Brad Frost, recorded in city minutes as Mayor Bradley J. Frost, was sworn in for a new term as mayor of American Fork in a special council session on January 5, 2026. City Recorder Terilyn Lurker administered the oath to Frost and to Councilmembers Staci Carroll and Ryan Hunter after the 2025 election.[1]
Budget and regional boards
At the August 25, 2026 meeting the council adopted the final budget for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 on a 5-0 vote, adjusted to the 5.7% property tax rate the council had settled on. An interim budget had been adopted in June because of the proposed tax increase. The minutes quote Frost calling the budget "the most important thing we do."[2]
The same minutes record that American Fork was voted onto the Utah Lake Authority Governing Board on August 13 and that the resolution names Frost as the city's representative.[2]
Chamber of Commerce and city decisions
At an April 28, 2026 ethics training, city legal counsel Heather Schriever reviewed the Utah Municipal Ethics Act, including written disclosure of interests in city transactions. Minutes state that Frost is president of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce and that, when he acts in that role, he should not take part in city decisions on Chamber matters.[4]
The issue came up again on June 23, 2026, when the council took up an agreement for the Chamber to manage the Steel Days celebration for up to three years with annual review. The agreement calls for a Chamber report on each year's event by October 31, and the Mayor Pro Tem was to sign it because of the mayor's involvement in negotiations.[3]
Profile sources
Profile refreshed October 28, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.
From 2019 to 2022 the City Council approved agreements to repay Red Pine Construction up to $1.1 million, and White Horse Developers up to $363,366, $2.34 million and $772,895, for upsized roads and utilities. State data list $3.13 million in city net expenses to White Horse in fiscal 2021.
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In an Oct. 19 response, Utah County says the redevelopment agency must notify it when a cap requires early termination. The Ledger is still seeking the records needed to explain how American Fork's Egg Farm receipts were counted against the cap.
Minutes show Ryan Hunter abstained on the $9.1 million SIRQ fire station price, Clark Taylor disclosed a client and voted, and the mayor stepped back from the Chamber's Steel Days deal.
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The local paper found a city landscaping contract held by the mayor's company went 13 years without a rebid, and that two council members list ties to the firm that built the newest fire station.
