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Ogden development tracker

Williams International airport expansion incentive

Williams International, a maker of small jet engines, planned a roughly 100,000-square-foot expansion with about 300 new jobs at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport. The city's Redevelopment Agency approved a package of up to $27.5 million: up to $22 million in tax-increment payments, with later payments tied to construction milestones, plus $5.5 million for a new 24-inch waterline. On March 11, 2025 the agency board voted 6-0, with one member absent, to adopt Resolution 2025-3, an amended tax-sharing agreement with Weber County, and Resolution 2025-4, which lets the executive director sign the incentive agreement. Those were agency board votes, not City Council votes. The incentive is conditional: the Ledger's earlier story on the conditions sets out the terms, including a Dec. 31, 2026 deadline. No payment, missed condition, or delivered jobs figure has been reported.

ApprovedStatus as of Mar 11, 2025

Type
Development agreement
Applicant
Williams International
Location
Ogden-Hinckley Airport, Airport Community Reinvestment Area
  1. Mar 11, 2025Redevelopment Agency board adopted Resolutions 2025-3 and 2025-4, each 6-0 with one member absent.
  2. Mar 11, 2025City Council: Amended Weber County interlocal agreement, Airport CRA (RDA Resolution 2025-3)
  3. Mar 11, 2025City Council: Participation and incentive agreement with Williams International (RDA Resolution 2025-4)
  4. Feb 11, 2025City Council: Airport CRA interlocal agreement amendment with Weber County (work session)
  5. Feb 11, 2025City Council: Williams International incentive agreements, Airport CRA (work session)

In brief

Williams International airport expansion incentive appears on 2 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of February 11, 2025 to the City Council meeting of March 11, 2025.

On record, it was approved 2 times.

The most recent decision was approved (6-0) at the City Council meeting of March 11, 2025.

Updates

  1. March 11, 2025

    Redevelopment Agency board adopted Resolutions 2025-3 and 2025-4, each 6-0 with one member absent. Source

Follow the money and project delivery

Williams International airport expansion incentive

Approved

  1. Council action

    Approved according to the dated project source. Record → · March 11, 2025

  2. Money in the record

    contract: $17.0 million — Maximum county tax increment contribution, restricted to infrastructure Record → · March 11, 2025

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. March 11, 2025 · City Council

    Amended Weber County interlocal agreement, Airport CRA (RDA Resolution 2025-3)

    Approved · 6-0

    The Redevelopment Agency board adopted an amended interlocal agreement with Weber County on sharing tax increment in the Airport Community Reinvestment Project Area, 6-0 (Myers moved, Blair seconded). The amendment lowers the county's participation to 75 percent and restricts its use to infrastructure.

    Moved by Board member Myers, seconded by Board member Blair. Vote: Adopted 6-0; Board member Richey absent

  2. March 11, 2025 · City Council

    Participation and incentive agreement with Williams International (RDA Resolution 2025-4)

    Approved · 6-0

    The Redevelopment Agency board adopted, 6-0 (Graf moved, Blair seconded), a resolution authorizing the executive director to sign a participation and incentive agreement with Williams International for its expansion in the Airport CRA. The February work session described up to $27.5 million in total support.

    Moved by Board member Graf, seconded by Board member Blair. Vote: Adopted 6-0; Board member Richey absent

  3. February 11, 2025 · City Council

    Airport CRA interlocal agreement amendment with Weber County (work session)

    Discussed

    Meess presented an updated agreement with Weber County, which approved it in January 2025. County tax increment participation falls from 90 to 75 percent, the money is limited to infrastructure such as electrical, water, sewer, taxiways and apron, and the county's maximum contribution stays at $17 million. The base year stays 2020, the agreement expires in 2047, and the start of tax increment is the earlier of the year the agency triggers it or Jan. 1, 2026.

  4. February 11, 2025 · City Council

    Williams International incentive agreements, Airport CRA (work session)

    Discussed

    Williams International, which designs small gas turbine engines and has operated in Ogden since 1978 with about 900 employees in roughly 400,000 square feet, is considering a 100,000-square-foot expansion with more than 300 new jobs. The draft proposal offers up to $22 million in post-performance tax increment, $17 million for electrical infrastructure and $5 million for jobs and training, plus $5.5 million of agency money for a 24-inch waterline loop from the airport well, a total of $27.5 million. The company already holds a state incentive of up to 30 percent of new state tax revenue for 20 years, and the expansion is estimated to generate $31.25 million in local tax increment by 2047. Members asked about the company's water use, the agreement's end date, how long until the city sees a return, encouraging new employees to buy homes in Ogden and space for future expansion.

    • Proposed total incentive: $27.5 million
    • Expansion: about 100,000 sq. ft. and 300+ jobs