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Your local briefing · Oct. 24, 2026
This week in Woods Cross
- How Woods Cross picked its City Hall architect and construction manager, and what checks show so far
Woods Cross's council conditionally approved Method Studio as architect and Hogan Construction as construction manager for the new City Hall and Hogan Park in November 2025, after scoring…
- Woods Cross building authority proposes up to $33 million in bonds for City Hall and park
A notice posted Oct. 7 says Woods Cross's new Local Building Authority intends to issue up to $33 million in lease revenue bonds for a city hall and parks, with an estimated $2,303,367 a…
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Open questions in our reporting
- How Woods Cross picked its City Hall architect and construction manager, and what checks show so far
What the signed architect and construction-manager contracts provide. The Nov. 18 packet's drafts propose fee terms, and their signature lines are blank. The minutes state no fee amounts.
- Woods Cross awards $4.2 million water tank contract after low bid topped the bond estimate
Whether the council formally adopted a $4,912,236 total not-to-exceed amount. The draft resolution in the packet proposes it, and the approved minutes record only the contract award.
- Woods Cross raised its property tax revenue by about $995,000 on a 3–2 vote
Why the Aug. 4 minutes record the certified rate as .0019016 and the revenue as "$994.249.00" and "$9994,249.00," figures that differ from the state's final listing. The Ledger has not reviewed the signed resolution.
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How Woods Cross picked its City Hall architect and construction manager, and what checks show so far
Woods Cross's council conditionally approved Method Studio as architect and Hogan Construction as construction manager for the new City Hall and Hogan Park in November 2025, after scoring and public interviews. Check registers from July through September 2026 list three payments to Method Studio.
Woods Cross awards $4.2 million water tank contract after low bid topped the bond estimate
Woods Cross's council awarded Patriot Construction a $4,217,641.34 contract to replace the 1500 South water tank on Aug. 6, 2026. A month earlier, the low bid of $4,827,527 exceeded the project's $4,012,236 bond estimate, and the council agreed to shift $900,000 toward the tank.
Woods Cross raised its property tax revenue by about $995,000 on a 3–2 vote
Woods Cross's council voted 3–2 on Aug. 4, 2026 to adopt the fiscal 2027 budget and a higher 2026 property tax rate. The city's notice put the increase at $995,285 a year, 46.86% over the prior year's budgeted property tax revenue, and the budget dedicates that amount to new City Hall debt service.
Woods Cross building authority proposes up to $33 million in bonds for City Hall and park
A notice posted Oct. 7 says Woods Cross's new Local Building Authority intends to issue up to $33 million in lease revenue bonds for a city hall and parks, with an estimated $2,303,367 a year in payments. A public hearing is set for Nov. 3.
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Lone Peak survives Skyridge in shootout as girls soccer playoffs open
Top-seeded Lone Peak rallied from two goals down against No. 16 Skyridge and won the penalty shootout 3-0.