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Orem mayor highlights no-tax city hall financing, management reforms and a parks preservation resolution
Interview: Brad Daw with Mayor Dave Young · October 26, 2025
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Summary
Mayor Dave Young said Orem paid cash for a $37 million city hall using savings and grants rather than bonds or tax increases; he described management studies, a strategy-and-innovation team, a full-time grant writer, and a resolution to keep parks and school land as parks or schools.
Mayor Dave Young told an interviewer that the city—s new $37 million city hall was financed without bond debt or a tax increase.
He said the project included about $9 million in grant funding and used savings accumulated through more-efficient budgeting, and that the council approved…
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