Kanab City Council approves annual property hold for KCCA arts campus project

The Kanab City Council Meeting held on February 10, 2026 had a quick agen­da, mostly resolving start-of-the-year business. Fol­lowing the regular opening procedures, City Manager Kyler Ludwig reminded the community to prepare for the Balloons and Tunes festival in a week’s time, and reported good progress on the hospital construction projects and the Love Note to Kanab initiative. With no public comment, the council proceeded directly into the agenda.

The agenda in earnest began with a report from Ludwig on the property hold of the town’s old elec­tric plant property, with plans for a campus for the Kane County Center for the Arts (KCCA). The KCCA provides an annual report each year per the terms of the property hold agreement; this year’s in­cluded initial blueprints and concept art for the main building, as well as some potential grants the KCCA hope will help fund the project.

The council then continued the discussion on the new special events regulations, allowing for-profit special events on city property. The updates to ordinance allow for-profit entities to hold special events, clarify insurance information and policy and confirm information expected by staff in the case of such an event with some flexibility granted for other public entities that regularly host events, such as the rodeo grounds or reservoir. The council unanimously approved the update, with specifics in the meeting packet and in city ordinance.

The following item was a consideration of continuing Kanab’s use of Zion’s Bank as a banking advisor. Per Ludwig, “They have been a good partner so far … and approving this would allow us to continue using Zion’s bank as our municipal advi­sor.” The motion was made and passed.

The council then consid­ered a similar agreement with the Western Kane County Special Service Dis­trict to continue with waste disposal services, with the city functioning as the billing and collect­ing agent for the SSD. The motion was ap­proved unanimously.

With the agenda’s action items resolved, the subsequent items were discussion and report, starting with a report on the Q2 2025 financial data. Per the report, some revenues are down for July- December 2025, but increased fire fees and hospital fees have not yet been collected and will adjust the quar­ter revenues. Staff also reported on some increased fire safety expenditures with in­vestments to adjust for changes in state code and fire department needs.

Following a quick briefing on updates to city personnel policy, the council discussed a grant received through the Governor’s Office of Economic Develop­ment intended to help the community make an economic develop­ment plan. Per Lud­wig, “This is a process we hope will prepare us for more grant ap­plication opportunities that the state has … What they’re going to be looking for is a diverse group of indi­viduals so they can get some feedback on our economic assets and where they can see us going … And then they want about 15 people to sit on a panel to re­view the end product.” The council agreed to consider fitting can­didates for the grant panel, after which the meeting adjourned.