Pleasant Grove
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Your local briefing · Oct. 25, 2026
This week in Pleasant Grove
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Latest decisions
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600 West and Center Street improvements
- Council action
In review according to the dated project source. Record → · Oct. 6, 2026
- Money in the record
contract: amount not given — Engineering, design and construction management, 600 West and Center Street Improvements Record → · Oct. 6, 2026
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Library landscape and pavilion
- Council action
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
- Money in the record
contract: $406,922.68 — Library landscape and pavilion project, not to exceed Record → · Oct. 6, 2026
- Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
- Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Open questions in our reporting
- Pleasant Grove's Grove Tower rebates reach $1.45 million of a $1.5 million maximum
Whether the Grove Tower agreements have been amended, and how much was rebated in fiscal 2026.
- How Pleasant Grove financed The Ruth theater, and what its tenant owes
What installment amounts the lease required for each reserve by June 30, 2025. The audit gives targets and balances but not the schedule.
- Pleasant Grove raises its property tax rate to add a police officer and two firefighters
How the impact statement's $4,543,914 in projected property tax revenue relates to the $4,858,481 property tax line in the final budget. The records reviewed don't explain the difference.
Auditing Pleasant Grove →
Pleasant Grove's Grove Tower rebates reach $1.45 million of a $1.5 million maximum
Pleasant Grove's redevelopment agency rebated $739,078 in property tax increment under two of its three agreements in fiscal 2025, according to the city's audit. Cumulative Grove Tower rebates reached $1,449,933 against a listed $1.5 million maximum.
How Pleasant Grove financed The Ruth theater, and what its tenant owes
The city's building authority borrowed $35 million in fiscal 2023 to build The Ruth and expects the theater's operator, Hale Center Foundation for the Arts and Education, to repay it through rent. The fiscal 2025 audit lists $34,087,000 still owed, three tenant-funded reserves below their targets under an installment schedule, and a maturity date that differs from the lease schedule.
Pleasant Grove raises its property tax rate to add a police officer and two firefighters
The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 18 to raise the city's tax rate from 0.000938 to 0.001020, bringing in an estimated $365,667 more in fiscal 2027. The city's impact statement ties the money to one new police officer, reserve and retention funding, and two new firefighters.
Pleasant Grove's auditor found four funds spent past their budgets in fiscal 2025
The city's fiscal 2025 audit reported that its dispatch, swimming pool, community center and cultural arts funds spent a combined $148,430 more than their final appropriations, which the auditor said put the city out of compliance with state law. Each fund ended the year with a positive balance.
Around town
- Crime & safety
Tooele County sheriff names man killed by officers after pursuit
Six officers from four agencies fired their weapons Wednesday after a pursuit that began with a Pleasant Grove police warrant, the Tooele County Sheriff's Office said.
- Sports
Springville girls, Viewmont boys lead 5A cross country qualifiers in Orem
Maple Mountain's Rohatinsky siblings and two other runners posted the top individual times at Wednesday's divisional meets, which set the field for the Oct. 27 state meet at Sugar House Park.
- Sports
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.
- Sports
Power ratings favor Skyridge, Corner Canyon and Lone Peak in Week 10 showdowns
Skyridge-American Fork rates as the closest of Utah County's big matchups in Noland Parry's weekly Deseret News guide.
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Tue, Oct 6 · City Council
Pleasant Grove adopted accessory apartment parking ordinance Oct. 6, city notice says
A city notice posted Oct. 7 says the Pleasant Grove City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-030 on Oct. 6, revising off-street parking requirements for accessory apartments in Section 10-15-47-J of the city code.
Tue, Sep 1 · City Council
Pleasant Grove adopts downtown master plan and approves a commercial site plan
Selected Sept. 1 regular-session decisions: the council adopted its Downtown Master Plan through Ordinance 2026-025 and approved a commercial site plan 3-0. Other actions at the meeting are not covered here.
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