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Public urges cuts as commission approves community items; staff says ski bus uses Prop 1 funds
Summary
A Layton resident urged commissioners to reject county spending on a subsidized ski bus; county staff said the ski bus is funded by Proposition 1 sales tax dollars. The commission approved four community and economic development items including hotel vouchers and a youth basketball receivable.
A Layton resident urged the Davis County Commission to reject county spending on a subsidized ski bus, and county staff explained the program’s funding source as the commission approved several community and economic development items.
During public comment, Drew Chamberlain of Layton said the county was "spending way too much money," referenced an $85,000 ski bus cost from the prior year and asked commissioners to "say no." He told the board, "We have a tax increase that's coming. We all need to stay within our budget." Chamberlain repeatedly encouraged commissioners to cut budgets and taxes.
In response, Kent Anderson, identified in the meeting as the department director, said the ski bus is a partnership between Snowbase, the Utah Transit Authority, Layton City and Morgan County and is subsidized to help residents and visitors access the mountain. Anderson said those funds "come out of prop 1 or what they call the fourth quarter," an additional sales tax distributed to cities and the county for active transportation; he added that a proposed tax increase "wouldn't impact this one way or the other."
Anderson then presented four agenda items (CED items 1–4): an agreement with Open Doors to provide hotel/motel vouchers to homeless families during code blue for the 2025–26 winter ($10,000); a receivable agreement with Jazz Basketball Investor LLC doing business as the Utah Jazz for Bantam League basketball ($118,777.50, with an $18,572 discount) covering 10/15/2025–4/1/2026; a fee‑waiver request to allow a nonprofit interfaith Christmas concert to use Western Sports Park (11/13–11/17/2025); and an amendment to contract 2025‑0329 with Cheyenne Twitchell increasing capped compensation by $8,500 total over 2025–26 (new capped total $28,000).
A commissioner moved to approve items 1–4, another seconded, and the commission approved the items on a voice vote.
The meeting proceeded to the health department agenda after the vote.
