South Davis Recreation District reports membership and program growth; facility upgrades discussed

Tiff Miller, executive director of the South Davis Recreation District, told the Centerville City Council on July 21 that the district finished 2025 with about 19,300 members and rising program participation.

"As of 12/31/2025, we had about 19,300 members, 4,000 of those being Centerville City residents," Miller said, noting that Centerville accounts for roughly 20.6% of total membership. He said annual-pass revenue was up about $76,000 compared with 2024 and that audited revenues for 2025 were $573,000, an increase of $74,000 from the prior year.

Miller attributed the growth to post-pandemic recovery and increased interest in ice sports tied to the Mammoth events. He cited program-by-program gains: soccer participation reached 1,613 in 2025 (287 participants from Centerville this year), flag football rose from 891 participants in 2024 to 1,089 last year, and swim lessons totaled 4,731 sessions in 2025.

The director said the district completed targeted capital maintenance in 2025 — updating dasher boards at the ice arena, replacing treadmills, replastering the outdoor pool surface and installing a new leisure-pool filter — and described unplanned equipment replacements this year, including two pool boilers. "We're almost 20 years into the facility," Miller said, noting escalating capital-maintenance costs.

On potential improvements, Miller described feasibility-level plans under discussion: reconfiguring locker rooms for more family/individual changing stalls in response to 2025 regulatory changes and a possible 6–8 lane covered lap pool with a retractable roof or bubble for year-round lap swimming. "None of these are in place at this point, but there are discussions just to find out feasibility," he said.

Council members praised the district’s outreach and asked for comparative participation figures by city; Miller said he would provide additional breakdowns. He also described operational disruptions caused by a short outage of the Sportsman registration system earlier in the year and how partnerships with neighboring cities helped maintain services.

Miller closed by listing upcoming events and community offerings — including junior-jazz registration, swim lessons, the Copper Cup figure-skating competition and a community-art potluck — and reiterated a willingness to coordinate Centerville-specific free-admission days and other cooperative events.

The presentation concluded with council members thanking Miller for the update. The council did not take action related to the district’s budget or projects at the meeting.