Arlon Chamberlain serves on the Kanab City Council and has a background in teaching, the ready-mix business and local planning. In his 2019 application for a vacant council seat, he said he attended Brigham Young University and later graduated from Southern Utah State College. He described teaching biology and chemistry in Mesa, Arizona, for two years and working for several years in the ready-mix business. Chamberlain also reported years of service on Kanab’s planning and zoning commission. He was sworn into another council term in January 2024, when local reporting also identified his service as mayor pro tempore.
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A June 2026 amendment to Kanab's fiscal 2026 budget, adopted 4-0, added $300,000 in general fund transfer authority. It also provided for an interfund loan to cover about $3.8 million in airport projects while the city waits for grant reimbursements.
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Kanab's audited fiscal 2025 statements show a $2.7 million general fund balance, $35.6 million in total net position and about $7 million in bonds and financed purchases. The council kept revenue-neutral property tax rates and adopted its fiscal 2027 budget in June 2026.
