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Wrap-tax board recommends funding for Leisure Services, Rotary Club and trap-club fence; preservation funds slated for trail repairs
Summary
The Cedar City wrap-tax advisory board voted to forward recommendations to city council to allocate wrap-tax funds to Leisure Services, the Rotary Club and the Cedar City Trap Club, and to use preservation funds toward repairs of the Bicentennial-to-canyon trail; final numbers will be verified with staff before council consideration.
The Cedar City wrap-tax advisory board on Monday moved to recommend a package of allocations from the city’s one-tenth-of-a-percent wrap tax, including a large Leisure Services allocation, a grant to the Rotary Club’s playground/water-feature project and funding tied to improvements at the Cedar City Trap Club.
Randall McCune, the city attorney, told the board the tax proceeds are statutorily limited to parks, recreation and arts and may only go to qualifying nonprofit or government entities. “You cannot give any money to the guy who wanted the dog park because he never gave us information about a nonprofit group at all,” McCune said, explaining that applicants without a qualifying nonprofit or a government sponsor are legally ineligible for wrap-tax awards. That legal test shaped the board’s deliberations.
The chair presented recommended figures as part of a draft package: roughly $583,003.55 earmarked for Leisure Services projects, $143,007.96 for a Rotary Club playground/water-feature project and $20,015.88 for the Cedar City Trap Club (the chair also cited a $10,007.88 estimate specifically for trap-club fencing). Board members debated whether the remaining unallocated balance should be added to the Rotary allocation; one member moved to add the remainder to Rotary and Frank Davis seconded the motion. The board approved the recommendation by voice vote and the chair said the items would go on the city council agenda for final approval.
Leisure Services staff and other board members clarified eligible and ineligible charges during the discussion. Ken Nelson of Leisure Services noted that items such as lane lines and sound panels could qualify if they become city-owned equipment used across programming, but coaching stipends and tournament travel payments are not eligible under the board’s interpretation of the law. A Leisure Services representative also described storage and maintenance responsibilities: “It’s our facility and have to be stored at our facility,” the Leisure Services speaker said when discussing water-polo goals.
The board also considered preservation and restoration funds (a 10% set-aside of the parks/recreation portion). Leisure Services described a preservation request to repair and resurface an asphalt trail from Bicentennial Park up toward the canyon; staff said contractor Ashdown is prepared to hold quotes and begin scheduling once funding is confirmed, and estimated work for the full corridor at roughly $215,000. A separate motion to allocate preservation funds toward the trail repair passed by voice vote. McCune said he would verify current balances with staff (Terry) before the package is transmitted to the city council.
The board took no further business and adjourned. The recommendations will be forwarded to city council staff for verification and formal council consideration.
