Hurricane approves $846,300 financing for 75 golf carts at Sky Mountain
On Oct. 1, Hurricane's council approved a lease-purchase agreement financing 75 lithium golf carts for $846,300 at 4.95%, with payments from Nov. 1, 2026 to Nov. 1, 2032. The city manager said the current carts were failing sooner than planned.
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Hurricane's City Council on Oct. 1 approved Resolution 2026-32, a lease-purchase agreement with ZMFU II, Inc. of Salt Lake City to finance new carts for the city's Sky Mountain golf course. [2][1]
The packet summary describes 75 Club Car Tempo Lithium golf carts and gives $846,300 as the total amount of the lease-purchase agreement, at 4.95% interest. The first payment is due Nov. 1, 2026, and the agreement matures Nov. 1, 2032. [2]
Why now
City Manager Kaden DeMille said the council had approved the cart lease at its prior meeting and that this item covered the financing, according to the minutes. He said the city had hoped to wait for a new building, but the current carts are failing and need replacing sooner. [1]
The Sept. 17 agenda listed a new lease agreement with Intermountain Golf Cars and the award of a bid for the Sky Mountain clubhouse remodel and expansion. [3]
Council member Joseph Prete asked about the price difference. DeMille said the cost rises from $125,000 to $160,434; the minutes do not say over what period. Prete said he expects lower repair costs on new carts. [1]
DeMille said the city's carts run year-round, while typical leases assume six to eight months of use, which wears them faster. Mayor Clark Fawcett said rates could be raised if needed, but the course is doing well. [1]
Prete moved to approve the form and authorize its execution, and Merlin Spendlove seconded. The minutes record it carried unanimously by roll call. [1]
The city's posted financing package for Resolution 2026-32 is a 34-page scan. Its lease between ZMFU II, Inc. and Hurricane is dated as of Oct. 8, 2026, and the lease signature page carries signatures for both parties, the mayor signing for the city. The Ledger has not tried to read the signature dates. [4]
The lease's Exhibit A schedules monthly payments of $11,364.25 or $11,364.26 starting Nov. 1, 2026, with a final payment of $187,500 on Nov. 1, 2032. Its printed totals are $846,300.02 of principal, $159,426.61 of interest and $1,005,726.63 together. The two-cent difference from the $846,300 financed amount is in the schedule itself. [4]
The signed resolution says it passed Oct. 1, 2026, though its roll-call block still carries wording about an Aug. 20 meeting. A delivery-and-acceptance certificate for the equipment is signed by the mayor and dated 10/1/26, although it refers to the lease dated Oct. 8. The Ledger reports the certificate as written and has not confirmed when the carts physically arrived. The schedule is not a payment ledger, and it does not explain how this financing relates to the Intermountain Golf Cars lease, so the Ledger draws no conclusion about cost or savings. [4]
The $846,300 is the agreement's financed amount, not total payments or annual cost. Update, Oct. 24: the city's signed lease package, with its payment schedule, is now posted and covered below. A schedule is not a record of payments made.
Sources
- Hurricane City Council · Oct. 15, 2026 packet, with Oct. 1, 2026 council and Municipal Building Authority minutes
- Hurricane City Council · Oct. 1, 2026 meeting packet
- Hurricane City Council · Sept. 17, 2026 packet, with Sept. 3, 2026 minutes
- Hurricane City · Resolution 2026-32 and signed lease-purchase package with ZMFU II, Inc. (34-page scan; lease, Exhibit A schedule, Exhibit F certificate)
Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.