Lehi's City Council will review proposed changes to how the city spends roughly $2 million a year in parks and recreation tax revenue when it meets for a work session Monday, Aug. 10, at 4 p.m.

The agenda for the session at the Lehi Civic Center Council Chambers (131 N. 100 E.) lists two policy items alongside a hazardous waste discussion: a revised PARC Tax Policy and the city's first Data Privacy Policy draft.

How PARC Tax dollars are spent

The Parks, Arts, Recreation, and Culture Tax is a voter-approved 0.1% local sales tax that Lehi residents passed in November 2021, according to city budget records. It took effect in April 2022 and runs through March 31, 2032.

The tax generated $2,056,569 in fiscal year 2025, according to the city's FY2027 budget document. The FY2027 budget projects $2 million in PARC revenue, split 70% ($1.4 million) to capital parks projects and 30% ($600,000) to arts programs. Planned projects include upgrades to Sports Park, Bandwagon Park and Willow Park, plus replacement of multiple playgrounds.

The Aug. 10 agenda includes the original PARC Tax Policy alongside a redlined revision and a clean revised version, signaling the council is weighing changes to how that revenue is governed and allocated. The specific revisions are detailed in attachments available on the city's Granicus agenda page; the city has not publicly summarized what changed.

First data privacy framework

The second policy item is a draft Data Privacy Policy, the first formal data privacy framework to appear on a Lehi City Council agenda. No details about the policy's scope or requirements have been released beyond the draft PDF posted to the agenda.

Discussion only, no vote Monday

Monday's meeting is a work session. No formal votes are scheduled.

The next regular council meetings, where adoption votes could occur, are Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m.

Councilor Heather Newall, in the city's Aug. 1 newsletter, urged residents to participate in city government. "One day, our posterity will tell the story of the Lehi we're building today. Let's give them a story worth telling," Newall wrote, encouraging attendance at council and planning commission meetings.

Residents who want to review the PARC Tax Policy revisions or the Data Privacy Policy draft before Monday can find the documents on the city's Granicus agenda page.