Logan council weighs county election contract and $4 million library loan; approves South Main incentive
April 6, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
With Council Member Ernesto López excused, the council continued the Campbell annexation, approved a budget adjustment and, as the Redevelopment Agency, approved a tax increment incentive of up to $2.5 million for the Logan Business Gateway at 701 South Main. Workshops covered an inter-fund library loan and the Brickyard rezone.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 2a · Appointment
Ratify Jordy Guth to the Planning Commission
Approved · 4-0
The council ratified Mayor Holly Daines' appointment of Jordy D. Guth to the Planning Commission.
Item 2b · Appointment
Ratify Historic Preservation Committee appointments
Approved · 4-0
The council ratified Jennifer Duncan and Joe Needham to the Historic Preservation Committee.
Item 3 · Contract
Proposed Cache County interlocal agreement for election services
Discussed
City Recorder Teresa Harris proposed contracting with the county for mail-ballot processing, signature verification and tabulation, at an estimated $1.95 per voter, about $39,975 per election, compared with roughly $35,000 the city typically budgets. The city would keep candidate administration. Simmonds raised cost concerns, Jensen supported it as more secure and faster, and Amy Anderson was concerned about a single countywide vote center. The mayor said it was an administrative decision; no motion or vote was taken.
- Contract$39,975 to Cache County
Item 5 · Roads and utilities
Council of Governments bonding
No action
Mayor Daines asked for a two-week deferral while discussions on possible bonding for road projects continue.
Item 7 · Appointment
Ratify Residential Eco-Sustainability Advisory Board appointments
Approved · 4-0
The council ratified Patrick Belmont, Paul Campbell, Herm Olsen, Paul Rogers and student members Emily Fletcher and Cole Stocker to the RESAB.
Item 8 · Annexation
Campbell Annexation, Ordinance 21-04
Continued · 4-0
The hearing on annexing 37.45 acres north of 2200 South and east of 800 West, petitioned by Mark Daines for Paul Campbell, was continued to May 4. Nibley's protest was not decided because the Cache County Boundary Commission lacked a quorum.
Item 9 · Budget
Fiscal 2020-21 budget adjustments, Resolution 21-15
Approved · 4-0
The council approved $75,000 for higher utility billing credit card fees and a $13,000 state grant for library digitization of local records. No one spoke.
- Budget$75,000
- Grant$13,000 to State of Utah
Item 10 · Budget
Workshop: police overtime reimbursement, Resolution 21-20
Discussed
Staff proposed appropriating $13,463 in police overtime shift reimbursements.
- Budget$13,463
Item 11 · Budget
Workshop: $4 million inter-fund loan to the library, Resolution 21-21
Discussed
The Electric Fund would lend $4,000,000 to the Library Fund for 10 years at 1.69 percent simple interest, with the first payment due May 1, 2022 and no prepayment penalty, for library construction within a $16 million project. Finance Director Richard Anderson said the existing library levy repays it and he expects another inter-fund loan to cover a balloon payment. Jensen and Amy Anderson asked about tax effects.
- Payment$4.00 million to Electric Fund
Item 12 · Zoning
Workshop: 800 North 50 West rezone (Brickyard), Ordinance 21-07
Discussed
Planner Tanya Rice presented a request to rezone about 0.80 acres from Commercial to Mixed Use. Staff recommended approval and the Planning Commission recommended approval 6-1 on March 11. Simmonds asked who owns the pull-in parking along 50 West and flagged the narrow street.
- Current zone to proposed: COM to MU
- Acres: about 0.80
Item 13 · Parks
Workshop: 2021 public art action plan, Resolution 21-17
Discussed
The plan uses $10,000 in city funds for downtown placemaking art and $10,000 in block grant funds for murals in low- and moderate-income parks, with Soccer Park and Merlin Olsen Park as priorities.
- Budget$10,000
- Grant$10,000
Item 14 · Taxes and fees
Workshop: light and power rate schedules, Resolution 21-18
Discussed
Light and Power Director Mark Montgomery proposed setting commercial and industrial solar buy-back one cent above wholesale with annual review and replacing commercial billing meters. Solar customers would no longer pay $300 for a bidirectional meter. Asked by Simmonds about the dam project, he said construction is largely complete but sediment removal needs a plan acceptable to FEMA and he was not satisfied with the contractor.
Item 15 · Taxes and fees
Workshop: parks and recreation and golf fees, Resolution 19-21
Discussed
Parks Director Russ Akina described fees for eight pickleball courts (four open to the public during tournaments), separate ballfield and green space reservation fees, tournament staff fees, a possible part-time wage increase from $12 to $15 an hour, and a $100 outside catering fee at the golf course.
Item R1 · Development
RDA assistance to Logan Business Gateway, LLC, Resolution 21-16 RDA
Approved · 4-0
Acting as the Redevelopment Agency, the council approved a tax increment incentive of 100 percent of available increment, capped at $2,500,000 (reduced to $2,347,983 if housing is not built within five years), for a 68,000-square-foot office building, retail along Main Street and housing on 100 West at about 701 South Main. Available increment excludes 10 percent for affordable housing and 5 percent for administration. Conditions require building to approved plans and a permanent public riverside trail. Gail Yost asked how much money the agency holds.
- Payment$2.50 million to Logan Business Gateway, LLC
What residents said
Cost of county election servicesSingle countywide vote center
Gail Yost asked about agency funds; no comment on the budget hearing.