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Commission discusses future of county fair; strikes agenda item to rescind UVCVB agreement
Summary
Commissioners debated options for managing the Utah County Fair — keeping the Utah Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau (UVCVB) contract, creating a county fair director, issuing an RFP, or forming a nonprofit — and voted to strike an agenda item that would have rescinded agreement no. 2010-91 with the UVCVB; motion carried 3–0.
The Utah County Commission held a substantive discussion about the future management of the Utah County Fair and whether to move management away from the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (UVCVB).
Staff outlined three primary options for the fair's administration: create an internal county fair-director position so contracts and purchases would be processed through county procurement; issue a request for proposals (RFP) and contract with a third party; or work with the county attorney to create a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that would run the fair with county representation on its board. Commissioners noted a fourth practical option would be to retain the existing UVCVB arrangement but amend the contract to provide clearer separation and county oversight.
Commissioners emphasized the balance between retaining control and limiting county liability. One commissioner said keeping the CVB could retain county influence while limiting exposure; another expressed concern that any change would require amending existing agreements and possible transitional work already underway for next year's fair.
After discussion, Speaker 2 moved to strike regular agenda item number 2 (the item that would have rescinded agreement No. 2010-91 with the UVCVB); Speaker 4 seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote, 3''to 0. The chair recorded the motion carried and staff were left with direction to continue planning under the current timeline while the commission considers longer-term structural options.
The meeting record shows commissioners are weighing competing priorities: public control and oversight versus liability and continuity of planning for next year's fair. No formal contract rescission was enacted; the agenda item related to rescission was removed from the record.
Quotations below are verbatim from the transcript and attributed to the speaker labels used in the meeting record where no full name or title was provided.
