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Commission adopts revised Ice Sheet Authority interlocal agreement with Provo City
Summary
After a multi-year process, the Utah County Commission approved a fifth amended interlocal cooperation agreement with Provo City to reflect current management, add statutory winding‑up provisions and set parameters for possible future disposition of the facility.
County counsel presented a lengthy update on the Ice Sheet Authority, recounting negotiations that began in 2011 and the need to amend the interlocal agreement to reflect current facility management by Provo City and changes in state law requiring explicit termination and winding-up procedures.
The fifth amended agreement includes new termination provisions and generally limits any sale of the asset to another public agency, though counsel noted negotiation language in the agreement allows parties to work through sales to non-public entities by mutual agreement. Commissioners discussed those constraints and the potential for negotiations with local public entities such as Utah Valley or neighboring cities.
County counsel said the facility is currently operating well and the county’s annual assessment has decreased in recent years. The commission moved to adopt the resolution approving the fifth amended interlocal cooperation agreement and voted unanimously to approve it. Counsel will forward the approved version to Provo City for their approval.
The action is procedural (amending governance documents) but finalizes long-standing discussions about the governance and potential disposition of the Ice Sheet Authority’s assets and liabilities.
