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Gentry Hatch

Councilmember2022-12-01 – 2026-12-01 (month-level start: December 2022, first regular Council meeting of the cycle four years before the Dec 2026 expiry, per Apr 16, 2024 City Council regular meeting minutes (item on Councilman Allsop's resignation): the seat's term expires at the first regular Council meeting in the month of December 2026; four-year terms; Aug 4, 2026 special meeting minutes (Resolution R2026-21) confirm successors are sworn in then; month-level end: December 2026 per the same minutes)

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At a glance

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Term ending Dec 1, 2026.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
8
Total speaking time
9:23
Avg per meeting
1:10
Segments
154

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Top issues during term (20)

medium→Feb 2026[23]

Timothy McKay Memorial Park completion

The City's primary current improvement project, expected to be completed next year.

medium→Feb 2026[21]

Parks and Facilities Maintenance City-Wide

$25,415 for the three-year contract, expected to reduce costly emergency repair bills.

critical↑Feb 2026[21]

Show Low Sports and Event Center Design

The design trim is conservatively estimated to save about $500,000.

high↑Oct 2026[20]

Paradise Acres apartment expansion

No direct city cost, but the developer and city are discussing workforce housing infrastructure contributions.

medium↑Oct 2026[20]

Guest house at 1060 N. Fairway Circle

No direct cost to the city is listed.

critical↑Jan 2026[19]

Financing the Show Low Sports and Event Center

A $56.4 million total project estimate, up about $5 million from the original concept.

medium↑Feb 2026[16]

Committee Member Vacancy

Your parks budget and rec fees now sit with a new director, so watch for spending and program changes.

medium↑Jun 2026[16]

Downtown revitalization and 10-year strategic plan

Projected trail-user spending of up to $90,000-$100,000 per day across participating towns, with Show Low expected among the highest-benefit communities.

high↓Apr 2026[13]

Shipping container at 1231 E. Deuce of Clubs

The applicant bears fence and repainting costs, and the city may share fencing costs along its boundary; nearby property values and downtown revitalization efforts are at stake.

high↑Oct 2026[10]

Flores and North Drive Waterline Replacement

The $899,223 contract came in about $124,000 under the engineer's estimate and well within the $1.4 million budgeted.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Jarmco Concrete crushing operation on Penrod Road

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

80-foot public right-of-way through the gravel pit

The right-of-way is dedicated by the property owner; the city is responsible for drainage in public rights-of-way.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

WW Clyde rock processing operations under new ownership

Resurfacing the racetrack parking lots to full paving standards would carry significant cost, but the city allows a gravel exception.

high↓May 2026[10]

FY 2026-27 Tentative Budget

The tentative budget totals $168,580, funded mainly by assessment billings of about $58,642 a year on property owners in the district.

high↓Sep 2026[10]

Maverik fueling station expansion on Penrod Road

Six employees of the existing tenant shop could lose their workplace; the development itself brings construction and commercial investment to the east end.

low↑Oct 2026[10]

Mountain bike trail easement with U.S. Forest Service

Grant funding would be sought for design and environmental study once the easement is secured.

high↓Apr 2026[9]

Human-bear conflicts and bear-resistant trash containers

$130,000 in grant funds will still purchase roughly 400 carts; the $350,000 contingency request was rejected.

high↓May 2026[9]

School resource officer at Linden Elementary

No alternate pension contribution rate is required, so the rehire adds salary costs but no special pension surcharge.

high↓Jan 2026[9]

Outdoor Camping Regulation Ordinance

Cleanup of abandoned encampments has cost the city dumpster hauls and public works time; the ordinance aims to reduce that.

low↓May 2026[8]

Show Low Car Show and Rodeo Season Events

Decisions during term (198)

Recorded while Hatch was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Consent Calendar (Items 7.A–7.F)

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Misfits Bar #6 Liquor License — Recommendation to State Liquor Board

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Ordinance No. 2026-06 — Eight Additional Apartments at 700/760 North 4th Avenue

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Flores and North Drive Waterline Replacement Contract

approvedVoted yes4-3Oct 28, 2026

Resolution No. R2026-25 — Sports and Event Center Excise Tax Revenue Obligations

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Recess into Executive Session

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Approval of September 1, 2026 Executive Session Minutes

approvedVoted yes7-0Oct 28, 2026

Participation in Settlements — Amerex, Archroma U.S., Carrier Global, Nation Ford Chemical

approved7-0Oct 28, 2026

Consideration of Minutes of Show Low City Council meetings: 1) Regular Meeting of October 6, 2026

approved3-0Oct 27, 2026

Approval of Minutes from August 12, 2026

approved5-0Oct 13, 2026

Zone Change 605-03-107C — Paradise Acres apartment increase

approved5-0Oct 13, 2026

CUP 602-04-282 — WW Clyde rock processing

approved5-0Oct 13, 2026

CUP 602-04-290 — Jarmco Concrete crushing

approved5-0Oct 13, 2026

CUP 602-04-291 — Williams guest house

approved5-0Oct 13, 2026

Approval of September 22, 2026 minutes

approved2-0Oct 8, 2026

Approval of Minutes — Special Meeting of September 24, 2025

approved2-0Oct 8, 2026

Approval of Annual Report

approved7-0Oct 6, 2026

Consent Calendar (proclamations, park landscaping acceptance, minutes)

approved7-0Oct 6, 2026

Preliminary Development Plan — The Cottages at Torreon

approved3-0Oct 2, 2026

Election of Officers — Brad Provost elected President

Voting record (13)

13 yes0 no

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