Cedar City work session: fuel distributor objects to Royal Hunte median, arena bids run into impact fees, comp-time cap drafted
October 7, 2026, 5:30 p.m. · Council Chambers, City Office, 10 North Main Street, Cedar City
At its Oct. 7 work meeting the Cedar City Council heard a fuel distributor object to a concrete median planned on Royal Hunte Drive, learned that seven bids came in for a covered arena at Cross Hollow Event Center and that its transportation impact fee alone is almost $85,000, and reviewed a personnel policy that cuts the comp-time cap to 120 hours. It tabled a proposal to rebuild the West Canyon Park irrigation ditch. Most items moved to the Oct. 14 meeting for a vote. These are draft minutes from the Nov. 4 packet.
From the draft minutes. Updated November 3, 2026.
In brief
8 items came up for a decision or discussion: 7 discussed and 1 tabled.
The agenda records 1 dollar amount, the largest $117,500.
4 items here are tracked in the city's development tracker.
This write-up links 1 source document.
6 members were present.
Residents raised royal hunte drive median, arena impact fees, and comp time.
The previous City Council work session meeting was on September 9, 2026: Cedar City approves masticator purchase at revised price and Fiddlers Canyon trail agreement
The next one was on October 14, 2026: Cedar City council approves two rezonings and a covered arena bid, denies waiving the arena's impact fees
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| General plan change and zone change near 226 N 3325 W (public hearing) | Discussed · 5-0 |
| Bauer Meadows zone change (public hearing) | Discussed · 5-0 |
| Royal Hunte Drive median and barrier | Discussed · 5-0 |
| Covered outdoor arena bids and impact fee waiver | Discussed · 5-0 |
| Quichapa Wells rehabilitation bids | Discussed · 5-0 |
| 100 East roadway project change order | Discussed · 5-0 |
| Personnel policy resolution | Discussed · 5-0 |
| West Canyon Park irrigation ditch renovations | Tabled · 5-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Zoning
General plan change and zone change near 226 N 3325 W (public hearing)
Discussed · 5-0
Go Civil said the landowner prefers the I&M-1 table of uses for planned flex and shell buildings. Councilmember Wilkey noted the change would create an I&M-1 island among I&M-2 properties. The council moved the item to the action agenda unanimously.
Item 2 · Zoning
Bauer Meadows zone change (public hearing)
Discussed · 5-0
Councilmember Phillips said he worried about more housing without alternate traffic routes. City Engineer Kent Fugal said federal aid funding for a connecting road becomes available in July 2027 and construction would be expected by summer 2028. The item moved to the action agenda unanimously.
Item 3 · Roads and utilities
Royal Hunte Drive median and barrier
Discussed · 5-0
Russell Westwood, representing Jenkins Oil, said the planned concrete barrier would keep the 105-foot tanker that serves the Rally Stop from circling the site, a 33-foot gap from the 72-foot vehicle in the turning study, and that UDOT's consultant had not answered a request to model the larger truck. Switching to a 75-foot truck that carries 8,000 gallons instead of 13,000 would cut delivery efficiency by 39%, he said. The item moved to the action agenda unanimously.
Item 4 · Contract
Covered outdoor arena bids and impact fee waiver
Discussed · 5-0
The city received seven bids; the low bidder is Doug Hunt Construction. Staff said the building permit requires impact fees and the budget does not cover them. The Cross Hollow Event Center operator said the donor funding the arena, nearly $3 million, would not pay what he called outrageous impact fees; Councilmember Cox noted the transportation fee alone was almost $85,000. Councilmember Phillips called waiving the city's own fees a slippery slope, and Councilmember Schmidt agreed the city should pay; the city manager suggested the city pay the fees from the general fund and that engineering look for a lower-impact category in the transportation manual. The bids went to the action agenda.
Item 5 · Roads and utilities
Quichapa Wells rehabilitation bids
Discussed · 5-0
Widdison Well Services was low bidder on both contracts but told the city it could not finish all four wells in the time allowed, so the lowest cost is for Widdison to take wells five and eight and Grimshaw Drilling wells six and seven. The item went to the consent agenda.
Item 6 · Roads and utilities
100 East roadway project change order
Discussed · 5-0
The senior engineer said the road is fully open to Knoll Street and the $117,500 change order is the project's only one; about $69,000 was frontage work paid back by a private owner, leaving the city about $48,000. Street, water and sewer funds remain under budget.
- Change order$117,500
Item 7 · Other
Personnel policy resolution
Discussed · 5-0
Human resources and a council committee reviewed the leave policy after employees rejected a proposed paid-time-off system. The draft reduces the comp-time cap from 480 hours (public safety) and 240 hours (other staff) to 120 hours, with balances paid down to 40 hours each May, starting May 2027. The council moved the item to the action agenda unanimously.
Item 8 · Parks
West Canyon Park irrigation ditch renovations
Tabled · 5-0
The city manager said injuries continue along the concrete-lined ditch and asked what it would cost to remove the concrete and restore a more natural channel; demolishing with city crews and bidding the rebuild would cost about $50,000 less than bidding everything. Councilmember Galan moved to table the item and the vote was unanimous.
What residents said
Royal Hunte Drive medianArena impact feesComp time