Ivins Council appoints city manager, adopts FY26 salary ranges and confirms city engineer; tables Red Mountain Resort agreement

Ivins — The Ivins City Council on Thursday approved multiple personnel and budget items and moved to continue a major development agreement for further review.

The council voted to adopt Resolution No. 2025-14R appointing Chuck Gillette as city manager and later approved his employment agreement. Council members also approved Ordinance No. 2025-20, adopting FY2026 salaries and salary ranges for elected officials, statutory officers and department heads; confirmed Tom Jorgensen as city engineer by resolution; and authorized a sole-source expenditure to prepare a water master plan, impact-fee facilities plan and impact-fee analysis. The council continued consideration of a development agreement for Red Mountain Resort to a future meeting.

Why it matters: The personnel votes finalize leadership transitions following the recent departure of the previous city manager and set compensation ranges used in the adopted FY2026 budget. The continued review of the Red Mountain Resort agreement preserves the council’s ability to…