Who runs Civic Agent
Civic Agent is a free guide to local government decisions, starting in Iron County, Utah. It shows what's coming up, what you can do and by when, and what was decided. It takes no side on any decision.
Who builds it
Civic Agent is a People’s Lobby project by Jeff Swift, PhD, who lives in Cedar City. The People’s Lobby Project creates tools for a government of, by, and for the people. Jeff is also the editor who checks each item before it's marked Reviewed. He also edits the Iron County Daily News, which shows some Civic Agent pages. It gets the cards, story tips and alerts at the same time and on the same terms as every other outlet.
Who pays for it
Civic Agent is free and self-funded so far. It carries no ads and takes no money from any city, county, school district, campaign, developer, or real-estate business. Our commitments, including to any future owner or partner, are in the charter.
How it's made
Items come from the public record: notices on the Utah Public Notice Website, agendas, and minutes. Summaries are written with AI help, and an editor checks each one before it's marked Reviewed. Every page links its sources.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix it on the page and list it here within two business days. See something unfair or wrong? Email hello@civicagent.org.
If a page names you, your business, or your agency, you can ask us to add your response or point to your own statement. We'll add it, from the record or in your words, labeled as yours.
- Nov 2, 2026. Sewer study vote: City Engineer Kent Fugal was listed with the Carollo side. He scored Carollo higher but said he supported the staff team's Stantec recommendation; that's now stated as a fact from the record, not as a side. See the page.
- Nov 2, 2026. Iron Horse rezone: the page said "Not in the record yet" for who asked, what would be built, and the recommendation; the Planning Commission's Oct 6 minutes answer all three. It also called the two items "linked" (the city attorney said the zoning doesn't depend on the agreement), and used "RDO" as if it were a company; it's the project's Residential Development Overlay. See the page.
- Nov 1, 2026. Cedar City's sewer main cost split: the city pays 62.3% and the county 37.7%; we had said the city pays the rest. See the page.
- Nov 1, 2026. Sewer study vote: removed "lower-cost firm" for Carollo, which the minutes didn't support, and fixed which side one council member was listed on. See the page.
- Nov 1, 2026. Removed deadline times (5 PM) that the notices didn't give, and fixed a notice number cited for the Mauri Ventures and Karman votes.
- Nov 1, 2026. Mauri Ventures rezone: the page said "Not in the record" for who asked; the notice names Mauri Ventures LLC, with Gary Olsen as representative. See the page.
- Nov 1, 2026. "Big change · no public hearing yet" on Coming up read as if no hearing was scheduled; hearings were set for Nov 5 and Nov 9.
Last updated November 2, 2026.