[8:39] Hi.
[8:47] » My husband puts up
[8:54] like
[9:05] What do you have? Do you have the
[9:06] executives?
[9:11] » I've never heard that before.
[9:13] >> It looks nice.
[9:26] » Okay.
[9:29] Let's uh get started. We'd like to
[9:31] welcome everyone to South Weaver City
[9:33] Council 6 PM on Tuesday, August the
[9:37] 25th, 2026.
[9:39] We'll begin. I'll lead us in the pledge
[9:41] of allegiance and then Councilwoman
[9:44] Petty will offer a prayer. You please
[9:46] rise and follow after me.
[9:51] To the flag of the United States of
[9:54] America and to the republic for it
[9:57] stands, one nation under God,
[10:01] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[10:03] for all.
[10:11] Father in heaven, we are so grateful for
[10:12] the opportunity we have to come together
[10:14] as a community and as a council and be
[10:16] able to discuss the items that directly
[10:19] affect us and all of our residents. And
[10:20] we ask that that will help us to have a
[10:22] an open mind and an open heart and and
[10:25] good healthy discussion. We are so
[10:27] grateful for all of our fire and
[10:28] sheriffs, all of our military and
[10:30] everyone who keeps us and our families
[10:31] safe. And we would ask a blessing upon
[10:34] them and their families. they will be
[10:35] watched over as they watch over us. Help
[10:37] us that so we can have a good night this
[10:39] night and enjoy this beautiful weather.
[10:40] And we say these things in the name of
[10:41] Jesus Christ. Amen.
[10:43] >> Amen.
[10:45] >> Thank you, Angie. Appreciate that. Hey,
[10:48] we'll begin with public comments. If you
[10:49] have a comment, we'd ask that you come
[10:51] up to the microphone and state your name
[10:53] and city in which you reside. We'll
[10:55] allow you three minutes to speak. Please
[10:58] direct the entire council and be
[10:59] respectful.
[11:03] Public comments, anyone?
[11:07] No public comments tonight?
[11:10] Okay, then we'll move on to our
[11:12] presentations.
[11:14] We would like to uh first uh recognize
[11:18] and thank our country fair days
[11:21] committee chair people, Tonnie and Chad
[11:24] and Tracy and Vicki and Keith. They've
[11:26] done once again an outstanding job. uh
[11:31] words can't express the appreciation
[11:33] that we have for them. I know it's a lot
[11:35] of hard work on their behalf and that
[11:39] they work on this year round and we
[11:41] really appreciate it. I don't know how
[11:43] they do it but every year they seem to
[11:45] outdo the prior year and we can say that
[11:49] about this year. So if you guys will
[11:52] stand up if we got a presentation
[11:54] Haley you want to make or
[12:11] Rand standard.
[12:13] >> Come on up, Chad.
[12:14] >> Come on.
[12:40] over. [laughter]
[12:42] >> You're standing there.
[12:47] » Yeah, that would be good.
[12:51] We we couldn't do that without your
[12:52] entire family. Your family is awesome.
[12:56] >> Thank you.
[12:58] >> Okay, continuing with recognition. We've
[13:01] got two employees that we'd like to
[13:04] recognize also tonight. Both of them
[13:06] have reached the 10-year mark with South
[13:08] Liber City, which is awesome. Uh we
[13:12] appreciate all that they do for our
[13:14] city. Both of them are excellent uh
[13:18] employees. And Mark Johnson and Heidi
[13:23] Anderson, where are you?
[13:26] >> In the back.
[13:27] >> Hiding in the back. I saw her come in.
[13:30] Come on up if you would please.
[13:34] Mark works in our public works
[13:36] department, does the water and and
[13:38] whatever else he's asked to do, and has
[13:40] been excellent. We appreciate his hard
[13:43] work and professionalism in serving in
[13:46] our public works department. And Heidi,
[13:49] she's uh crossing guard supervisor.
[13:52] Uh she's 10 years again. She's also
[13:55] working over at the uh uh family
[13:59] activity center.
[14:02] You know, I think we need to rename
[14:03] that. It's something that's easier.
[14:10] But anyway, we appreciate both of you so
[14:12] much for all that you do.
[14:13] >> Yes.
[14:14] >> And thank you so much for that.
[14:17] >> Yeah. Oh, they have something for you,
[14:19] too.
[14:19] >> Shady, if we Yeah,
[14:22] I knew it. I knew it. See,
[14:30] » do they have to read it?
[14:32] Okay.
[14:34] Mark's like, "No." [laughter]
[14:37] >> Thank you.
[14:59] Okay, next we'll have our Davis County
[15:01] Sheriff's Report.
[15:03] Mike Valencia, I think, is going to
[15:05] handle that.
[15:07] you'll come up. We'll turn the time to
[15:08] you, Mike.
[15:10] >> Thanks for your time. Again, my name is
[15:12] Mike Valencia. I'm the captain over the
[15:14] patrol division. Um, I'm also
[15:17] uh here with our new chief deputy,
[15:19] Arnold Busher. I know a lot of you
[15:21] probably already know him. He uh was has
[15:24] been held so many different uh positions
[15:26] in our office and he and Chief West have
[15:29] switched. So, Chief Butcher will now be
[15:31] the Chief Butcher will be now be the uh
[15:34] chief deputy over patrol. So anytime you
[15:37] want to meet with him to make all the
[15:38] complaints, it goes straight down.
[15:40] [laughter]
[15:42] >> That's it. So uh I would want to talk a
[15:45] little bit about um the current stats of
[15:49] between April 28th and obviously a
[15:51] couple weeks ago or last week. Um calls
[15:54] for service. If you can see, um, what we
[15:57] did, as you know, we we kind of switched
[15:58] up our forms because we've had a couple
[16:01] of the council members from all three
[16:03] cities that we represent that have asked
[16:04] for current year and last year numbers.
[16:07] Um, so we've tried to, as you can see,
[16:10] we've tried to accomplish the best we
[16:12] can um, answering the questions that
[16:14] we've had from any council members in
[16:17] the in the past and and hopefully in the
[16:19] future. Um you can see again calls for
[16:22] service are a little bit down there from
[16:25] last year which is a good thing uh in a
[16:27] lot of ways. Um if you take those first
[16:31] the first field initiated and dispatch
[16:33] initiated that is your first or your
[16:35] total for the calls for service. Um and
[16:39] then we go into arrests for the this
[16:42] quarter. Uh we have 13 arrests and
[16:46] [clears throat] five that were in lie of
[16:47] citation. Um any questions on that first
[16:51] section before we go on?
[16:55] Okay. Next, um obviously is a huge um
[16:59] concern for a lot of your residents is
[17:01] the traffic. Um what we've done is we've
[17:04] accumulated
[17:06] uh the total amount of traffic stops
[17:09] with moving violations, non-moving, and
[17:11] warnings. Um you can see there was 253
[17:14] traffic stops made during that quarter.
[17:17] Um, the reason that you don't you see
[17:20] there uh the the amount of warnings and
[17:23] that they don't add up is because
[17:25] there's a lot of times when an deputy
[17:27] pulls over a vehicle and issues a
[17:30] warning, it doesn't the only way we can
[17:32] actually track that is if they issue an
[17:34] actual warning citation or if it's just
[17:36] a verbal warning, then we do it by
[17:38] traffic sub. So that's why you'll see
[17:40] the larger number that don't make sense
[17:43] as far as the the total amount together.
[17:47] Um if you look at the next section,
[17:49] reportable offenses, that is again what
[17:52] we were dispatched to or what they
[17:56] initiated on the initial response that
[17:59] we responded to initially. But if you
[18:02] switch over to the next page where it
[18:03] says offense offenses charged, um that
[18:08] is the actual sites that we actually
[18:11] would have made arrest on or that will
[18:13] whether whether that be selfinitiated or
[18:16] dispatch calls. Um and if you look
[18:19] through a lot of those um like a lot of
[18:23] the cases have gone down, especially
[18:24] with the assaults. Um I don't know if
[18:26] you remember the last year we had a
[18:28] pretty good fight up there at Maverick.
[18:32] So that's where a lot of people were
[18:33] cited. That's why that number last year
[18:35] this time looks high compared to the
[18:38] current one now. Um and again those you
[18:42] got the the narcotics and the DUIs. Um
[18:45] that's pretty much consistent for both
[18:48] this year and last year at this time. So
[18:52] those are our stats. Now, um I would
[18:54] encourage you to take a look at those.
[18:56] If you have any questions, please don't
[18:58] hesitate to get them a hold of myself or
[19:00] chief or Lieutenant Boyd so that we can
[19:04] answer any of those questions that you
[19:06] may have in reference to the stats. We
[19:08] don't want to give you too much because
[19:11] it there's so much data that we could
[19:13] give you. It'd be pages and pages of
[19:15] data, but we are happy to answer any
[19:17] questions that you have about any of
[19:19] these stats we've provided here. Well,
[19:21] this is substantially less data than
[19:23] we've been getting.
[19:24] >> Yeah. And honestly, that was at the
[19:27] request of we took the responses from
[19:31] South Wever, Fruit Heights, and West
[19:33] Point, and that that's kind of what
[19:35] they've asked. If you look, you're right
[19:37] because I actually have the report from
[19:39] last year.
[19:41] Um,
[19:44] which is is like you said, it's
[19:46] consistent. It's it's it's a lot less,
[19:49] but it's all condensed down into
[19:52] um so this is last year's. It's all
[19:55] condensed down into more categories,
[19:57] less less information as far as cases
[20:01] that aren't there. Do you see what I'm
[20:03] saying? So, so what I'm getting at is
[20:05] like say we we had retail thefts that we
[20:09] it was really high in one area. If if
[20:11] the vehicle burglaries and the retail
[20:13] theft because it goes under one section,
[20:16] if they combine them together where we
[20:18] use the the IBR form that that is in the
[20:22] state when we run our statistical
[20:23] information that all gets merged
[20:26] together now. So it's we we can go back
[20:30] to that if you want if you would rather
[20:32] that be that way. But we were told this
[20:35] is what and who said that?
[20:39] I I don't know that I'm just going off
[20:41] of what Lieutenant Boyd and some of the
[20:44] Crew Heights people may have brought to
[20:46] his attention.
[20:51] » Yeah.
[20:52] That can kind of show us the
[20:53] trending. Yeah.
[20:56] >> Yeah. And we removed the graphs and
[20:57] stuff because we wanted to put as much
[21:00] as we wanted to condense it down a
[21:02] little bit less. But if you're if that's
[21:04] what you're wanting, we we'd be happy to
[21:06] provide that to you guys if that's what
[21:08] you'd like. Um but I know that um like I
[21:12] said, the the one that Lieutenant Boyd
[21:15] gave you last last rotation, which was
[21:18] January to May or April, it didn't have
[21:21] the graphs and stuff either. They took
[21:22] that out then, too. But we're hap, like
[21:24] I said, we're happy to provide you that
[21:26] if if that's what you'd like. Well, I
[21:29] guess the only thing that I'm really
[21:30] looking for, and I I don't see that this
[21:34] um necessarily does it, but I mean, it
[21:36] gives us just some numbers, but um we're
[21:39] trying to look at number one, if you as
[21:44] our uh sheriff's department, our police
[21:46] department, and as our vendor are
[21:50] keeping up with number one, the contract
[21:53] so we can make sure that the hours that
[21:55] need to be um allocated over to South
[21:58] Weaver are being so um and there's been
[22:00] questions throughout the last couple of
[22:02] years as different things have raised
[22:03] them and lowered them. Um I don't see
[22:05] anything on the the hours on it. Um you
[22:08] have a humongous drop from last year to
[22:12] now for the number of um traffic um
[22:18] pullovers or whatever. I don't know.
[22:20] That's it's already gone. Yeah. Traffic
[22:21] stops. Um and while it's nice showing
[22:24] that number, it doesn't show why. Um,
[22:27] and I guess as just a member of the
[22:30] council, and I'm only speaking for
[22:32] myself, is I need to know that what you
[22:35] what we're spending is getting us what
[22:38] we need as a city where
[22:41] uh I I know you guys do a great job. I
[22:43] mean, it's I love some of you guys. is
[22:45] fantastic at what you do, but it's still
[22:48] very easy when we're the most northern
[22:52] and eastern part of Davis County um for
[22:56] other things to go on in other parts of
[22:57] the county and you know, we not get the
[22:59] coverage that that we're paying for. So,
[23:02] I guess that's the stuff that I'm
[23:03] looking for. Um I don't necessarily want
[23:05] to get into the the the heavy details
[23:07] about who did what and why. Um that
[23:10] actually kind of depresses me when we
[23:12] see those. But um I think I think we
[23:15] have a fiduciary duty to make sure that
[23:17] you know we're getting
[23:19] >> Sure. And I and I'll add that make I'll
[23:20] make sure that that gets added to the
[23:22] category next time as far as hours spent
[23:24] in the city because we actually every
[23:27] shift we have somebody assigned to your
[23:29] city, right? Um and they log from when
[23:32] they are here to if they go to South
[23:34] Wever or sorry to Fruit Heights. So, we
[23:37] log those hours and then and we log
[23:39] those hours for you guys. Obviously,
[23:41] when we we do our our yearly um update
[23:46] to you guys, but to answer your question
[23:49] as far as the traffic stops, I can
[23:51] understand the concern there. One of
[23:53] just so you know, one of the issues is
[23:55] currently we're we are hiring six to
[23:58] eight deputies currently right now. So,
[24:00] that's we're a little bit lower staffed
[24:02] than we normally are. Also remember that
[24:05] we had a traffic division that was
[24:07] working half of the stops here in in
[24:11] these stats and the the motors haven't
[24:14] moved because we had to take them off
[24:16] the road to cover shifts. So
[24:19] >> say if uh if you guys are having say
[24:23] like a staffing problem um well the
[24:27] smallest tiniest corner of Davis County
[24:29] might not be getting um when it needs
[24:31] to. So, I understand you guys are going
[24:33] through a lot and everything you have to
[24:35] do. I've never seen you guys fully
[24:36] staffed. You're always down around five.
[24:38] Um, but um, yeah, we're just we're just
[24:41] looking to make sure that we're we're
[24:43] important to you.
[24:43] >> I I will assure you that that the hours
[24:46] allotted are are taking place, but I
[24:48] will I will also make sure that that
[24:50] gets added to here so that there's no questions. And then I can
[24:54] even bring you those hours or I'll have
[24:56] Lieutenant Boyd bring you those hours
[24:57] that are to make them up to date so that
[24:59] you can see since January one how many
[25:03] hours that that's taken place here.
[25:06] >> Okay. Any other questions?
[25:07] >> Any other questions?
[25:10] >> Thank you, Mike. We appreciate it.
[25:12] >> Thanks.
[25:19] Okay, our next item
[25:23] have our intern. She's already Johnny on
[25:26] the spot. She's right up here ready to
[25:28] go.
[25:30] >> Uh Celeste has uh reached about the end
[25:32] of her stay with South Weber as an
[25:34] intern. We appreciate her being here for
[25:37] four months and for the work that she's
[25:39] provided for the city. and and it's time
[25:42] for her to present her uh capstone
[25:45] project. And so we're going to turn some
[25:49] time to her to do that.
[25:51] >> Okay.
[25:51] >> And I hope this isn't too embarrassing
[25:53] for me
[25:55] because she came and interviewed me and
[25:58] I don't know how well that went over. So
[26:01] at least if I say stop the
[26:05] video, please stop it. or if you see my
[26:09] face turning red. Well, it's red all the
[26:11] time.
[26:14] >> Okay. Um, good evening. Good evening
[26:17] everyone. Um, when you when you walk
[26:19] into the clean park and turn on the turn
[26:22] on the water or call for the help in an
[26:25] emergency, you probably don't stop and
[26:28] think about what it takes to make that
[26:30] happen. I didn't either until this
[26:33] internship. I'm glad I got a chance to
[26:36] rotate and work with different
[26:38] departments. So, I got to see what
[26:40] happened behind the scenes and it really
[26:43] changed what I see the local government.
[26:47] I see the planning, the people and all
[26:50] the hard work it takes every single day
[26:53] to keep the city running and and make
[26:57] South Weieber a great place to live. And
[27:01] that make me realize
[27:03] it can still be a big gap between um
[27:06] doing the work and helping residents see
[27:10] and understand the work. So that's why
[27:13] communication matters because
[27:15] communication is not just about putting
[27:17] the information up there. is about
[27:20] helping resident and people understand
[27:23] who is serving them, why it matters and
[27:27] how it affect people's everyday life and
[27:32] that's really why I make this videos not
[27:35] just about promote the South Weieber but
[27:38] to make public service visible and
[27:41] hopefully it help residents to feel a
[27:44] little bit more connected to the city
[27:46] they call home. So with that I would
[27:49] like to share South Weaver a hidden gem.
[31:49] Don't
[32:01] part of South
[32:21] is essential part of services. Residents
[32:26] use public work every single day.
[32:47] We have three employees on staff.
[33:09] Uh, can you pause it and then restart it again?
[33:17] >> Yeah.
[33:29] This is my highlight of the video. So
[33:32] could you please like open a one drive
[33:34] or I don't know eyes.
[34:05] Uh, I send a link to you through the
[34:08] email.
[34:18] Sorry about that. I don't know why.
[34:49] video fire.
[35:55] They're not watching the video. They're
[35:57] watching us. So the volunteer is off.
[36:00] This is the way we do it.
[36:23] part of South
[36:44] Essential part of city services resol
[36:54] services.
[37:09] We have three employees on staff.
[38:27] Stop.
[38:41] Hey, I hope you guys enjoy it. And this
[38:45] is this video is just really show how I
[38:47] see South Weieber, the people, the work
[38:50] and the heart behind this community. So
[38:53] I just want to say thank you to everyone
[38:56] welcome me and told me and let me be
[38:59] part of it. So it it is a wonderful and
[39:02] amazing working experience. So I learned
[39:04] a lot and I really like this city. Thank
[39:07] you so much.
[39:08] >> Thank you.
[39:17] » So Dave, what's next with that video? Do
[39:19] the citizens get to see it anytime or
[39:21] >> Yes, we'll post that on our social
[39:24] media. We'll post that on the website.
[39:26] We'll make sure that that is available
[39:28] and
[39:28] >> sounds good because that was very well
[39:30] done. Very well done.
[39:31] >> Yes, that was Celeste. Good job. I know
[39:34] she worked really hard on that
[39:36] >> and wanted it to be just perfect and it
[39:39] was. Thank you so much,
[39:41] >> Celeste. You made me proud to live here
[39:43] in South Wever. Good job.
[39:49] Okay. Uh,
[39:53] next item
[40:00] is uh to recognize September as uh
[40:05] Constitution Month in the state of Utah.
[40:07] The United States Constitution signed in
[40:09] Philadelphia on September the 7th, 1788
[40:12] stands as a safeguard of our freedoms,
[40:15] guiding our government and protecting
[40:17] the rights of every citizen.
[40:22] South Weber City encourages residents to
[40:25] learn more about the Constitution and
[40:27] its lasting impact on American liberties
[40:30] and governance throughout the month. We
[40:33] also invite residents to join us at the
[40:36] events and activities planned throughout
[40:37] the year as we come together as a
[40:40] community to celebrate America's 250th
[40:42] anniversary in this historic occasion.
[40:46] We still have a few activities I think
[40:49] left to go, do we not, Dave?
[40:51] >> Yeah, Shaye is ready to tell that.
[40:54] >> Do you want to tell us a little bit
[40:55] about that?
[40:59] » Thanks, Brit. Yeah, I would love to. Uh
[41:02] we have three more activities this year
[41:06] that we're super excited about. Our
[41:07] first one is going to be our chalk art
[41:09] festival and that is happening um the
[41:12] week of Constitution Week. So September
[41:14] 14th through the 19th. Uh that's going
[41:17] to be at Canyon Meadows Park and people
[41:19] can come. There's going to be chalk
[41:21] scattered all over and come decorate the sidewalks at Cany Meadows Park from
[41:25] the 14th through the 17th. And then we
[41:28] are going to have like a freedom walk on
[41:31] the 18th and 19th. So the Friday and
[41:33] Saturday where people can wander around
[41:35] the park and look at all the pretty
[41:37] chalk art around there. So that's going
[41:39] to be our first um well technically our
[41:41] second one cuz we had one for country
[41:43] fair days, but that'll be our first
[41:44] celebration. And then we have a founding
[41:48] father's scavenger hunt coming on
[41:50] October 6th. Um, I'm not going to tell
[41:53] you the location because that's part of
[41:54] the fun is guessing where that's going
[41:56] to be. But, uh, basically kids,
[42:00] grown-ups, anyone can come to a TBD park
[42:04] um, to come and search for important
[42:06] historical figures and and that's going
[42:09] to be a really fun one. So, I'm really
[42:10] excited about that one. Um, if you
[42:12] remember our spot the squatch scavenger
[42:13] hunts a couple years back, it's going to
[42:15] be something like that. So, we're
[42:18] excited about that one. And then the
[42:20] last one is one that I'm really looking
[42:22] forward to. It's our veterans
[42:24] recognition ceremony and tree planting.
[42:27] Um this is a long time coming. So uh
[42:30] November 11th at Veterans Memorial Park,
[42:33] we will have a program and then a tree
[42:36] planting. We've been working with Shay,
[42:38] our parks manager, to kind of get that
[42:40] one going and get ready for it. So, uh,
[42:43] as the events get closer, we'll remind
[42:45] everyone about them again and post about
[42:47] it. And, um, a couple different things
[42:50] for America 250. We have a page on our
[42:53] website that will be going, it's it's
[42:55] live, but it's not on our city news yet,
[42:57] but it will be. Um, and if residents are
[43:01] interested in submitting stories about
[43:03] their ancestors, either just in America,
[43:06] in South Weieber, whatever, um, there is
[43:08] a way to do that. like we have links
[43:10] that they can submit stories and then
[43:12] those will be featured on social media,
[43:14] on our website, that kind of thing. Um,
[43:17] we also have coming up like just a bunch
[43:20] of fun facts about founding fathers and stories about important people in
[43:25] history that maybe people know about,
[43:27] maybe people don't know about, but um
[43:29] we're really looking forward to just
[43:30] celebrating America 250 for the rest of
[43:32] the year. I know we kind of uh missed
[43:34] the ball when it came July 4th, but
[43:36] we're really looking forward to
[43:37] celebrating it the rest of the year. So
[43:39] that's all we got.
[43:42] >> Thank you, Shaylee. That'll be great.
[43:45] Look forward to those activities.
[43:49] Okay. Our next uh consent agenda we need
[43:51] to approve which consists of July 14th,
[43:54] 2026 minutes, July's checks, June's
[43:58] budget to actual, and server upgrade.
[44:02] Did council have any changes, questions,
[44:06] discussion items on any of these?
[44:09] Can
[44:10] >> I just ask Dave, the cost for the
[44:12] server, was that within the budget that
[44:13] we had already identified? I can't
[44:15] remember what we had.
[44:16] >> We budgeted $30,000. It came in just
[44:19] under 20, which we were thrilled about.
[44:22] And uh Brett's been working with uh Tech
[44:24] Legion, our IT company, on that. The
[44:26] specs of what they're providing are is
[44:28] in that quote. So, we wanted to make
[44:30] sure you saw that. And true to our
[44:32] standard budget process, um, and
[44:34] approval of spends over $10,000 for
[44:37] things like this, it comes before the
[44:39] council for actual approval of the spend
[44:41] even though it was budgeted already.
[44:43] >> And how long do we feel like this server
[44:45] will
[44:47] last us?
[44:49] >> That's a
[44:50] golden question.
[44:51] >> It is a fantastic server. It is way
[44:54] above what we need. I think the RAM's a
[44:56] little low. Um, I think we're going to
[44:58] bump it up to 128 and have to do another
[45:01] service call. But yeah, these are good
[45:03] machines. The hard drives themselves,
[45:05] putting them in a raid will be just
[45:07] it'll be fantastic for the ones we've
[45:08] got. So, I was actually surprised by the cost of them.
[45:12] >> Six. Nice.
[45:14] >> Okay.
[45:15] >> I wish I could tell you a specific
[45:17] estimate for life of a server, but I
[45:18] think it's dependent on usage to some
[45:20] degree.
[45:21] >> Sure. Sure.
[45:21] >> Okay. Thank you.
[45:25] » Okay. We'll look for a motion. Mayor, I
[45:27] make a motion to approve the consent
[45:28] agenda.
[45:29] >> Second.
[45:30] >> All in favor say I. I.
[45:34] >> Okay. We have a few resolutions we need
[45:36] to work through. Next, uh we'll do
[45:39] resolution 26-33 amending policy chapter
[45:42] 7, section 190, cash receipts and
[45:46] depositing.
[45:48] Uh any questions on this resolution,
[45:52] council?
[45:54] >> Just one quick one. Why did we go from
[45:57] the two signatures over to um a verbal
[46:02] at the end of the month?
[46:07] Um we just don't have the staff to
[46:12] monitor that daily. Um in order well the
[46:17] policy was pretty outdated. We just use
[46:20] our best guess our guess or I'm sorry
[46:22] our best judgment. um there's only a few
[46:25] of us that can do adjustments and um we
[46:29] felt like we're able to handle that
[46:32] daily and then at the end of the month
[46:33] we'll review those and then if there's
[46:35] anything over a certain dollar amount we
[46:38] will have a supervisor review it. But we
[46:40] just felt like that was something that
[46:42] we don't have the time for to get two
[46:44] signatures to do a adjustment when
[46:47] there's a phone call that we're trying
[46:48] to handle help a resident right away. So
[46:57] » I I I don't know what um
[47:00] >> depends on what that adjustment is. Most
[47:01] of these are minor adjustments. Correct.
[47:03] >> Correct. Yeah.
[47:04] >> And that's what we talked about when we
[47:06] reviewed it in in finance
[47:09] and uh these were all like your billing
[47:13] issues, your utilities, your
[47:14] >> So rebating a late fee,
[47:15] >> minor issues. Okay.
[47:17] >> Yeah. Rebating a late fee.
[47:19] >> Yeah. These didn't think Not
[47:20] >> these are not
[47:21] >> thousands of dollars adjustments. These
[47:23] are small adjustments. Okay.
[47:25] [clears throat]
[47:27] » But authentication
[47:29] verification if you will. So it's not
[47:31] like we're bypassing a step. It's just
[47:33] consuming them up and then one person.
[47:36] Yeah.
[47:38] >> Because they still they still do get
[47:40] reviewed by
[47:41] >> Yes.
[47:42] >> their supervisor.
[47:45] >> Okay.
[47:45] >> All of them every month correctly.
[47:47] Correct. They all they all all
[47:48] adjustments get reviewed
[47:50] >> at the end of the month.
[47:52] >> So there's no tracking because it's all
[47:54] just a verbal, right? Just a verbal of
[47:57] Yeah. This one goes through this.
[47:59] >> It's a report.
[48:00] >> No, we have a report that we sign off.
[48:02] So if I were to do an adjustment,
[48:04] Heather would sign off on mine. Vice
[48:06] versa.
[48:06] >> Okay. Okay.
[48:07] >> So yeah, we review it. It's just time
[48:09] consuming to make sure we get a
[48:11] signature for a $15 late fee adjustment.
[48:14] So
[48:14] >> Okay. Thank you.
[48:17] Move to approve resolution 26-33
[48:19] amending policies chapter 7 section 190
[48:22] cash receiving and depositing.
[48:24] >> We have a motion. Do we have a second?
[48:26] by Councilman Hbertson. Do
[48:28] a roll call vote starting with
[48:29] Councilman Hbertson.
[48:30] >> I
[48:34] >> Okay, motion carries. Thank you very
[48:36] much. Next resolution 26-34
[48:40] adopting the final budget for fiscal
[48:42] year 2026
[48:44] 2027.
[48:47] >> Any
[48:49] haven't we like six times yet?
[48:51] >> That's how I felt when I read it. I know the process. I'm just
[48:57] >> We have beat it to death.
[48:58] >> Yeah.
[49:01] » Any comments? Um, I'm still a no on it
[49:05] because of the reasons I've stated
[49:06] before. I just I think we've got better
[49:09] things to be spending the money on and
[49:12] less of a overhead that we'd be putting
[49:14] on for the next 20 30 years. So,
[49:20] that's it.
[49:23] >> Anyone else?
[49:26] >> Mayor, I move to approve resolution
[49:27] 26-34 adopting the final budget for
[49:30] fiscal year 2026 2027.
[49:33] A motion by Councilman Windsor. We have
[49:35] a second.
[49:36] >> Second.
[49:38] by Councilwoman Penny. Do a roll
[49:41] call vote. Starting with Councilman
[49:43] Windsor.
[49:43] >> I I No.
[49:45] >> I
[49:48] >> A41. We appreciate that very much. Was a
[49:51] tough budget to go through.
[49:54] In support of it, I think it was
[49:56] necessary and appreciate council
[50:00] uh approving that. budget.
[50:05] Let's see. Next item, resolution 26-35,
[50:10] amending the consolidated B schedule.
[50:15] Any
[50:17] discussion on this resolution?
[50:23] Not
[50:27] motion.
[50:32] Mayor, I make a motion we approve
[50:34] resolution 26-35 amending the
[50:36] consolidated fee schedule.
[50:38] >> Second.
[50:39] >> Have a motion second by Councilman
[50:41] Herson.
[50:42] >> No, Councilman Wizard.
[50:43] >> It was both of us, but it's fine.
[50:45] >> Oh, we gonna give it to him.
[50:47] >> All right. You win.
[50:49] >> You can have it.
[50:50] >> You got it.
[50:52] >> I already tied.
[50:54] >> It's It's shorter. It's shorter.
[50:58] >> Okay. Okay, we'll start with a roll call
[50:59] vote with Councilman Hersonson.
[51:01] >> I
[51:05] >> Okay, motion carries. Also,
[51:08] >> next one, resolution 26-36,
[51:12] we're going to postpone
[51:14] uh after uh speaking with uh our legal
[51:20] attorney, why he suggested that this uh
[51:24] needs to go through planning commission.
[51:26] So, we're going to postpone it and send
[51:27] it through planning commission.
[51:29] >> Thank you.
[51:30] >> So, we won't have a resolution on it
[51:32] tonight.
[51:33] >> So, those will come back in October
[51:35] sometime or do we have a date when it'll
[51:38] come back?
[51:40] >> It'll
[51:44] the hope is to have it back to the
[51:45] council uh by the 22nd of September, if
[51:48] not first meeting in October. Thank you.
[51:51] The idea is that if we're going to have
[51:53] a conversation about a permanent land
[51:55] use situation that that needs to go
[51:57] through the planning commission of the
[51:59] land use authority and so that was the
[52:01] change.
[52:02] >> Can can I request when it does come back
[52:04] that we get a copy of the current
[52:06] contract or current development
[52:09] agreement? Isn't that because there's
[52:11] stipulations on that just so we can
[52:12] review a couple things?
[52:14] >> Sure. You want the you want to see the
[52:17] full development agreement not just the
[52:18] one section? Not just that one second,
[52:20] right?
[52:20] >> Okay.
[52:25] We got a public hearing next. Uh we're
[52:29] going to turn some time to Dave to
[52:32] explain what we're doing here with this
[52:33] public hearing.
[52:37] >> The uh storm water management plan
[52:40] requires an annual update now with some
[52:42] training. Uh the actual adoption of that
[52:46] and the training that will come with it
[52:48] will be in a subsequent meeting. Uh this
[52:51] was noticed to have a public hearing
[52:53] tonight to provide opportunity for the
[52:55] community to look at the plan and
[52:56] provide any comment before the council
[52:59] um considers the the final adoption uh
[53:02] with that. So uh tonight's the public
[53:04] hearing. The full plan was put in the
[53:07] packet and is available for review. So
[53:10] tonight's just simply an opportunity to
[53:12] listen uh to the public about their
[53:14] comments on the plan and then that plan
[53:16] will come back for adoption and uh for
[53:19] the council in a subsequent meeting.
[53:22] >> How often does this get updated?
[53:24] >> We have to do it annually now based on
[53:27] state law changes in the last few years.
[53:30] So when Dana came that one year to or
[53:33] Brandon first provided the training the
[53:35] one year that we now talk about as an
[53:37] epic meeting and then Dana has done that
[53:39] subsequently and Corey Wilson in our
[53:42] public works department who's over storm
[53:44] water. Uh he's the he and Dana worked
[53:46] closely on on the plan and the updates.
[53:49] Not a lot of changes really from
[53:50] previous years but now it's a state
[53:52] requirement to review it annually and
[53:54] update you.
[53:56] >> Okay. Thank you Dave. So with that being
[53:58] said, then we'll look for a motion to
[54:00] open the public hearing for the updated
[54:02] storm water management plan.
[54:04] >> So moved.
[54:06] >> Second.
[54:07] >> Motion is second. All in favor say I.
[54:09] >> I.
[54:10] >> Okay. Public hearing.
[54:14] » Did you get that?
[54:16] >> Jeremy made the Jeremy made the motion.
[54:18] >> It was I.
[54:19] >> Okay.
[54:21] Thank you.
[54:22] >> Angie was a second.
[54:25] >> Okay. Public hearing is open. Anyone
[54:29] seeing? None. We'll look for a motion to
[54:30] close the public.
[54:31] >> Motion to close the public hearing.
[54:32] >> Second.
[54:33] >> Motion a second. All in favor say I.
[54:36] >> I.
[54:37] >> Okay.
[54:39] >> Appreciate that. Next item is a
[54:41] discussion item on the 55th
[54:44] uh local option sales tax. Uh anyone on
[54:48] the council have any questions on this?
[54:50] We want to little information. Dave, do
[54:52] you want to maybe lead us in here?
[54:55] >> Sure. I'm happy to provide a little
[54:56] background. Um,
[54:59] the state has authorized five different
[55:01] times for local entities, meaning
[55:04] counties and cities to impose a sales
[55:08] tax. Uh, they are affectionately known
[55:11] as the first quarter, second quarter,
[55:13] third quarter, fourth quarter, and fifth. Um, because of generally the
[55:20] amount of that sales tax that can be
[55:22] added in that local area. the county has
[55:25] the opportunity, the Davis County
[55:27] Commission is considering whether or not
[55:29] to impose the fifth fifth option uh
[55:32] countywide and they held a meeting, a
[55:36] work session of the commission, invited
[55:38] uh the mayors and city managers to come
[55:40] and provide some city perspective. And
[55:43] as we walked out of that meeting, they
[55:45] requested that uh each city provide
[55:49] basically where we feel as a as a city
[55:52] and the council as a body whether we
[55:55] support the imposition of this sales tax
[55:57] or not so that they then can make that
[55:59] decision.
[56:01] It's a fifth a percent that's where the
[56:04] fifth comes from. Uh so 0.20% 20%
[56:09] uh half of which would go to uh transit
[56:13] and transit oriented projects in the
[56:16] county. Uh 0.05%
[56:19] would go to the county and then 0.05%
[56:22] would come to the city. Uh our estimate
[56:25] is about $70,000 a year if this was
[56:28] imposed. So uh 2% is equivalent to 2
[56:33] cents on a $10 purchase. And uh the
[56:37] county again is looking to to make that
[56:40] decision sooner rather than later. Uh
[56:43] the state law allows the county to
[56:46] impose that whenever they'd like. Uh
[56:49] however, there is a timeline, a little
[56:51] bit of a shot clock that was put in
[56:53] place. Um initially when this became an
[56:56] option, Davis County was not interested
[56:58] in it because of some of the details
[57:00] around the transit portion. not enough
[57:03] was going to to the actual city and
[57:05] county. Um that's since been changed and
[57:08] now they're considering it. Uh Davis
[57:10] County is the only county along the
[57:12] Wasash front that has not implemented
[57:14] this so far. uh Weaver County just
[57:16] recently did. And the way the state law
[57:19] reads is is essentially when a certain
[57:21] threshold of counties has imposed it,
[57:24] then there's a three-year window where
[57:27] the county has the option of using that
[57:31] money uh for anything they'd like
[57:34] essentially before it becomes
[57:37] transportation specific. So by October
[57:40] 1st of 2030
[57:43] or 2029, let me confirm the date.
[57:49] Um October 1st of 2029 is when it would
[57:53] become specific to transportation uh for
[57:56] the for the county. Prior to that, the
[57:58] county can use it for a purpose
[58:01] determined by the county legislative
[58:03] body.
[58:04] >> Just that transportation portion or all
[58:06] of it?
[58:06] >> Just the county. uh 010%.
[58:11] >> So we the city would still receive 05
[58:14] from day one.
[58:14] >> From day one. Yes.
[58:16] >> But is the city's portion tagged to
[58:18] transportation?
[58:19] >> Yes.
[58:19] >> Okay.
[58:20] >> So this is a specific sales tax
[58:23] generation for a specific purpose which
[58:25] is transportation.
[58:27] um the city would have the opportunity
[58:29] to either displace money that we're
[58:32] currently using and free up general fund
[58:34] money or have an additional amount of
[58:36] money going toward road needs that we
[58:39] have in the city. Uh it's important, I
[58:41] think, to recognize that uh the city
[58:46] would benefit directly with additional
[58:48] money, but it's not our choice to impose
[58:51] it. That's why the county is asking
[58:53] since the cities are all affected here.
[58:56] Um the universal
[58:58] feeling in the in the work session at
[59:01] the county from all of the cities that spoke and and had representation
[59:05] there was that we are we are desperate
[59:08] for transportation money. That's why
[59:09] there are transportation utility fees
[59:11] that the you know gas taxes going down
[59:14] and class C road monies are are not as
[59:16] much as they used to not going as far as
[59:18] they used to and so um having money for
[59:21] transportation would be uh a benefit.
[59:24] Um, however, cities don't have the the
[59:28] choice, right? It's up to the county
[59:29] commission. And so, um, I appreciate the
[59:32] county commission personally by asking
[59:34] the question to to get our take on it.
[59:36] Um, some cities have already provided a
[59:38] letter recognizing where they stand,
[59:41] whether in support or not. Um, I've
[59:44] heard at this point that, uh, other
[59:47] cities are in favor of it, but that's
[59:49] just anecdotally. Um, I I have seen one
[59:52] letter officially because it was emailed
[59:54] to the county commission and included
[59:56] the rest of of the city managers and
[1:00:00] mayors, but other cities, I don't know
[1:00:02] where they're where they stand. So,
[1:00:04] tonight's the chance for the council to
[1:00:05] talk through um our level of support or
[1:00:08] not. And uh and then the idea would be
[1:00:11] um tomorrow morning I'd draft a letter
[1:00:14] uh on behalf of the council. Mayor would
[1:00:16] be able to confirm that that expresses
[1:00:19] what you described tonight and then we
[1:00:21] could tell the county where we where we
[1:00:23] stand.
[1:00:26] >> And if I'm not mistaken that uh this tax
[1:00:29] does not affect gasoline
[1:00:33] and does not affect groceries.
[1:00:36] They're excluded from this. I believe
[1:00:38] that's true. Yes.
[1:00:39] >> Yeah.
[1:00:42] >> So that was my question. This is a sales
[1:00:43] tax. So excluding those two things is
[1:00:47] that go on I mean is it applied to every
[1:00:48] other purchase in the county?
[1:00:50] >> Believe it does
[1:00:51] >> like restaurant transient like hotel tax
[1:00:54] all of that.
[1:00:55] >> It would just be sales just retail sales
[1:00:58] items. So where there's a sales tax,
[1:01:00] this would apply, but transient room tax
[1:01:03] is a separate tax that it
[1:01:04] >> but but it would it would not be on
[1:01:05] hotel stays. It would just be
[1:01:09] >> so where you're now paid whatever
[1:01:12] percent it would be 7 whatever plus.20
[1:01:18] » and this is in perpetuity.
[1:01:20] >> Yes.
[1:01:23] >> And what feedback did we already give?
[1:01:26] We haven't.
[1:01:26] >> Oh, I thought you the meeting was
[1:01:28] >> Wow. Okay.
[1:01:30] >> Mayor made a comment. I made
[1:01:31] >> I made a comment. Dave made a comment
[1:01:33] that Yeah, we were in favor of it.
[1:01:36] >> But
[1:01:38] one member of the county commission
[1:01:40] seemed very supportive. Uh the other two
[1:01:42] were more on the fence and asking some
[1:01:44] questions a little bit philosophically
[1:01:46] about uh taxes in general and death by a
[1:01:50] thousand cuts and and things like that.
[1:01:52] Everybody recognized the need. Um but there was some hesitation initially
[1:01:56] uh by a couple county commissioners and
[1:01:59] uh and so they were requesting feedback
[1:02:01] from the from the cities knowing that
[1:02:03] we're affected and um I've heard through
[1:02:07] the grapevine that that those other
[1:02:10] county commissioners are now in favor
[1:02:12] but that I don't want to speak for them
[1:02:15] this
[1:02:16] >> if if we say regardless of what we say
[1:02:20] >> still
[1:02:21] >> the commission decides Yeah,
[1:02:28] » I'm more in favor of it now that I know
[1:02:29] that doesn't it's not on food and gas,
[1:02:32] but
[1:02:33] and we are lower than the other county a
[1:02:35] lot of the counties around us.
[1:02:38] That's one.
[1:02:40] >> How is our share determined
[1:02:43] population calculation or
[1:02:45] >> the same the same distribution formula
[1:02:47] as the 50/50 for the the rest of the
[1:02:50] local sales tax? always. So, this goes
[1:02:52] into the same pot.
[1:02:53] >> So, yeah, there's a point of sale and
[1:02:55] there's a populationbased formula.
[1:02:59] >> Yep.
[1:03:00] >> So, this would impact Amazon purchases,
[1:03:03] >> correct?
[1:03:05] >> Okay.
[1:03:07] >> I'm in favor of sales tax as like a
[1:03:09] primary sale taxing, but just adding an
[1:03:11] additional tax to all the other taxes
[1:03:12] without any
[1:03:15] reduction in the other taxes, I'm not
[1:03:18] 100% in charge. Like I maybe I don't
[1:03:20] fully understand why this extra tax is
[1:03:22] needed. Like is there a better or more
[1:03:25] in-depth explanation that you can give?
[1:03:28] >> Better wasn't the right word. Sorry, I
[1:03:29] didn't mean it like that.
[1:03:30] >> They don't have enough money to spend.
[1:03:34] >> Well, that's what it comes down to. They
[1:03:36] >> whether they claim it's for
[1:03:37] transportation or move things around
[1:03:38] like we've said we can do, they want
[1:03:40] more money. It's just what it comes down
[1:03:42] to.
[1:03:43] >> Well, was it was there something
[1:03:44] specific that they that they said is
[1:03:46] driving the need for additional revail?
[1:03:49] Well, the the need
[1:03:52] statewide for transportation money um is
[1:03:57] evident. Uh the freeze thaw effect that
[1:03:59] we all go through um really wres havoc
[1:04:02] on roads and the cost for road
[1:04:04] maintenance is there. Every city that I
[1:04:06] know of feels like the list of road
[1:04:09] projects is longer than the money that
[1:04:11] they have to deal with those. Um, I know
[1:04:14] that the state also feels like road
[1:04:16] projects is a major service that the
[1:04:18] that residents want and and are looking
[1:04:21] for. Um, and again to Joel's point,
[1:04:23] there's not enough money to to take care
[1:04:26] of those things. So, the state allowed
[1:04:28] this as an option. That's why it's
[1:04:30] called local option um
[1:04:33] for counties to be able to determine if
[1:04:35] there those needs needed a revenue
[1:04:37] stream and and have created that option.
[1:04:40] Is this does this kind of play into the idea that costs have risen faster
[1:04:46] than revenue has risen? Therefore,
[1:04:49] that's why we have such a backlog of or
[1:04:53] >> I think about mismanagement of existing
[1:04:57] revenue and then that also plays into
[1:05:00] kind of where we're at.
[1:05:02] >> I think that there's a lot of things at
[1:05:04] play when it comes to transportation
[1:05:05] money. Uh if you think about the the
[1:05:08] mechanisms and tools that we have right
[1:05:10] now to get revenue for transportation,
[1:05:12] uh the gas tax is the primary driver of
[1:05:15] transportation money. Um which is not a
[1:05:18] true kind of onetoone usage tax anymore
[1:05:22] because of different alternative fuels
[1:05:24] and and electric vehicles and things
[1:05:26] like that. And so the amount of money
[1:05:28] that uh is generated through gas tax uh
[1:05:32] is not the amount of money that it used
[1:05:34] to be. And so that that is a a piece of
[1:05:37] the consideration is how do we generate
[1:05:41] alternative uh alternative revenues to replace some of that loss revenue as buying trends change in that space.
[1:05:51] Um the other element is that I think for many years roads were a little bit
[1:05:58] of a forgotten service and money to go
[1:06:02] to to repairing roads. uh just wasn't
[1:06:06] keeping up. Um I' I've seen that in a
[1:06:09] number of different cities and a lot of residents um will complain
[1:06:14] about road degradation and and the
[1:06:17] potholeing and the increased u spplaying
[1:06:20] and and cracking and things like that.
[1:06:23] And so cities are trying to are starting
[1:06:25] to put more of a emphasis on that. Uh
[1:06:28] you'll see within the last um within the
[1:06:32] last seven eight years there
[1:06:36] have been a growing number of cities
[1:06:38] that have had a transportation utility
[1:06:40] fee similar to ours. Um knowing that
[1:06:44] there is is needs in the transportation
[1:06:46] space for revenue. So that may be
[1:06:48] long-winded. I hope that answers some of
[1:06:50] the some of the questions.
[1:06:51] >> It does. Thank I appreciate that
[1:06:52] >> from a question.
[1:06:55] >> What's that? I said, I don't even
[1:06:56] remember the question.
[1:06:59] >> I'm sorry. I I know this is probably
[1:07:02] going to surprise y'all, but um I'm very
[1:07:04] much in support of this one. Um
[1:07:07] I know it's it's a tax that affects
[1:07:11] everyone inside the county and yet gives
[1:07:13] us a pretty good um handful of money.
[1:07:18] And I believe that the city needs that
[1:07:20] money more now than ever before. And I
[1:07:24] would love to see our current
[1:07:27] transportation
[1:07:28] costs go down because we're taking in
[1:07:30] some of this and being able to service
[1:07:31] the debt instead.
[1:07:33] So I think this is a good deal and
[1:07:37] hate saying that because it's a tax, but
[1:07:40] one clar clarification question if I
[1:07:42] may. Uh as I understand it, this is why
[1:07:45] I'm trying to clarify this
[1:07:48] new monies sales tax monies. Um the 50%
[1:07:52] for the county is for the county to
[1:07:54] spend on county roads and the portions
[1:07:56] that come to the cities. Is that
[1:07:58] supposed to go to city's maintenance of
[1:08:01] their own roads or does it go to the
[1:08:03] general fund and could be spent on
[1:08:06] anything?
[1:08:07] >> It is road specific. So it's road
[1:08:09] specific. My comment would be the South
[1:08:12] River City has done an excellent job
[1:08:14] leading out on its transportation
[1:08:16] utility fund and I believe has done an
[1:08:19] excellent job in maintaining its roads
[1:08:21] where they used to be some seven years
[1:08:23] ago. Uh so I think we're ahead of the
[1:08:25] curve now. Staff could come back and say
[1:08:27] no, we're barely getting by. But given
[1:08:30] what I'm going off of is just visual. Um
[1:08:35] and the extra money would be nice. I'm
[1:08:37] certainly we could put it to more roads,
[1:08:39] but I think we're keeping pace as we
[1:08:41] are. We might want to consider reducing
[1:08:44] our transportation utility fee in
[1:08:46] commensurate to the additional monies
[1:08:48] coming in if we do do this uh to make it
[1:08:51] a balance for our citizens. Uh $70,000
[1:08:55] or $60,000 said isn't going to do a lot.
[1:09:00] It's going to add a marginal benefit,
[1:09:02] but I given our citizens the benefit of
[1:09:05] the doubt for what they have been doing
[1:09:06] for the last seven years. U
[1:09:10] that's my that's why
[1:09:14] mainting
[1:09:17] but uh basically uh surface coatings and
[1:09:23] rehabbing of the city streets. I don't
[1:09:26] think that it is as uh specific as just
[1:09:31] maintenance. It could be projects or
[1:09:33] other things like that.
[1:09:34] >> New projects, new projects.
[1:09:36] >> It it's more broad when it talks about
[1:09:38] >> it could go to a fund. We could we could
[1:09:41] put it into a savings if you will for
[1:09:43] any of these new roads that are coming
[1:09:44] up that need.
[1:09:47] >> They brought that up.
[1:09:49] >> Yeah. This is not as limited as the
[1:09:52] utility fee money.
[1:09:53] >> All right. Thank you for that. that
[1:09:54] helps clarify because the transportation
[1:09:56] utility fee was very specific as to what
[1:09:58] >> right this is more broad than that. It
[1:09:59] could be used in other ways. A couple of
[1:10:02] things just um kind of pros and cons
[1:10:05] that I've heard from other cities in
[1:10:06] their dialogue. Um one of the
[1:10:08] considerations I know that Farmington
[1:10:10] brought up was the idea that this is a
[1:10:13] tax that we all pay when we go to other
[1:10:16] counties and when we travel to their
[1:10:20] places. uh they're trying to gather as
[1:10:22] much money from outside residents as
[1:10:24] they can because it's a sales tax,
[1:10:26] especially for a place like Farmington
[1:10:28] that has a lot of visitors to their
[1:10:30] retail establishments and Lagoon and
[1:10:32] other places. They would like to capture
[1:10:35] that same type of revenue from visitors
[1:10:38] um and the more money that we can obtain
[1:10:40] from outside sources rather than our own
[1:10:43] residents um can become a benefit. And
[1:10:46] that's that's one consideration. Um when
[1:10:49] you just try to weigh the kind of pros
[1:10:50] and cons of it. So there's probably
[1:10:54] other things to to consider. Um that's
[1:10:56] just one.
[1:10:57] >> Yeah,
[1:10:59] that's a point that I was going to bring
[1:11:01] up. So that's great.
[1:11:03] >> So what do we think anymore? Dave, did
[1:11:06] you ask?
[1:11:06] >> I'll support it because Joel did.
[1:11:09] [laughter]
[1:11:16] Um,
[1:11:19] okay.
[1:11:24] » Jeremy,
[1:11:25] >> uh, I support consumption taxes. So, I'm
[1:11:27] in
[1:11:28] >> Wayne.
[1:11:30] >> I'm in support.
[1:11:32] >> There you go.
[1:11:32] Dave,
[1:11:34] >> unanimous support is what I just saw the
[1:11:37] letter together.
[1:11:39] I never heard one mayor or one city
[1:11:42] manager say that they weren't in support
[1:11:44] of this. U the only two fence setters
[1:11:49] were two of the commissioners and like
[1:11:51] Dave mentioned I think that they've come
[1:11:54] around a little bit. Anyway, okay.
[1:12:01] New business. Anyone have any new
[1:12:03] business?
[1:12:05] You got any new business? I do not.
[1:12:08] Committee reports starting with Wayne.
[1:12:11] Uh
[1:12:12] >> our committees uh that I sit on have not
[1:12:14] met recently, but I do have a question.
[1:12:16] Uh we can get a report on the last
[1:12:18] planning commission meeting
[1:12:22] the um the new development over by my
[1:12:26] area. What's what happened?
[1:12:29] >> Uh planning commission approved it. Move
[1:12:32] it on to city council.
[1:12:34] >> Conditional.
[1:12:35] >> Yeah.
[1:12:35] >> No conditions apply to it. commission.
[1:12:38] >> They had some concerns that they uh
[1:12:42] >> more concerned about the transportation
[1:12:43] and the road that leads into it that's
[1:12:45] going to go through
[1:12:46] >> 7600.
[1:12:47] >> Yeah,
[1:12:47] >> that was brought up. A lot of the
[1:12:49] residents brought that up
[1:12:52] >> and uh
[1:12:56] they they sent it up leaving that um and
[1:12:58] I was just there because I I enjoyed
[1:13:01] that one. Um the um real concern that
[1:13:06] they had was just keeping the number of
[1:13:07] lots at 12 and not increasing it because
[1:13:11] um moderate low to moderate can actually
[1:13:13] take it up to a much higher level.
[1:13:15] >> They could take it up to like 16.
[1:13:17] >> Most of the public's comments were all
[1:13:20] um you know we don't need this road
[1:13:22] coming in here being the main rush
[1:13:25] through from the school that it's always
[1:13:27] been a nice quiet little area. But um
[1:13:30] yeah, that was that was their primary
[1:13:32] concerns and the the planning commission
[1:13:35] just um approved it with the conditions
[1:13:39] um that it stays at the 12 lots.
[1:13:41] >> Right.
[1:13:42] >> So,
[1:13:44] >> but the road is still on there as it is.
[1:13:46] >> It was it was approved um 12 lots or
[1:13:49] less.
[1:13:51] >> Yeah. There you go.
[1:13:53] >> Be exact.
[1:13:54] >> Thank you. Yeah. I don't have anything
[1:13:56] else to report mayor.
[1:14:00] you hear me?
[1:14:00] >> Uh Dave, uh Wayne and I were talking
[1:14:03] earlier about the safety committee. I
[1:14:06] think there's a need to meet face to
[1:14:08] face. So, if you could work with me to
[1:14:09] schedule that, great.
[1:14:11] >> I sent an email this afternoon just
[1:14:13] prior to the council meeting with a
[1:14:15] scheduling email. So, if everybody
[1:14:18] replies to that, we'll find a time in
[1:14:19] the next few weeks and get together.
[1:14:21] Okay. Thank you,
[1:14:22] >> John. Um, I don't have anything from
[1:14:25] committees, but um, I probably should
[1:14:26] have just said this in new business. Um,
[1:14:28] as everyone knows, we had a fire um,
[1:14:31] over in Uenta, which was called Dougway
[1:14:34] for some reason. Um, I still don't
[1:14:36] understand that. Um, but, um, first
[1:14:40] thing in the morning, came outside, saw
[1:14:42] the huge smoke and fire. um got out
[1:14:46] there, used my big old binoculars and
[1:14:48] looked and uh saw our guys over there
[1:14:51] and
[1:14:52] went back to bed. Uh they did a
[1:14:54] fantastic job as always. We really do
[1:14:57] have the best and best trained. Um and I
[1:15:01] just wanted to say how much I
[1:15:02] appreciated them being there and taking
[1:15:05] care and protecting our city.
[1:15:09] >> Yes, sir.
[1:15:12] It might be worth uh Chief Tolman saying
[1:15:14] something about it, but from my
[1:15:15] perspective uh this had very similar
[1:15:19] aspects to it as the Uenta fire and uh
[1:15:22] it had a very different result. And so
[1:15:25] um I I hope we recognize I was going
[1:15:28] through my my mind just off the top of
[1:15:31] my head the number of fire starts we've
[1:15:33] had along the I84 corridor in the last
[1:15:37] 14 months, right? last summer and this
[1:15:39] summer and without even trying very hard
[1:15:42] I got past six
[1:15:44] >> and so I think most people don't know
[1:15:46] how frequent that really is due to the
[1:15:48] quality and response of of the fire
[1:15:51] department. So
[1:15:52] >> y
[1:15:52] >> I agree with that shout out.
[1:15:53] >> Yeah, we got a great team. This is way
[1:15:55] off topic of reports, but the fires made
[1:15:58] me think about it and I was looked over
[1:16:00] to see if Lance was still here, but
[1:16:03] I know the we only require a masonry
[1:16:05] wall down 84 when the home's back the
[1:16:08] wall or back 84. Now, currently in our
[1:16:11] code, I would propose that we have
[1:16:15] somebody look at making it mandatory
[1:16:17] that that masonry wall is there.
[1:16:20] Without it, I mean, we would have had a
[1:16:23] lot of structures burn last year.
[1:16:25] >> Yeah.
[1:16:26] >> And the other one, the other smaller one
[1:16:27] would have burnt, too. I mean, I think
[1:16:29] it's it's a it's a need, not a
[1:16:32] >> not just a
[1:16:33] >> Yeah. I saved the RV. Uh,
[1:16:36] >> it saved the RV. There was the other
[1:16:38] small one over there this summer that
[1:16:40] went up against that one, too. And
[1:16:42] >> all along 88 went along 84.
[1:16:46] We have a lot of sections where
[1:16:49] >> it would be a disaster if a fire hit
[1:16:51] those now because all it is is a vinyl
[1:16:53] fence and that
[1:16:55] >> the masonry fence that we required of
[1:16:57] some of those others
[1:16:58] >> has made a big difference and Dar can
[1:17:00] attest to that or not. It it's it's
[1:17:02] saved a lot of homes.
[1:17:04] So I would like it.
[1:17:06] >> Is that a request to have the code
[1:17:08] committee?
[1:17:09] >> Yes, please.
[1:17:10] >> reconvene and get working on that
[1:17:11] >> worded much better. Yes. Oh, I think it
[1:17:14] would be good.
[1:17:18] » S. Okay. Where were we? Angie.
[1:17:20] >> Yes, sir. Um, I would just like to meet
[1:17:22] with the parks committee just to follow
[1:17:24] up on a few things and also I just want
[1:17:27] to make a report that Dolly will always
[1:17:29] love us and she'll be missed. [laughter]
[1:17:33] >> Yeah, that was sad.
[1:17:34] >> Okay, that's all. I'm not really crying,
[1:17:36] but I do love Dolly. That's it. End of
[1:17:39] reports. I
[1:17:41] >> I have nothing else.
[1:17:46] I had one that I was going to mention
[1:17:48] and now I you brought up Dolly. I forgot
[1:17:55] » the other barge
[1:18:00] » that wasn't it. I can't think of it.
[1:18:05] Gosh,
[1:18:10] » can't think of it.
[1:18:12] So Shaye, have you got anything else?
[1:18:17] » Mayor Celeste, thank you so much for
[1:18:20] your capstone project. I thought it was
[1:18:22] great.
[1:18:23] >> We're going to miss you.
[1:18:25] >> I did miss one thing and the mayor
[1:18:26] brought it up earlier. Hill Air Force
[1:18:28] Base Rab
[1:18:31] restoration advisory board is having an
[1:18:33] open house on operable unit 4 on
[1:18:37] Thursday from 5:30 to 7:00 if any of the
[1:18:39] public wants to go. Operable unit four
[1:18:42] is the unit between Riverdale and South
[1:18:44] Weieber that comes down into both sides.
[1:18:46] So they're making an amendment to that
[1:18:49] rod.
[1:18:49] >> That's Wednesday. That's tomorrow.
[1:18:50] >> Is that Oh, I I thought it was Thursday.
[1:18:55] >> Need to upgrade. You're right.
[1:18:57] Wednesday. Thank you.
[1:18:59] >> Yeah.
[1:19:01] I do have one other thing to to report
[1:19:03] to the council and that is the bond
[1:19:06] refunding officially closed on August
[1:19:08] 11th and uh we sent that uh information
[1:19:11] out to the council of of what the bids
[1:19:13] were but that process has finally come
[1:19:16] to a close and it's official. Um we
[1:19:18] ended up saving just over $900,000
[1:19:21] over the life remaining life of the
[1:19:23] bond.
[1:19:24] >> Yeah.
[1:19:27] [laughter]
[1:19:27] death job council
[1:19:28] >> and we'll now have that paid off in
[1:19:30] 2038. So it reduces it by five years and
[1:19:35] uh that's a significant
[1:19:38] >> done. So
[1:19:39] >> I just remembered what I was going to
[1:19:41] report on.
[1:19:45] » Good job.
[1:19:47] >> Just wanted to report that uh the
[1:19:50] remodeling over at the fire station were
[1:19:53] complete over there with the with the
[1:19:55] bedrooms.
[1:19:56] >> Nice. Uh everything is good, right?
[1:19:58] Derek went by and inspected that. It
[1:20:00] looks really good. And uh we also uh had
[1:20:05] some insulation added to the ceiling
[1:20:08] over there and all of the fire station
[1:20:10] improve that. So that should help also
[1:20:14] with the heating and air conditioning.
[1:20:16] So with that, uh
[1:20:20] I think that's it.
[1:20:23] But the
[1:20:25] remodeling is done. So
[1:20:28] that was it.
[1:20:30] >> Move to
[1:20:30] >> We'll look for a motion to adjurnn.
[1:20:33] Wayne and Angie. All in favor say I. I.