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City staff report Main Street progress, Utah Lake pipeline timeline and upcoming budget hearing for Orchard Hills lighting
Summary
City staff told the Santaquin City Council on Jan. 7 that Main Street improvements are progressing, the Utah Lake pipeline work is expected to be test-ready in early 2026, and a budget amendment and public hearing will be posted to cover higher-than-expected electrical costs at Orchard Hills Park ballfields.
City staff updated the Santaquin City Council on infrastructure projects and an upcoming budget amendment during the Jan. 7 meeting.
Norm (city staff) said contractors have begun installing streetlight poles on the Main Street project and that traffic signals on the eastern end were recently activated. “That’s moving along... we should be able to finish up and not be having any type of issue with coming up on paving deadlines,” Norm said, describing the project’s progress.
On water infrastructure, Norm discussed the Central Utah Project (CUP) work on the Utah Lake water system pipeline and said crews were crossing 400 East recently. He said the CUP pipeline work is scheduled to be “ready to test in the early part of 2026,” and that a turnout for Santaquin to connect is a future project that has not yet been built.
Norm also warned council members that the electrical work and associated conduit for ball-field lighting at Orchard Hills Park is costing more than originally budgeted. He said staff will bring a budget amendment and: “You will probably see this Friday a public hearing notice go out because we have to do a public hearing to amend the budget.” The amendment will explain the additional costs tied to power and installation.
Norm said there has been preliminary discussion about an outside group staging a smaller PRCA bull-riding event at the rodeo grounds, roughly in May. He said the event is not finalized and would go through the city’s normal event process with facility-use costs borne by the event organizer.
Council members did not take immediate action on the updates; staff said it would return with the budget amendment and public hearing notice for council consideration.
