Budget plan earmarks $4 million for Fitness Center, $6.5 million for roads; ethics training flags mayor's Chamber role
April 28, 2026, 4:00 p.m. · City Administration Conference Room, 51 E. Main St.
In the final budget work session, Finance Director Anna Montoya outlined a fiscal 2027 general fund that sets aside $4 million for Fitness Center improvements, about $6.5 million for roads excluding impact fees, and $500,000 to start a fire vehicle replacement program as the city stops leasing vehicles. In ethics training, legal counsel said the mayor, as president of the Chamber of Commerce, should stay out of city decisions on Chamber matters.
From the approved minutes.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 1 · Budget
Fiscal 2027 general fund, capital projects, fleet and Fitness Center budgets
Discussed
Street operations move to a new general fund roads fund. About $3.4 million is programmed for road capital work (overlays, crack seal, microsurfacing, slurry, 100 West, parts of Water Road, 100 East, and King Street), with total road spending about $6.5 million excluding impact fees, plus a new traffic study. $4 million is earmarked for Fitness Center improvements; its general fund subsidy stays about 35% of operating costs. Community Services capital totals about $4.9 million, including about $120,000 for playgrounds, Art Dye Park fencing and shade sails, a cremation niche project and the annual Fox Hollow contribution. Public safety equipment about $140,000; a boom lift and trailer about $90,000. Fleet: eight police vehicles (two for new officers), $500,000 to start a fire apparatus replacement program, and a shift from leasing to buying with cash. A long-dormant electronic billboard earmark is still carried forward. Members debated whether to raise property taxes amid residents' cost pressures.
- Road capital: about $3.4 million; total roads about $6.5 million
- Fitness Center improvements: $4 million
- Community Services capital: about $4.9 million
- Fire fleet replacement start: $500,000
- 2020 ladder truck lease retires FY2028
Item 2 · Other
Ethics and conflict of interest training
Discussed
Legal counsel Heather Schriever reviewed the Utah Municipal Ethics Act: officials must disclose in writing (to the mayor at least 10 days ahead where required) any interest in city transactions, including ownership over 10% or employment with a company doing business with the city. Councilmember Hunter said his company had not done work for the city during his term despite public assumptions. Schriever said the Chamber of Commerce is a business entity and that when the mayor acts as Chamber president he should not participate in city decisions on Chamber matters. A new law also requires Planning Commission members to take ethics training.
- Connection stated: Mayor Bradley Frost is president of the American Fork Chamber of Commerce