[0:10] Welcome [clears throat] at 7:01 p.m. on

[0:12] Wednesday, March 18th, 2026. The Tooele

[0:15] [clears throat] City Council is meeting

[0:16] in a business meeting being held at

[0:18] Tooele City Hall Council Chambers

[0:20] located at 90 North Main Street in

[0:22] Tooele, Utah.

[0:23] We are also streaming this

[0:24] electronically on the Tooele City

[0:26] YouTube channel. Our first item today is

[0:28] an America 250 tribute and pledge of

[0:30] allegiance. This is presented by Tooele

[0:32] High School Junior Leadership Training

[0:34] Corps. Turn the time over to them.

[0:43] » [clears throat]

[0:44] >> Council, mayor, my name is Lieutenant

[0:46] Colonel Anderson. I am the JROTC

[0:48] instructor for all four high schools.

[0:51] Uh my class basically is a military

[0:54] science elective class that the district

[0:57] has.

[0:58] Um [clears throat]

[0:59] my students can do it all four years.

[1:02] They can

[1:04] uh enlist in any branch of the military

[1:08] as an E2 or an E3. So, that's a nice

[1:10] jump in pay and time in service.

[1:13] Um I've had the opportunity to enlist

[1:17] some of them into the National Guard and

[1:20] the Marine Corps, the Navy.

[1:22] And so, as an officer I can do that.

[1:25] And uh we're happy that we got asked to do

[1:29] this.

[1:31] Have the audience please arise.

[1:34] >> Forward, march.

[2:00] » Group,

[2:01] halt.

[2:03] Left,

[2:04] face.

[2:06] Present, arms.

[2:12] » Will the audience, please, repeat the

[2:14] pledge of allegiance after me.

[2:16] I

[2:16] >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[2:19] United States of America, and to the

[2:22] republic for which it stands, one nation

[2:25] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[2:29] justice for all.

[2:30] >> Order, arms.

[2:33] Order, shoulder, arms.

[2:35] Flags, about, face.

[2:38] Flags, post, close.

[2:49] Left, face.

[2:52] Forward, march.

[3:03] Group,

[3:04] halt.

[3:05] Post, post, retire.

[3:08] >> The audience may be seated. Thank you.

[3:10] >> Thank you.

[3:15] » [clears throat]

[3:19] » Once again, thank you so much for

[3:21] coming. We really appreciate that.

[3:23] We'll move on to our second item is a

[3:24] roll call. Councilman Gossett.

[3:26] >> Present.

[3:27] >> Councilwoman Gochis.

[3:28] >> Present.

[3:29] >> Councilman Hanson.

[3:30] >> Present.

[3:30] >> Councilman McCall.

[3:31] >> Present.

[3:32] >> And Councilman Brady, and I'm present.

[3:34] We'll move on to item three. This is the

[3:36] public comment period. This is the time

[3:38] for the public to address the council.

[3:40] We ask that you keep your comments to 3

[3:42] minutes or less. You state your name

[3:44] into the microphone, and then there's a

[3:45] paper by Shiloh that you have to sign.

[3:48] There the 3 minutes is being timed, a

[3:50] message will pop up on the screen

[3:52] letting you know that your time is up

[3:53] and there will also be an audible alarm

[3:55] that you'll hear.

[3:56] After the audible alarm, you have about

[3:58] 5 seconds to finish your comments and

[4:01] then the mic will be shut off at that

[4:03] point. The time is now the public's.

[4:12] Seeing no one come forward, I will close

[4:14] the public comment period. We'll move on

[4:16] to item four is resolution 2026-15.

[4:20] A resolution of the Tooele City

[4:21] >> It's two.

[4:22] Is it there?

[4:22] >> Oh, I'm sorry. We did have one, yes. I

[4:25] completely forgot about that. So, I need

[4:27] to go back to the public comment period.

[4:29] We had an online public comment that I

[4:31] need to summarize real fast. So,

[4:34] we received this on March 4th, 2026 at

[4:38] 3:20 p.m. And it is saying they're

[4:42] writing to formally request a review of

[4:44] the current seasonal schedule for

[4:45] pickleball net maintenance.

[4:48] Several neighbor They want the hours to

[4:50] be extended. We close the pickleball

[4:54] courts in the winter.

[4:56] They say that every or several

[4:58] neighboring communities, including

[4:59] Grantsville, Stansbury, and various

[5:01] locations in Salt Lake, maintain their

[5:02] nets year-round or for an extended

[5:05] season.

[5:07] They would like to suggest that the

[5:08] pickleball nets remain accessible even

[5:10] when restrooms are closed.

[5:12] They state that other local amenities,

[5:14] such as the Tooele City skate park,

[5:16] remain open for use during the winter

[5:18] months without requiring active restroom

[5:20] facilities. And then they also suggest

[5:23] that there's a significant demand for

[5:24] dedicated courts on the south end of

[5:26] town to better serve the growing

[5:28] population in that area. And it is from

[5:31] Tina and Jeff Siminich.

[5:34] All right.

[5:36] Okay, now we're going to move on to item

[5:38] four.

[5:39] Resolution 2026-15,

[5:42] a resolution of the Tooele City Council

[5:44] mending the Tooele City fee schedule

[5:45] regarding animal shelter fees and police

[5:48] department record fees presented by

[5:50] Adrian Day, the police chief.

[5:52] >> Thank you, council.

[5:53] This ordinance is requesting both fees

[5:56] as uh

[5:58] as you just stated. I'll start with

[6:00] animal control. We're starting a small TNR program where we take the

[6:05] cats

[6:07] to them offsite, Best Friends in Orm.

[6:09] This is giving us access to a vet, which

[6:12] we we don't have access to. Our local

[6:14] ones are too busy.

[6:17] >> [clears throat]

[6:17] >> And it's giving us an avenue to

[6:18] sterilize and vaccinate dogs besides

[6:21] cats for for a much more affordable

[6:23] cost.

[6:25] So, we'd like to add a rabies

[6:27] vaccination fee. We haven't been able to

[6:30] um do a rabies vaccination before. We've

[6:33] been doing a deposit,

[6:35] which most people don't make good on

[6:37] that deposit.

[6:39] But, this will allow us to go and and to

[6:42] get the

[6:43] get it done, make sure it's done.

[6:47] And this is required uh

[6:49] by a state law for us to do before we

[6:51] adopt or let a

[6:54] let an animal back out to its owner as

[6:56] we have to do this

[6:58] or the deposit.

[6:59] We have a fee of a hundred dollars if

[7:02] somebody brings in a dog carcass for

[7:05] disposal. People are using this fee. I

[7:08] don't know why

[7:09] um

[7:10] >> [clears throat]

[7:11] >> they're paying a hundred for us to

[7:12] dispose of their dogs. We don't have one

[7:16] for cats. Uh so, we

[7:18] we're suggesting lowering the fee to

[7:21] fifty for dogs, cats, small animals. We

[7:25] have had dead rabbits turned in to us

[7:27] recently.

[7:29] And bringing back the surrender fee of a

[7:31] hundred dollars for those living in

[7:33] Tooele city limits

[7:35] for dogs.

[7:37] >> [clears throat]

[7:37] >> Um

[7:38] we took away this fee. We were charging

[7:41] this and it was taken away because

[7:44] we weren't going to take

[7:46] um

[7:47] surrendered dogs from owners, but there

[7:49] are some instances when we when we can

[7:52] when

[7:53] we're short on aggressive animals and

[7:56] if people are out of out of options of

[7:59] what to do such as they've moved to a

[8:01] rental or

[8:04] >> [clears throat and cough]

[8:05] >> uh family matters have changed and we're

[8:07] able we can take that dog and we'd like

[8:09] to add a fee of 30

[8:11] dollars for cats that are surrendered

[8:14] as we work with Best Friends.

[8:18] And second is police records. These uh

[8:22] the first request is separating them

[8:24] from Tooele City fee records.

[8:27] Uh

[8:28] >> [clears throat]

[8:28] >> this is because police records are

[8:30] different than regular records uh here at the city

[8:35] hall. In sheer volume alone, we had over

[8:39] 4,700 [clears throat] requests last year

[8:41] and I think city hall had in the

[8:43] hundreds.

[8:44] >> Close to 300.

[8:47] Um ours are more sensitive.

[8:49] Uh we do have to do redactions a lot

[8:52] more for private information mostly, but

[8:55] there is protected and uh controlled information also. We

[9:01] receive uh expungements also from

[9:03] juvenile court,

[9:05] UCJIS, the Utah Criminal Justice

[9:07] Information System, and uh other courts.

[9:12] The report management system isn't built

[9:15] for this, so that is extra time we have

[9:18] to

[9:19] >> [clears throat]

[9:19] >> do to expunge records to make sure we we

[9:22] don't release them. And we usually most

[9:25] instances do not charge victims of

[9:29] crimes for their report when they come

[9:31] and request that. We give them to

[9:32] victims for free.

[9:35] I'm requesting the fee for the police or

[9:37] accident report to increase to $10 from

[9:39] five. If you can see exhibit B where I

[9:42] have

[9:43] five police agencies similar to our

[9:46] population just below and five above. I

[9:50] think this supports uh

[9:52] supports this fee increase. And I'm here

[9:55] for any questions you may have.

[9:58] >> [clears throat]

[9:59] >> Any questions or comments?

[10:04] » I I did have a question. Um when uh

[10:08] people bring in their animals um uh for

[10:11] that they're for disposal, how do we

[10:13] dispose of them?

[10:15] >> We have a

[10:17] >> [clears throat]

[10:17] >> uh ice box and we take a load to the

[10:20] dump when it gets full.

[10:23] >> Okay, so there's an animal location

[10:25] there. Okay, thanks.

[10:28] » We we take animals that aren't dogs or

[10:30] cats, though. Like you said someone

[10:32] brought a rabbit.

[10:34] >> [clears throat]

[10:34] >> Yes.

[10:35] >> Okay.

[10:36] >> We're saying no livestock. Uh if it's

[10:38] small animal, we can accommodate.

[10:41] >> Yeah.

[10:41] >> They've come out and they want to pay

[10:43] that surrender fee.

[10:45] It's more than the fee if they did it

[10:47] themselves.

[10:48] >> So for the rabbit, though, do they pay

[10:50] the

[10:52] cuz I don't see anywhere that it says

[10:53] which fee they pay. They just pay

[10:56] >> [clears throat]

[10:57] >> the normal fee even though it's not

[10:58] specified that it's a different animal.

[11:01] >> That's that's a good question and a good

[11:02] point. I We would revert to the dog or

[11:06] [clears throat] cat depending on size,

[11:08] but we could separate that for other

[11:10] small animal.

[11:13] >> Matt, do you think we need to separate

[11:14] that or

[11:16] >> You should just say cat size and dog

[11:18] size.

[11:18] >> The rabbits we accepted recently, we

[11:20] didn't charge. She had two rabbits. She

[11:22] was elderly and uh my animal shelter

[11:25] supervisor just took them.

[11:28] >> And correct me if I'm wrong, but I I the

[11:30] disposal fee is $50 no matter what

[11:32] animal, right? It's It's the dog and the

[11:34] cat that are

[11:35] >> Correct. I was going to the surrender

[11:37] fee. Yeah, we It is $100 for dogs and

[11:41] we were It's all 50, so

[11:44] >> Okay, regardless

[11:45] >> could just reword it on our fee schedule

[11:47] to small animal, not livestock.

[11:50] >> Yeah, and I I think the way

[11:53] Chief, you've presented it will work.

[11:54] It's animal carcass, but no livestock.

[11:57] So, I I think [clears throat] that

[11:58] >> Okay.

[11:58] >> will cover it, yeah.

[12:00] >> Thank you.

[12:02] >> Okay.

[12:04] Any other questions, comments?

[12:07] Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

[12:08] >> Thank you.

[12:09] >> So, in the motion, do we need to clarify

[12:10] that part?

[12:11] >> I don't think so. Matt says it's written

[12:15] We don't need to clarify anything,

[12:16] right? We can just

[12:16] >> That's right. As far as disposal, it's

[12:18] just all animal carcasses $50, but no

[12:21] livestock is accepted. Yeah, so whether

[12:24] dog, cat, or whatever.

[12:25] >> things there, I think. Yes, that's my

[12:27] fault.

[12:29] >> Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

[12:32] » Mr. Chair, I make a motion we approve

[12:34] resolution 2026-15,

[12:37] a resolution of the Tooele City Council

[12:40] amending the Tooele City fee schedule

[12:42] regarding animal shelter fees and police

[12:44] department record fees.

[12:46] >> Second.

[12:46] >> We have a motion from Councilman Hanson

[12:48] and a second from Councilman McCall.

[12:50] We'll take it to a vote. Councilman

[12:52] Gossett.

[12:53] >> Aye.

[12:54] >> Councilwoman Gochis.

[12:55] >> Aye.

[12:55] >> Councilman Hanson.

[12:56] >> Aye.

[12:56] >> Councilman McCall.

[12:57] >> Aye.

[12:58] >> And Councilman Brady, and I vote aye.

[13:00] That passes 5-0.

[13:02] Item five is ordinance 2026-05,

[13:05] an ordinance of Tooele City enacting a

[13:07] temporary land use regulation amending

[13:09] Tooele City code section 7-26-3

[13:13] regarding water rights exactions

[13:15] presented by Paul Hanson, the city

[13:17] engineer.

[13:18] >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

[13:19] We had this discussion with the council

[13:21] a couple of weeks ago, but in August for

[13:23] the public and for those that may be

[13:25] joining with us both here and online.

[13:28] Tooele City has been exacting water

[13:29] rights for all new developments since

[13:31] August of 1998.

[13:34] So, we're almost 28 years into a policy.

[13:37] Over that time, development has

[13:39] increased and water resources are

[13:40] becoming a little more challenging to

[13:42] develop.

[13:43] We felt that it was appropriate in order

[13:45] to protect the city interests and ensure

[13:48] that the water rights that we receive

[13:50] have

[13:51] backing,

[13:52] that they're valid, that they have

[13:53] [clears throat] quality, quantity, and

[13:55] supply,

[13:56] that we add some minor language to the

[13:58] ordinance. It does not change the amount

[14:00] of exaction.

[14:02] It doesn't change any of those

[14:03] requirements. It's simply to give the

[14:05] city some

[14:06] additional protection for our future

[14:09] use.

[14:10] Loretta helped me put

[14:12] Excuse me, help me put that code up on change.

[14:17] And it will is right there. The yellow

[14:19] is the added language. Everything else

[14:21] is currently as currently in the code.

[14:25] It allows the city to evaluate the

[14:27] rights proposed for conveyance and in

[14:29] its discretion may refuse or modify or

[14:32] alter that.

[14:34] It also adds a condition that if it's a

[14:37] water right that's not associated with a

[14:38] developed or identifiable

[14:41] developable water source,

[14:43] we would have this option to not accept

[14:45] it as well or to put other conditions on

[14:48] it.

[14:49] And then also better condition to or

[14:51] better look at water source sufficiency

[14:53] and water quality.

[14:55] What we know and what you have heard

[14:57] before is that the state engineer has

[14:59] over appropriated water rights in the

[15:01] Tooele Valley, particularly the east

[15:03] side.

[15:04] There's still water to be developed.

[15:05] We're doing that right now. We're

[15:07] drilling a well down near Rogers Road.

[15:10] But as we look at developing future

[15:12] resources,

[15:14] we want to put the city in the strongest

[15:16] position to make sure that the water

[15:17] rights we receive for development

[15:21] can continue to be used and supply water

[15:23] that we'll need for the future for the

[15:25] intended use.

[15:26] That's the sole purpose.

[15:28] Again, it's not intended to be further

[15:30] punitive or restrictive, but just to

[15:32] make sure that the city and its

[15:34] residents interests are best protected.

[15:36] This would be a temporary land use

[15:38] ordinance, meaning that if you were to

[15:40] approve it tonight,

[15:42] we could begin applying it tomorrow. We

[15:44] don't have anything we're looking at

[15:45] applying tomorrow,

[15:47] but it's simply to protect us and

[15:49] because it is a title seven,

[15:51] we would be taking it to planning

[15:52] commission for their consideration and a

[15:54] recommendation back to the council for a

[15:57] code change.

[15:59] Any questions you have for me?

[16:02] » Any questions or comments?

[16:09] Okay.

[16:10] I will entertain a motion.

[16:13] >> Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve

[16:15] ordinance 2026-05,

[16:17] an ordinance of Tooele City enacting a

[16:19] temporary land use regulation amending

[16:22] Tooele City [clears throat] code section

[16:23] 7-26-3

[16:26] regarding water rights exactions.

[16:29] >> I'll second.

[16:29] >> We have a motion from Councilwoman

[16:31] Gochis and a second from Councilman

[16:33] McCall. We'll take it to a vote.

[16:35] Councilman McCall.

[16:36] >> Aye.

[16:37] >> Councilman Hansen.

[16:38] >> Aye.

[16:38] >> Councilwoman Gochis.

[16:39] >> Aye.

[16:40] >> Councilman Gossett.

[16:41] >> Aye.

[16:41] >> I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye.

[16:43] Thank you, Council.

[16:44] >> Thanks, Paul.

[16:45] That passes 5-0.

[16:47] Item six is ordinance 2026-06,

[16:50] an ordinance of Tooele City amending

[16:52] Tooele City code section 6-7-4

[16:56] regarding the imposition and collection

[16:58] of fees for impounded animals presented

[17:00] by Matt Johnson, the city attorney.

[17:03] >> Thank you. Thank you, Council. Um

[17:06] This was one [clears throat] of those uh

[17:08] we come across a code that has a

[17:09] problem, and so

[17:11] we find better wording for it. It

[17:13] actually Chief Day caught this one. What

[17:15] initially got us looking at this bill is

[17:17] that it um

[17:19] that this has to do the amendment

[17:20] specifically has to do with fees and

[17:22] costs that are

[17:24] >> [clears throat]

[17:24] >> associated with animals that are

[17:25] impounded.

[17:27] Um he caught that we had a provision

[17:29] that

[17:30] uh said that those fees if not paid

[17:32] voluntarily could be collected through a

[17:34] civil action, which is fine, or by being

[17:36] added to the owner's tax or utility

[17:38] bill, which sounds a lot like

[17:41] we'll turn off your water if you don't

[17:42] pay this, which is not what the city

[17:44] does. So, we didn't want it to read it

[17:46] like that. We looked at some better

[17:48] wording. Um

[17:49] uh the wording that we have there in in

[17:52] the new subsection five, I think

[17:54] reflects more realistically what we do

[17:57] to collect that. Um and

[18:01] besides that, it also

[18:03] what the old code didn't have is any

[18:06] specific provision on this is how we

[18:08] notify the owner of the the amount of

[18:11] money that's owed, and this is the

[18:13] amount of time that we have before we

[18:15] get to those collection um provisions in

[18:17] subsection five. So, that was also added

[18:20] in

[18:20] uh it's the new subsection um

[18:25] uh

[18:27] two covers that, and also partly in five

[18:29] covers that, so that the

[18:30] um the city does can either hand it to

[18:32] them or mail it to the last known

[18:34] address if if we can't just can't find

[18:36] another way to make contact with the

[18:38] owner. And then from that time they have

[18:39] 30 days before we look at sending it

[18:41] either to to finance to send a send them

[18:44] a letter or or to my office to start

[18:46] collection action or any other any other

[18:48] way to [clears throat] collect those.

[18:52] Are there any questions?

[18:53] >> Any questions or comments?

[18:57] Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

[19:01] >> Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we

[19:03] approve ordinance 2026-06,

[19:05] an ordinance of Tooele City amending

[19:07] Tooele City code section 6-7-4

[19:10] regarding the imposition and collection

[19:12] of fees for impounded animals.

[19:15] >> I'll second.

[19:16] >> We have a motion from Councilman Gossett

[19:18] and a second from Councilman Hanson.

[19:19] We'll take it to a vote. Councilman

[19:21] Gossett.

[19:21] >> Aye.

[19:22] >> Councilwoman Gochis.

[19:23] >> Aye.

[19:23] >> Councilman Hanson.

[19:24] >> Aye.

[19:25] >> Councilman McCall.

[19:26] >> Aye.

[19:26] >> I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye.

[19:28] That passes 5-0. Thanks, Matt.

[19:30] [clears throat]

[19:31] Item seven, invoices and purchase orders

[19:33] presented by Shiloh Baker, the city

[19:35] recorder.

[19:36] >> Jesus.

[19:37] >> Thank you, Council.

[19:39] I have just one invoice that was in your

[19:42] [clears throat] packet for you to

[19:43] consider tonight. This is for Iwork.

[19:45] This is

[19:47] a software renewal. It's our permit for

[19:50] planning and it's our permit management

[19:52] for planning and zoning as well as

[19:53] business licensing. It's the software

[19:56] that allows online payments for permits

[19:59] and business licenses. The cost is

[20:03] $30,000

[20:04] for the annual renewal.

[20:08] >> Any questions or comments?

[20:11] I'll entertain a motion.

[20:13] >> Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve

[20:15] the invoices and purchase orders as

[20:17] presented by Shiloh Baker.

[20:19] >> I'll second.

[20:20] >> We have a motion from Councilwoman

[20:21] Gochis and a second from Councilman

[20:23] McCall. We'll take it to a vote.

[20:24] Councilman McCall.

[20:25] >> Aye.

[20:26] >> Councilman Hanson.

[20:27] >> Aye.

[20:27] >> Councilwoman Gochis.

[20:28] >> Aye.

[20:28] >> Councilman Gossett.

[20:29] >> Aye.

[20:30] >> I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye.

[20:32] That passes 5-0. Thank you, Shiloh.

[20:35] Items eight

[20:37] are the minutes from March 4th, 2026

[20:40] work meeting and the March 4th, 2026

[20:43] business meeting. Any corrections?

[20:46] >> They look great. Thank you.

[20:48] >> I'll entertain a motion.

[20:49] >> Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion we approve

[20:50] the minutes.

[20:52] >> I'll second.

[20:52] >> We have a motion from Councilman McCall

[20:54] and a second from Councilman Hanson.

[20:56] We'll take it to a vote. Councilman

[20:58] Gossett. Councilwoman Gochis. Councilman

[21:00] Hanson. Councilman McCall.

[21:03] I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye.

[21:05] That passes 5-0. And item nine is to

[21:08] adjourn at 7:22 p.m.

Tooele City Council Business Meeting, March 18, 2026

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