Roy City staff recommended and the City Council agreed in principle on Dec. 3 to shorten Super Saturday hours and pursue a "safe zone" declaration to reduce juvenile-related disturbances that have occurred at the event in recent years.

Michelle, Parks and Recreation staff, described the proposed change as a response to repeated juvenile-related problems during the late-evening hours at the Super Saturday event. She said the department recommends moving the event close time from 9 p.m. to 7 p.m. and obtaining a safe-zone declaration to strengthen the city's ability to remove disruptive individuals.

Roy Police Chief Gwen explained the enforcement rationale: the groups of juveniles typically assemble around 5–6 p.m. and are highly coordinated by phone. "They don't start showing up until around 5, 6 o'clock or so, and so if we can maybe potentially get things shut down a little bit sooner, the word gets out that what they're showing up for doesn't exist anymore," Chief Gwen said. On the safe-zone tool, she added it would "give us more, a greater ability to intervene with a quasi-zero tolerance policy and removing these folks from our parks when they shouldn't be there without actually having to wait for some kind of criminal act or infraction to occur."

Staff reviewed earlier mitigation steps that were tried: fencing, controlled entry/exit, bag searches, relocating portions of the event and separating daytime activities from later fireworks. Council members expressed support for the time change and the safe-zone approach, noting vendors and families typically leave earlier in the evening and that ending at 7 p.m. would reduce a late-evening congregation that became a target for disruptive groups.

Implementation notes: staff said the city would notify vendors in advance, coordinate early vendor breakdown and post signage required for a safe-zone declaration. Chief Gwen said the safe-zone declaration would be adopted in a public meeting and supplemented by on-site signage; staff would prepare precise language and operational procedures for council approval.

No formal ordinance or resolution was adopted at the Dec. 3 meeting; council members gave direction to proceed with preparations and follow up with final language and operational details at a subsequent meeting.