Mapleton

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Next meetingNone postedCheck the city's notices

Latest recorded voteRatification of ADA Ramps 2026 award to Century…Approved 5-0 · City Council, Wed, Oct 7

Open projectsNone tracked yetAdded as minutes name them

Meeting records through Oct. 7, 2026Approved minutes through Oct. 7, 2026Coverage and sources →

Latest decisions

Through Oct. 7, 2026, the latest meeting with recorded results.

Ratification of ADA Ramps 2026 award to Century Construction (Resolution 2026-48) Approved · 5-0City Council, Wed, Oct 7 · Approved City Council minutes
Utah County Tourism Tax Advisory Board grant agreement for Union Bench Bike Park (Resolution 2026-49) Approved · 5-0City Council, Wed, Oct 7 · Approved City Council minutes
Construction manager/general contractor award for Evans Family Park (Resolution 2026-46) Approved · 5-0City Council, Wed, Sep 16 · Approved City Council minutes
Revised Public Works Design Standards (Resolution 2026-47) Approved · 5-0City Council, Wed, Sep 16 · Approved City Council minutes

Meetings and decisions, item by item →

Follow the money and what happened next

Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Mapleton's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.

Open questions in our reporting

Mapleton's sewer notes to Spanish Fork: three sets of payment figures for fiscal 2027
Whether the fourth amended agreement was signed by both cities, and whether any later amendment followed the renegotiation the audit describes.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-16
Mapleton's $6 million internal fiber loan: approved terms and differing repayment dates
Whether a signed loan agreement and amortization schedule exist, and which first repayment date they set.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-16
Mapleton's fiber utility budget counts on 52% more billing revenue in fiscal 2027
How many paying accounts the fiber utility has now, and what it has billed and collected in fiscal 2027 to date.
Reporting status as of 2026-10-16

Contracts and spending records →

Mapleton: fiber utility, internal loan and Spanish Fork sewer notes →

Mapleton's sewer notes to Spanish Fork: three sets of payment figures for fiscal 2027
Mapleton owed Spanish Fork $21,865,418 on four sewer notes at June 30, 2025. The audit says the agreement behind them was being renegotiated, and the audit's repayment schedule, the fiscal 2027 budget overview and the detailed sewer budget each list different payments for the year.
Published October 16, 2026
Mapleton's $6 million internal fiber loan: approved terms and differing repayment dates
Mapleton lent its fiber network $6 million from city capital funds. Council minutes put repayment at July 1, 2028, while the fiscal 2027 budget overview says repayment begins in fiscal 2028, a year earlier under the city's July-to-June calendar.
Published October 16, 2026
Mapleton's fiber utility budget counts on 52% more billing revenue in fiscal 2027
Mapleton's adopted fiscal 2027 budget forecasts $2,963,250 in fiber billing, up from $1,944,000 budgeted for fiscal 2026, as the fiber fund takes on both 2021 and 2023 bond payments and budgets $107,979 for reserves.
Published October 16, 2026

Growth & construction

Growth & housing
Drought and a 1964 water right put Central Utah Project deliveries in focus
Transbasin diversions moved about 165,000 acre-feet to the Great Basin in 2024, and this year's drought sharply cut inflow to Strawberry Reservoir.
Published October 21, 2026 · From KSL.com News

Around town

Education
Mapleton charter-school plan draws traffic and safety questions
The proposed Louisa May Alcott Community School would sit across from Hobble Creek Elementary.
Published October 19, 2026 · From KSL.com News

Mapleton City Council: who serves and how to follow it

Mayor Therin GarrettMayor
Kasey BeckAt-large
Melanie BottAt-large
Jessica EgbertAt-large
Leslie JonesAt-large
Jake LakeAt-large

The mayor and five council members serve at large. The council typically meets on the first and third Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the council chambers at the city building, 125 W. 400 North, unless noted otherwise; meetings are streamed live and archived on the city YouTube channel.

Roster from Mapleton: Mayor & City Council, read on October 29, 2026. Terms and schedules change; confirm with the city.

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Resident services & official contacts

Council meeting archives by year ↗Mapleton's council page provides year-specific archives, an annual schedule and a separate video channel. Select the archive year before matching documents to a session.
Recorder contacts and records-request route ↗Administration lists the City Recorder, staff directory and GRAMA request link. Use these official contacts when an archive does not contain the document you need; describe the existing record.

City-specific service links checked Oct. 20, 2026. The linked agency provides current service details.

Choose a task for a short checklist and the official service page. Confirm service boundaries, current fees and registration requirements with the provider.

Official links checked October 27, 2026. Schedules and charges can change.

Set up city utilities

Complete the Utility Service Application linked from Utility Setup.
Review the deposit policy and ACH Direct Pay option with the Finance department.
Contact Utility Billing to confirm the application and the payment or enrollment steps needed for your account.

Set up city utilities: official page ↗

End service when moving

Contact the Mapleton Utility Office by phone or visit the office to request termination.
Have the account holder's name and the Mapleton address being vacated ready.
Provide a forwarding address and phone number for the final account correspondence.

End service when moving: official page ↗

Reserve a park pavilion or city facility

Choose a pavilion, the gazebo or a building on the city's reservations page and book through the online link.
Rentals must be made at least 2 days in advance.
Pavilions rent as a half day (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 5 to 10 p.m.) or a full day (9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), and reservations open each Jan. 1.
Inflatables and slip-n-slides need a Special Events Permit and liability insurance; for questions outside office hours, call the on-call line at 801-857-9628 (the city says not to text it).

Reserve a park pavilion or city facility: official page ↗

Read Mapleton's General Plan elements and future land use map

The page describes the General Plan as a long-range guide to growth, conservation and where different land uses go; it does not decide individual buildings.
Open the Future Land Use Map for the intended land use around a property, and the Land Use Element for the policies behind it.
Other documents cover parks and recreation, moderate income housing, water conservation and the 2026 Transportation Master Plan, so pick the element that matches your question.
Check the date on each document and talk with Community Development about the zoning that applies to your parcel.

Read Mapleton's General Plan elements and future land use map: official page ↗

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Add the places you care about, such as home, work and family members' homes.
Choose the topics: emergency alerts like severe weather, road closures and evacuations, plus optional city news.
Pick how you want to hear: phone call, text, email, or any mix.

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Coming up in Mapleton →

Mon, Nov 30
Mapleton Lights On FestivalCommunity · 5–8 p.m. · Mapleton City Park, Mapleton

Mapleton: the numbers and what's current

The Census Bureau estimates Mapleton's population at 16,275 on July 1, 2025, up 43.3% from the 11,360 in its April 2020 estimates base. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates ↗

Mayor: Therin Garrett. Council: Kasey Beck, Melanie Bott, Jessica Egbert, Leslie Jones, Jake Lake. Mapleton: Mayor & City Council ↗

The City Council typically meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the council chambers of the city building, 125 W. 400 North, unless otherwise noted. Mapleton: meeting minutes and agendas ↗

From the city

City Council meeting at 6 p.m. with a public hearing on a resolution amending the fiscal 2026-27 budget. ↗November 4, 2026 · Utah Public Notice Website: Mapleton public hearing notice, Nov. 4, 2026
Council work session at 5:30 p.m. on park operating hours and lighting schedules, followed by the 6 p.m. regular meeting. ↗October 21, 2026 · Utah Public Notice Website: Mapleton City Council agenda, Oct. 21, 2026
Louisa May Alcott Charter School development: what Utah law allows and how the city reviews charter school development ↗October 9, 2026 · Mapleton city news
Mapleton 101, a new four-week course on how local government works ↗October 1, 2026 · Mapleton city news
No Mapleton city race or question is on the Nov. 3 ballot; the only city question on the Utah County sample ballot is Salem's 0.1% recreation, arts and parks sales tax (Proposition 8) ↗September 17, 2026 · Utah County: 2026 general election notices and sample ballot

Budget and finances

FY2026-27 adopted budget ↗The adopted budget packet; the finance page also lists the tentative budget and budget amendments back to fiscal 2025.
Financial statements and budgets ↗Adopted budgets, amendments and financial statements from the Finance Department.

Checked against the city's own pages on October 28, 2026. Dates and schedules change; confirm with the city before you plan around them.

Mapleton at a glance

Utah County · Utah

Mapleton is a Utah County city whose tagline is "small town. big heart." Its pioneer past is kept alive through the Historic Old Towne Square, a historical committee with photo collections and an annual Pioneer Days celebration. The city's Parkway Trail, an asphalt path for non-motorized use, starts at the Hobble Creek Trail in Springville and heads south along the Mapleton Lateral Canal corridor toward SR-6, with plans to link to a trail in Spanish Fork.

The city website has a how-do-I hub, a citizen problem reporter, utility billing, park and trail pages and fiber network information. Council meeting records run from 2009 to the present, organized by year, and meetings stream on the city's YouTube channel. Regular council meetings fall on the first and third Wednesdays under the city's annual schedule. A separate public notices page lists upcoming hearings, so check it alongside the agenda.

Events and meetings Regional news

Sales tax in Mapleton

The combined sales and use tax rate is 7.45% (7.35% in unincorporated Utah County). Grocery food is taxed at 3.00%, restaurant meals at 8.45% and hotel stays (transient room) at 13.02%. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Source: Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗

Who runs Mapleton

FY2027 budget. The city's Financial Reports page lists the FY 2026-2027 Final Budget Packet (labeled '2027 Adopted Budget'), a Tentative Budget, and audit reports through 2025. Budget document ↗

Read from the city's own website on October 31, 2026. Meeting schedule ↗

Places and local character

Parkway Trail ↗In town · A paved non-motorized trail running from Springville's Hobble Creek Trail south toward SR-6 along a canal corridor.
Mapleton city parks ↗In town · City Park, Harvest Park and North Park have reservable pavilions, and Union Bench has a bike park.

Resident essentials

Council agendas and minutes ↗Yearly archives of council materials, video links and the annual meeting schedule.
Parks ↗Names and locations of the city's parks and which pavilions can be reserved.
Trails ↗Details on the Parkway Trail route and its phases.

Check the annual meeting schedule PDF for regular meeting days, then the agenda for the specific item.

Government and sources

Municipal directory · Utah municipal boundary data · Roster checked Oct. 19, 2026. Check the linked agency for current services and contacts.

Local guide sources

Local guide reviewed Oct 27, 2026. Operators provide current hours, fees, reservations and access information.

Latest decisions

Open questions in our reporting

Mapleton: fiber utility, internal loan and Spanish Fork sewer notes →

Mapleton's sewer notes to Spanish Fork: three sets of payment figures for fiscal 2027

Mapleton's $6 million internal fiber loan: approved terms and differing repayment dates

Mapleton's fiber utility budget counts on 52% more billing revenue in fiscal 2027

Growth & construction

Drought and a 1964 water right put Central Utah Project deliveries in focus

Around town

Mapleton charter-school plan draws traffic and safety questions