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Mona council considers expanded celebration: swim night, vendor fair and sponsorship tiers
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Summary
City staff proposed expanding Mona’s annual celebration with a Thursday swim night, vendor fair and new sponsorship tiers; council members debated event choices, youth programming and whether to keep contests like the duct-tape regatta. Staff will organize a youth committee and return with logistics.
Staff member, City staff, opened the meeting by urging council input on the city’s annual celebration, saying she thought “it'd be helpful to talk through last year's agenda” and floated adding a Thursday evening to broaden participation.
The council heard participation figures from 2025 that staff said informed the choices: “we can do 300 people” for the dinner, roughly 95 people in the 5K and about 100 children at a silent disco limited to age 12. Members debated which contests to retain — watermeloneating, donut-eating, the duct-tape regatta — with some calling the regatta a big turnout and others saying they would not repeat it.
Discussion focused on programming that reaches families and youth: staff suggested a pool “swim night” hosted in nearby Nephi, a chalk-art contest to draw in artists, a vendor fair to pull people into the park, and evening options such as a scavenger hunt or movie night. Committee members also proposed sports activities; one advised adding 3-on-3 basketball to draw more youth attendance.
On operations and revenue, staff proposed shifting from event-by-event sponsorships to an annual sponsorship model with tiers and benefits (banner placement and website listing). She gave example price points, noting single-event sponsorship (for example, a movie night) could be marketed at $500 while larger annual tiers would carry banner and booklet placements. Council members generally supported the sponsorship approach but asked for clearer breakdowns of what each tier would receive.
Why it matters: The council is trying to balance activities that draw broad participation with costs and volunteer capacity. Members asked staff to convene a youth committee to help run events and to bring back more detailed logistics, hours, and budget implications before the council takes formal action.
The council did not vote at the work session; staff will refine the plan, coordinate with the youth committee, and present final sponsorship packages and schedules for approval at an upcoming meeting.