Commissioners approve winter hotel vouchers, Utah Jazz rental deal, fee waiver and contract pay adjustment
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Davis County commissioners approved four Community and Economic Development items on Oct. 21, 2025, including a $10,000 agreement to provide hotel-motel vouchers for homeless families during a winter “code blue,” a receivable agreement with Jazz Basketball Investor LLC for use of Western Sports Park courts, a fee waiver to allow the Community Interfaith Christmas Concert to use Western Sports Park facilities, and a compensation amendment to an existing contract with Cheyenne Twitchell.
The agreements and actions were presented by Kent Anderson, director of Community & Economic Development, who described the Open Doors contract as payable in the amount of $10,000 to provide hotel-motel vouchers for the 2025–26 winter code-blue period. Anderson said the Jazz Basketball agreement is a receivable of $118,777.50 with a discount of $18,572 intended to encourage weekly daytime rentals at Western Sports Park; Anderson tied the Jazz contract to continued daytime court rentals and gave the contract period as beginning Oct. 15, 2025 and running into April 2026. Anderson also explained a nonprofit requested a fee waiver so the Community Interfaith Christmas Concert—normally held in a school auditorium under construction—could use Western Sports Park for a free community event from Nov. 13–17, 2025. Finally, Anderson presented an amendment to contract 2025-329 for Cheyenne Twitchell to adjust compensation in the 2025–26 budget years, a capped total of $28,000 ($15,500 in 2025 and $12,500 in 2026), described on the agenda as an $8,500 increase from the original contract, with the amended contract period shown as Feb. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026.
During the public comment period, Drew Chamberlain Layton opposed additional spending on a separate “ski bus” program and urged commissioners to reject similar expenditures. Layton said, “I would encourage you to say no. Like, I’ll teach you that word today.” Kent Anderson later explained the ski bus is a partnership among Snowbasin, UTA, Layton City and Morgan County and said funding for that service comes from Proposition 1 “fourth quarter” sales-tax distributions for active-transportation projects; Anderson said a proposed county tax increase would not affect that funding either way.
Commissioners moved to approve items 1 through 4 on the agenda and the motion was seconded and approved without recorded opposition.
The approvals allocate limited county funds and authorize the county to execute the listed agreements and contract amendment; the Open Doors agreement is payable, the Jazz agreement is a receivable, the concert use is a fee-waiver for a nonprofit event, and the Twitchell amendment increases an existing contract cap. No additional conditions or amendments were announced at the meeting.
Votes at the meeting were taken by voice; the motion to approve items 1–4 was seconded and passed (voice vote).
The agreements and actions were presented by Kent Anderson, director of Community & Economic Development, who described the Open Doors contract as payable in the amount of $10,000 to provide hotel-motel vouchers for the 2025–26 winter code-blue period. Anderson said the Jazz Basketball agreement is a receivable of $118,777.50 with a discount of $18,572 intended to encourage weekly daytime rentals at Western Sports Park; Anderson tied the Jazz contract to continued daytime court rentals and gave the contract period as beginning Oct. 15, 2025 and running into April 2026. Anderson also explained a nonprofit requested a fee waiver so the Community Interfaith Christmas Concert—normally held in a school auditorium under construction—could use Western Sports Park for a free community event from Nov. 13–17, 2025. Finally, Anderson presented an amendment to contract 2025-329 for Cheyenne Twitchell to adjust compensation in the 2025–26 budget years, a capped total of $28,000 ($15,500 in 2025 and $12,500 in 2026), described on the agenda as an $8,500 increase from the original contract, with the amended contract period shown as Feb. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026.
During the public comment period, Drew Chamberlain Layton opposed additional spending on a separate “ski bus” program and urged commissioners to reject similar expenditures. Layton said, “I would encourage you to say no. Like, I’ll teach you that word today.” Kent Anderson later explained the ski bus is a partnership among Snowbasin, UTA, Layton City and Morgan County and said funding for that service comes from Proposition 1 “fourth quarter” sales-tax distributions for active-transportation projects; Anderson said a proposed county tax increase would not affect that funding either way.
Commissioners moved to approve items 1 through 4 on the agenda and the motion was seconded and approved without recorded opposition.
The approvals allocate limited county funds and authorize the county to execute the listed agreements and contract amendment; the Open Doors agreement is payable, the Jazz agreement is a receivable, the concert use is a fee-waiver for a nonprofit event, and the Twitchell amendment increases an existing contract cap. No additional conditions or amendments were announced at the meeting.
Votes at the meeting were taken by voice; the motion to approve items 1–4 was seconded and passed (voice vote).
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