TREMONTON CITY CORPORATION
ARTS COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 12, 2025
Members Present:
Zach LeFevre, Chairman
Stephanie DeFilippis, Arts Councilmember
Kathryn Ellis, Arts Councilmember
Lyle Holmgren, Arts Councilmember
Brian Mickelson, Arts Councilmember—excused
Bret Rohde, Arts Councilmember
Tamara Zollinger, Arts Councilmember
Tiffany Lannefeld, Deputy Recorder

Chairman LeFevre called the Arts Council Meeting to order at 10:04 a.m. The meeting was held July 10, 2025 in the City Council Meeting Room at 102 South Tremont Street, Tremonton, Utah. Those in attendance were Chairman LeFevre, Councilmembers DeFilippis, Ellis, Holmgren, Rohde and Zollinger, and Deputy Recorder Lannefeld. Councilmember Mickelson was excused.

1. Approval of agenda:

Motion by Councilmember Ellis to approve the November 12, 2025 agenda. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeFilippis. Vote: Chairman LeFevre – aye, Councilmember DeFilippis – aye, Councilmember Ellis – aye, Councilmember Holmgren – aye, Councilmember Mickelson – absent, Councilmember Rohde – aye, Councilmember Zollinger – aye. Motion approved.

2. Approval of minutes—July 10, 2025

Motion by Councilmember Rohde to approve the July 10, 2025 minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeFilippis. Vote: Chairman LeFevre – aye, Councilmember DeFilippis – aye, Councilmember Ellis – aye, Councilmember Holmgren – aye, Councilmember Mickelson – absent, Councilmember Rohde – aye, Councilmember Zollinger – aye. Motion approved.

3. New Business:

a. Discussion and consideration of Public Artwork

Chairman LeFevre said I want to apologize because my understanding may have been different from what the actual motion was as I reviewed the minutes. I want to make sure we are on the same page. I interpreted it as location and content, but it reads more as just location. Let us have the discussion. Councilmember Rohde said several people have express their desire to have the Midland Hotel repainted on that wall. I have also heard some say they would like to see us go toward military service. On that corner where we have the memorial for our fallen officers it could be fitting. Mayor Holmgren said the owner of the building wanted to see something along the lines of servicemen. We need to be respectful in however that is done. I have had of people reach out, both ways, but probably more with just replacing the hotel mural. Chairman LeFevre said that is what I have heard as well, just wanting the hotel back with the history and how important that was to the community. There is no other place for it than that wall and if we lose that to a different piece then we lose that concept altogether. Mayor Holmgren said the artist, Jason Nessen, said that was one of his first murals and he feels he could make it better than the original. He has more experience and it makes sense to use that same image.

Chairman LeFevre said we would give applicants the concept and content. The artist would then come up with their interpretation. They do not want to be told what they have to do. They want that creativity and freedom. They would present that to us and the Council would pick the one that this is most like what we envision and what the community would appreciate. There is also a budget to consider and qualifications. There are a lot of factors. We will review them and pick our top choices for discussion. Right now, the RFQ is open just to receive qualifications, like having a job opening to receive an application to review their work and style. They would then come forward with a proposal and we pick our favorites before selecting an artist. It closes on Friday and the next week we would review all applications. Artists would then be invited to present their proposal. Once we make our decision, we have to have it approved by the City Council.

Councilmember Rohde said would it be feasible to have a concept of the hotel, but challenge them to come up with something that mixes in service individuals and try to present one with the hotel and one with another idea of trying to bring all these ideas into one? Chairman LeFevre said after we get qualifications, we can say the hotel is the center focus and from there see what you can do with these other components to bring it all together as a place of unity and gathering. The wall owner wants an element for the police officers that were killed. I let him know we could look into including that, but that does not mean it will happen. Ultimately, this is Tremonton City’s mural. He owns the wall, but Tremonton owns the mural. He was understanding of that. If this is the direction we want to go, let us make a motion to continue with that as the theme and leave the current RFQ open for applications.

Motion by Councilmember Rohde to move forward with the current RFQ with the content being Midland Hotel with possible elements of service members being portrayed respectfully. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeFillips. Vote: Chairman LeFevre – aye, Councilmember DeFilippis – aye, Councilmember Ellis – aye, Councilmember Holmgren – aye, Councilmember Mickelson – absent, Councilmember Rohde – aye, Councilmember Zollinger – aye. Motion approved.

4. Reports & Comments

When asked about their homework from the previous meeting and appointing a new chairman and co-chairman, Chairman Director LeFevre said we have gone through a lot of turnover so I have always acted as Chairman. We did not even have a functioning Arts Council for over a year. We are starting on the education part of how this works and then will move forward with getting those positions established. This is the first time we have had a full committee. We will meet again the first of the year to review and make more plans. For now, we will focus our efforts on this mural.

5. Adjournment

Motion by Councilmember Mayor Holmgren to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by consensus of the Board. The meeting adjourned at 10:28 p.m.

The undersigned duly acting and appointed Recorder for Tremonton City Corporation hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Arts Council held on the above referenced date. Minutes were prepared by Jessica Tanner.

Dated this _____day of ___________, 2025.

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Cynthia Nelson, CITY RECORDER

*Utah Code 52-4-202, (6) allows for a topic to be raised by the public and discussed by the public body even though it was not included in the agenda or advance public notice given; however, no final action will be taken.