Published by Paul Ivinskas
Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Auditing Naples · From the records

Naples sets a $1.5 million ceiling on bonds for 2500 South street project

Naples' council adopted a parameters resolution in July for up to $1.5 million in street improvement revenue bonds for 2500 South, at no more than 2% interest over no more than 10 years. The fiscal 2027 budget lists $3,228,000 for the widening, funded by a $2,259,000 grant and a $969,000 loan.

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Source / event date: Council minutes, July 9 and Aug. 13, 2026; bond notice, July 9, 2026; fiscal 2027 budget

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Naples is preparing to borrow for a street project on 2500 South, its council minutes and public notices show. [1][2]

On July 9, 2026, the council adopted Resolution 26-378, a parameters resolution authorizing street improvement revenue bonds and calling a public hearing. The minutes describe the project as 2500 South from Highway 40 to 2000 East. Council members Dan Olsen, Ross Morton, Kenneth Reynolds and Jonathan Beede voted aye; Nate Zilles was absent. [1]

The limits

The city's hearing notice, signed by the city recorder on July 9 and posted July 13, says the bonds may be issued in a principal amount of up to $1,500,000, at an interest rate not to exceed 2.0% a year, payable over not more than 10 years. It cites the Utah Local Government Bonding Act and describes the project as street improvements on 2500 South Street and related improvements. [2]

These are the maximums the council authorized. The amount actually borrowed may be lower. [2]

The hearing

The council held the hearing on Aug. 13, 2026. According to the minutes, the council was told the city had received a grant and a loan and that the bonds are for the loan portion, and that the funding source was not obtained until June. [3]

The minutes say the bid for the project should go out in November or December and construction would begin next spring. A resident asked when there would be an end to the dust. The minutes record no vote on issuing the bonds. [3]

In the budget

The road capital projects fund in the fiscal 2027 budget lists $3,228,000 for 2500 South street widening. On the revenue side it lists a $2,259,000 CIB grant and a $969,000 CIB loan. The amended fiscal 2026 budget had $500,000 for the widening. [4]

The council adopted the fiscal 2027 budget, with $3,268,000 for the road capital projects fund, on June 25, 2026. [5]

The $1.5 million figure is a legal maximum set by the parameters resolution. It is not the amount borrowed or the project's cost. The schedule dates are projections from the August minutes.

Sources

  1. Naples City Council · July 9, 2026 minutes
  2. Naples City · Street improvement revenue bond public hearing notice, July 9, 2026
  3. Naples City Council · Aug. 13, 2026 minutes
  4. City of Naples · Budget worksheet filed with the State Auditor, printed Aug. 18, 2026
  5. Naples City Council · June 25, 2026 minutes

Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.