City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we'd like to welcome everyone and call to order the regular meeting of the West Valley City Council this May 26, 2026. We're beginning our meeting at 6.30 p.m. in the council chambers of West Valley City Hall. We have all members of the council present, Councilmember Wood, Councilmember Whetstone, Councilmember Harmon, Councilmember Huynh, myself, Councilmember Christensen, Councilmember Norfelt. We're also joined at the dais with our city manager, Mr. Pealey and our city recorder, Ms. Kamik. We will have our opening exercises and we'll turn the time to Council Member Wood.

Thank you, Mayor Lange. So as you all know, yesterday was Memorial Day. It's a federal holiday that we observe on the last Monday of May every year. And it is meant to mourn and honor all military personnel who died while serving in the Armed Forces. I've always my family always observed Memorial Day and always had events with that. And remembering not only our loved ones, but those loved ones that specifically served in the military. So I think it's something that we sometimes forget why we do that. I found a quote by Calvin Coolidge. He was the 30th president of the United States. And he wasn't a really popular president, but yet he was the president of our United States. And he said, no person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been given the reward for what he gave. And that's how I view our military is those that were serving and their lives were taken while they were helping protect us and help this great country thrive. So given that, let's stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thank you. We have our minutes of May 12th, 2026. Turn those to the council for discussion or a motion.

I move to approve those minutes.

I'll second.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? And they'll stand approved. Thank you. We will now accept public comment. Comment period is limited to 30 minutes. Any person wishing to comment during the comment period shall Request recognition by the mayor. Upon recognition, the citizen shall approach the microphone. All comments shall be directed to the mayor. No person addressing the city council during comment period shall be allowed to comment more than once. Comments shall be limited to city business and matters within the purview of the city council. Speakers should not expect any debate with the mayor, city council, or city staff. The mayor, city council, and city staff may respond after the comment period has concluded. Speakers shall refrain from personal attacks against fellow citizens, city staff, or members of the city council. We do have two public hearings this evening. If you are here to speak about the budget or application essay 3, 2026, it would be best to hold your comments until those items are presented. So speaker one.

Hello, good evening, Council. My name is Rhonda Amacom. I live in West Valley City, and I've lived here for 23 years of my life. I'm very grateful to be able to live in West Valley. It's a great place. But I come here with personal concern about one of my neighbors. I live at 4386 West Sugar Maple Circle. The neighbor to my left is at 4376 West Sugar Maple Circle. Our homes are developed as single family homes. And since this neighbor has moved in in the last six years or so, we have seen multiple vehicles be at that place, at that home. Maybe 10 or 15 cars parked up and down the street and in their driveway. And every six weeks to 12 weeks or so, they change out. We get different cars and different people living in this home. They built a shed right up close to our fence. We know that it should have a permit. It probably doesn't. We suspect that people are living even possibly inside the shed. Our grass was designed from West Valley City This is going to sound like a complaint list, but I want you guys to know what's going on. So the grass was designed to slope down so that our yards would allow the water to go out because we have a canal in our backyard. And just recently, the neighbors decided to put in another second driveway. So he already has a driveway. He's concreted the whole backyard. And now he's concreting the left side for a second driveway for him to be able, probably, I'm assuming, to get some cars off the street. But we do have them parking up and down the street. all around the street. Like they park down and walk up into the house. There are multiple people living there. I would assume maybe 20 to 30 people. I'm starting and have been suspecting trafficking, possible cartel activity, drugs, drug selling. When we first met him, the neighbor said, you do what you want until you get caught. That was one of his phrases to me when we first met. And that didn't sit well with me from the very get go. I don't even think he lives there anymore. He's made multiple rooms in the house. When you see the front room that's supposed to be a front room, there's bunk beds already in that room. The garage is not being used as a garage. It's being used as living quarters of some kind, couches, other things. He has already put in an outside back entrance, doubtfully with a permit. He told me he has a permit for the second driveway that he's currently building right now. but he's also building a second shed, which looks more like a home, and he's putting it up close to my house. It's as tall as my house, and I know he's going to put it up against the fence. I know that there's supposed to be a one-foot section away, especially to help my house be protected. I'm concerned for that because if there is any fire that happens, especially with drug activity and whatever they're doing over there, I don't want my house to catch on fire, but they're putting this fence rather close. We do suspect some drug dealing... Thank you.

Okay, speaker two.

Hi, my name is Bruce Gorley. I live at 4387 West Sugar Maple Circle. I am a neighbor to Rhonda, and I live two houses around from this neighbor that we've all witnessed and we have complaints against. My wife, mostly, who will speak after me, has seen drug activity there. I have seen all these cars come and go. I've seen people come and go. I've seen this man push his girlfriend or wife. He's cruel to her. She was also smoking drugs, and I believe she is pregnant. I've witnessed everything that Rhonda has said. I've seen a new shed come in today. which is a pretty big shed. I also have a shed on my property and I had to sign a waiver saying I would not live in my shed. But we don't know if these people are going to be living also in the shed because there's so many of these Hispanic people that come and go. And that's primarily all I'm going to say. My wife can give you a lot more than I can because she's observed. quite a bit more than I have, but this, it's an eyesore to our little community and it's bringing the price value of our homes down. It's dragging everything down because it's an eyesore. Thank you.

Thank you. Speaker three.

Hello, my name is Martha Gordley, and I am in the same neighborhood. I'm Bruce's wife, and he called me Clarice. Clarice Gravis, because I was checking around. But I see a lot of things that, you know, Rhonda works all day long. My husband playing the phone or doing something else. But I'm checking around because I'm cleaning, so. I see all these people coming in, and I see them moving into the house. And I tell my husband, they are moving out again, and somebody else is moving. Sometimes it's a family of five, mom and dad, son and daughter, and two grandkids. And I think, how 19 people can live in this house? And the guy goes to the gym and take a bath at the gym because probably he don't have water at home. So I moved into an exercise. He comes in with his towels and goes straight to the showers. So we are very concerned about how much people is coming in. And I see him selling drugs. I see him giving people bags and people giving cash. I saw him the other day doing weeds and giving some of these workers. They come and work at night. So I know they are not contracted people to work in the house. Usually when you contract a company, they work during the day. But these people come at night and do things and stay there until 8, 9 o'clock when it's still light. So I'm very concerned of him destroying our neighborhoods that look so bad. It used to be so beautiful. You feel good to come home, but you don't know with these men who come seen in there. And we have little girls, you know, in our neighborhood. So we need to be, and I told my husband, we need to go find the way to, you know, we... Scott Harmon used to be our bishop. We went and talked to his wife, and he says they have a meeting tonight. So I know he meant to be here today because we need to have a resolution about this guy who not living there. He's moving all his stuff to another house because I see him pack everything in the truck, and then they leave a half an hour, they come back. So I know it's very close. So I know he probably is going to do renting for people. Sometimes he leaves for six months. And he doesn't show up, only the people who rent the house. So that is our concern in our neighborhood. So we like to have, you know, help from somebody. And some of you can help us, so we all appreciate your help. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, speaker four.

Mike Markham, as I sit back and listen to these folks talk. It's not an isolated incident in your area. But anyway, here a couple months ago, I thought we were talking about Arbor Day and trees and stuff. So now we've taken the time to remove all the trees around City Hall. You know, I don't know if there's plans of putting anything back. I don't know, but it sure looks bad, I think, with no trees. And another quick little thing, Jim and I was talking two weeks ago when we left here when the new sewer line was exposed out there. I think it's way undersized for what comes out of here. So there should be a bigger sewer line put in. But, yeah, it's not a license. You know, these people here, it's not an isolated interest. I've talked. Everybody's talked about it. But I don't know how you get around it, how you stop it. It's almost impossible. Parking, I've tried. Tried to be mean. I've tried to be nice. Nothing works. So I don't know what the city can do about it. Thanks.

Thank you. Speaker 5?

Jim Beeslock. Lars got it. Mr. Beely got what we were talking about with the sewer line. and stuff like that. So I hopefully you guys will have somebody from staff in the new, that new committee about the multiple people living in housing, somehow get in touch with them. I'm sure that's probably being worked on, but if not, please give them some help. I know you guys all like petting zoos. Well, across the street at Chick-fil-A tonight, they actually are doing a petting zoo over there. So, after the meeting, you can stop over there and then head out to the culture center, especially some of the long-term, um, people they're doing storytelling about West Valley city. And, um, I mean, I've listened to some of the largest, um, and Brian, your husband, some of the things that have happened back in West Valley city, 40, you know, 50 years ago and some of the great stories and they're trying to make a record of that. And so, I thought the culture center is going on right now. And then the other thing is I said it to staff a couple of times, but I asked about it. The driveway by wing stop coming off of 35 wing stop is the end of it. It is our property or the RDA or one of them owns it, but there's great big holes in it. So when people turn in, it's like an obstacle course to drive around. Can't we get facilities to put some dirt or rocks in those holes until they decide what they're doing with the parking lot and all the improvements in there so people don't have their cars get damaged? And that's all I have tonight. Thank you.

Thank you. Speaker 6.

Hi, I'm Barry Gittleman. We own property at 4,100 south and 6,900 west in Weston Field subdivision. I just want to speak briefly. The economy is not great right now for most people in America, and a lot of Americans are frustrated that our federal politicians seem disconnected from concerns that everyday Americans are dealing with on a daily, weekly basis. but most Americans are happy that local government does represent their interests better than at the state or federal level. I know that West Valley City is considering a tax increase. One of the things that is a challenge nationwide and in Utah and all of our cities is housing affordability, which is at an all-time record low right now. And related to the tax increase, which you and many cities have to consider, because you've got to balance your budget, which we wish was done at a federal level, but it's not by either party. But to balance your budget, you need more revenue as expenses go up. And raising taxes is a challenge for all of us who pay those taxes when budgets are tight already. So I would like to suggest that you consider anything and everything you can do to get more people moving into your city. That includes approving more housing, so that we increase the supply and basic economics says supply and demand when there's more supply you don't have as much inflation and anything you can do for those who are building and developing to allow them to do so faster or to take away anything that is adding cost to the price of what they're building allows us to offer homes at better prices so people can afford them, more people move into the city, and you've got more people paying taxes in the city so that you don't have to raise taxes on those people who already live in the city. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you.

Speaker 7.

Good evening. My name is Tim Amacone. I live at 4386 West Sugar Maple Circle. Here's a picture of the shed. It's as big as a house. I've lived in West Valley for 51 years before anything was out past 5600 West. I'm concerned for when we build our house at Sugar Maple Circle, it was for a single family dwelling house. Now we have multiple people living there. 20 people, I'd say at least. They all leave when I get up to leave work at 530. They all come back late at night. They all do work at night late at night. After the city's closed down, all the inspectors are gone, they come out and work. My concern is also when I talked to the city planner Thursday of last week, he said that the property line between our two houses, he's gone down the property line, he's cut the elevation down about 8 to 10 inches down, and there's no retaining wall. He has no plans for retaining wall. So the water on my ground, on my property line, doesn't slough off into his. I've had multiple people come up. Two weeks ago, when I was cutting the lawn and asked if this is Hebert's house, barely can you speak a lick of English, asking if this is a place to live. They came in, brought in their two cars, and then they're all there. They're down the street, down the farmer's road. And I'm concerned about my own safety for my kids because I don't know what's going to happen with them I've lived here my whole life and played outside my whole life. I can't trust that they're honest people. They play music all night in the summertime, have big parties, they rent big tents, and they block off their driveway, drink beer, and then pass out on the lawn until 10 o'clock the next morning. My biggest concern is that... If he's allowed to make a U-shaped driveway all the way around his house and park cars and cut into his house, and I should be able to put concrete all the way around my house and park my stuff on the front of West Valley, on the front of my house, I think that there's going to be an eyesore already because his driveway, his cars, I'm going to pull into my street and I'm going to see his dirty, his cars that aren't taken care of from his renters are going to be in front of my house. which I take care of my house, my property. And that's kind of a disappointment to me that he's allowed to have two driveways. If he's going to rent, then he should have built a house somewhere else and only had two people or two multiple families, one upstairs, one downstairs, and that's it. Not 20 people living in the same house. I have seen from my own eyes about beds in the front porch or front room.

Okay, thank you. So is there anyone else that did not have a chance to sign up that would have wished to speak? And name and address, please.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. It's Ryan Mahoney, West Valley City Council, West Valley City resident. I came up to speak on the 4100 South ordinance that you guys previously spoke on about the wrought iron fences issue. You had a resident come up wondering how he could extend his fence. I drove that lot. or that street and did notice several dozen people have tried to come up to code with that ordinance, but due to the lack of a city program, they've kind of been piecemeal. They've kind of patched together the best they could, and it doesn't really meet the city's aesthetics of what they're going for. I did provide the mayor and city council with a plan for a VAA financing implementation framework, which would be a voluntary assessment area to try and address that. It would help the city implement and use city buying costs attached to property taxes to help pay for that for people that would lower that cost and burden to residents by 20 to 30 percent, which would help bring that aesthetic up to a standard across 4100 South, and I believe that would help or be something that the council should look at. I've kind of provided that to you guys, so if you are able to review it, that'd be great. Thank you for your time.

Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak? Okay. We will now close the public comment period, and I'll turn time to the council. Did anyone have any comments? Did somebody else wish to come up? Okay. So name and address, please.

Pardon me?

Name and address, please.

4366 Sugar Maple Circle. These are all my neighbors. We were the first ones in that neighborhood. Well, actually the second, but ours was the second house built in that neighborhood. I'm concerned, like they've been talking. One time I met this gentleman that we're talking about, the landlord. He's a landlord. I haven't seen him in a long time be there. I don't think he lives there. But one time they were playing music really loud until 2 o'clock in the morning. So my wife goes out there by herself. And this is concerning. I didn't know that she was even doing this. I go to bed before she does. She goes out there at 2 o'clock in the morning and talks to this gentleman. you know, we've been playing your music since six o'clock this evening. It's now two o'clock in the morning. Turn it off, you know, please turn it off. She didn't say please, I don't think. And so I'm concerned that going out there all hours of the night talking to this gentleman and the people that are there, that there could be some bad things happen. When he first moved in there, I met him in the street on the sidewalk. Oh, you're the new neighbor. Yeah, I said, I said, how many people live in this house? You know, 22. That was six years ago. And those people cannot all be related. If the ordinance in City Valley is it's a single family dwelling, there's no way in God's green earth that 22 people can live in that one house and all be related unless they're second cousin, third time removed. So, you know, I'm just concerned about what has been said by my neighbors. And I don't want my wife going out there at two o'clock in the morning to confront people like this. Thank you.

Thank you. Okay, so did I miss anyone else? Okay. Yes? Okay.

I'm Taylor Amacone. I live in the same neighborhood as everyone else. And they keep me up all night playing their music, talking. I'm one of the firsthand witnesses of it. They are really loud at night. They're never out during the day. They're always out at night. I've been trying to figure out how to sleep at night because of how loud they are. And yeah.

Thank you. Anyone else? OK, to the council for any comments.

Yeah, I would like to say a few words. They're my neighbors. They live 10 doors down from me. And it is an issue. Just try to drive down Sugar Maple at night and man, you couldn't get a fire truck down there if there was a problem. So it's a real issue. I know Steve and our code enforcement and community development departments are both aware of the issue and they'll put it on their on their radar. Before you leave, if you can make sure that Steve has your contact info so he can be in contact with you. I don't know. Have we ever talked about boarding houses on the council? I think I bring it up a lot. Boarding houses is a big issue, and that's what this house is, is a boarding house. More than one or two families are living there, and it's It causes issues with parking. It causes issues with traffic. It causes issues with safety because now, really, what you have is an apartment complex next door. So those are all concerns that I have. And I'm sure community development and code enforcement will do their best to put it on their radar and see if we can help you.

Thank you. I just have one suggestion. So we have a similar situation in our neighborhood every once in a while with the noise. And at 10 o'clock at night, at 10.01, my husband calls the non-emergency West Valley dispatch. And it usually goes away within the hour. Because I had the same situation with my granddaughter. At 4 AM, she was still wide awake. And that's when we stopped being kind. So anyway. Okay. Any comments from staff? Are you guys good?

I don't know if we want to talk about our boarding house task force, but if they are aware, we'll follow up. If not, we can... From the notes today, we'll follow up on this house in particular. So there's also the noise ordinance that we'll also talk to police about. But our voting house task force has been doing some good work. They're taking certain projects at a time. But if they are aware of this, we'll be on it. But we'll follow up after the meeting.

OK, thank you. OK, thank you. OK, we'll now go to our public hearings. And you can stay or you don't have to. We're going to start with our first one, which is to adopt West Valley City's tentative interim budget. An executive officer or budget officer of the city intends to state in this public meeting that the tentative budget includes a proposed tax rate increase Next is agenda item number two.

Thank you, Mayor. I'm Jim Welch, the budget officer for the city. The tentative budget includes a proposed tax rate increase and presents property tax impact schedule as defined in Utah Code section 59-2-924. OK, thank you.

Agenda item three, the city intends to state that the city is considering levying a tax rate that exceeds the city's certified tax rate, the proposed tax rate increase. The city will also state the approximate dollar amount and purpose for the additional ad valorem tax revenue that would be generated by the proposed tax rate increase. The city will also state the approximate percentage increase in the ad valorem tax revenue for the city based on the proposed tax rate increase. The city will also state that if the city proceeds with the proposed tax rate increase, the city will provide notice of and conduct a public hearing as required by Utah code section 59-2-9194C. at which members of the public will have an opportunity to provide comments on the proposed tax rate increase. Next is agenda number four.

The city is considering levying a tax rate that exceeds the city's certified rate. The proposed tax rate increase will generate approximately $1,907,000 and $1,907,000 and $662 of additional ad valorem tax revenue to be used to pay for additional operational and employee compensation costs. The proposed tax rate increase would increase the city's ad valorem tax revenue by approximately 5%. If the city proceeds with the proposed tax rate increase, the city will provide notice and conduct a public hearing as required by Utah Code section 59-2-919 subsection 4C.

Our budget officer will now present the property tax impact schedule.

The property tax impact schedule is included in your packet as a separate document from all the other budget documents. Copies are available attached to the agenda. They're also posted on the Utah Public Notice website and on the city's website. You can also get on the website at wvc-ut.gov and click the Truth in Taxation button to find it. Copies are also available at the back of the room. should you choose to pick one up there or upon request from the city recorder.

I will now ask Mr. Welch to present the tentative budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.

Thank you, Mayor. Just a little bit of explanation for the public that's listening. The back and forth dialogue that we went through is actually prescribed by the state legislature in the last legislative session. We're required to make these statements and these disclosures pretty much verbatim. So that's the explanation for that. With the proposed budget this next year, we have a little bit more detail that we'd like to present on this one that includes how the budget was arrived at, A couple of years ago and in subsequent years, the city council has met with staff and determined that there are five areas that they'd like to focus on for a vision for the city. Those were attractiveness, community, prosperity, diversity, and reputation. The description for each one of those is on the slide that you see right now and can be found in your packet or can be found on the website. In order to enact those visions for the city, The departments have gone back and there are a number of items that were requested in the upcoming budget. This last year, because of the volume and need for the city, we typically see around $50 million of requests. This year, we asked them to prioritize their most needed requests from the departments, and we received requests that totaled a little over $13.9 million. Of these requests, there were 6061 that came in, and the ones that were approved total about $1.4 million, which is just a little bit. Excuse me a little over 10% of those requests so there's obviously great need within the city. We've categorized those according to a couple of different metrics. First, of course, are the five items that the council wanted us to focus on to accomplish, and then we also divided them according to recommendation versus required. When I say we made this decision, I want you to know this was done with a budget committee, including the city manager, certain select finance staff, and other members of the city staff, so there were objectives and there were review by each of the staff members. After multiple weeks of going over the request by the department and the priorities that they assigned according to what was most important, we came up with two categories. One was those that we felt were required. Those are items that we're contractually bound with or that we had an obligation to pay. The other ones were things that were recommended. The required items came up to a little bit over a million dollars, actually $1,039,000. The recommended items were about $427,000 of those $14 million that were requested. Giving an idea of the breakdown, these additions are the required and the recommended. The required items were pretty well evenly distributed amongst the major operations of the city. And then those that were recommended, there's The dollar amount was about a quarter, but this shows you how they were distributed. The next slide gives you a little bit of an idea on how they were actually mapped to the vision as far as percentage. It shows that the program additions that were requested, that were requesting being funded, how they align with the vision of the city council. provided to us. They also make sure that what we're proposing is in line with the vision of the City Council. Included in this budget were some fairly substantial personnel expenses. Many of those were required. Some of those you experienced tonight, we actually had four new police officers that are in this new proposed budget. We have nine new firefighters, starting out with the Part of that funding will come through a safer grant, which was in our budget openings. And then new public employees, those are three employees that throughout the general city operations. The cost of those new employees this upcoming year is about $1.8 million. And then compensation increases for public safety were a little over $4 million. And then for the public employees was $1.4 million. For a total personnel budget, that's about $107 million. So when you look at city operations, I guess the salient point on that is that most of our budget for service organization is people in order to provide services, we have to provide people. This is a summary of our. Revenue projections for this upcoming year. As the council is aware, we go back, we look at current trends, we look at what the current business environment is, we look at any opportunities for either increasing revenues or decreasing expenditures. With the numbers that are shown to you, we have revenues that were projected at $122 million with expenditures of $124 million, which left a deficit of about $100 million. $1.9 million. This is the amount that we're proposing as a property tax increase. And this gives you an idea of the breakdown of where the money comes from and where it's spent. Majority of our revenue does come in the form of taxes. Sales tax is the largest portion. And then property tax comes in second. That's really the only revenue that city has control over. And it's designed that way by the city legislature so that the council has to take positive action in order to address that revenue line. The rest of it are miscellaneous revenues, which would be things like utility taxes, license permits, court fees, things like that. The proposed tax increase represents about 1% of the general fund budget. And then you can see in our budget expenditures that we spend just a little over 50%. On public safety and then the rest is divided amongst things like non departmental obligations, those would be obligations to various other debt service or other. Or operations and then under admin that's fairly large this year compared to others that's because there was consolidation of a number of operations now under the city managers budget. there was no increase in their budget that caused them to stick out like that. It was just a matter of consolidation some of the operations for reporting purposes. This is the property tax impact statement that you can find at the end of the, in your packet or at the back of the year. And it has the detail that you're certainly welcome to look at. This is required to be presented every time we have a budget item that's discussed with the council. This is a little spreadsheet we've used for a number of years that gives you an idea of what the impact of a property tax adjustment would be. On a home, a residence, the taxable value is reduced by about 45%, meaning they're only taxed on about 55% of their value. A business is taxed on the full 100%. This change represents about $32 annually on a residence or $2.72 a month. And then on a business, it would be $59. dollars and about $5 on a monthly basis. There were some questions about what are the reserves of the city? How do we stand? We generally consider reserves the money that is set aside either for a rainy day or as a cushion for economic shocks. This graphic represents where our estimates will be at the end of fiscal year 2026. We started out with an audited number at the end of fiscal year 2025, a little over $19 million. With the projected revenues and expenditures of this fiscal year, and this is relatively current, we're expecting there will be little change to our fund balance at the end of the year, putting us probably around $20 million or 16.5% of our operating budget. The operating budget's around $120 million. The legal minimum that you can have and still remain a going concern according to state law is 5%. And the maximum you can hold according to the legislative mandates is 35%. I have listed the three-month operating reserves at $31 million simply because in consultation with bond rating agencies, they would certainly love to see that in the higher end of the scale. The next slide gives you a little bit of a budgeter, I mean, a calendar of events on what the next steps are. We have the adoption of the tentative budget, which will be coming up, and that's what this is about. And then we'll be having hearings for the redevelopment agency and building authority adoptions of their final budgets at the next meeting. And then we will study the adoption of the final budget in July, and then the public hearing to adopt the final budget, including the truth in taxation, Hearing is scheduled for August the 11th. And that concludes my presentation.

Okay, thank you. We will now open the public hearing on this item. Is there anyone here wishing to speak on this matter?

Jim Vesey. I want to congratulate Mr. Welch for getting through all that. state bs but it was good to see you get tongue-tied on two million dollars because we should all be concerned about every million two million three million dollars um that we are spending um and i say we are spending because i'm a resident of the city it comes out of my pocket 275 that that's almost a couple Egg McMuffins, you know. But to some people, it's a lot of money. And so for every time, for what this is being used for, for the nine firefighters, four police officers, I'm 100% for. We need more of that in West Valley City. And to see only $2 million, to be honest, is good. The sad thing is, though, is all the other entities that will be on your tax bill will probably even be higher than West Valley City. And like I said, that's the sad part. It sounds like we're running a tight ship, and I wish more people come out and listen to the presentation, see the presentation, and understanding it's not that much money for what we're getting. Like I said, the firefighters, the police officer alone, I never want to pick up the phone and, you know, 911, your wait will be 30 minutes. Now, we can't do that. We need to protect our people, and that's what a big part of it is. Unfortunately, that's the biggest part of our budget is keeping our residents safe. And so I think you guys have all done a good job. City manager's doing a great job on it. Of course, Mr. Welch and his crew have done a great job keeping it as tight as they can.

Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak? Okay, seeing none, I will now close the public hearings. and we have three action items tonight. First, Resolution 26-54 that would adopt the tentative budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. I'll turn this over to the Council for discussion or a motion.

Mayor, I want to say a few things here. I personally believe it's The cities need to stay out of the private sector. To go, of course, and also the Mavis Center, we need to sell them to beautify our city and to improve our city. It's kind of like something like this happened. We need our money to fix. I wouldn't buy I wouldn't mind if someone come in and said, well, I want to buy that, and I operate them the way they are right now. And I wouldn't mind that. But we need to stay out of the private sector. We're in a government business, and that's what I'm against. The thing is, we're talking about, we're teaching, we're preaching our residents about zero scaping. conserve water but we spend thousands and thousands of gallons to support the two courses and right now we concern about even like some of our residents they came here before and they really worry about the water that we're concerned we're talking about The law we have here in our city, not allowing council members to have $50, the world $50, more than $50. But here we have past council members and present council members play golf for free, and each game is more than $50. And they play it for a lifetime. See, that does not make sense at all. And also, our residents, they came here, they complain about it. They talk about it. We ignore. It's not right. Talking about the housing, the governor in every state in Utah need more housing. Are we leaving up to that point with a commitment? No. we're not. So we're not going to go out and preach people how to or our cities have to build up more houses. We ourselves, we don't do anything about that. And that's a sad thing. Talking about equity, equity in a home. And so well, because the house increased the value of the house right now is very high. So We have to have a higher tax, not nothing compared to peanuts, nothing. But when you take the equity out of the house, you have to sell the house or have to borrow money against the house. And you borrow money against the house, you have to pay the interest for that. I don't know what the formula you have, but I think they're very basic and very practical. Talking about. God benefit I wrote an article about two months ago and someone interview being a talk to me about. This one is. Since 2001. allow past council members and present council members play golf for fee for life since 2001. and see how much money we. are spending to pay for, or taxpayers to pay money to these council members, past and present. Tons of money. And we are here, we're supposed to lift up the burden and our residents shoulder, but we're not. Basically, we just put more taxes on them, and they're tough. We thought we care about the people, but our action is otherwise. It's kind of like we are not real people. We're not practical people. Why don't we just sell those and beautify our city, improve our city? It doesn't mean I don't love our employees. I vote no for this. It does not mean I don't love you guys. I do love you guys. In fact, i'm thinking about get bonus for that to Christmas thanksgiving new year. If I have that kind of purchase. yeah because that will bring the city to another level, and I think it's a better for community and better for residency in our city that's all I have to say tonight.

I would move to approve Resolution 26-54.

Second.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamik? Council Member Wood? Yes. Council Member Whetstone? Yes. Council Member Harmon? Yes. Council Member Huynh? No. Council Member Christensen?

Yes.

Council Member Nordvelt? Yes. And Mayor Lane? Yes. Motion passes by majority.

We'll now move on to resolution 26-55 that would confirm certain statements were made and documents have been made available as required by state law. I'll turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion.

Motion to approve resolution 26-55. Second.

Thank you.

We have a motion and a second. Ms. Cammack. Council Member Nordfeldt. Yes. Council Member Christensen. Yes. Council Member Huynh.

no council member harman yes council member whetstone yes council member wood yes and mayor ling yes motion passes by majority thank you finally resolution 26-56 that would confirm that certain additional statements were made as required by state law and direct the budget officer to notify the tax commission and the salt lake county auditor of a proposed tax increase and the date, time, and place of the public hearing as required by state law. I'll turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion.

I move for approval of resolution 26-56. Second.

I think we have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek. Council Member Wood. Yes. Council Member Whetstone. Yes. Council Member Harmon. Yes. Council Member Hune.

No.

Council Member Christensen.

Yes.

Council Member Nordfeldt.

Yes.

And Mayor Ling. Yes. Motion passes by majority.

Thank you. We'll now move to our second public hearing for application SA3-2026. The purpose of this subdivision is to amend two lots from the WVLH subdivision that was recorded in 2023, as well as take the remaining parcels owned by West Valley Land Holding, LLC, and create a new subdivision consisting of five lots. I will now open the public hearing. Is there anyone here wishing to speak on this matter? OK, seeing none, I will close the public hearing and turn the time over to the Council for discussion or motion on Ordinance 26-17 that would approve the vacation of a portion of Constitution Boulevard in conjunction with Wasatch West Valley subdivision.

Move to approve Ordinance 26-17. Second.

Thank you.

We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek? Council Member Nordfeldt? Yes. Council Member Christensen? Yes. Council Member Huynh?

Yes.

Council Member Harmon? Yes. Council Member Whetstone? Yes. Council Member Wood? Yes. And Mayor Link? Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We'll now go to our ordinances, and we'll begin with 26-18. This ordinance change would eliminate references to the Administrative Appeals Board and returns the administrative court to a single administrative law judge and amends the consolidated fee schedule to allow level two notice of violations for individual homeowners. I will now turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion.

Move to approve ordinance 26-18. Second.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek. Council Member Wood.

Yes.

Council Member Whetstone.

Yes.

Council Member Harmon.

Yes.

Council Member Huynh.

Yes.

Council Member Christensen.

Yes.

Council Member Nordfeldt. Yes. And Mayor Link. Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We'll go to Ordinance 26-19. This ordinance would repeal and reenact Title III to remove references to specific city departments that include may change over time. It authorizes the city manager to designate departments and appoint employees as permitted by law while retaining all other legal requirements under Title III. I will now turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion.

I'll move to approve ordinance 26-19. Second.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek. Council Member Nordfeldt. Yes. Council Member Christensen. Yes. Council Member Huynh. Yes. Council Member Harmon. Yes. Council Member Whetstone. Yes. Council Member Wood. Yes. And Mayor Link. Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We'll now move to Ordinance 26-20. This ordinance change addresses city council vacancies and amends requirements for disposal of city property. I will now turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion.

Move to approve Resolution 26-20, Ordinance 26-20. Second.

Thank you.

We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek. Council Member Wood? Yes. Council Member Whetstone?

Yes.

Council Member Harmon?

Yes.

Council Member Huynh?

Yes.

Council Member Christensen?

Yes.

Council Member Nordfeldt? Yes. And Mayor Link? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

We'll now go to Resolution 26-57. Civic Plus provides online registration and amenities for the Family Fitness Center operations. A RFP was issued and Civic Plus scored highest of the six qualified vendors, so Park staff would like to continue to use this software. Turn it to the Council for discussion or a motion.

A motion to approve Resolution 26-57.

Second.

Motion and a second. Ms. Kamek? Council Member Nordholt? Yes. Council Member Christensen? Yes. Council Member Huynh?

Yes.

Council Member Harmon?

Yes.

Council Member Whetstone?

Yes.

Council Member Wood? Yes. And Mayor Lang? Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We have two items of new business, resolution 26-58. This would authorize an interlocal agreement with Salt Lake County in the amount of $25,000 to redesign the aging scoreboard tower at City Park. I will turn this to the council for discussion or a motion.

I move to approve resolution 26-58. Second.

Thank you. We have a motion and a couple seconds.

Ms. Kamek. Council Member Wood. Yes. Council Member Whetstone.

Yes.

Council Member Harmon.

Yes.

Council Member Huynh.

Yes.

Council Member Christensen. Yes. Council Member Nordfeldt. Yes. And Mayor Link. Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We'll take ordinance 26-21. There is a sliver of property that is included in both the city center RDA and the Fairbourn CRA in the county's tax district records. The county has requested the removal of the parcel from the city center RDA to avoid inconsistent boundary lines. This is consistent with the city's actions in creating the Fairbourn CRA. I will now turn the time to the council for discussion or motion.

Move to approve ordinance 26-21. Second. Thank you.

We have a motion and a second. Ms. Kamek. Council Member Wood. Yes. Council Member Whetstone. Yes. Council Member Harmon.

Yes.

Council Member Huynh.

Yes.

Council Member Christensen.

Yes.

Council Member Northelt. Yes. And Mayor Link. Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We have no need for a closed session. I will let you know that we will have two brief meetings this evening for the Redevelopment Agency and the Municipal Building Authority. And I'll need to take a motion to adjourn the city council meeting.

Motion to adjourn.

Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye. And we stand adjourned. Thank you.

We'd like to call to order the RDA meeting. And notice that we've had an opening ceremony and all members of the agency are present. Look at the minutes from April 14th.

I move to approve those minutes. Second.

All in favor of approving the minutes of April 14th, please say aye. Aye. They pass. Next, we have public hearings. We are going to accept public comment regarding the tentative budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1st. 2026 and ending June 30th, 2027. Consider Resolution 2603, which will adopt that tentative budget to the agency. Wait, we need public comment first, so we'll open public comment. Seeing no one, we'll pass this item on to the agency for consideration.

Motion to approve Resolution 26-03. Second.

Moved and seconded. Ms. Kamak?

Ms. Wood? Mr. Whetstone? Yes. Mr. Harmon? Yes. Mr. Huynh?

No.

Ms. Lang? Yes. Mr. Nordfeldt? Yes. And Chairman Christensen?

Yes.

Motion passes by majority.

Thank you. Resolution 2604, designate a survey area to determine the feasibility of establishing a community reinvestment project agency. RDA staff would like the opportunity to study the proposed area in Lake Park for the purposes of creating a community reinvestment area. The state code requires the adoption of a survey area resolution to study a proposed area as a potential project area. So I'll turn the time over to the agency for discussion or a motion.

Motion to approve resolution 26-04.

Second.

Moved and seconded. Ms. Kamak.

Mr. Nordfeldt? Yes. Ms. Lang? Yes. Mr. Huynh?

Yes.

Mr. Harmon? Yes. Mr. Whetstone?

Yes.

Wood? Yes. And Chairman Christensen? Yes. The motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. Resolution 26-05. This is amending the city center redevelopment area project area plan to remove a parcel. I wish the attorney was here because he explains it much better than I do, but there is a sliver of property that is included in both the city center RDA and the Fairborn CRA in the county's tax district records. The county has requested the removal of the parcel from the city center RDA to avoid inconsistent boundary lines and also double taxation. This is consistent with the city's actions in creating the Fairborn CRA. So I'll now turn the time to the agency for discussion or a motion.

I'd move for approval of Resolution 26-05. Second.

Moved and seconded. Ms. Kamak.

Ms. Wood. Yes. Mr. Whetstone. Yes. Mr. Harmon. Mr. Hune.

Yes.

Ms. Lang. Yes. Mr. Nordfeldt. Yes. And Chairman Christensen.

Yes.

Passes unanimously.

Thank you. Our final item on the agenda.

Motion to adjourn.

All in favor of adjourning, please say aye. Aye.

I call to order the special meeting of the building authority. We note that we've had an opening ceremony and all of our members are present. Our next item is to approve the minutes from April 14th. Move to approve the minutes of April 14th. Second. All in favor of approving those minutes, please say aye.

Aye.

Are there any opposed? Those were approved unanimously. We'll now have a public hearing. We'll accept public comment regarding the tentative budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1st, 2026 and ending June 30th, 2027. This item is to adopt a tentative budget of the Municipal Building Authority for the 2027 fiscal year and will set June 9th in two weeks, 2026, as the date of the public hearing and adoption of a final budget. I will now open the public hearing. Is there anyone who would like to speak to this item? Seeing none, I will now close the public hearing and turn the time over to the authority for discussion or a motion regarding Resolution 26-02.

Motion to approve Resolution 26-02. Second.

We have a motion and a second. We will ask for the vote.

Ms. Wood? Yes. Mr. Whetstone? Yes. Mr. Harmon? Yes. Mr. Huynh? No. Ms. Lang? Yes. Mr. Christensen? Yes. And Chairman Nordfeld? Yes. Motion passes by majority.

That concludes our business. One final motion.

Motion to adjourn.

All in favor of adjourning, please say aye. Aye. Sounded unanimous. Thanks. That concludes our meetings for tonight.