[0:05] Yeah, that's fine.

[0:07] Really.

[0:10] They're going to final.

[0:14] So it was just basically.

[0:18] Yeah, we talked about. So there wasn't anything.

[0:23] So that's good.

[0:37] OK, welcome to.

[0:40] Holiday City Council and RDA board and local building authority board. We actually have 3.

[0:47] Public meetings tonight.

[0:50] We don't need to actually change seats if the same folks up here, but we.

[0:54] The order will take things will be first the.

[0:58] RDA Board.

[1:00] Which will be chaired and directed by.

[1:03] Council Member Gray.

[1:05] And then we'll, uh.

[1:06] As soon as we're done with that.

[1:07] And it should be.

[1:09] Meeting.

[1:10] And then to the local building authority board. Same people.

[1:14] And I'll chair that and then as soon as that's done, we'll go into regular City Council meeting.

[1:18] So with that.

[1:19] Council Member.

[1:20] Great.

[1:22] To order a meeting of the RDA board.

[1:26] And we'll start with.

[1:33] I pledge allegiance to the flag.

[1:36] Of the United States of America.

[1:38] And to the Republic for which it stands.

[1:41] One Nation.

[1:43] Under God.

[1:44] Indivisible.

[1:45] With liberty and justice for all.

[1:52] All right, we'd like to start with the presentation of the 20262027 Tentative Budget.

[1:58] Gina Christian.

[2:00] Chair Gray, if it is all right with you, I think we'll just do 1 presentation in the City Council meeting.

[2:08] That sounds great.

[2:10] All right, so.

[2:12] Anyone would like to?

[2:14] Take a motion.

[2:17] To consider resolution.

[2:19] Of the tentative budget.

[2:22] Madam Chair, I move that we.

[2:25] Approve RDA.

[2:27] Resolution 202603. Acknowledging receipt of and adopting the tentative.

[2:33] 202627 FISC.

[2:36] Year, budget and setting a public hearing for June 4th, 2026.

[2:40] 2nd.

[2:41] All right, I have a motion in this second.

[2:43] We'll vote Chair Sunwell.

[2:47] Yes, Chair Durham.

[2:48] Yes.

[2:49] Chair Bradley, Yes.

[2:50] Chair Quinn.

[2:51] Yes.

[2:52] Chair bothering him? Yes.

[2:54] And I vote yes.

[2:57] And with that.

[2:58] We will adjourn the RDA meeting.

[3:00] Do you need a motion for that? Oh, do we need a motion?

[3:02] I moved to adjourn.

[3:04] Thank you. Second.

[3:06] All in favor.

[3:07] Aye.

[3:08] Adjourned.

[3:10] OK, we'll move to local building authority and.

[3:17] First item on the agenda is public comment.

[3:20] Is there anyone wishing to address?

[3:22] Do we have?

[3:22] Public comment on this.

[3:24] I've got an older gender public comment now.

[3:28] What does that mean?

[3:32] You're.

[3:34] Right. So if there any who would like to address the board?

[3:38] Regarding local building authority issues.

[3:41] Please come to the podium and your name and address and please keep your comments to 3 minutes or less.

[3:46] Are there any wishing to address the local building authority?

[3:49] Shocking.

[3:50] Seeing none for close.

[3:53] Public comment.

[3:54] And we'll also postpone the presentation of the tentative budget through the to the single.

[3:59] Presentation during City Council meeting.

[4:02] But I suppose it's OK to actually.

[4:04] Have these motions to accept despite the fact we haven't had the presentation.

[4:08] OK, getting on.

[4:10] Head nod there, I'm happy to take a motion.

[4:16] Regarding the resolution LBA 2026.

[4:19] Mr. Mayor, I move adoption of a.

[4:20] Resolution LBA 26.

[4:26] 3.

[4:29] 2nd.

[4:30] OK, we have a motion in a second.

[4:32] Council Member Gray.

[4:34] Yes, customer Quinn.

[4:35] Yes, Councilmember Bradley.

[4:37] Yes, Councilmember Durham.

[4:39] Yes, Councilmember Sandwell.

[4:40] Yes and chair votes yes.

[4:42] Thank you very much.

[4:43] Now accept a motion to adjourn.

[4:46] Move to adjourn.

[4:47] 2nd.

[4:49] All in favor.

[4:50] Aye.

[4:52] OK, now I'll get to the meat of the.

[4:57] Will now open the called award the.

[5:00] City Council meeting of city holiday for May 7th.

[5:04] And 1st on the agenda is public comment.

[5:08] If any are here to address the Council.

[5:11] Regarding anything under the sun now, we do have three public hearings.

[5:16] So if your comments are with regard to the street vacation on Hillsdon Drive.

[5:22] The street vacation on Bunker Hill Rd.

[5:24] Or the Utah Community Clean Energy Program. I'd ask you to.

[5:29] Hold off until that.

[5:31] Particular public hearing is opened.

[5:33] And then you can speak your mind on those particular issues if you have.

[5:37] Anything else under the sun besides those three issues that you'd like to to which you'd like to address the Council?

[5:44] Public comment is now open.

[5:53] Treaty from the library.

[5:56] I just wanted to let you know some things that are going on at the library in May.

[5:59] If you come in on Saturday, you can make a Mother's Day card.

[6:03] Starting at about 11:00 until about 3:00.

[6:06] If you would like to learn needle felting, you can come in on the 20th at 6:00 PM Rachel Lawrence and we'll be teaching needle

[6:09] felting.

[6:13] If you're feeling really enthusiastic about the America 250 campaign, then you can come in and make a.

[6:19] Button or Happy Birthday to America on the 23rd.

[6:23] That's a while. Supplies last, so come early.

[6:26] But the really big thing that we're doing this month is that we are a summer Reading kickoff party location.

[6:31] So the theme for summer reading this year is Unearth a Story.

[6:36] We will be having Normally the library closes at six on Fridays, but on Friday the 29th.

[6:41] The party starts at 5 and will go until 8, so the library will be open until 8 that night.

[6:46] And there will be activities and games and crafts and prizes. And you can sign up for Summer Reading, which comes with its own set

[6:51] of prizes, which is fun reading and a free book.

[6:56] And a $5 fine waiver, all that fun stuff.

[6:58] So come to the library and sign up for summer reading.

[7:02] And that's what I have from the library.

[7:03] Are there any questions?

[7:06] OK. Thank you so much.

[7:07] Thank you.

[7:13] Any others to address the Council on anything other than the public hearings?

[7:18] OK, seeing none, we'll close.

[7:19] Public comment.

[7:20] And proceed to the public hearing regarding.

[7:23] Proposed St. vacation on 2755 E Hills and Drive.

[7:27] Is there a staff?

[7:30] Mayor, city planners, Justice Tufer will be your.

[7:34] City Planner present both of these for you.

[7:37] Fantastic.

[7:46] All right. Good evening, Mayor.

[7:48] Members of the council.

[7:51] Before you this evening.

[7:53] I'm going to present.

[7:55] Street vacation applications.

[7:57] The very first one is the one on.

[8:00] Bunker Hill Rd.

[8:02] And this is a partial St. vacation application.

[8:05] Now essentially the applicant is proposing to.

[8:08] Vacate a portion of the unused right away.

[8:11] And incorporate that unused area into.

[8:15] Their property.

[8:16] Now.

[8:17] Staff has reviewed this application.

[8:20] In compliance with the applicable city.

[8:22] A code and standards.

[8:24] It has gone before the Planning Commission.

[8:27] After that meeting.

[8:29] With the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission.

[8:32] Unanimously voted.

[8:33] To approve.

[8:35] Recommend approval.

[8:37] Of this application.

[8:39] You will find that stuff.

[8:40] Recommendations and findings.

[8:42] That we made in the report.

[8:45] So I will leave it up for any questions from the Council.

[8:49] If you have any.

[8:52] So, justice, I just had a question to make sure I understood this. So it looks like.

[8:57] The.

[8:58] Part that they are vacating.

[9:00] They've essentially been using it and maintaining it is that.

[9:03] Correct. That's correct. Was there a misunderstanding and they thought it was their property or they just maintained it because it

[9:07] was in front of their yard?

[9:10] And they wanted everything to look.

[9:11] Nice. Do you know?

[9:13] The applicant is here tonight.

[9:15] So.

[9:16] If the applicant would like to clarify that, but as far as city staff knows.

[9:21] The applicant has been maintaining that.

[9:23] On years, right away for several years.

[9:25] But then they've been.

[9:27] Hesitant to.

[9:28] Make any investments.

[9:30] Financially.

[9:32] Improve that area because it's technically not theirs.

[9:35] So that.

[9:36] Yeah, yeah.

[9:38] That's fine. I'm.

[9:39] Fully supportive of this, it just makes sense but I just was curious.

[9:43] So here.

[9:45] Are there any other questions?

[9:50] I found it to be pretty straightforward.

[9:52] And yeah, it seems to have been.

[9:54] In use like this for a long time and without.

[9:56] Creating any.

[9:57] Particular trouble.

[9:59] Public safety or otherwise.

[10:03] I didn't see this in the report. It may be in there, but how long has the?

[10:07] Applicant men using the property as their own.

[10:10] So in the narrative, they claim that they've been using that for nearly 28 years.

[10:16] So it's been a while.

[10:18] Thank you.

[10:23] Anything else?

[10:26] OK. Thank you.

[10:26] All right.

[10:30] OK, the public hearing regarding the proposed St. vacation is now open. If you would request to address the Council with regard to

[10:36] this street vacation on 2755 E Hilden Dr.

[10:41] We're happy to hear your comments.

[10:46] Seeing none, we'll close.

[10:48] Sorry.

[10:48] Talking about Bunker Hill.

[10:51] Not yet Justices was talking about.

[10:53] Bunker Hill.

[10:54] Hillsdon Drive.

[10:55] Just just Oh.

[10:57] No, he no, he was doing Hillsdon Dr. You're doing Hillsdon Drive, right, He said. Bunker Hill. Bunker Hill.

[11:02] Oh.

[11:04] Oh, the one on the agenda is.

[11:06] Was a Pilsen Dr. and then Bunker Hill.

[11:11] Might as well get them both.

[11:12] So.

[11:14] Yeah, that's fine.

[11:18] It's essentially like.

[11:19] The same scenario. In this case it's just the only difference is.

[11:23] The one on.

[11:24] Hillsdale.

[11:26] They are proposing essentially to reduce their.

[11:29] Right away.

[11:30] The right of way is actually currently being used, unlike the one on Bunker Hill.

[11:34] Where it's not being used.

[11:37] During the Planning Commission meeting.

[11:38] There was.

[11:39] A little misunderstanding from the public where they thought.

[11:43] That the roadway is.

[11:44] Gonna be reconfigured.

[11:46] But that's not.

[11:47] The case.

[11:48] The applicant is only proposing to.

[11:50] The area that has already been encroached upon for several years.

[11:54] So that's that's the only difference between these two applications.

[11:58] So that that one is the one for.

[12:01] Bunker Hill.

[12:03] The red area is the unused.

[12:06] Area of the right of way.

[12:09] The one on Hillsdon Drive.

[12:12] They're proposing to.

[12:14] Use a part of the lane.

[12:16] Which has already been encroached upon.

[12:18] So, John, if Yep.

[12:20] That that red area so.

[12:23] We have a Street View image of that, you would see that that area.

[12:26] That's demarcated red.

[12:29] The applicant has actually.

[12:30] Installed.

[12:31] A fence or a wall in that area.

[12:34] So that area has already been.

[12:36] Used for several years.

[12:38] And the property I don't.

[12:39] Is it?

[12:41] It's the property.

[12:43] The East East.

[12:44] Is that?

[12:46] Similarly being used by.

[12:48] And adjoining property owner.

[12:50] The one to the north.

[12:52] Yeah.

[12:54] The one to the north, it's it's owned by.

[12:57] That's not city property, right?

[12:58] But it's currently not being used.

[13:02] It's kind of a funky.

[13:03] There is some.

[13:05] Unmaintained landscaping out in.

[13:08] Into the right of way, but it's not being used for anything other than that, yeah.

[13:12] But it's city right away, but the property owner owns.

[13:15] Property.

[13:17] They maintain the landscaping in the property. I wouldn't say they outright owned owned the property. OK.

[13:25] So just to be clear, my question before was about Hillston.

[13:28] And so the property order has been maintaining that for.

[13:32] A number of years.

[13:34] That right, that's correct.

[13:35] All right, Andy. And no public safety issues with regard to either one of them.

[13:41] No, not really.

[13:45] If the Council decides to.

[13:47] Approve this right away vacation, it's not going to alter.

[13:50] The currents travel lane or.

[13:52] The roadway configuration in any way.

[13:55] And the Planning Commission was?

[13:58] Equally supportive of both applications.

[14:00] They were.

[14:01] That the only.

[14:02] Condition. I wouldn't say the only condition.

[14:04] There are some recommendations made.

[14:07] One major concern was to make sure that.

[14:10] Any future improvements to the curve?

[14:12] Where you have East Hills Den.

[14:14] Where it intersects with.

[14:15] South Hills, then.

[14:17] Any future improvement should be.

[14:19] A collaborative work with the Public Works Department.

[14:22] To ensure that there is.

[14:24] Maximum safety standards that are being followed.

[14:27] Yeah, no further encroachment if you wanted to.

[14:30] No further encroachments, correct? Right?

[14:36] I don't have any other questions.

[14:39] OK, very good.

[14:41] So on the agenda I.

[14:44] Hillsdale Drive was first. Is that still the way we're doing that?

[14:48] Very good. Thanks very much. Yeah.

[14:53] OK, so the public hearing.

[14:55] Is now open with regard to the.

[14:57] Let's do Hillsdon Dr. first.

[14:59] Are there any who wish to address the Council with regard to?

[15:02] Hillsdon Drive.

[15:05] OK, seeing none, we'll close the public hearing.

[15:07] We will now.

[15:08] Open the public hearing with your ride of the Street Vacation at 1720 E Bunker Hill Rd. Are there any hearing to address the.

[15:13] Council on Bunker Hill Rd.

[15:16] Please state your name and address.

[15:17] Keep your comments under 3 minutes if you can.

[15:20] Yes, hi, Todd Porter.

[15:23] I live on 1720 E my, my actual address 4901 S 1720 E.

[15:32] I have been taking care of the.

[15:34] We've lived there, now it's.

[15:36] 29 years.

[15:37] 2829.

[15:40] And things I've been doing is is weed mitigation.

[15:45] Cleaning the gutters.

[15:46] Some of the gutters are uneven. They don't drain.

[15:49] We've been requesting that the street be repaved.

[15:53] The street has not been repaved in the almost 30 years that we've lived there.

[15:59] The city is.

[16:00] Said it's it's not in the budget year after year after year.

[16:04] And then we finally kind of came to.

[16:06] This proposal, uh.

[16:07] And.

[16:10] Using it as my own.

[16:11] You can see in the picture I do have some trailers parked in the front of my house.

[16:17] I would like to.

[16:19] Take that property.

[16:20] And change the look of it, make it look better.

[16:23] And actually, I think with the standoffs that we've looked at, I'll be able to put a garage on there, change that.

[16:30] Hide that stuff.

[16:31] And make it look much better for the neighborhood.

[16:36] But yeah, as far as.

[16:38] Using my own money.

[16:41] It's been hundreds and hundreds of dollars and.

[16:44] And Roundup over the years.

[16:48] If I didn't take care of it, the weeds are growing up on.

[16:52] You know, not just my side of the street, the other side of the street.

[16:56] And then up through the pavement, because the pavement is in.

[16:59] Complete disrepair.

[17:01] As we talked about this.

[17:04] The city was much more open to.

[17:06] Only having to pay.

[17:08] Roughly half of the street may be less.

[17:11] And it's it's much more budgetary and favorable to them.

[17:16] In that regards.

[17:18] There's a there's a monster pothole.

[17:20] In the in the front of the street there.

[17:23] Where emergency vehicles are supposed to turn around.

[17:27] I've nicknamed that.

[17:29] Pothole underground parking garage. Actually, that's kind of how big it is and it's.

[17:36] It's it's kind of a safety thing and, and the whole street.

[17:40] Is even with my care and taking care of it is.

[17:44] Still an eyesore.

[17:46] It's not.

[17:47] It's not good for the street.

[17:51] With that.

[17:52] See if you have any questions I guess.

[17:58] Thank you.

[17:59] Thank you.

[18:04] John, I presume that actually was a.

[18:06] Through St. to the condo complex there and then once that developed out we.

[18:10] That got cut off.

[18:12] That would be like the history of the county. Yeah, yeah.

[18:16] But that was forever ago.

[18:19] Anyone else here to address the Council?

[18:22] On the Bunker Hill Rd.

[18:35] My name is Harold Bateman.

[18:38] I live at 1694 Bunker Hill Rd.

[18:41] I've been a resident for over 50 plus years.

[18:44] And I'm here in total support.

[18:47] Of what the porters are Rep.

[18:49] Requesting. I think it would beautify the neighborhood.

[18:52] And it would make the street a lot better place to live.

[18:54] Thank you.

[18:55] Thank you.

[19:03] OK.

[19:05] Anyone else here to address the council regarding the 1720 E Bunker Hill Rd. St. vacation?

[19:11] Seeing none, we'll close that public hearing.

[19:14] And proceed to the public hearing regarding Utah Community Clean Energy Program.

[19:20] Was there either staff?

[19:22] Or drew or.

[19:25] Anyone who's going to address the Council prior to the public hearing?

[19:30] We do not have a staff.

[19:32] Prepared, I think, Councilmember Gray.

[19:34] Or, I'm sorry, Councilmember Quinn provided some context for this issue at your last council meeting. True.

[19:43] If I can just say really briefly.

[19:47] We're pleased with the.

[19:49] Response so far we've had five communities as of our board meeting this.

[19:54] Past Monday.

[19:56] Who have voted?

[19:57] Have adopted the ordinance so.

[20:01] I think it's a great thing, would be a great.

[20:03] Thanks for holiday and.

[20:05] Encourage everybody to support it.

[20:10] OK. With that, we'll open the public hearing with regard to.

[20:15] Holidays participation in Utah community clean energy program.

[20:19] Please.

[20:24] Hello, I'm Doug Stark. I live at 2698 E Rand Rd.

[20:28] I've been interested in renewable energy.

[20:31] For a long time, I was a member of the Utah Solar Advocates in the 1970s.

[20:36] The 1980s.

[20:38] And so I urge all the members of the Council to support this.

[20:42] This renewable Utah renewable.

[20:45] Communities.

[20:47] Program because it'll benefit us.

[20:50] You may not know, but.

[20:52] Buildings are about.

[20:53] Producing almost half as much.

[20:56] Greenhouse gases.

[20:59] As vehicles.

[21:00] Today so.

[21:01] If we get this.

[21:02] Renewable energy.

[21:03] We can use it to heat our homes.

[21:06] And renewable energy is a lot cheaper than coal.

[21:10] And a lot cleaner.

[21:11] And I've.

[21:15] I think this uh.

[21:17] There's a good program.

[21:19] And I think everybody should support it.

[21:21] Because.

[21:22] It'll clean up our air.

[21:24] And it'll cost less for our energy.

[21:27] We could convert from.

[21:29] Using uh.

[21:30] Fossil fuels and.

[21:33] The natural gas to heat our homes to convert it over it to electricity, which will be a lot cheaper.

[21:39] So for the benefit of the community and the citizens and holiday.

[21:44] I urge you to.

[21:46] The renewable communities.

[21:50] Energy Program.

[21:51] Thank you.

[21:52] Like you.

[22:01] Anyone else here to address the Council on Renewable Communities?

[22:07] OK, seeing none considered leaving it open but with the.

[22:16] Any debate with regard to whether we leave the public comment open until the voting day or we just want to go ahead and let her?

[22:22] I think if we had more.

[22:24] People wanting to comment then I think that makes sense to open it, but as seeing as how we're not having a lot of.

[22:29] People wanting to comment.

[22:30] I mean, that's where I'm coming from.

[22:33] And so you're so I'm just saying close it.

[22:36] Reynolds.

[22:37] I don't have any objection to that.

[22:38] OK. We'll go ahead and close the public hearing with regard to Utah community.

[22:44] Clean energy program.

[22:46] And for each of these public hearings, we expect.

[22:49] On May 21st for all three.

[22:51] OK, very good.

[22:54] OK. Moving on to item number six.

[22:59] A presentation of the 20262027 tentative Budgets.

[23:03] This is going to be super fascinating.

[23:13] So good evening Mayor and Council. I know this is your favorite time of year.

[23:20] May and June will be all budget, all the time.

[23:24] Tonight, however, I am just going to talk a little bit about the tentative budget that you have and that will be available on our

[23:30] website tomorrow I believe.

[23:37] Um.

[23:40] The budget represents.

[23:41] The combined work of our staff and our contracted agencies.

[23:46] Who all began working on budget preparation earlier this year. I really appreciate the effort of all who have been involved in the

[23:52] effort, especially Christian Larson who I think both transformed the presentation.

[23:59] And putting the budget together this year.

[24:03] So as many of you will recall, in February of 2023, the Council identified several priority areas to guide city activities over

[24:08] the next 10 years.

[24:14] And earlier this year, you revisited and refined to those priorities. And just as a reminder, those are.

[24:22] Safe Community.

[24:23] Excellent public assets and infrastructure.

[24:26] Responsible, efficient, sustainable city government.

[24:30] Responsible development that enhances community.

[24:33] And great place to live.

[24:36] With these priorities within these.

[24:38] Priorities are several specific goals the Council would like to see achieved in the upcoming year.

[24:44] Additional details about these goals are found in the document that you have, that is the tentative budget.

[24:50] The budget's been developed with those priorities in mind.

[24:55] The budget also prioritizes our city employees.

[24:59] Providing a 2.7% cost of living adjustment as well as some targeted market increases to make sure holiday attracts.

[25:07] And retains high quality staff to best serve our residents.

[25:13] The tentative budget, importantly, does not anticipate a property tax this year for fiscal 2627.

[25:22] After several years of double digit growth in sales tax in the early part of this decade, that was fueled both by the collection

[25:26] of sales tax for online sales.

[25:32] By pandemic spending and.

[25:35] By inflation sales tax.

[25:37] Growth.

[25:38] Has returned to more historic levels.

[25:42] Assuming other sources of revenue growth remain consistent from year to year.

[25:48] Our historic level of sales tax growth is not sufficient to absorb increases in public safety and public works services.

[25:56] Without a significant change in sales tax.

[25:58] Patterns.

[26:00] So we can.

[26:01] Anticipate the necessity of a property tax increase in the next cycle.

[26:07] But have managed to avoid it for this year.

[26:11] This budget that you have in.

[26:12] Front of you and that we'll be talking about over the next month and 1/2.

[26:16] Does not really include significant changes in city operations.

[26:20] But does propose the conversion of two existing?

[26:23] Part-time positions to full-time roles.

[26:27] The first position as a part-time judicial assistant position that our justice court.

[26:34] And that is really based on an almost 18% increase so far this year in Caseload.

[26:41] We anticipate that that will continue for the rest of the year.

[26:45] And that cost will be shared with our other participating cities.

[26:50] The budget also assumes the conversion of a part-time inspector position to a full time role.

[26:56] The Council at this time last year had approved a part-time position.

[27:01] And that was designed.

[27:02] For us to reduce the use of our more expensive contract inspectors.

[27:09] However, we had a very difficult time finding a qualified inspector who wanted part time work.

[27:17] So as you've seen in budget amendments, we've returned to that more expensive contract use.

[27:25] We're hoping that a full time role will help us reduce that expense.

[27:31] And so you'll see in this budget the addition of a full time position.

[27:35] With the corresponding reduction in contract inspection services.

[27:41] This tentative budget.

[27:43] Does reflect some inflationary increases for the city as well as changes in the cost of our contracts that provide our key

[27:47] municipal services.

[27:53] Two of those contracts, both police services and public work services, are increasing by.

[27:58] About 310.

[28:00] $1000.

[28:03] The Council continues to prioritize, as you know, two large projects, including the seismic.

[28:08] Retrofit of our nearly 100 year old City Hall.

[28:13] As well as the generational opportunity that we have to to convert Spring Lane, the site of Spring Lane Elementary, to a park.

[28:23] Those projects continue to be reflected in these.

[28:26] In this budget and we do anticipate some changes to the tentative budget as you.

[28:31] Make further decisions.

[28:34] In 4 Spring Lane Park.

[28:36] At during this case.

[28:38] The same time period.

[28:40] As always, I remain really grateful for the guidance, support and temperament of this Council and look forward to your careful

[28:46] review and consideration of this budget in the coming weeks.

[28:52] Next week, Christian will do a much more.

[28:54] Detailed overview of the budget and then we'll start working our way through various departments.

[29:01] Any questions for me?

[29:06] No questions for me at this time, but I would like to say that I was.

[29:09] Very, very pleasantly surprised at how.

[29:13] Well, the budget came together without the need for a property tax adjustment, primarily because of those two big projects.

[29:19] You mentioned and the bond.

[29:20] That we.

[29:23] Issued last fall.

[29:26] So our first bond payments will already be included.

[29:29] There's a burden on this next budget.

[29:32] And the fact that we're able to.

[29:34] Handle that additional load.

[29:36] Without requiring a.

[29:38] Property tax adjustment adjustment is really.

[29:41] Surprising.

[29:42] And it speaks to the great health of our city financially.

[29:47] That we're able to absorb that in this first year.

[29:51] Despite.

[29:52] The the burden of those the first year of those projects.

[29:55] And so thanks Christian for all your work and Gina for your leadership.

[30:00] In developing this budget and for keeping things.

[30:03] Tight, as it were.

[30:05] So thanks very much. We look forward to, I look forward to digging into the details over the next few weeks.

[30:10] Oh, in addition.

[30:12] While our public safety partners are here.

[30:15] Part of the big.

[30:16] You know, part of our budget is public safety and I sit on the boards.

[30:20] Of both UFA and UPD, our police and fire service.

[30:24] And another.

[30:25] Primary reason we were able to.

[30:27] Not have to go to the public with a property tax increase or they're very reasonable budget increases.

[30:34] That we had this past.

[30:35] In this budget cycle from UPD and UFA SO.

[30:38] Their departments can also be tagged for.

[30:41] Taking it easy on us.

[30:42] This year as well.

[30:45] OK. Thank you.

[30:50] With that, unless there's other comments or questions, I'm happy to take a motion.

[30:54] Motion to Approve Resolution 2026-12, acknowledging the receipt and adoption of the tentative 2627 fiscal year budgets and setting

[30:59] a public hearing for June 4th, 2026.

[31:05] Second, OK, we have a motion and a second.

[31:08] Councilmember Gray.

[31:10] Yes, Councilmember Quinn.

[31:11] Yes.

[31:12] Council Member.

[31:14] Natalie Bradley. Yes, all of a sudden.

[31:18] Natalie might remember Durham.

[31:20] Yes, Councilmember Sunwall.

[31:21] Yes and chair votes yes.

[31:24] OK. Thank you.

[31:25] City manager report.

[31:35] All right, I will start with an update on our earmarks.

[31:39] So you may have seen in the news last week that Congress approved.

[31:45] The funding bill for.

[31:47] The Department of Homeland Security.

[31:49] And contained in that bill was.

[31:52] Our funding for our seismic retrofit.

[31:55] That's the good news.

[31:58] The complicating news is that work is already underway on our project.

[32:05] And in normal times that would mean that we are ineligible to receive.

[32:10] That earmark?

[32:12] Holly and I spoke.

[32:13] With Ryan Lovett on Tuesday and he is working with our federal delegation to see if there can be some sort of.

[32:22] Special exemption given for the extraordinary circumstances of the budget over the last couple of years.

[32:32] I'll keep you posted.

[32:34] But I don't have an update beyond that at this point.

[32:37] What?

[32:38] It is, he says, the likelihood of that.

[32:40] Being offered.

[32:44] He did not give us a percentage, unfortunately.

[32:49] My perspective is that.

[32:52] I'm we're planning for other ways.

[32:55] To continue this work in the absence.

[32:58] And I'm.

[33:00] Hopeful.

[33:03] But I'm not counting on it at this point.

[33:05] That's perfect.

[33:07] Do we know what?

[33:08] Like a timing timetable?

[33:09] So our communication is that it needs to be as soon as possible because the.

[33:14] Impact here will impact your choices on Spring for Spring Light.

[33:19] So I am.

[33:21] Hoping we have some direction in the next week or so.

[33:25] If we're unable to use it for.

[33:27] City Hall is there.

[33:30] Possibilities to use that?

[33:31] Those monies, other ways.

[33:33] To benefit the community, and that is our hope.

[33:36] That if we're unsuccessful in carving out some sort of exemption, that we will.

[33:42] Would still be able to use the funding for other.

[33:45] Mitigation work.

[33:46] In our community and what that might look like yet.

[33:50] I don't know.

[33:51] But hopefully we can.

[33:52] Continue that conversation.

[33:57] OK.

[33:59] One other.

[34:00] Topic that I feel like I'm always bringing to the Council is Juneteenth.

[34:05] So just a couple of weeks ago I told you.

[34:09] We're on track the state of.

[34:11] Approved.

[34:13] Consolidation of.

[34:15] The state celebration of June team.

[34:18] With the federal holiday which is June 19th, which this year happens to be on a Friday.

[34:24] And while that is true.

[34:26] State The state law change doesn't take effect until 2027.

[34:31] So this year the state is going to celebrate Juneteenth on June 15th, which is the Monday of that week.

[34:39] That seems silly to me, and so our employee handbook says that we can choose to celebrate on either.

[34:47] June 19th or follow the state schedule.

[34:52] My preference would be to celebrate the holiday on the actual day of Juneteenth.

[34:57] But wanted to.

[34:58] Check in with the Council and see what your preference is.

[35:03] Your call, yeah. What works best for you guys?

[35:08] All right. Thank you.

[35:10] I think what this will mean, the court will continue to celebrate with the state so.

[35:15] The court will be.

[35:16] Open on the 19th and closed on the 15th and the rest of us will be vice versa. But then next year.

[35:24] We'll all be alliance.

[35:26] So I'm.

[35:27] Also wanting it to be your call but.

[35:30] Does it complicate things that state office. I mean how much interaction would you have with the state office on any given day?

[35:36] State office we will have minimal interaction. The our only the only real complication is the fact that.

[35:42] Court has to follow the state.

[35:44] Holiday schedule.

[35:45] So but.

[35:47] But for regular operations that won't be.

[35:50] Too much of a challenge.

[35:54] The third item I wanted to ask the Council about, many cities have.

[36:00] In adopting language on their agenda.

[36:04] That include.

[36:05] Includes language that says that.

[36:08] The city recorder.

[36:10] With the supervision of the City manager and consultation with the City attorney, can make non substantive corrections to any part

[36:14] of.

[36:19] And ordinance or resolution.

[36:22] For things like grammatical errors.

[36:24] Or numbering errors, or for consistency purposes that don't alter the substance.

[36:31] Of the ordinance or resolution.

[36:34] Would our Council be comfortable with that?

[36:36] Kind of language.

[36:38] Absolutely, yeah.

[36:40] Todd cool with it and you're cool with it. We are cool with it. We're cool with it.

[36:45] OK. Thank you very much.

[36:46] Any other questions or issues for me?

[36:50] OK. Thank you.

[36:52] OK, let's proceed to council reports. Let's start with.

[36:56] Councilmember Gray.

[36:58] I just have one item tonight as.

[37:00] Some of you may know, but.

[37:01] Maybe not all of you that are.

[37:04] Phenomenal City Manager Gina was nominated and.

[37:10] Will be awarded.

[37:12] The distinguished service.

[37:13] Distinguished Service Award for an appointed official.

[37:16] By the Association of Public Administrators.

[37:19] Coming up on May 20th.

[37:23] I think this word is well deserved.

[37:25] I think we all know how much we rely on Gina and her professionalism and.

[37:30] Want to just thank her?

[37:32] For everything that she does for all of us and excited that she.

[37:38] Been honored by her peers in this way.

[37:43] OK.

[37:49] Council Quinn.

[37:51] Last Friday I.

[37:52] Along with Matt had the opportunity of attending the Neighbors Prepared Fair.

[37:58] And it was put on.

[38:00] By several.

[38:03] Stakes of the LDS Church and there were over 700 attendees.

[38:09] Our own Alice Jester.

[38:12] Did a great presentation, had a class.

[38:15] Talking about how?

[38:17] The city.

[38:19] Interacts with its.

[38:21] That our community plus.

[38:23] Can bring in county and state resources as needed.

[38:28] That was a great event and I appreciate Allison's help and everyone that that was there.

[38:36] Councilmember Brennan.

[38:38] So I had the opportunity last Thursday.

[38:41] Attend the Utah State PTA Awards.

[38:43] And Megan Carter, who is a volunteer at Oakwood Elementary and a member of Holiday, was awarded with one of the.

[38:50] 30 awards for the entire state as an outstanding PTA volunteer.

[38:56] Which was a fabulous evening.

[38:58] To be with and.

[38:59] Be there to honor her.

[39:01] Also we.

[39:03] Had another successful Arts Council.

[39:06] Event well.

[39:08] We had our page to stage.

[39:10] Their applications opened for that program. It's one of our.

[39:16] Most popular programs.

[39:17] And it filled up in an hour.

[39:20] Which was great. It's our biggest group yet. We're gonna have 35 kids this year.

[39:24] So mark your calendars for June 5th at 11:30. It's going to be a great show.

[39:30] With our 35 kids in our community.

[39:34] Councilmember Drill.

[39:36] I wanted to update the committee on the City's tree voucher program. The tree committee sponsors and administers A voucher program

[39:41] where city residents can apply for.

[39:47] A voucher to plant a tree on their property.

[39:51] And in the past.

[39:53] It's been a little bit of a cumbersome process.

[39:56] We've been giving out maybe.

[39:57] Four or five vouchers a year.

[40:00] Within the last little while, the tree committee has.

[40:04] Undertaken an effort to kind of streamline the process, update the application.

[40:09] Update our relationship with the nurseries that provide the trees.

[40:13] We've given out 12 vouchers in the last two months and I think the committee is.

[40:18] Poised to give out a lot more so.

[40:21] It's a great program.

[40:22] It helps.

[40:23] Maintain and grow the tree canopy in our community so if.

[40:27] Your residents have.

[40:29] A need for trees.

[40:31] On their own property.

[40:33] We have whether.

[40:34] Who are outside the?

[40:35] Right away you can make an application through that program.

[40:39] Very good councilmember symbol.

[40:42] Just I also.

[40:43] Attended that preparedness fair and I thought was outstanding.

[40:47] And hope we can see more events like that.

[40:49] That's all OK.

[40:51] I have two items.

[40:53] The first step is earlier this week I was able to attend the.

[40:56] UPD Fallen Officers Memorial which is now being held.

[41:00] In in our old City Hall of the pavilion.

[41:05] Historically, this memorial has been.

[41:08] A memorial combined with the County Sheriff.

[41:11] In West Valley.

[41:12] Is that correct, Chief?

[41:13] But given that split the.

[41:16] Following officer memorial for UPD specifically.

[41:19] Is intended to be located at Holiday City Hall.

[41:24] The memorial.

[41:26] Hardware is still in the process of being.

[41:29] Created and.

[41:30] I'm not sure what stage that's in, but.

[41:32] It's intended since, uh.

[41:34] Upd's only fallen officer.

[41:37] To date and hopefully ever.

[41:39] Is our officer Barney who?

[41:43] It's been 10 years.

[41:45] Now 10 years.

[41:46] And so.

[41:48] Discussions are underway with regard to how that memorial will be installed at our City Hall.

[41:54] And then we'll have the annual.

[41:56] Memorial service.

[41:58] Held it in place and so I was able to attend that earlier this week.

[42:02] It was a very.

[42:04] Sobering.

[42:05] Ceremony, but full of.

[42:08] That great.

[42:11] Public safety culture.

[42:13] That if you were able to attend ceremonies with.

[42:16] Either UPD or UFA you get a taste of.

[42:18] Of that great culture of our public safety.

[42:21] Community, uh.

[42:22] They're very tight.

[42:25] And it's an honor to be a part of that, and so I appreciated being able to be there.

[42:31] Also tomorrow is the ribbon cutting for the new.

[42:36] Steinway Studio in holiday.

[42:40] And I can't tell you how excited.

[42:43] Isaac Jackson is, and I'm very excited as well.

[42:48] Of course, if you've seen that space, it's just phenomenal. And everything I hear from Isaac Jackson is that.

[42:55] Steinway Corporate in New York. They're out of their minds about the.

[42:59] The beauty of that site?

[43:01] And uh.

[43:02] I would expect that most of their.

[43:04] Corporate level.

[43:05] You know video communications are going to highlight.

[43:09] Our little city and holiday with that beautiful.

[43:11] Space.

[43:12] And so tomorrow at I believe it's at 11.

[43:18] Check my calendar, let's see.

[43:23] Tomorrow ribbon cutting 11 AM.

[43:26] In the village.

[43:29] And is there.

[43:31] Issue with and.

[43:34] Good.

[43:35] OK. I didn't know if she was out sick or something, so we'll expect to see her there.

[43:38] All right, so the ribbon cutting tomorrow at 11 AM for the new Steinway opening the Steinway Studio and the holiday should be a

[43:41] great event.

[43:45] And you're all invited, of course.

[43:47] All right with that.

[43:49] Let's just review calendar we've got.

[43:51] Meetings the next two Thursdays. Just a work meeting on the 14th.

[43:56] And then a standard council meeting on the 21st.

[43:59] And then again, budget meetings on June 4th and 11th.

[44:05] And then also we've got.

[44:07] Those junior high and high school awards ceremonies.

[44:13] Coming up, and I presume those are all covered. Do we need to confirm?

[44:16] Anything particularly?

[44:22] OK if something comes up and you need to.

[44:24] A sub in I can likely do that, but.

[44:28] I'll try to.

[44:29] Attend all of them and I can.

[44:32] OK, I.

[44:35] I think that's all we have for the calendar.

[44:38] Do we have closed session?

[44:40] I'm assuming now.

[44:42] Well, Gee, what are we going to do now?

[44:46] I make a motion to adjourn.

[44:48] 2nd.

[44:49] We have a motion to adjourn in a second. All in favor.

[44:51] Aye, any opposed?

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