North Ogden's redevelopment agency budgets $2 million to finish projects; one plaza grant changed course

North Ogden's Redevelopment Agency is nearing dissolution but can keep spending remaining redevelopment funds on eligible projects during a wind-down period, Finance Director Peter Brown told the agency board on June 16, 2026. ^[1]

He requested approximately $2 million in budget authority so the agency could finish and fully spend remaining project funds, and said the actual amount available could be lower. ^[1]

Authority, not a payment

Brown said the $2 million represented authorization to use the agency's available fund balance for existing and future approved projects in fiscal 2026–27. Call said including it in the budget did not authorize staff to spend unallocated funds and that any new use would require board approval. ^[1]

Nabor questioned whether the full amount should be budgeted when portions were already committed to existing projects. Brown said the amount left at year-end was not yet known. ^[1]

The board voted 4–1 to forward Ordinance 2026-17 to the council, and the council adopted it 4–1. Nabor voted no both times. ^[1]

In the redevelopment fund, the budget worksheets list $2,000,000 of "beginning balance to be appropriated" and a matching $2,000,000 expenditure line labeled "retained earnings." ^[2]

Timeline

Call said redevelopment funds must be encumbered and spent within the period allowed after the agency expires, and said he would verify the exact expiration date. Mayor Pro Tem Jay Dalpias said his goal was to have existing business projects completed by June 30, 2027. ^[1]

Brown also said approximately $934,000 was available for future project allocation in the city's separate Community Development Area fund. ^[1]

On June 23 the council voted 5–0 to amend the agency's fiscal 2025–26 budget, which Brown said included approximately $76,000 in additional investment revenue. ^[4]

The plaza grant

On Jan. 13, 2026, Community and Economic Development Director Scott Hess told the council that in December 2024 the city awarded remaining redevelopment funds through a competitive grant process, including a $150,000 matching grant for improvements to the Jones Shirts & Signs building in North Ogden Plaza. ^[3]

Hess said the project could not proceed as planned because the business owner could not meet the required match. The property owner completed limited improvements, resulting in partial reimbursement to date, he said. ^[3]

The council voted 4–0, with one seat vacant, to approve the amendment. The minutes say it allows a portion of the remaining grant funds to complete improvements on the original building and the balance to go to expansion and modernization of the adjacent CrossFit facility in the same plaza. ^[3]

The minutes do not state the amount already reimbursed or the amount redirected. ^[3]