Logan council approves EMS rates and vaccine funding; Krebs rezone withdrawn
March 16, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
With Council Member Tom Jensen excused, the council unanimously approved new EMS billing rates and $207,849 for the vaccine program. The applicants withdrew the Krebs rezone. The agency held a workshop on a tax increment incentive for a South Main development.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item Staff 1 · Presentation
Cache Valley Visitors Bureau tourism report
Discussed
Director Julie Hollist Terrill reported that Cache County visitors spent $187.2 million in 2019, supporting about 2,207 jobs, and that motel occupancy was 53 percent with overnight visitors down 72 percent in the valley in 2020. A new 100-room hotel on South Main had a soft opening. The council thanked her.
Item Staff 2 · Roads and utilities
Logan River Watershed Plan presentation
Discussed
Zan Murray of JUB Engineering and Cache Water District manager Nathan Daugs described a federally funded watershed plan focused on flooding, with water conservation and recreation as secondary goals. Public scoping closed that evening, a draft alternative is one to one and a half years away, and construction could follow in about two years. Amy Anderson asked what federal acceptance means and Simmonds noted the discussion had gone on for at least three years. No action was taken.
Item 1 · Taxes and fees
EMS billing rates, Resolution 21-13
Approved · 4-0
After a hearing with no comment, the council approved new rates: ketamine $45, Toradol $20, tranexamic acid $100, Phenergan $15 and a $3 convenience fee for online card payment. Fire Chief Brad Hannig said most items were previously adopted and these were omitted.
Item 2 · Budget
Fiscal 2020-21 budget adjustment, Resolution 21-14
Approved · 4-0
The council approved appropriating $207,849 for the Fire Department's COVID-19 vaccine program. The minutes call the money HUD funding in the heading and CARES Act funding in the body. No one spoke.
- Budget$207,849 to Logan Fire Department
Item 3 · Zoning
Krebs rezone from Industrial Park to MR-20, Ordinance 12-06
Withdrawn
The applicants withdrew the request to rezone about 10 acres at about 1400 North 1200 West before a council vote. Staff and the Planning Commission had recommended denial.
Item 4 · Budget
Workshop: budget adjustments, Resolution 21-15
Discussed
Staff proposed $75,000 for higher utility billing card fees and a $13,000 state grant for the library to digitize local records. Simmonds asked how card fees are offset; Finance Director Richard Anderson said they are built into rates and options include encouraging bank drafts or a 1.5 percent card fee.
- Budget$75,000
- Grant$13,000 to State of Utah
Item R1 · Development
RDA workshop: Logan Business Gateway incentive, Resolution 21-16 RDA
Discussed
The agency heard a proposal to give Logan Business Gateway, LLC 100 percent of available property tax increment, capped at $2.5 million (dropping to $2,347,983 if housing is not built within five years), for a 68,000-square-foot office building, retail buildings and a housing component at about 701 South Main. Conditions include building to approved plans and a permanent public riverside trail. The Economic Development Committee recommended approval. The developer said the upper three floors are fully leased and occupancy is expected in June or July.
- Payment$2.50 million to Logan Business Gateway, LLC
What residents said
Public notice for rezonesBilingual notices
None recorded at the hearings.