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Council authorizes mayor to sign nonexclusive endorsement letters for broadband BEAD applicants including Utah Broadband and Comcast
Summary
Council voted to let the mayor sign separate, non‑biased endorsement letters for any providers applying to state broadband funds to bring fiber to Emigration Canyon; Utah Broadband and Comcast presented project plans and timelines for federal/state grant windows.
The Emigration Canyon City Council voted to authorize the mayor to sign template endorsement letters supporting broadband grant applications from providers seeking state BEAD/IIJA funds to bring fiber to the canyon.
Mike Simmons of Utah Broadband and a consultant for Comcast (Steve Proper) both briefed the council on plans to apply for state broadband funding awarded under the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (the BEAD program) and asked for municipal letters of support.
Mike Simmons said Utah Broadband has provided wireless service in the canyon for two decades and is now pursuing fiber where feasible. “For the last several years, we've been moving to fiber Internet where we can,” Simmons said, and he described federal…
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