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The nut graf: staff proposed using available capital funds to begin design work for Barker Park this fiscal year, outlined a program of parking-lot rehab and playground replacements, and flagged larger utility work — including pressurereduction valves, outlet metering, and a multi-year meter-replacement program — that will require either impact-fee funding or dedicated financing.

Dave, a public-works staff member, walked the council through the CIP spreadsheet and said the plan spreads playground replacements and parking-lot rehabilitation across multiple years. He identified three parking lots planned for asphalt maintenance and striping in the coming year (Barker Park, Mountain View Park, and Oak Lawn) and described $1.25 million of work earmarked for those parking-focused repairs.

On parks, staff proposed allocating design and engineering money this year — a figure staff said could be in the low-hundreds of thousands — so Barker Park would advance to shovel-ready design and then be eligible for grants and impact-fee funding in later years. John said grants (including potential state and philanthropic grants) could be pursued to supplement local dollars and that design would also allow the city to better estimate maintenance costs.

Utilities work in the CIP includes pressure-reduction valves (PRVs) tied to two approved developments; under the city’s current practice, the city covers half the cost and developers cover the other half. Dave said portions of a 1,700-foot waterline upsizing would be impact-fee eligible because it increased pipe diameter from 8 to 12 inches. Staff also described the need to install outlet metering at certain reservoirs to comply with state reporting and to better account for water that historically overflowed and could not be accurately measured.

Stormwater work includes a lining project at Wharton Park to stop leakage from an aging concrete storm pipe that has caused neighboring properties to see groundwater when the pond is filled; staff characterized lining as the most cost-effective solution for a large-diameter pipe. For fleet and equipment, the CIP continues the multi-year vehicle-replacement plan: patrol vehicles, CSO units and a scheduled snowplow routine were noted in the schedule and are financed through fleet allocations from operating funds.

Staff also asked the council whether it wanted a clearer breakout of impact-fee-eligible project costs versus general-fund or rate-funded costs; council members requested that staff provide the impact-fee balances and to annotate the CIP with which portions are eligible for impact-fee reimbursement.

Ending: Council did not take formal action but endorsed the idea of funding design work to advance Barker Park planning and asked staff to return with a CIP version that separates impact-fee-eligible components and shows available impact-fee balances and grant assumptions. Quotes are from staff presentation and council Q&A during the work session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Meeting April 1, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City staff presented a draft five-year CIP and asked whether to allocate design dollars this year to advance Barker Park and other projects to shovel-ready status.","taxTitle","North Ogden City Council, North Ogden , Weber County, Utah","taxId",24460,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6068339,"Staff recommends Washington Boulevard for Cherry Days parade; safety, chair-placement policy draw public concern",7626,190000,7816000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3099875-4d26f4e48aba73797144b4e538ef86b4&start=190&end=7816","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3099875-4d26f4e48aba73797144b4e538ef86b4/thumbnail_190000.jpg","/articles/6068339/Utah/Staff-recommends-Washington-Boulevard-for-Cherry-Days-parade-safety-chair-placement-policy-draw-public-concern","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6068339-9f749ad850554757348972495a196ea6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771160541&Signature=A3qywWFjE~s5gw6ilkdkEBFkjdCrNQVLp5QaN51uzZKABsI4o74J-O82NXc5DYBsFAhDbEwJNSCmd~tbASgUI8GSjtcVISQvOQea9iaO9NSz1NVN2JVD-Dpm8TAW~BPdeUirs7iks82uErlA1a-WmeBfobH3L5hEaqNcWXgzDOgEcXOhzFQzF4Vjz6HqZoT-b0o5hHg6rGUqe~LYoEVw63GlBuBUFeIrAhT4YXsnUXyG7AlXQ80dmArHvAEKsh3Y6u2bQYs4xeq~9MDqlWLPAch1g6Szz7lflXYOewiQGWTZ96v-mYXcBvyH-pxjlfboFbGvoJQ3YzcrhWRAcmktwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City staff recommended holding the 2025 Cherry Days parade on Washington Boulevard, describing traffic-control plans, drop-off zones and staging to reduce congestion and make room for larger floats. Staff also urged clearer public communication about chair placement because enforcement has become contentious.

The nut graf: staff emphasized operational safety — including barricades, specific drop-off zones, and an end-point change to reduce vehicle congestion — and asked the council whether it wanted staff to enforce chair-placement rules or instead post guidance and warnings to the public.

John, a city staff member, summarized the operational rationale: officers and public works staff prefer Washington Boulevard because staff “thought it'd be easier to funnel people in for safety, and we wouldn't have to worry about those that were longer floats or longer vehicles that were involved in the parade that wouldn't be so tight.” He described plans to close specific road segments, use snowplow trucks as barricades and relocate the drop-off zone to 450 North at 2700 West near the park to keep floats and pedestrian traffic separated.

Staff reported that they have already submitted a UDOT permit request to start the state permitting process for any route that requires state highway closure. John also told the council staff had applied for aviation paperwork for a potential flyover but cautioned there is “a very good chance with all the federal cuts that there's a chance that nobody gets a flyover.”

Chair placement and enforcement was a recurring point of debate. Staff described repeated conflicts in the mornings before the parade, when people place chairs on public rights-of-way days in advance. John said the historical approach “was to ask people to not put it out until this time frame” but that enforcement created confrontations and risk to city employees when staff attempted to physically remove chairs. “There's so many people down there that it becomes a little overwhelming for my staff,” John said. He recommended providing clear public messaging and asked council members to volunteer to observe the morning operations before next year.

Council members discussed options ranging from a bright-line prohibition and active enforcement to posting a respectful-use message and a warning that “your personal property, once you put it out there, is at risk.” One council member suggested the city encourage a 24-hour pre-parade placement window; staff said a 24-hour suggestion would still result in some people putting out chairs earlier but could reduce the problem.

During public comment, Susan Kilborn, a North Ogden citizen, urged the council to consider the safety of children and said long-time volunteers who organize the children’s parade feel the Washington route is less safe than 3100 North for that specific element. Phillip Swanson, a resident, proposed a specific traffic layout idea: “What if we took the southbound lane and we put barricades down that lane and kept the parade in the northbound lane only and allowed the crowd to fill the southbound lane?”

Staff also addressed other Cherry Days details: fireworks at the amphitheater with coordination by the fire marshal, a multi-day lineup of events (car show Monday, luau Tuesday, Flick and Float Wednesday, parade Friday, volunteer cleanup Saturday), and a tentative event budget in the $50,000 range pending final budget approval and sponsorship revenue targets.

Ending: No formal council vote was recorded in the work session. Staff said it would proceed on operational planning for Washington Boulevard but noted it could pivot to 3100 North if the council directs; staff also committed to clearer messaging on chair placement and to seek volunteer council observers for morning enforcement if the council prefers active involvement.

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At a work session, John, a city staff member, told the council that the administration is projecting a modest rise in revenue but cautioned that sales-tax receipts are volatile and building-permit income is lagging. “If we're not comfortable with a 3.16% increase in sales tax because of trends we're seeing, then we need to dial that back,” John said. He identified the May 13 meeting as the target for adopting a tentative budget and said the final budget must be adopted before the June statutory deadline.

The nut graf: staff asked the council to decide how conservative to be with revenue assumptions because those assumptions shape choices about salary adjustments, transportation funding, and capital projects. Without council direction, staff said it cannot finalize the operating spending plan.

Staff presented the major revenue lines and risks. John said the current draft treats general taxes as the largest revenue source, with property tax and sales tax accounting for roughly 32% and 52%, respectively, of general-tax receipts in the model presented. He noted the draft budget assumes a roughly $170,000 increase in property-tax revenue “based on new structures, not an increased property-tax rate,” and a roughly 3.16% increase in sales-tax revenue over the amount budgeted for the prior year.

Staff flagged three specific revenue risks:
- Building permits are running low: through three quarters they were only at about 63% of projected receipts for the year, and permit activity depends heavily on interest rates and broader market conditions.
- Sales-tax timing and concentration: monthly collections arrive with a lag and one large month can materially change the annual total; staff reminded the council that the worst historical decline in sales tax was about 20% year-over-year during the 2008 downturn.
- Growth limits: North Ogden is growing slowly compared with nearby fast-growing municipalities, which can reduce the city’s share of state allocations tied to population.

On expenditures, staff emphasized an emerging gap on salaries and benefits. John said the city used a regional compensation database (TechNet) and that market movements in surrounding jurisdictions have pushed the city’s pay averages upward. “My worst fear is that that number is double that,” John said when discussing the potential cost to bring pay up to market; the draft budget currently anticipates about $170,000 for compensation increases but staff said the true need could be much higher.

Council members asked questions about scale and funding options. John noted staff’s policy advice that one-time fund-balance dollars should not be used to fund ongoing salary increases. He reiterated the council’s existing fund-balance policy (a target no lower than 15% and a statutory cap of 35%) and described how prior-year surpluses are usually transferred into capital projects if the fund balance would otherwise exceed policy targets.

Roads and a proposed transportation fee were another focus. John previewed a longer discussion planned for May that would recommend a $10 monthly transportation fee to help address a backlog of pavement preservation needs. He said roughly 10% of the city’s streets have less than five years of life remaining and that bringing the road network to a 20-year life would cost roughly $107 million (total network reconstruction estimate). The $10-per-month recommendation is staff’s minimum starting point to address long-term needs.

Staff also reminded the council of the timetable and role of the citizen budget committee, which has met multiple times and will provide recommendations on department budgets as the process continues.

Ending: Staff asked the council to provide direction on how conservative to be with revenue estimates, whether the $10 transportation fee is acceptable as a starting point for discussion, and how aggressively the council wants to pursue salary adjustments. The council will return to these topics in upcoming work sessions and at the May 13 tentative-budget meeting.

Quotes used in this article are taken from meeting remarks by John (staff member) and other council members during the North Ogden City Council work session.","City staff opened the fiscal 2026 budget process, asking council to weigh projected revenue assumptions — including a 3.16% sales-tax increase and roughly $170,000 in property-tax growth tied to new development — while warning of larger-than-expected salary pressures and a proposed $10 monthly transportation fee for roads.","actionData","errors"]

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