Council ratifies Cache County COG transportation funding and maintains $3 million contingency
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The Cache County Council ratified the Cache County Council of Governments' (COG) recommended distribution of regional transportation funds for 2025, including awards to multiple municipalities and a $3 million contingency reserve intended to address cost increases in multi-year projects.
Craig Hidalgo, mayor and chair of the Cache County Council of Governments, presented the COG’s 2025 funding recommendations and the formula used to allocate sales-tax–derived transportation dollars across jurisdictions. Hidalgo explained a $3,000,000 contingency reserve that the COG and council can deploy if inflation or construction-cost changes create a funding shortfall for previously awarded projects.
Hidalgo reviewed allocations to urban and rural projects and described several large awards in the urban corridor. Council members asked for clarifications about municipal participation in scoring and whether all municipalities had submitted scoring sheets; staff said three municipalities did not submit scoring sheets this round. Councilmembers also discussed the effect of using sales tax to fund both county operations and COG projects and said that revenue-source balance limits how much the COG can award each year.
Council suspended rules and approved Resolution 2025-41 to ratify the COG’s recommended allocations. Hidalgo and staff said the contingency fund is meant to cover unforeseen cost increases and that the COG will return to the council for any use of that contingency.
The council’s vote followed the COG recommendation and passed by voice vote.