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The gymnasium concept — described by city staff as roughly 26,000 square feet — is presented as shared space for school physical education during school hours and city programming for evenings, weekends and summers. City staff told the council the architect’s preliminary construction estimate is $10.5 million, plus or minus roughly 10 percent.

City parks staff said the facility would include a walking track, basketball courts, a 2,800-square-foot fitness/yoga room on a second level, and flexible open space. Under the current schematic the district would fully fund items shown in yellow on the design matrix, Kaysville would fund items in green and some building systems and common areas would be shared on a 50/50 basis. “When we were told 10.5 by the architects, they were clear that that's an estimate. It’s 10.5 plus or minus 10%,” Cole (staff member) said during the presentation. “Hopefully, we'll only go down from there, but I think they're trying to be conservative.”

Why it matters: councilors framed the gym as an investment in community recreation that could reduce pressure on rented gym space, shorten program wait lists and provide programming for adults and older residents (walking track, yoga, low-cost group fitness) as well as youth sports. Several councilors said the facility could also bring foot traffic near downtown and be treated as a community amenity rather than solely a school building.

Funding options and constraints

City staff outlined funding options the council could consider, including partial use of the city’s RAMP sales-tax fund (the presentation used a $500,000 placeholder in scenario modeling), issuing debt (general obligation bond) and spreading payments over 15–25 year terms. Staff noted RAMP has historically funded parks, trails and recreation projects; how much RAMP would contribute in any given year can vary depending on other RAMP commitments. Staff also explained the district is seeking an early signal of whether Kaysville is “in or out” of a partnership so the district will not spend engineering resources and carry re-design costs as it did in a prior (2010) project in Centennial when a last-minute withdrawal forced redesign.

Councilors discussed a range of operating questions: access during school hours (public access would be restricted when school is in session because the building sits on school grounds), maintenance responsibility (the district would oversee building operations and bill the city for its share of ongoing maintenance items; resurfacing was cited as roughly $4,000 per year), staffing of site supervisors for open hours, membership or access controls, locker-room access (staff said locker rooms would be locked and public restrooms provided) and program-fee models to cover part-time staffing costs.

Next steps and council direction

Counselors did not approve a funding commitment at the meeting. They directed staff to set up a tour of three prototype facilities (Shoreline, Horizon/West Point legacy projects) and to include descriptive material about the project in the tentative budget/public hearing notices so residents can review the concept before the June budget hearing. “We have to know: are we in or are we out? Because as they go, there's a lot that goes into engineering and designing a building,” Cole (staff member) said. The council scheduled the facility tour for next Friday and asked staff to bring the item back for the public budget hearing and a deliberative council decision later in the budget process.

Provenance: city staff introduced the gym topic at the start of the session and the council closed discussion after a presentation and Q&A; the first and last transcript excerpts used to draft this report are cited in the provenance section.

Ending note: councilors emphasized the project’s trade-offs — community benefit versus multi-million-dollar cost — and asked staff to continue outreach and to provide clearer funding scenarios (bond terms, RAMP contribution floor, and operating-cost estimates) before making any formal commitment.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Work Session 5-20-2025","oneSentenceSummary","Kaysville City Council members spent the bulk of a budget work session reviewing plans and cost estimates for a proposed standalone gymnasium designed by the Davis School District and sited with the district’s junior high campus.","taxTitle","Kaysville, Davis County, Utah","taxId",7302,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544818,"Kaysville council weighs police sergeant and legal position amid tight budget; deputy fire chief set aside",3906,4978000,8884000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3427364-d7f01d3f6932efcff2c171630929a6e7&start=4978&end=8884","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3427364-d7f01d3f6932efcff2c171630929a6e7/thumbnail_4978000.jpg","/articles/6544818/Kaysville/Davis-County/Utah/Kaysville-council-weighs-police-sergeant-and-legal-position-amid-tight-budget-deputy-fire-chief-set-aside","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544818-150ce0621c5dc2cda0abe04821cbb787/orig.mp4?Expires=1770439364&Signature=PiiX9DJJfrLBihLwRKmd~~nkuaJRqabAW~XHOZwT9fkHwO77FhjAbcuWpgx~hgRfoNjuMbsz-7nskRKxkz9W7AGsGV4MXRxYOuIF3Far~JsMsBU3W5dPl5rJ4VCoXEQi7grY4LcW9Icfer4m3801h0z0pi9oRP4MXoIwlvuEN8OtGQQNZVME8kyqOwj4WNaXvuld1T61gY6UEJzSFpcI0-JWYiXdO8TYh7UZvsLYT1sIcMsSpW7LNPvUFIWSBHHJsT~fNz-Ro55ZIsxCpLkPLyydKOvnZYOifAS2u9gusABmUv~EgKqeqWm~E1EiK6JdaSax5zBqK7EZdMCDGlY~9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Kaysville’s budget work session turned to personnel requests after the gym presentation, with councilors and staff debating which positions to include in the upcoming fiscal-year budget.

City department heads had submitted roughly 15 staffing requests over several years; staff recommended prioritizing an assistant city attorney (to support increased legal workload) and a police sergeant (to add night supervision for patrol). A deputy fire chief was originally on a short list but council discussion moved that request off the immediate budget path.

Why it matters: staffing choices determine service levels for public safety, legal services and utilities and carry multi-year personnel and benefit costs. Council members emphasized both fiscal restraint and the “insurance” value of supervisory staff in public safety.

What staff recommended and why

Staff recapped prior prioritization exercises and told the council that departments had jointly elevated the assistant city attorney role and that the police department had repeatedly requested an additional sergeant to provide overnight supervision. Chief and public-safety staff argued the sergeant would improve field supervision, response coordination and quality-of-service for complex calls. Abby (councilmember) said the position is a high priority for her: “I’m a hard no on any budget without it,” she said, referring to the police sergeant request.

The deputy fire chief request drew more mixed reaction. Several councilors expressed concern about adding multiple new full-time positions in a single budget cycle and favored a staged approach. After discussion the council signaled it would keep the assistant city attorney and the police sergeant as priorities for the budget package and would remove the deputy fire chief from the immediate proposed hires pending additional review of station/districting options.

Budget trade-offs and council direction

Council members repeatedly framed the choice as a trade-off between adding personnel and preserving fiscal stability (including fund balances and future capacity to bond for capital items). One councilor noted the city’s tentative budget had previously assumed three hires and a $7 million gym scenario; revised options would adjust those assumptions depending on the council’s decisions. Staff described options to phase hires, to contract certain legal services short term and to revisit public-safety facilities/district options as a longer-term strategy.

Next steps and concluding direction

Councilors asked staff to maintain the assistant city attorney and police sergeant as recommended priorities in materials for the tentative budget and the public hearing, to explore interim contracting options where feasible (for legal services) and to continue the discussion about fire-station timing and districting before adding the deputy fire chief back into a future budget. No formal hires were approved at the session; the council will weigh final inclusions in the final budget adoption process.

Provenance: staff introduced the staffing topics at the start of the personnel portion of the meeting and the closing council discussion about staffing and budget trade-offs is cited in the provenance section below.","Councilors debated multiple staffing requests during the budget work session. Staff recommended an assistant city attorney and a police sergeant as high priorities; after discussion the group moved the deputy fire chief request off the immediate table and signaled support for further review and staged hiring.","actionData","errors"]

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