Citizens Agenda
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PROVO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
Work Meeting Agenda
12:00 pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Work Meetings are designed to be a less formal venue for discussion among Council Members. Generally, no public input is taken during the meeting.
Business
A discussion regarding a transfer of $614,197 from the General Fund to the Airport Fund and an appropriation of $124,144 in the Airport Fund for New Destination Marketing and Interfund Loan Interest. (21-017, 21-018)
Provo City has agreed to contribute $50,000 in marketing costs for each new destination Allegiant flies to from the Provo Airport. Allegiant has recently announced Denver and Orange County as new destinations, requiring a $100,000 contribution from the City to Allegiant for marketing purposes. This will be funded with a $100,000 transfer from the General Fund.
On April 21, 2020, the Municipal Council approved a resolution authorizing an interfund loan between the Airport Fund and the Energy Fund for $4,900,526 to purchase land near the Airport. The loan is for 10 years with a fixed principal payment of $490,053 and a variable interest rate equal to the monthly Utah State Public Treasurer's Investment Fund rate. The loan was to be paid back with Airport revenues and if revenues were not sufficient a transfer would be made from the General Fund for all or a portion of the payment. The Airport is currently being subsidized by the General Fund ($141,411 in the fiscal 2021 Budget) and not in a position to make all or a portion of the payment so Administration is recommending a transfer from the General Fund of $514,197 which includes interest of $24,144.
A discussion regarding the Legacy CIP Fund. (21-020)
The City received an allocation of approximately $8.5 million from the federal CARES Act to assist in covering extraordinary city costs associated with our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In part, the CARES Act funds were used to reimburse the City of public safety/first responder compensation during the period of March 2020 to December 2020. The net effect of this eligible use of CARES Act funds was to create a surplus in the General Fund.
In a recent memo, the Administration has reported on the City's expenditure of the CARES Act grant funds and has proposed the creation of a Legacy CIP fund to allocate the amount received for public safety compensation reimbursement. The Administration would like to review the information with the Council in a work meeting in preparation for a future Council action to appropriate the funds as outlined in the memorandum.
A resolution approving an agreement with Utah County regarding funding for the Regional Sports Park. (21-016)
