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Council conditions continued city support for children’s rodeo on attorney approval of indemnity language
Summary
Councilors voted to continue allowing a children's rodeo at the fairgrounds but asked the city attorney to draft indemnity/insurance wording before finalizing the arrangement.
The Castle Dale City Council voted July 10 to continue supporting a series of children’s rodeo events at the city fairgrounds, provided the city attorney approves required indemnity or insurance language.
Why it matters: Council support allows youth rodeos to continue using city facilities. At the same time, council members emphasized the need for clear legal protections for the city because several organizers reported difficulty obtaining commercial insurance.
Discussion: An organizer described multi-year rodeo operations at the Blue Sage/fairgrounds and said last year the group obtained insurance but this year insurers were unwilling to underwrite the events for youth participants. The organizer said the city’s practice has been to require parent/guardian waivers for participants; the presenter also cited state statutory language that presumptively recognizes the inherent risk of equine and livestock activities when certain notices and forms are used.
Council response: Members said they would support continued use of the facility so long as the city attorney can prepare appropriate hold-harmless, indemnity or other protective language. One councilmember requested specific wording to ensure the city and its employees are held harmless; the motion to continue support was passed with the attorney-review condition.
Next steps: The council directed staff to ask the city attorney to draft proposed indemnity/insurance language and return it to the council for review before formalizing ongoing facility use by the youth rodeo organizers.
