Council member Keegan proposed that Cache County route green‑belt tax revenues through COSAC (the county’s open‑space advisory committee) to manage applications and funding recommendations, similar to how the open‑space bond is administered. Keegan provided recent annual figures for the green‑belt receipts: 2024 — $850,000; 2023 — $582,000; 2022 — $1,400,000; 2021 — $1,200,000.

Keegan said the funds must be committed to projects within five years or they will return to the LeRay McAllister Fund and then be available statewide. Council members agreed that COSAC could streamline the application and recommendation process and asked staff to place a motion on a future agenda to make the allocation official.

Next steps: staff to add a motion to the next meeting agenda to consider transferring green‑belt allocation responsibility to COSAC and to return with a formal recommendation and any necessary implementation language.