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Midway awards $75,958 in TAP tax grants; council member recuses and one abstention recorded
Summary
Council awarded TAP (tourism, arts, parks) tax funds to eight applicants, allocating most to arts and trails; one council member recused and one council member abstained during the final vote.
The Midway City Council approved the latest round of TAP (tourism/arts/parks) tax awards, allocating a total recommended distribution of $75,958 among eight applicants.
Council staff and the review committee — council members Craig Silas, Kevin Payne and the mayor’s appointee — presented the committee’s recommendations and the chart of requests and suggested awards that had been provided in the council packet. Staff said the committee attempted to follow program rules limiting awards to the funds actually received from the county for the award period; it recommended allocating roughly 33% to trail projects, 59% to arts projects/events and 8% to city-owned equipment for town-hall productions.
During discussion, a council member identified membership in an applicant organization and announced recusal from the item. The council addressed an apparent inconsistency raised about funding for sheet music versus orchestration costs; the committee said the larger award to one applicant was to cover creation of an original orchestration (composition/arrangement) rather than the cost of printed copies alone.
After brief discussion the council voted to adopt the committee recommendations with a single adjustment: increasing the award for the Heber Valley Orchestra/Choir from the recommended amount to $2,177 to cover sheet-music needs (the council considered sheet music a consumable tied to a specific upcoming performance). The motion passed with the roll call showing one abstention; the remainder of voting members recorded "aye." The council’s finance and staff team indicated funds will be disbursed by December.
Council members and staff noted the city’s allocation balance favored arts funding in this cycle compared with some nearby jurisdictions that direct larger shares of TAP tax to parks and trails.
