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State of the City
Mayor Randy Watts
State of the City Address
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
2008 was an exciting and productive year; a lot of things were accomplished such as:
- Boulevard Project
- Dewitt Springs
- Justice Center Expansion
- Park Strip Reclamation Project
- Special Improvement District started and moving ahead between 500 and 600 West on 100 South
- New 46kV Substation started, nearly doubling existing capacity
- Removal & Restoration of the old Murray City Substation delivered to this new site
- Gateway Project started on US-89 on South end of Logan
- Successful Chip and Seal Project
- Curb and Gutter Improvements
- Sewer and Water Improvements
- Pay for Performance funded for City Employees
- County Road Tax money allocated for the 100 East Project from 300 South Logan to Providence Lane
- Marriott Hotel
- Riverwoods Conference Center
- Wal-Mart Project
- Old Macey’s area remodeled for new business
- Walgreen’s on 10th North Main
- Progressive Insurance Completed
- Stormwater Improvements
- 600 South Street and Woodruff School Improvements
- Wilson Motor Improvements
- JK Business Renovation
- Cache Title Construction
- Texas Roadhouse
- New Arby’s Restaurant
- Fredricos Renovation
- Parking Improvements to the Eccles Theatre Block
- 169 additional Residential Development Projects
- 175 additional Commercial Development Projects
- Light & Power changed out 5,500 old residential & commercial meters to automated meters
- City Hall parking lot and improvements completed on 300 North and Main Street
- Goodyear building removed and temporary parking installed
- New free standing Library Project in discussion
- City Hall in discussion for it’s future use
- 10th West SR-30 in the environmental phase for construction
- Downtown Fire Station being remodeled complete with new kitchen
- New Ladder Engine purchased
- Hobby Lobby opened for business
- Safest Metropolitan area in the Country
- Logan is the 3rd Best City in the US to find employment (CNN)
- 800 MHz System Update made possible by a $2.5 million dollar grant to replace the
- VHF radio in Cache County. Implementation of this system improves the City’s ability to make police, fire and medical communications better for the residents of Cache County.
- Airport Masterplan Underway
- Downtown Façade Enhancements (Joann’s, Washington Federal Savings)
- New Infrastructure on the County Block (Emporium & Needham Jewelers)
- New Thermo Fisher Building
- Cache Valley Electric Building
- Juniper Systems Expansion (Building Addition)
- Inovar Expansion (Building Addition)
- New Logan Regional Hospital Cancer Center
- Temple Avenue Special Improvement District completed
- Center Street to 100 South Business Improvement District completed
- National Accreditation for Parks & Recreation in the process of completing
- Logan City website completed and doing well
- Habitat for Humanity project
- Groundbreaking on Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation’s River Park
- Senior Housing Project
- Through the “Welcome Home to Logan” program, 67 homes have been purchased by single families desiring to live in Logan. These homes were at risk to become rental properties.
I could go on, but the bottom line is Logan City will continue taking pro-active measures to growth and strive to give its citizens a safe and continuing quality of life from all of us. The 2009 year will bring new challenges, with finances being at the top of the list. As a City Administration, we will work attentively on our efficiency and productivity. Employees have received my “Performance Expectations” which underscore my approach to accomplishing tasks in the coming year. In 2009, we will work in compliance with those expectations. Also, adding to my list of things to accomplish is becoming self-funded in liability coverage and work at doing the same for our health insurance. We will also strengthen our enterprise departments with more prudent decision making to bring about better results.
In closing, I would like the council and citizens to know that the City has postured itself for the tough times ahead through prudent spending and responsible decision making by department managers. I thank everyone for helping me accomplish this task, City Finance Director Richard Anderson and I are completely on the same page as to the direction the City should go now and into the future. Together, we will weather the storm, looking forward to continued success in 2009 for the City of Logan.
