Clark Taylor

Disclosed interests

Disclosures and recusals in the minutes

Every time the council minutes since 2020 record this official disclosing an interest or stepping aside for one, as summarized from the minutes.

• Disclosed that the developers of the Bridges at Fox Hollow plats are his clients, and voted. May 23, 2023 · Minutes (PDF)
• “Council Member Taylor put on the record that Doug Smith was his client,” before the vote on a Doug Smith Autoplex pylon sign site plan. He voted. January 24, 2023 · Minutes (PDF)
• “Stated on the record that Doug Smith Subaru was his client and he had helped put this deal together, but he still planned on voting,” on a dog park sponsorship and naming rights agreement. He seconded the motion. December 13, 2022 · Minutes (PDF)
• Disclosed that the developer had hired him to do work on the project, on a zone change at 361 E. 980 North, said he saw no conflict, and voted. July 13, 2021 · Minutes (PDF)
• Disclosed in a work session on the downtown plan that he was trying to buy a building downtown. July 21, 2020 · Minutes (PDF)

Campaign contributions

Voting record

Recorded votes

1,439

Yes

1,261

No

2

Abstained or recused

0

Absent

150

Motions made

563

From January 14, 2020 to September 22, 2026. 26 votes are marked not recorded because the minutes' attendance and tally don't account for every member. A yes is counted only when everyone present is accounted for in the tally. Motions count once per item, so moving a consent agenda counts for each item on it.

Voted no

• Accessory building size and approval code amendment (17.5.105) December 12, 2023 · Tabled 3-2; Shelton, Taylor voted no
• 620 South/700 South road cross section (Ordinance 2022-08-34) August 9, 2022 · Approved 2-2 tie broken by Mayor Frost voting yes; Councilmembers Barnes and Taylor voted no; Shelton absent

Every recorded vote

In our reporting

• Clark Taylor voted on five Doug Smith dealership items. The minutes record his client disclosure at two. Taylor made the motion for Doug Smith Auto's $2 million sales-tax incentive in 2021. He told the council in December 2022 and January 2023 that Doug Smith was his client. The firm he now works for lists Doug Smith as a client.
• WPA Architecture hired to design American Fork's $40 million public works complex A five-member committee interviewed the two top-scoring of four firms and unanimously recommended WPA, whose fee was lower. The council approved the award 3-0. A construction manager is still to be chosen.
• On the record: how American Fork officials handled votes touching their ties Minutes show Ryan Hunter abstained on the $9.1 million SIRQ fire station price, Clark Taylor disclosed a client and voted, and the mayor stepped back from the Chamber's Steel Days deal.
• American Fork Citizen reviews officials' disclosures on contracts and ties The local paper found a city landscaping contract held by the mayor's company went 13 years without a rebid, and that two council members list ties to the firm that built the newest fire station.