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Local nonprofits, residents raise food‑assistance figures, film/imagery concerns and community-theater updates during public forum
Summary
Speakers at the March 5 public forum reported Tabitha’s Way mobile-pantry statistics and events, raised complaints about offensive imagery and filming in downtown and at the golf course, and updated the council on Payson Community Theater and The Roots education facility.
Several community members used the March 5 Payson City Council public forum to share updates and raise local concerns.
Wendy Osborne, representing Tabitha’s Way, reported that the organization’s local mobile pantry served 1,890 households and 8,445 individuals in Payson in 2024 and provided roughly 380,025 meals through the pantry program. Osborne said Tabitha’s Way served more than 23,000 households across its broader service area last year, cited a roughly 30% year-over-year increase in need, described March 15 as a statewide Feed Utah food-drive date, and invited councilors and the public to a March 27 ribbon-cutting for the group’s new Spanish Fork location.
Richard Broadbent, a Payson resident, told the council he had seen what he described as sexually explicit or degrading images and wording displayed around the golf course clubhouse and on a storefront produced during recent film work downtown; he asked whether permits were issued for the filming and asked the city to follow up. Council members acknowledged awareness of complaints and said staff and police were investigating.
Scott Quigley, with Payson Community Theater, described theater-produced outreach to local schools and said Roots (a nonprofit education/arts center with a Pleasant Grove facility) is expanding programs across Utah County. Quigley asked how the city might accept donated tickets and coordinate distribution while noting city gift-acceptance limits.
Council members closed the forum after public comments. Councilors agreed to be available to recognize a visiting high-school basketball championship team should the group arrive later in the meeting.
