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Spanish Fork and Utah County negotiate fairgrounds purchase, cleanup funding and a long-term fair partnership
Summary
Spanish Fork City has fronted the purchase of adjacent fairgrounds property and seeks county participation in half the negotiated $2.2 million purchase and cleanup arrangement; the county and city also discussed a draft interlocal for Spanish Fork to operate the Utah County Fair, with commissioners cautious about timing and budgetary risk amid COVID‑19.
Spanish Fork City and Utah County officials spent the commission’s remote meeting laying out the terms of a complicated deal that pairs a property purchase and environmental cleanup with a proposed long-term interlocal to operate the Utah County Fair.
City representatives said the seller agreed to reduce the purchase price from $2.4 million to $2.2 million and to reserve $200,000 toward cleanup costs. Spanish Fork City has the parcel in escrow; under the draft terms it sought the county’s agreement to pay half of the county’s portion of the purchase and half of the cleanup allocation. City officials said they will indemnify the county for environmental liability tied to the property and that, after agreed land transfers the county’s net cash obligation is likely to be nearer $1.0 million than $1.2 million.
Commissioners pressed for clearer…
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