Utah County agrees to reimburse up to $1 million for Spanish Fork competition pool
Spanish Fork approved a five-year sponsorship agreement in March under which Utah County would reimburse up to $1 million of competition pool construction costs at the FitCity Center, in exchange for resident membership rates for some nearby county residents.
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Spanish Fork's City Council on March 24, 2026, approved a sponsorship agreement under which Utah County would reimburse up to $1 million toward building the competition pool at the city's FitCity Center, according to the meeting's adopted minutes. [1]
Payments follow the city's submission of eligible expenses, and the agreement runs five years, through Dec. 31, 2030. [1]
Councilman Jesse Cardon moved to approve, and Councilman Landon Tooke seconded. Council members Kevin Oyler, Cardon, Stacy Beck and Tooke voted yes; Councilman Shane Marshall was absent. [1]
Membership terms
Under the agreement as described in the minutes, residents of the 84660 ZIP code are treated as city residents for FitCity memberships, and the benefit extends to eligible residents of certain unincorporated areas in the 84653 ZIP code identified with the county's help. [1]
Staff said people who had already bought a non-resident membership would have it extended rather than refunded. [1]
The county's approval came earlier. At its Dec. 17, 2025 meeting, the Utah County Commission voted 3-0 to approve the sponsorship agreement between the county and Spanish Fork for the competition pool, recorded as Agreement 2025-1094. Commissioner Beltran moved and Commissioner Powers Gardner seconded. The minutes say the motion approved the agreement with discussed changes that removed operations and maintenance and added another ZIP code, 84651, for non-city residents. Beltran also noted a 20% membership concession for all county employees. [2]
The commission approved those Dec. 17 minutes on its Jan. 14, 2026 consent agenda. The county minutes and the city's March 24 minutes describe the membership terms differently: the county record mentions ZIP code 84651 and an employee discount, while the city record describes resident rates for 84660 and eligible areas of 84653. The records reviewed do not explain the difference or include the signed agreement. [2][3][1]
An approved reimbursement cap is not a record of money received.
Sources
- Spanish Fork City Council · March 24, 2026 adopted minutes, Utah County sponsorship agreement
- Utah County Commission · Dec. 17, 2025 minutes, Spanish Fork competition pool sponsorship agreement
- Utah County Commission · Jan. 14, 2026 minutes, consent agenda
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.