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Utah County Commission updates event-insurance risk categories for facility use
Summary
The commission voted to reclassify several event types from 'negligible' to 'low' risk, reclassify Jazzercise to 'medium' and standardize risk-labeling in the county's event insurance standards.
The Utah County Commission voted to revise its event-insurance standards, moving multiple event types from “negligible” to “low” risk, reclassifying Jazzercise classes to “medium,” and standardizing the terminology so all references read “medium” rather than “moderate.”
Commissioners said the changes aim to keep routine professional or business meetings from being burdened with insurance requirements while ensuring higher-risk uses receive appropriate scrutiny. “I don't want someone to have to pay for an insurance policy if they're just hosting a business meeting,” Commissioner Garner said during the discussion.
Under the approved changes, the commission reclassified the following event types from negligible to low risk: anniversary party, autograph event, baby shower, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, belly dancer, birthday party, book signing, bridal shower, face painter, first communion, gender reveal party, graduation, retirement party, social reception, speaking engagement, and voter registration. The body of the motion also changed wording for consistency (replacing isolated uses of “moderate” with “medium”). The commission separately moved Jazzercise classes to a medium risk category and noted that on-site training would be required before the county would treat Jazzercise events as medium risk.
A staff member told the commission that on-site training would be required for Jazzercise before the classification could be finalized. Commissioners debated scenarios—such as a controversial author drawing a protest at a book signing—as justification for keeping some activities subject to insurance requirements.
There was a motion and a second to adopt the amendments. All commissioners present voted in favor and none opposed, and the motion passed. The commission then opened the meeting for public comment.
The vote changed the county's event-insurance standards as they appear on the county's regular agenda (item 1). No ordinance, regulation citation, or statutory authority was named during the discussion.
