

[1:17:56] >> Motion made by Councilman Carden.

[1:17:58] >> Second.

[1:17:59] >> Seconded by Councilman Tooke. A roll

[1:18:01] call vote here. Councilman Tooke.

[1:18:03] Councilman Carden. Councilman Oyler.

[1:18:05] >> And Councilwoman Beck.

[1:18:06] >> Yes.

[1:18:09] » 20 27 fiscal year budget is approved.

[1:18:13] Thanks again, everybody.

[1:18:15] Contract approval for Code Four Labs.

[1:18:19] This sounds very

[1:18:21] Chief Johnsonish.

[1:18:24] >> Now, before I go into detail about this,

[1:18:26] I just want to express my appreciation

[1:18:28] to you for your support for the police

[1:18:29] department and with the addition of our

[1:18:31] three new police officers. So that's

[1:18:34] going to reduce workload for our

[1:18:36] officers and

[1:18:38] burnout factor that some of them are

[1:18:40] facing day after day. So, they're very

[1:18:43] much appreciative and asked me to, uh,

[1:18:46] express their appreciation to you as

[1:18:48] well. So, thank you.

[1:18:50] So, back in January 2026, we entered

[1:18:53] into a pilot program with a company by

[1:18:56] the name of Code 4 Labs and the pilot

[1:18:58] program consisted of a report writing

[1:19:01] assistance with the use of artificial

[1:19:03] intelligence.

[1:19:05] And basically what this does, it allows

[1:19:06] our police officers to download their

[1:19:08] body cam footage as well as their in-car

[1:19:11] camera footage. And then this program

[1:19:13] generates a very detailed narrative

[1:19:16] report for the officer to review, edit,

[1:19:19] and approve. And, uh, this program's

[1:19:23] been very successful. We had 10

[1:19:25] officers, uh, utilizing the the program.

[1:19:28] I received very, uh, specific, uh,

[1:19:31] details on, uh, what it did and the time

[1:19:35] factor that it saved for our police

[1:19:37] officers. Very positive comments. Uh,

[1:19:40] some of our detectives, it was taking

[1:19:42] them 3 hours to write a detailed report,

[1:19:46] uh, on a complex investigation

[1:19:49] and it this has knocked it down to 30

[1:19:52] minutes. So, it's, uh, it's saving a lot

[1:19:55] of time for our police officers. They're

[1:19:57] able to spend more time patrolling and

[1:19:59] responding to calls for service. So,

[1:20:01] uh,

[1:20:02] we're requesting to enter into a

[1:20:04] year-long contract with Code 4

[1:20:07] for the, uh, above-mentioned services

[1:20:09] and the contract begins on July 1st of

[1:20:12] 2026 and then it terminates next, uh,

[1:20:15] June 31st, 2027.

[1:20:18] The contract amount is $18,000 and it

[1:20:21] will provide the services to 30 of our

[1:20:24] officers.

[1:20:26] Any questions about that contract or

[1:20:28] Code 4 and what the program does?

[1:20:31] >> Chief, I know we talked about it last

[1:20:32] that you did it, but when they write

[1:20:34] these reports, the officers still have

[1:20:36] to go in and do some things, right? Can

[1:20:37] you just walk through that a little bit for the public?

[1:20:40] >> they have to go through, edit, make any

[1:20:42] corrections

[1:20:44] that need to be made, and then at the

[1:20:45] bottom of the report it does say that it

[1:20:47] was generated with the assistance of AI,

[1:20:50] and then the officer has to sign off on

[1:20:52] that report that they've

[1:20:54] edited anything and clarified anything

[1:20:57] that may be in the report.

[1:21:01] >> Thanks for sharing the positive results

[1:21:02] of the 10 officers who used it, cuz when

[1:21:04] we talked about it 6 months we went into

[1:21:06] it kind of blindly just crossing our

[1:21:07] fingers that it would save time.

[1:21:09] >> Yeah.

[1:21:10] >> So, it's really cool to hear how much

[1:21:12] time it's saving them.

[1:21:14] >> Yep. Significant amount of time, so.

[1:21:17] >> Von, maybe you have a question for you.

[1:21:20] From the From the attorney side of

[1:21:21] things, does this cause any complexities

[1:21:23] for you like when a case comes to your

[1:21:26] desk, or is that

[1:21:27] still the same just cuz it's

[1:21:29] >> I think it may be a little bit to be

[1:21:31] determined, but I don't think so. As

[1:21:32] long as the officer reviews and edits

[1:21:35] and make basically signs it, makes it

[1:21:38] his his or her own report, I think we're okay with that.

[1:21:43] >> We're good.

[1:21:43] >> It's a little bit of a new frontier, so

[1:21:44] we'll we'll see as we go.

[1:21:46] >> We've got a tool that we started using

[1:21:48] at work that in the past we'd have to

[1:21:50] create our own tickets, write our own

[1:21:51] tickets, kind of similar to what Chief

[1:21:54] is explaining.

[1:21:55] So, our now we can take the details of

[1:21:58] it and throw it in AI tool, and the AI

[1:22:00] will generate the ticket for us.

[1:22:03] And in almost every case, the details

[1:22:05] that are now included in the AI

[1:22:07] generated tool are much better, much

[1:22:10] more descriptive. If you were to just

[1:22:12] hand them to somebody to read, they're

[1:22:14] going to understand it a lot better

[1:22:16] than what we were creating on our own,

[1:22:18] so.

[1:22:19] >> Exactly. These reports are really

[1:22:21] [clears throat] specific and detailed,

[1:22:22] so it's very impressive program.

[1:22:25] 32 years ago we all wrote our reports by

[1:22:28] hand and Jill Thorpe entered them into

[1:22:30] the computer system and printed them

[1:22:32] off, so we've come a long ways in 32

[1:22:34] years.

[1:22:36] >> [laughter]

[1:22:37] >> Bless her for trying to read

[1:22:38] handwriting.

[1:22:39] >> Absolutely.

[1:22:43] » Okay, thank you.

[1:22:43] >> Very good. Any other questions for Chief

[1:22:45] Johnson on this?

[1:22:48] Okay, I'd entertain a motion on item B,

[1:22:50] the contract approval for Code for Labs.

[1:22:53] >> I move to approve the contract approval

[1:22:55] for Code for Labs and move to adjourn

[1:22:59] from City Council and go into

[1:23:01] Redevelopment Agency.

[1:23:04] >> You want to do that before item C?

[1:23:08] >> Oh,

[1:23:09] sorry. I was just reading the thing.

[1:23:11] Okay.

[1:23:13] >> Okay, she's going to take off the end of

[1:23:15] that motion.

[1:23:16] >> want to approve for Code Labs.

[1:23:18] >> Motion made by Councilwoman Beck.

[1:23:20] >> Second.

[1:23:20] by Councilman Took. A roll call

[1:23:23] vote here. Councilwoman Beck.

[1:23:25] >> Yes.

[1:23:25] >> Councilman Carden.

[1:23:27] >> Yes.

[1:23:27] >> And Councilman Took.

[1:23:28] >> Yes.

[1:23:29] >> Code for Labs approved, item B. Thank

[1:23:31] you. We didn't want Matt to dress up for

[1:23:33] nothing tonight. He is here.

[1:23:36] Okay, item C is the CMGC agreement with

[1:23:38] Barber Company for the new Fairground

[1:23:41] Arena stall barn project.

[1:23:44] Mr. Dale R. Robinson.

[1:23:47] >> Yeah, thank you. Excited to be here.

[1:23:50] We get to continue to talk about this uh

[1:23:54] this project uh that's happening.

[1:23:57] I would like to yield the podium to the

[1:23:59] Parks and Recreation uh project manager.

[1:24:04] Matt Romero. He looks sharp tonight,

[1:24:06] doesn't he?

[1:24:06] >> He does.

[1:24:07] >> Wear a mic.

[1:24:08] Come up here.

[1:24:11] You going to take a picture?

[1:24:12] >> We're going to take a selfie.

[1:24:13] >> You look really good.

[1:24:15] >> [laughter]

[1:24:16] >> You don't see that every day, people.

[1:24:17] >> This is somebody who really doesn't care

[1:24:19] if he's

[1:24:20] >> No.

[1:24:21] >> [laughter]

[1:24:21] >> No.

[1:24:23] Yeah.

[1:24:24] I'm not talking about Matt.

[1:24:28] Matt's like, I don't want to be

[1:24:29] associated with this guy.

[1:24:31] >> Oh, no, I'm actually going to miss Dale.

[1:24:33] >> He's all right.

[1:24:34] >> He's been fun to work with. We got a

[1:24:36] couple more months.

[1:24:37] So, hopefully he brings a couple other

[1:24:39] projects.

[1:24:40] Um

[1:24:42] >> [laughter]

[1:24:42] >> Hopefully we're done.

[1:24:43] Please be done.

[1:24:47] » And then Seth. [clears throat]

[1:24:49] So, tonight we're here for the Spanish

[1:24:51] Fork Indoor

[1:24:52] Arena and Sell Barn project. Um back in

[1:24:56] February 3rd, we brought you the GMP one

[1:25:00] phase one of it, which was um 5,140,400.

[1:25:05] [snorts]

[1:25:07] That was for basically to

[1:25:10] go ahead and buy the building because

[1:25:12] the price increase of the steel also

[1:25:15] gave us um

[1:25:16] some design fees and some bonding in

[1:25:18] that in that one.

[1:25:20] Um

[1:25:22] So, the last couple months, I know we

[1:25:23] were supposed to be back in May, but

[1:25:25] we've really dissected through this. Um

[1:25:29] I just I really want to commend Barber

[1:25:31] Company. They're here, Marty and Rob.

[1:25:34] Great guys, very honest contractors,

[1:25:36] probably the most honest ones I've

[1:25:37] worked with so far. Um they've been very

[1:25:40] good about we gave them what

[1:25:42] >> [snorts]

[1:25:42] >> we were told the number was, an all-in

[1:25:45] number, and they hit it. They put us

[1:25:47] there any way they could. Um one thing I

[1:25:50] do want to mention on it is

[1:25:52] to get us to that point, they actually

[1:25:55] took their general contracting fee and

[1:25:58] dropped it in half. They cut it right in

[1:26:00] half. And if you'd probably seen in your

[1:26:02] agreement that it showed that,

[1:26:05] um they went from

[1:26:07] I believe it was

[1:26:13] They went from a $378,000

[1:26:16] fee to a 170 or $183,000 fee. Which is

[1:26:21] very impressive. They really wanted this

[1:26:22] project to happen. They wanted They felt

[1:26:24] like our community fit. Um we do have a little bit of contingency in there

[1:26:29] that hopefully we don't have to use and

[1:26:31] we can help them back with

[1:26:33] their contracting fee on that. And so

[1:26:36] Um so tonight we come back with the

[1:26:39] phase two which is a 4,493

[1:26:44] and $446.

[1:26:47] Um that's for phase two which brings a

[1:26:49] grand total to Barber Company at

[1:26:52] 9,633,846.

[1:26:57] Um with our soft costs we have a budget

[1:27:01] for FF&E at 1. 1,437,520.

[1:27:07] And then permitting and fees for our

[1:27:09] building permits and our impact fees of

[1:27:12] 292,610

[1:27:14] which is an all in of 11,363

[1:27:18] 976.

[1:27:20] So we're under by $27.

[1:27:25] Um but yeah, I'd like these two to come

[1:27:28] up. I mean they they spent the time. But

[1:27:31] um they've very they've been really

[1:27:33] willing to work with us. They had some

[1:27:35] great ideas.

[1:27:37] Um one thing that's pretty cool about

[1:27:39] this is I don't know if you remember

[1:27:40] behind the outdoor arena you have all

[1:27:42] those power lines out there that are all

[1:27:46] overhead. We clean all that up. It all

[1:27:48] goes underground. It really cleans up

[1:27:50] the back of the outdoor arena.

[1:27:52] And um

[1:27:53] one other feature that we found that was

[1:27:55] going to work great was the front entry

[1:27:57] is on the south side now. And so people

[1:28:00] will be parking in like that the Reems

[1:28:03] parking lot area. Which we looked at as

[1:28:06] a safety benefit for the fairgrounds. We don't have

[1:28:10] patriots and vehicles driving at the

[1:28:13] same place. So, we're kind of pushing

[1:28:15] the parking back there so people can

[1:28:16] still move back there with not having to

[1:28:18] have all the congestion of cars back

[1:28:21] there and trailers.

[1:28:24] Um

[1:28:25] Do you guys have any questions on this?

[1:28:29] >> I want to highlight two things to make

[1:28:30] sure that is top of mind. First of all,

[1:28:33] half of this project is being paid for

[1:28:34] by Utah County.

[1:28:36] And so, we're going to we we're

[1:28:39] paying for half of this. County's paying

[1:28:40] for the other half of this. Part of this

[1:28:42] project will also move the Utah State

[1:28:44] Extension Service

[1:28:47] into this new facility. So, the arena,

[1:28:51] which has been known as the Willy Barn,

[1:28:54] um and is only for equestrian or other

[1:28:58] uh livestock type events,

[1:29:01] will change a little bit in its use and

[1:29:02] function. It will have a a warm-up space

[1:29:05] separate from the arena, so that'll give

[1:29:07] it some dual-purpose

[1:29:08] capabilities, but will also have some

[1:29:10] office spaces and uh will be

[1:29:13] uh the Utah State Extension Office will

[1:29:15] be housed out of here as well.

[1:29:17] I don't think it should be understated

[1:29:18] what Matt just said about switching the

[1:29:20] orientation of the building to to face

[1:29:22] the south

[1:29:23] and have that access coming from that

[1:29:25] new parking lot on the south. That's

[1:29:27] actually a a simple

[1:29:29] but huge change to the functionality of

[1:29:31] this space.

[1:29:33] And uh

[1:29:34] I I

[1:29:35] when we were thinking about this, uh

[1:29:37] that concept, you know, in my mind

[1:29:39] wasn't even a glimmer of thought. And

[1:29:41] then when our team showed the idea, it

[1:29:44] was like, "Duh, this is the greatest and

[1:29:46] simplest change in the world." So, we're

[1:29:47] I'm excited about that change to make it

[1:29:49] this space function so much better for

[1:29:51] the fans that are coming to watch any of

[1:29:54] the events that are there. It'll be

[1:29:56] really easy for them to get there.

[1:29:58] And those those youth and other

[1:29:59] participants in activities will have a

[1:30:01] much better space to compete in.

[1:30:04] Much more visible and and uh again,

[1:30:06] these gentlemen have been great to work

[1:30:08] with. I haven't had any interactions

[1:30:10] with them individually, but everything

[1:30:12] I've heard about you guys is just

[1:30:15] incredible.

[1:30:16] And so I'm I'm really grateful to have

[1:30:19] that to have them be part of the team on

[1:30:22] this project.

[1:30:25] » Happy to have them come up if if they've

[1:30:27] made the trip here. If you guys want to

[1:30:28] come up and say anything, please.

[1:30:34] Taro, want your name, rank, and serial

[1:30:36] number.

[1:30:37] >> I'm Marty Barber, second in command.

[1:30:38] >> Okay.

[1:30:39] >> [laughter]

[1:30:41] >> My name is Rob Webber.

[1:30:42] >> Okay.

[1:30:43] >> I'm third in command.

[1:30:45] >> [laughter]

[1:30:46] >> Matt.

[1:30:48] >> We usually have Rob come for DRC

[1:30:50] meetings. So he's he's somewhat familiar

[1:30:52] to being grilled. You can grill him.

[1:30:53] >> Okay.

[1:30:54] >> [clears throat]

[1:30:55] >> No, we're really thankful to, you know,

[1:30:56] to be here and to be able to, you know,

[1:30:58] work directly with you guys. We've done

[1:30:59] lots in the city.

[1:31:01] Worked some at the airport. Love your

[1:31:03] guys' team. Anyone from the building

[1:31:05] department to, you know, public works. I

[1:31:07] mean, everybody's great to work with. So

[1:31:09] we're just really happy and thankful to

[1:31:10] be here. So.

[1:31:13] » Well, we're happy to have you. Thank you

[1:31:15] for Thank you for

[1:31:17] doing a a project in in our city um

[1:31:20] that that's a public project like this

[1:31:22] that I think again, it it shouldn't be

[1:31:25] understated the partnership with the

[1:31:27] county uh that again

[1:31:31] just adds another cemented piece of what

[1:31:34] Spanish Fork is in our history and

[1:31:36] heritage. This is This is going to be a great place for

[1:31:40] agriculture activities for for a

[1:31:43] generation to come. And so thank you for

[1:31:47] making it a safe and inviting and and

[1:31:49] pleasing space. All the All the stuff

[1:31:51] that we got to see early on

[1:31:53] uh of comparable places

[1:31:56] it's just going to be awesome to to be

[1:31:58] able to see

[1:31:59] kids and especially kids and and their

[1:32:01] talents in in this space. So,

[1:32:04] thank you. Thank you for being willing

[1:32:06] to do it.

[1:32:08] >> So, we've got a rodeo and a county fair

[1:32:10] coming up. What's your time frame as

[1:32:12] soon as the fair's over?

[1:32:14] >> So, we had a meeting today on the power

[1:32:18] situation cuz right now those back power

[1:32:20] lines will be right in the middle of the

[1:32:22] barn. So, we're going to start moving

[1:32:25] power

[1:32:27] probably first of next week

[1:32:29] getting stuff bored underground. It

[1:32:30] won't and then we've looked at dates of

[1:32:33] when we'll stop everything. So,

[1:32:35] everything will be cleaned up out and

[1:32:38] for the fiesta days and there's some

[1:32:39] other shows in right before that.

[1:32:42] And then August 3rd right after the fair

[1:32:44] is when we start. So,

[1:32:46] >> Then what's your estimate to completion?

[1:32:48] >> I believe it's March 29th right before I

[1:32:51] think it's high school rodeo.

[1:32:53] So, it's a very tight timeline. These

[1:32:56] guys are very confident in getting it

[1:32:58] done. So,

[1:32:59] excited.

[1:33:00] >> So, the old barn going down is the first

[1:33:02] action item.

[1:33:03] >> Absolutely.

[1:33:05] >> August 3rd.

[1:33:06] >> Anybody send an invite out to Willie to

[1:33:08] participate in that?

[1:33:11] >> We probably should.

[1:33:12] >> There's a final concept.

[1:33:13] >> Dale, we got leftover from the Wings and

[1:33:16] Wheels that we can

[1:33:18] throw away.

[1:33:19] >> We know a guy.

[1:33:20] >> Yeah.

[1:33:21] >> So, I I think adding on to that what

[1:33:23] Marty just said that

[1:33:25] taking down the Willie barn is is an

[1:33:27] important first step and there might be

[1:33:30] some you might hear from some. I don't

[1:33:32] have anybody in mind, but just hey, let

[1:33:34] me come and salvage this piece or let me

[1:33:35] come salvage that piece. I don't know if

[1:33:37] you caught the time frame that they just

[1:33:39] outlined. We're going to demo and

[1:33:41] rebuild everything from

[1:33:43] August

[1:33:44] to March. That's not an ideal

[1:33:47] construction window in the number of

[1:33:49] months and it's not an ideal

[1:33:52] time of year.

[1:33:54] And so, I I pretty much you've got it

[1:33:56] outlined right down to perhaps the day.

[1:33:59] And so there isn't enough time to say,

[1:34:01] "Hey, come and salvage this and come and

[1:34:02] do this." We We just can't work with

[1:34:04] anybody and everybody because I'm sure

[1:34:07] that

[1:34:08] your Uncle Bob will say, "Hey, I can

[1:34:10] take that down and just give me a couple

[1:34:12] of weeks." And we just don't have that.

[1:34:14] So we've got a very rigorous time frame

[1:34:16] and and we're trying really really hard

[1:34:19] to meet

[1:34:21] some of those special events that we

[1:34:23] have every year. That high school rodeo

[1:34:25] is a big deal.

[1:34:26] Right? Anything Dale you want to add to

[1:34:28] that or Matt?

[1:34:29] >> Yeah, just that we're we're salvaging a

[1:34:32] lot of the stuff in there that's still

[1:34:33] usable for the fairgrounds facility.

[1:34:36] Uh

[1:34:37] if if we don't have a use for it then we

[1:34:39] will put it on city surplus and that

[1:34:41] will be taken care of prior to this

[1:34:42] happening.

[1:34:44] So uh yeah, we're we're in a really

[1:34:46] tight window and these guys are These

[1:34:48] guys are going to be very aggressive in

[1:34:50] getting things going. So

[1:34:51] >> Yeah, our our schedule we gave it's 10

[1:34:55] days.

[1:34:55] >> 10 days that we figured.

[1:34:57] >> 10 days to get that barn down. But the

[1:34:59] funny thing is you just can't go knock

[1:35:01] it down. So we have to kind of pull it

[1:35:04] apart. We'll So we'll be pulling

[1:35:05] sheeting off and then taking it apart.

[1:35:08] It's not like your normal house that we

[1:35:10] have over here we can just push it in.

[1:35:12] So we've looked at that and we will just

[1:35:14] pull it apart in pieces and haul it off

[1:35:17] the site as quick as we can. But as

[1:35:21] they're doing that from one end they'll

[1:35:22] start digging and working footings for

[1:35:24] the new one but right behind it. So

[1:35:26] there's a lot of complex stuff going to

[1:35:29] happen on this one which will be fun.

[1:35:31] >> Very exciting.

[1:35:32] >> Dale

[1:35:33] >> Go ahead, sir.

[1:35:34] >> This is not your typical project, Marty,

[1:35:35] right?

[1:35:37] But

[1:35:37] >> started this business 60 years ago

[1:35:39] actually. So this is our second

[1:35:41] building.

[1:35:43] >> Well, that's not what I mean. Sorry. But

[1:35:45] I mean this is

[1:35:47] taking one down and and this kind of

[1:35:49] time frame that's not typical but

[1:35:50] >> No, we do actually.

[1:35:51] >> Oh, is it but something I've just been

[1:35:53] impressed is I haven't seen you back

[1:35:55] down at all. Like

[1:35:56] >> But just for the record, two things that

[1:35:58] Willie Barn is a huge liability with the

[1:36:01] I mean, it's been reconstructed and it's

[1:36:03] not And the other thing just for your

[1:36:05] budgeting I as I listen to this, you've

[1:36:07] saved several hundred thousand dollars

[1:36:10] between the Iran situation and

[1:36:11] inflation. There's been three price

[1:36:13] increases since the made this purchase,

[1:36:16] so

[1:36:16] >> you you would you used your tax paying

[1:36:19] dollars very wisely there. So, I

[1:36:21] misunderstood your your question there.

[1:36:24] >> You answered perfectly.

[1:36:25] >> Yeah.

[1:36:26] >> Dell, I was going to ask you

[1:36:28] we've talked about a few projects that

[1:36:30] are going to take place down at the

[1:36:32] fairgrounds.

[1:36:33] Willie Barn, the budget that we're

[1:36:35] talking about, this is just the Willie

[1:36:36] Barn, we're not talking about the horse

[1:36:38] stalls

[1:36:39] >> And the horse stalls as well.

[1:36:41] >> It includes It includes the stall barn.

[1:36:43] >> Okay. And is that is that under that

[1:36:45] same time frame?

[1:36:46] >> Correct.

[1:36:46] >> Yes.

[1:36:47] >> Both of those buildings are now they're

[1:36:49] actually sitting down in the pasture

[1:36:50] down there. So, they're they're here,

[1:36:52] ready to roll.

[1:36:52] >> Oh, great.

[1:36:53] >> them about We got them in April, right?

[1:36:55] >> Yeah.

[1:36:55] >> So, yep.

[1:36:57] >> Which it's

[1:36:59] fun to kind of see everybody knows we

[1:37:01] we've got a an event happening in July

[1:37:04] down there that the

[1:37:07] those horses are worth more than the

[1:37:09] humans usually down there during Fiesta

[1:37:12] Days. And

[1:37:14] shouldn't be understated how excited

[1:37:16] Nick and and the the rodeo

[1:37:18] personnel are of having a place just

[1:37:21] what's been mentioned already. That is

[1:37:23] the public doesn't see it, but that's

[1:37:24] where your barrel racers are warming up.

[1:37:27] That's where the athletes are getting

[1:37:29] ready to to go perform both stock and the humans. And so, it's a huge

[1:37:35] improvement for for them to be able to

[1:37:37] have this space and get out into the arena in a in a

[1:37:41] safe and more productive way.

[1:37:43] But, it'll also be a place

[1:37:46] that'll be safe for spectators, which is

[1:37:49] not the case now. They're they're

[1:37:51] crossing paths with with stock in there,

[1:37:53] and so

[1:37:55] it'd be a lot better.

[1:38:00] Any other questions for these

[1:38:02] construction professionals that have

[1:38:04] come to our meeting tonight?

[1:38:06] >> I think we should match up like this

[1:38:07] every week.

[1:38:09] >> Yeah?

[1:38:10] >> You know, the last two times Shane and I

[1:38:11] haven't been here, so I was going to

[1:38:13] show him what it's like to wear a tie.

[1:38:15] >> Mhm.

[1:38:15] >> He doesn't know how to tie a tie.

[1:38:17] >> He hasn't been taught.

[1:38:18] >> Can I make one more other comment that

[1:38:19] Rob kind of alluded to? We've probably

[1:38:21] built

[1:38:23] the minute in Spanish [clears throat]

[1:38:23] Fork,

[1:38:24] and I'm not trying to flatter you, but

[1:38:26] your building depart- building permit

[1:38:28] department and the inspectors and the

[1:38:29] plans examiners are some of our

[1:38:31] favorites. We work

[1:38:33] mostly in Utah, but they're it's truly

[1:38:36] number one in our book, and when people

[1:38:38] are

[1:38:39] trying to buy property and stuff, we

[1:38:40] always try to push Spanish Fork for the

[1:38:42] reasons that

[1:38:43] >> [clears throat]

[1:38:44] >> that would include that and everybody

[1:38:45] else here that is really is I'm not

[1:38:47] trying to get, you know, blow smoke, but

[1:38:50] it really is by far superior to the

[1:38:53] other cities that we work in and trying

[1:38:55] to deal with them, and you know, we we

[1:38:56] all have a job to do, including you

[1:38:57] guys, but it's our it's our favorite

[1:38:59] place to work.

[1:39:01] >> Yeah, awesome.

[1:39:01] >> We love hearing that.

[1:39:02] >> Thank you for saying that. I wouldn't be

[1:39:04] a good politician, Marty, if I didn't

[1:39:05] take credit for it. That's from the

[1:39:06] mayors. [laughter]

[1:39:09] I would say that.

[1:39:09] >> We do a lot here.

[1:39:10] >> Yes, okay, good. Well, that's a credit

[1:39:12] to to those people you work with, and

[1:39:13] thank you for saying that. Appreciate

[1:39:15] that.

[1:39:16] Okay, uh if there's no other questions

[1:39:18] on item C, I'd enter entertain a motion.

[1:39:23] >> I move to approve the CMGC agreement

[1:39:26] with the Barber Company for the new

[1:39:28] fairground arena stall

[1:39:30] barn project contract approval, and I

[1:39:32] believe we're ready for this part as

[1:39:33] well now to go into the redevelopment

[1:39:36] agency RDA.

[1:39:38] >> Motion made by Councilman Took.

[1:39:41] >> Second.

[1:39:42] by Councilman Euler. The roll

[1:39:44] call vote here, Councilman Took.

[1:39:46] >> Yes.

[1:39:46] >> Councilman Carden.

[1:39:47] >> Yes.

[1:39:47] >> Councilman Euler.

[1:39:48] >> Yes.

[1:39:48] >> And Councilwoman Beck.

[1:39:50] >> Yes.

[1:39:51] >> Item C is approved. Did you want me to

[1:39:53] add something to it?

[1:39:54] >> No, it was okay.

[1:39:56] Thank you guys. Appreciate you coming.

[1:39:58] >> you.

[1:39:59] >> Matt, you don't want to stay?

[1:40:00] >> I thought you were going to ask me.

[1:40:02] >> Okay, we are in RDA.

[1:40:04] Uh,

[1:40:05] now Tara, what are we in RDA's

[1:40:07] directors?

[1:40:09] >> You're chairperson.

[1:40:10] >> I'm a chair. You're all directors.

[1:40:13] And I would entertain a motion to

[1:40:15] approve the RDA minutes.

[1:40:17] >> So moved.

[1:40:18] >> Motion made by Director Carden.

[1:40:21] >> Second.

[1:40:21] >> Seconded by Director Euler. Euler, all

[1:40:24] in favor say yes.

[1:40:25] >> Yes.

[1:40:26] >> And said items are approved. Resolution

[1:40:28] approving the fiscal year 2027 budget

[1:40:30] for the RDA, Mr. Jordan Hales.

[1:40:33] >> Just a note that there is no revision

[1:40:36] needed for the FY2026 RDA budget. So,

[1:40:40] that's why you don't see it there.

[1:40:41] Um, there have been no significant

[1:40:43] changes, if any changes to the RDA

[1:40:45] budget from the tentative to what you're

[1:40:47] approving now. The public hearing

[1:40:49] requirement was uh

[1:40:52] satisfied 2 weeks ago. Um, so all that

[1:40:54] is needed is approval.

[1:40:57] >> Right.

[1:40:59] >> No change from the last time here. If

[1:41:01] there's any questions, speak now.

[1:41:05] We we have had a public hearing, so we

[1:41:07] can entertain a motion.

[1:41:08] >> I move to approve RDA resolution

[1:41:10] approving fiscal year 2027 budget. And

[1:41:14] adjourn to the local building authority.

[1:41:16] >> Motion made by Director Beck.

[1:41:20] >> Second.

[1:41:20] >> Seconded by Director Carden. A roll call

[1:41:23] vote. Director Took.

[1:41:25] >> Yes.

[1:41:25] >> Director Carden.

[1:41:26] >> Yes.

[1:41:26] >> Director Euler.

[1:41:27] >> Yes.

[1:41:27] >> And Director Beck.

[1:41:28] >> Yes.

[1:41:29] >> Okay. The fiscal year 2027 budget's

[1:41:31] approved and we have been adjourned to

[1:41:33] LBA where we are trustees.

[1:41:38] And I would entertain a motion to

[1:41:39] approve the LBA meeting minutes from 6 2

[1:41:42] 26.

[1:41:44] >> I move to approve the local building

[1:41:46] authority consent item.

[1:41:47] >> Second.

[1:41:48] >> Motion made by

[1:41:50] trustee Euler, second by trustee Beck.

[1:41:53] All in favor say yes.

[1:41:54] >> Yes.

[1:41:55] >> LBA public hearing, Mr. Jordan Hales,

[1:41:58] anything changed here?

[1:41:59] >> There is one change which I mentioned um

[1:42:03] with the city budget, which was the

[1:42:05] transfer of $700,000

[1:42:08] of LBA funds to the rec center

[1:42:10] construction fund. So, you can see um in

[1:42:13] the bottom right corner there, $700,000

[1:42:15] being transferred out of the local

[1:42:17] building authority fund.

[1:42:19] Um

[1:42:20] there's a

[1:42:21] couple minor changes to expenses and

[1:42:23] revenues that

[1:42:25] >> Yeah, that's what

[1:42:25] >> With that, I think it's helpful to note

[1:42:27] if you've been in the competition pool

[1:42:29] lately,

[1:42:30] maybe watching a swim meet, there's a

[1:42:32] massive monitor. I don't know how big it

[1:42:35] is, but it's

[1:42:37] >> Large.

[1:42:38] >> 20 by 30, I don't know, it's really big.

[1:42:41] But

[1:42:42] the naming rights for that were

[1:42:45] purchased by SFCN, so it's SFCN's logo

[1:42:47] is

[1:42:48] That was me, Mr. Davis.

[1:42:50] SFCN's logo is right there and and

[1:42:52] that's a part of what we had discussed

[1:42:55] probably 2 years ago when we talked

[1:42:57] about do we want to have a monitor? Do

[1:42:58] we want to have some kind of a screen?

[1:43:00] And SFCN was very interested in having

[1:43:02] their name associated with that video

[1:43:05] portion of it.

[1:43:06] And so, that that just does carrying

[1:43:08] that out. Um

[1:43:10] and and we're able to do that from the interest earnings of of that uh

[1:43:16] the construction project.

[1:43:19] » Sweet. Very good.

[1:43:23] >> Anyway we could get Adam to do his

[1:43:26] meeting

[1:43:27] recap down there?

[1:43:29] >> Sure.

[1:43:30] >> Incorporating that big screen.

[1:43:31] >> I think Adam is game for anything.

[1:43:34] >> Yeah, he is.

[1:43:34] >> I mean, he will he'll cut your grass. I

[1:43:36] mean, if you haven't seen that, he's game for anything.

[1:43:39] >> Your screen the better Adam that we can

[1:43:41] get your

[1:43:42] meeting.

[1:43:43] >> Maybe he can do it from the Wibbit.

[1:43:46] Figure that out.

[1:43:46] >> That'd be fun.

[1:43:47] >> Yeah,

[1:43:48] something the wheels are turning, Dan.

[1:43:49] >> He's oh, they're they're

[1:43:52] These are some ideas, for sure.

[1:43:54] >> Whether or not they're good or not is a

[1:43:56] different story.

[1:43:56] >> [laughter]

[1:43:58] >> Man, you give an employee the quarter

[1:43:59] inside.

[1:44:00] >> Yeah, filters off.

[1:44:01] >> Yeah, changed.

[1:44:03] >> Okay, that one

[1:44:05] adjustment, a couple other minor

[1:44:06] adjustments there. You can see

[1:44:08] I would entertain a motion to approve

[1:44:11] the fiscal year 2026

[1:44:13] revision budget for LBA.

[1:44:16] >> So moved.

[1:44:18] >> Motion made by Trustee Carden.

[1:44:22] >> Second.

[1:44:22] >> Seconded by Trustee Took. A roll call

[1:44:25] vote here. Trustee Beck.

[1:44:27] >> Yes.

[1:44:27] >> Trustee Took. Trustee Carden.

[1:44:29] >> Yes.

[1:44:30] >> Trustee Oyler.

[1:44:31] >> Yes.

[1:44:33] >> 2026 revision is approved. Takes us to

[1:44:37] new business approving the fiscal year

[1:44:39] 2027 budget for LBA.

[1:44:41] >> So, again, that the public hearing for

[1:44:43] the FY 2027 budget was held 2 weeks ago,

[1:44:46] so that requirement's been fulfilled,

[1:44:49] and there are no changes to the budget

[1:44:53] from the tentative to what you're

[1:44:55] approving tonight.

[1:44:58] >> Thank you, Jordan. No changes from last

[1:45:01] time to this time. Any questions on the

[1:45:03] LBA 2027 budget?

[1:45:06] Not I'd entertain a motion approving

[1:45:09] that budget.

[1:45:11] >> I move to approve the local building

[1:45:13] authority LBA resolution approving

[1:45:14] fiscal year 2027 budget and reconvene

[1:45:17] back to city council.

[1:45:19] >> Motion made by Trustee Took.

[1:45:22] >> Second.

[1:45:23] >> Seconded by Trustee Beck. A roll call

[1:45:25] vote. Trustee Beck.

[1:45:26] >> Yes.

[1:45:26] >> Trustee Oyler.

[1:45:28] >> Yes.

[1:45:28] >> Trustee Carden.

[1:45:29] >> Yes.

[1:45:29] >> And Trustee Took.

[1:45:31] >> Yes.

[1:45:32] >> Okay, that is approved and we're back

[1:45:34] into council meeting where we're council

[1:45:36] members.

[1:45:37] Do we have any

[1:45:38] >> May I ask a a question? Maybe get a

[1:45:40] thought from you.

[1:45:41] In terms of the process and I I probably

[1:45:43] asked this a couple of times through the

[1:45:45] years and I always want to make sure

[1:45:46] that I'm

[1:45:47] doing that we're doing what is

[1:45:50] maybe current and best.

[1:45:51] You go through the budget process,

[1:45:53] right? You have that public hearing and

[1:45:54] or is Sorry, the tentative budget is

[1:45:56] prepared, presented in

[1:45:59] May, we have a public hearing in June,

[1:46:01] and we have

[1:46:02] today the the budget's approved in three

[1:46:05] different touches. And at some point it

[1:46:07] maybe becomes like, "Oh, I don't want to

[1:46:08] talk about this again." And maybe if you were sitting in this

[1:46:12] meeting you might be thinking, "Man,

[1:46:13] they didn't even talk about the budget."

[1:46:14] But if they missed the other two, then they've missed other things.

[1:46:18] We've we've

[1:46:20] gone back and forth, I think, through

[1:46:21] the years, most often landing on the

[1:46:23] process that we've just followed where

[1:46:25] we have the public hearing, no action,

[1:46:28] then approved tonight.

[1:46:31] Is that

[1:46:32] how you want it? Is that how you think

[1:46:34] it should be? You want it You like it

[1:46:35] like that? Or if if we were done,

[1:46:39] no comments, no feedback, say in the

[1:46:42] public hearing 2 weeks ago,

[1:46:44] would you like to be prepared if you

[1:46:46] wanted to approve the budget that night

[1:46:47] that you could? Any thoughts, any

[1:46:50] feedback on on perhaps

[1:46:52] tweaking that process? I think we're

[1:46:54] fine. You know, staff, I don't know that

[1:46:56] we have any real Jordan's like, "Where's

[1:46:57] this coming from?"

[1:46:58] I don't think we have any real issue

[1:47:00] either way, but just want to make sure

[1:47:02] that we're

[1:47:03] not just doing what we've always done

[1:47:05] because we've always done it. If in case

[1:47:06] there's something you want you'd like to

[1:47:08] see differently.

[1:47:09] >> I'll speak for myself. I think that I

[1:47:10] like the way the process is done now

[1:47:13] because it gives lots of opportunity for

[1:47:15] comments to be made whether in public or

[1:47:17] with through email. Though we don't get

[1:47:19] a a it gives the opportunity for that

[1:47:23] to happen. I I like that because I think

[1:47:24] that it's giving the public as much

[1:47:26] opportunity to express themselves as

[1:47:28] possible.

[1:47:29] >> Okay.

[1:47:29] >> Does

[1:47:30] state law specify any time frames

[1:47:33] regarding how budgets are approved?

[1:47:35] >> Just that it has to be approved by

[1:47:37] >> by a date.

[1:47:38] >> to say the 20-something, 22nd of June.

[1:47:40] >> But as far as doing the public hearing

[1:47:42] and the approval the same night, there's

[1:47:44] nothing

[1:47:44] >> No, there is one maybe one complicating

[1:47:47] factor and that is being able to um

[1:47:50] approve the certified tax rate which we

[1:47:52] typically wouldn't have until about this

[1:47:54] meeting, but we could probably

[1:47:56] adopt that

[1:47:58] >> without the number.

[1:47:59] >> Sep- well, separate from the budget

[1:48:00] even.

[1:48:00] >> Yeah.

[1:48:01] >> Oh.

[1:48:01] >> Yeah.

[1:48:02] >> Just by resolution if you wanted to do

[1:48:04] that. And again, I'm not not trying to

[1:48:05] push you one way or the other, but

[1:48:07] sometimes

[1:48:08] you know, you you get looks from the

[1:48:10] public or whatever, like, "Why are you

[1:48:11] doing it like this? It's so convoluted."

[1:48:14] And frankly, like sometimes people will

[1:48:17] say, "Boy, the way you guys operate is

[1:48:19] so inefficient." And I always look at

[1:48:20] them and say, "Thank you."

[1:48:22] We're not supposed to be efficient.

[1:48:23] We're supposed to be public.

[1:48:25] So that's okay, you know, and and if we

[1:48:28] could do it better and it and it's

[1:48:29] legal, that's okay, but

[1:48:32] transparency often makes things less

[1:48:35] efficient, but that's okay.

[1:48:36] >> I think there there you could entertain

[1:48:38] some flexibility there in a way that if

[1:48:41] a budget's been discussed

[1:48:43] long before that last meeting too, and I think the flexibility that I'm

[1:48:47] referencing is it's like Seth

[1:48:49] brought up

[1:48:50] >> this is not a budget where we're

[1:48:51] approving we're asking for a tax

[1:48:53] increase.

[1:48:54] Um and and that doesn't mean it's still

[1:48:57] not a big number that you're approving a

[1:48:58] budget of, but you're not asking an

[1:49:01] additional property tax or something

[1:49:03] like that. There's some other fees that

[1:49:04] were adjusted in that budget that if

[1:49:05] people were paying attention

[1:49:06] >> Yep.

[1:49:07] >> there's there's some differences there,

[1:49:08] right? Um

[1:49:10] and so to wait for time's sake doesn't seem,

[1:49:14] you know, per- uh but but again, the

[1:49:17] bandwidth, the accordion style that I'd

[1:49:20] want of it is I think we we if if if we

[1:49:23] were asking for a property tax increase

[1:49:25] to fund some section of the the city,

[1:49:28] which we might have to sometime, I think

[1:49:31] the more time you could have public

[1:49:33] talking about it, the more time we could

[1:49:34] talk about it, the more time they could

[1:49:36] ask questions, we get them to the right answers of what their

[1:49:40] questions might be.

[1:49:40] >> I I agree with Seth and Wade that

[1:49:43] I think it does become confusing when

[1:49:45] you've got this accordion style.

[1:49:47] And I don't know, I'd almost maybe think

[1:49:50] it'd be a good idea to do your tentative

[1:49:52] budget

[1:49:53] and then skip the public hearing that we

[1:49:55] had, rather in that meeting just give a

[1:49:58] longer period of time from the tentative

[1:50:00] budget to people to

[1:50:02] think about the budget and then this

[1:50:05] meeting you would have the public

[1:50:06] hearing and the approval. So you've got

[1:50:08] a longer period of time for people to

[1:50:10] review the budget, for us to talk about

[1:50:12] the budget, and then you could have the

[1:50:15] public hearing and the approval in one

[1:50:16] night.

[1:50:17] >> The problem with that though is that you

[1:50:18] don't have a lot of time to adjust if

[1:50:20] there is things that come up in that

[1:50:21] public hearing.

[1:50:23] >> That was going to be my comment. I think

[1:50:25] I like that there is a two-week period

[1:50:26] where you can take any feedback and then

[1:50:28] do something with it if you want to.

[1:50:30] >> It is helpful.

[1:50:31] >> Yeah.

[1:50:33] >> Which we don't typically, but I mean you

[1:50:35] want you don't want to build

[1:50:36] >> If it were to come up in the

[1:50:38] >> Yeah.

[1:50:38] >> I'll I'll just say in the four years, I

[1:50:40] think this is my fifth budget, the fifth

[1:50:43] five budgets that I've worked with,

[1:50:45] we've never

[1:50:46] had anybody raise raise a concern that

[1:50:48] they want which is

[1:50:50] >> Usually only if you have a property tax

[1:50:52] increase, right? I think that's

[1:50:54] typically when I've seen

[1:50:55] >> But now it makes sense to allow if that

[1:50:58] does come up to give it time to be

[1:50:59] discussed and looked at before you vote

[1:51:01] on so

[1:51:02] I think the process we've got now is

[1:51:04] pretty good.

[1:51:04] >> Okay. Well, I thank you for that

[1:51:07] indulgence. Appreciate the feedback.

[1:51:10] >> [clears throat]

[1:51:11] >> And uh again, I've thanked some people

[1:51:13] here tonight, but Thank you, council, for doing your public service, doing it

[1:51:21] in a way that doesn't uh

[1:51:23] doesn't have to create politics where

[1:51:25] people, I think, like to create politics

[1:51:27] in financial situations. You do You do

[1:51:30] your jobs. You do it well, and you

[1:51:32] communicate with the citizens of Spanish Fork.

[1:51:37] You've got a staff that

[1:51:39] obviously helps prepare that in a way

[1:51:40] that that it is clear and concise and can be understandable, but

[1:51:45] it speaks to to you being in touch with

[1:51:47] your constituents, too, that uh

[1:51:49] that

[1:51:50] there's not a lot of

[1:51:52] controversy here, and and that's that's

[1:51:55] a credit to you guys, as well.

[1:51:57] Seth won't give you a compliment. I'll

[1:51:59] give you a compliment.

[1:52:06] Uh

[1:52:08] close session? No close session.

[1:52:10] Okay.

[1:52:11] >> It's a great night.

[1:52:11] It's still light

[1:52:13] outside. I'd entertain a motion to

[1:52:14] adjourn from city councilman.

[1:52:16] >> So moved.

[1:52:17] >> Motion made by councilwoman Beck.

[1:52:19] >> Second.

[1:52:20] by councilman Carden. All in

[1:52:21] favor, say yes.

[1:52:23] We're adjourned. Thanks, everybody, for

[1:52:24] joining us

[1:52:25] at council meeting tonight.

Spanish Fork City Council | June 16, 2026

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