Bountiful council agenda for Oct. 13: Bountiful Boulevard right-of-way vacation, $140,000 land sale and police laptop purchase
October 13, 2026, 7:00 p.m. · City Hall, 795 South Main Street
The Bountiful City Council's Oct. 13 agenda included a public hearing on vacating about 10,251 square feet of excess right-of-way on Bountiful Boulevard, a sale of an approximately 0.235-acre parcel for $140,000, a $24,252 emergency well motor purchase and an $85,920 police laptop purchase. Results were not in the documents reviewed.
From the agenda; results are added when minutes are posted. Updated October 21, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 6a · Budget
Expenditures over $1,000 (consent)
Pending
Disbursement reports totaled $4,533,752.03 for three dates in September, including $393,894 to Cache Valley Electric for the NW Substation, $327,750 to UTOPIA Fiber for August network fees, $2,324,002.77 to Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems for August power and $316,293.89 to Black Forest Paving for reconstruction. These are reports of invoices the city has already paid, so approval ratifies payments rather than awarding contracts; the three reports sum to the $4,533,752.03 total, and the vendor lines listed are only some of the entries.
- Payment$393,894 to Cache Valley Electric
- Payment$327,750 to UTOPIA Fiber
- Payment$2.32 million to Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems
- Payment$316,293.89 to Black Forest Paving
Item 7 · Contract
Viewmont well pump and motor installation, Widdison Well Services
Pending
Staff asked the council to ratify an emergency purchase of $24,252 for a new well motor from Widdison Well Services after a motor failed during an August lightning storm. The well was rehabilitated in May 2026 and can pump up to 600 gallons per minute. The old motor is being analyzed, and the city would be reimbursed if a warranty applies. Kraig Christensen presents. The city manager authorized the purchase as an emergency in August, the peak water-demand month, and the council is asked to ratify it afterward. Staff said the contractor found a hole blown through the side of the old motor, which usually points to lightning rather than a warranty defect; the motor was sent out for analysis, and any reimbursement depends on that result.
- Purchase$24,252 to Widdison Well Services
Item 8 · Contract
Police laptop purchase, Baycom
Pending
Purchase of 16 ruggedized Panasonic Toughbook laptops and docking stations for $85,920 from Baycom, a state NASPO contract vendor. Staff said the manufacturer's price rose about 15% on Oct. 1. Greg Martin presents.
- Purchase$85,920 to Baycom
Item 9 · Budget
Interfund loan amendment, Capital Projects Fund and Fiber Fund (Resolution 2026-14)
Pending
A resolution amending the 2023 interfund loan that lets the Capital Projects Fund cover early-year debt service on the city's $45.5 million fiber revenue bonds while the Fiber Fund's subscriber revenue grows. The staff report asks the council to raise the not-to-exceed loan amount from $5.5 million to $10 million and stretch the maximum term from five years to ten years from the first installment of Sept. 4, 2023. A ceiling is not borrowed money: repayment of principal and interest is not required until subscriber revenue covers operating costs and debt service, and the Fiber Fund has paid its accrued interest through September 2026 using bond-proceeds interest earnings. The packet gives no vote, and the draft resolution's own financial findings were not independently checked.
- Amount ceiling: $5,500,000 to $10,000,000 (proposed)
- Maximum term: five to ten years (proposed)
Item 10a · Public hearing
Vacation of right-of-way on Bountiful Boulevard near 1300 East (Resolution 2026-15), public hearing
Pending
A hearing on a petition to vacate about 10,251 square feet of excess right-of-way, described in the notice as no longer needed for street purposes, on the south side of Bountiful Boulevard near 1300 East. The staff report says the strip would be sold to the Keller family under the next item, and that the city would keep a 66-foot right-of-way. The draft Resolution 2026-15 recites that the council held a public hearing on Sept. 22, 2026, while the published notice sets the hearing for Oct. 13; the resolution says the city bought the strip around 1994 for a Bountiful Boulevard extension and that no water or sewer lines sit in it. A vacation is not a completed conveyance until the final resolution is adopted and recorded.
Item 10b · Other
Sale of about 0.235-acre parcel to Keller Family Properties, LLC (Resolution 2026-16)
Pending
A purchase and sale contract for an approximately 0.235-acre (10,251 square foot) parcel to Keller Family Properties, LLC for $140,000. The staff report says it is the same strip of former right-of-way as in the vacation item, south of Bountiful Boulevard near 1300 East, and that the sale is conditioned on council approval of both the sale and the vacation. The city would keep a 66-foot right-of-way and intends to set the proceeds aside for a future Bountiful Boulevard trail between 1300 East and Moss Hill Drive, with timing subject to budgeting and approval. The packet's contract is signed by the buyer, and the city's signature line is blank. Gary Hill presents. The vacation and the sale describe the same strip, so they are one transaction in two steps, not two separate sales.
- Land deal$140,000 to Keller Family Properties, LLC
- Proposal documents in the packet; the Oct. 13 outcome was not in the documents reviewed
Item WS · Presentation
Work session: Davis Links overview
Discussed
The Davis County Health Department, through Gary Hill, was to describe Davis Links, a countywide network connecting residents to health, human and community services. The staff report calls the presentation informational and says Davis Links, developed from the county's Community Health Improvement Plan, lets residents search health, housing, food and other resources by topic and ZIP code and partners with 211 Utah; the packet does not show what was said at the meeting.