[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.