City Council - Regular Meeting

Welcome, it's 7.05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026. The Tooele City Council's meeting in a business meeting that is being held at Tooele City Hall in the council chambers located at 90 North Main Street in Tooele, Utah. We're also streaming this electronically on the Tooele City YouTube channel. We will start with the Pledge of Allegiance. If you'll please rise and repeat after me.

with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Our second item is a roll call. Councilman Gossett? Present. Councilwoman Gochis? Present. Councilman Hanson? Present. Councilman McCall? Present. I'm Councilman Brady, and I'm also present. We'll move on to item three, which is an America 250 Twilla Serves Day. And I don't know who's presenting it.

I'm going to sit here and present, so I'm not standing with my back to them. But we actually just have some pictures to show, and I just have a little narration to go with the pictures. And I will thank the staff for compiling the pictures. We had a great turnout this year for our Tuula Serves Day. It's a community-wide service program that encourages residents, businesses, organizations, and families to come together to serve in our community. And Tuula Serves builds upon the foundation of what we used to call Take Pride Tuula Day, our previous mayor, Debbie Wynn, started. So for several years, residents have worked together to improve our neighborhoods, parks, and public spaces. In 2026, we celebrate, as we've said over and over, America's 250th anniversary. And so we expanded that vision into Tooele Serves. And this just emphasizes service, connection, community, and then making an impact while aligning with the National America Gives Initiative. This year's Tula Service Spring Cleanup was particularly meaningful because it coincided with Good Neighbor Day America, which was a nationwide celebration of service and community as part of America 250. So on May 16th, approximately 65 volunteers joined us for our Community Cleanup Day. Volunteers included local families, members of the Tula City Council, Tula City employees, missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and many other dedicated community members. And together, they helped clean up and improve the Tula Valley Museum and Historical Park, preserving an important piece of our community's history for future generations. And it looked so good when it was done. They did a lot of work. That day also included Tula City's Arbor Day celebration, and volunteers helped plant trees at the Pratt Aquatic Center. So that will create a lasting investment in the beauty and livability of our community and help with a lot of shade at the park after we had some trees die. In addition to the citywide volunteer event on that day, many individuals and organizations completed service projects throughout Tooele. So Jared Garbutt volunteered his time to help clean and improve the Pratt Aquatic Center Park and the Red Del Papa Babe Ruth Park through litter removal, park maintenance, and playground improvements. Members of the Overlake 8th Ward conducted a park and trail cleanup of the Copper Canyon Park and helped improve the playground area there. The Boys and Girls Club cleaned up the Dow James Park and assisted with the playground maintenance. Win Marsh and her team completed roadside cleanup efforts along Main Street and Broadway, while Stahler M and volunteers cleaned roadways between 1000 North and 1480 North. So we had a lot of help. These projects all seem like simple little things, but together they make a big difference in our community. They improve our parks, beautify our streets, preserve community assets, and demonstrate pride that residents have in their hometown. Most importantly, TulaServes reminds us that community is built through service, and I am a big believer in community service and serving in your community. Every volunteer hour, every bag of litter collected, every tree planted, and every act of kindness contributes to making Tula a better place to live, work, learn, and play. So on behalf of Tooele City, I just want to express sincere gratitude to every individual, family, business, organization, and volunteer who participated. Your willingness to serve reflects the very best of our community and embodies the spirit of America 250. Together, we are honoring our past, strengthening our present, and building a brighter future for Tooele. And it is a very noticeable difference. So a big thank you to all of those who helped. That's it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor. We'll move on to item four, which is a state-funded grant for court victim advocates. This is presented by Valinn Mattson, the Tooele Victim Advocate.

Good evening, hello. Thank you for letting me squeeze in tonight and give you just a brief update before the grant closes at the end of this month. We've already been approved for next year's grant starting July 1st, so I'm excited about that. So I just went ahead and reviewed some of our statistics from the last three months compared to the three months before that. And it looks like for the clients that we served in our office, all of the crimes decreased except for stalking and harassment. which unfortunately seems to be a constant. But we had victims of abuse, domestic violence, sexual assaults, burglaries, all of those went down just a little bit, so we were excited about that. We worked with a total of 93 new victims since April 1st, with continued services for 135 victims of crime. The grant has provided us with some emergency funds. We've been able to use that for those victims We've helped with housing gas utilities emergency needs We just bought diapers the other day So just whatever these victims need a lot of them are impacted because of unexpected loss of income in their homes We've also been able to refer people to our local resources. Utah Housing Authority, we use them a lot. The food bank, the thrift store, and also the meals provided by Harris Village. Those have been very helpful. We're excited because next year our emergency fund income has increased just a little bit, so we'll be able to help even more people. So we're excited to begin another year and working with the attorneys, the officers, with you guys. We're very excited to start this July 1st. Thank you. Any questions for me?

I don't know that you mentioned the amount of the grant.

The total amount that they provide is $30,000.

You can do a lot with that.

Yeah. Yeah, it's very nice. In the past, we've had to pay for our own tracking system, but the grant has now picked that up, and so we had a little bit of extra that we've been able to move over to emergency funds. Great.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We'll move on to item five, which is our public comment period. This is the time for the public to address the council. We ask that you state your name into the mic, you keep your comments to three minutes or less, and then you sign the paper by Shiloh. After your three minutes is up, the mic will be cut off and we'll let someone else speak. The time is now the public's.

250 That's how big the budget was this year 250 pages. Just kidding. Just kidding Anyway, council thanks for allowing me to speak tonight. My name is Scott Degel back and I am a Resident of Tuala City, but tonight I would like to address the tentative budget that I reviewed with you I might add that on May 6th at the council meeting, I asked for a copy of that budget, and Director Wimmer immediately provided me with a copy of that. So I took that home and for the next month made my way through it. Just a little background for you. I retired 19 years ago from my real job, which was in the mining and minerals industry. And since that time, I must have lost perspective what was going on with relative to wages and benefits and employment and housing and all of those things that cost money. So I went back and looked and reflected, and my career spanned maintenance, technical work, human resources, and contract negotiations. So with that in mind, I peered through the budget, all 73 pages, not 250. 10 a.m this morning a little earlier i delivered copies of questions and comments to the mayor's office and to shannon's office and shortly after that i got a call asking them if i had time to meet with them at 10 a.m and i did and i'm happy to say that they covered every question I HAD WITH EXPLANATIONS AND COMMENTS, WHILE WE MAY NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, AT LEAST I NOW HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER AND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. SHANNON AND THE GROUP PUT TOGETHER THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE LEADERSHIP THERE AND WHAT WAS NEEDED AND WHAT WAS BEING PURCHASED AND WHAT WAS NOT BEING PURCHASED. And I will say this, the budget and the packet that I received was well-prepared and presentable. So tonight, I just want to express my appreciation to Mayor Manziano and Shannon Wimmer for taking the time to meet with me. I doubt if we will ever always agree on everything, but I certainly have a better understanding and I appreciate the efforts that they put forth in meeting with me. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Okay, seeing no one else coming forward, I will close the public comment period. We'll move on to item six, which is a public hearing and motion on resolution 2026-41, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving budget amendments for fiscal year 2025 through 2026. This is presented by Shannon Wimmer, the finance director.

Good evening, council. These are our final budget amendments to wrap up the fiscal year 26 budget. All of these amendments are published in the council's packet. So I'll go over some of the larger ones. Again, this is how it goes. Usually every budget amendment, a lot of these are just operating procedures. If we bring in money, from donations, et cetera, that we need to move into the budget. This is the process of how we get them in there. Also to budget any grants that we get. So you'll see several adjustments to grants in here. But just a couple of the larger ones for the public's sake. We did budget 1.4 million. That was to pay out the project that we had through the COG grant on the 2400 North. We did receive those funds from the county, so that's to put it into the budget so that those can be passed on for that project. We had another 712,000 into the RDA budget. That's just for agreements that have already been entered in through public meetings with PID. That's just moving the budget for those participation projects in case they happen before June 30th. We think most of those will be in July, but we brought them just to make sure of the timeline. And then we have a budget adjustment of 148,000 to repair our net up at the golf course and we've received the insurance proceeds from that claim and so that will also get that into the budget. And we have an additional 70,000 that we need in the solid waste fund just to make sure we have enough to cover all of our hauling fees. So I'm happy to answer questions on any of them or any questions that you might have.

Are there any questions or comments? Thank you. This item also has a public hearing, so we invite the public to address the council. We ask that you state your name under the mic, keep your comments to three minutes or less, and then sign the paper by Shiloh. The time is now the public's. Seeing no one come forward, I will close the public hearing, and I will entertain a motion.

To chair, I make a motion that we... Approve Resolution 2026-41, a resolution of the Tulsa City Council approving budget amendments for fiscal year 25 and 26.

I'll second. We have a motion from Councilman Hanson and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilwoman Gouches? Aye. Councilman Gossett? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 7 is a public hearing and motion on Ordinance 2026-16, an ordinance of the Tooele City Council adopting an executive compensation schedule for fiscal year 2026 through 2027, presented by Kami Perkins, the HR Director.

Okay, thank you, Chairman. This is the third year that I've been able to stand, as you're aware. state code change back in 2024 that requires us to have a public hearing as well as present before the budget is actually adopted, what they call their executive compensation. One of the things I think that might be a little bit unique for Tooele City is we have brought all of our compensation policies to you as a city council. So you give us the guidelines that we can work within as the administration. Part of that is, as part of the budget process, you set a salary schedule for us and we assign positions to that salary schedule. So for our executive employees, we're not asking for anything different than what you're already planning to do or considering for our employees. This just gives the opportunity to identify what those positions are, to establish the pay ranges that they will be assigned to, unless we bring this back to you to request a change in the pay range, and to ensure that it ties back to all of the compensation provisions for our executives, mirror what you approve in policy. Not as the topic here, but there are some changes that we'll be making and bringing to you. A lot of that came through the one big beautiful bill That does not impact our executives, because most of those employees are not eligible for overtime. They will work for free after 40 hours that we tattoo when they hire on board. But there are a few different changes that will be brought to you, and you have some of those included in the budget for funding. One of those that I do feel is important to point out is we are proposing that the tenured service performance bonus be increased from $500 to $1,000. Just for your sake, you'll learn about this more, but that is when employees are capped out on their salary range. So the salary range is the internal controls that we have. What's the value that we're willing to pay for a position? Once they cap out, they don't move unless they promote. That's the maximum. But we do offer to all of our employees at that point that $500 bonus that we'd give to them. We're proposing to bring that back as $1,000. So that would also apply if we had any of our executives who are capped out. And I'm pleased to tell you that at this point in time, we don't have anybody that that would apply to. Everybody is still within range. I'm bringing this to you as required by state code to formally adopt the grades that we have proposed be assigned. None of them are changing this year. We're not recommending any changes. We're not recommending any deviation from the policies and procedures that you already have established with the one disclosure that your budget does include that. In the future it might apply to some of our executives, but right now I don't have any that are capped out.

Thank you. Any questions or comments?

As we move into the public hearing portion, I do want to give a little shout out to Mr. Daiglebeck. He had excellent questions. And it's our goal always to make sure that you leave with confidence that there is actually data and information that's put into what we bring to you guys. And I just appreciated having those questions asked ahead of time. And hopefully we instilled some confidence in you and what the city's doing with our compensation programs. So thank you.

Thanks, Cammie. This item also has a public hearing. We invite the public to address the council with the same rules previously stated. So the time is now the public's. Seeing no one come forward, I will close the public hearing and I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion. that we approve on this 2026-16 in order to tell the City Council adopting an executive compensation schedule for FY2026-2027.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman McCall and a second from Councilwoman Gossett. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett?

Aye.

Councilwoman Gossett? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. Councilman Brady? And I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 8 is the property tax impact schedule presented by Shannon Wimmer, the finance director.

Good evening, Council. As you may remember from our May 1st meeting, this is the first year that a new law was enacted that requires us to produce this property tax impact schedule for our residents and for our taxpayers. And the purpose of this is try to show the public what the impact of our actions on the tax rate will be to them. In the May proposal, you'll see that this one is different because we don't get our valuations and our rates until June 8th. But we are required to put this out in May. So the May impact schedule was based on our best estimates. And so we feel like we came very close in our estimates. In that original estimate, Estimated our property tax rate would come in at point zero zero two four seven six, but it actually came in at point zero zero two five two seven so We in order to keep that same amount of revenue Originally we had advertised a four point four eight percent tax increase that has decreased to two point four nine percent you'll also notice a difference on this one is that we have updated the median values and I had a conversation with the assessor's office, and I assume after their evaluations and that, we had a new residential number. So that went down from 445, which is what was on the original one, to 382. And then we have an individual median value for businesses, which is 513,000. So if we adopt this proposed rate, which you'll be considering through the truth and taxation process, tonight we will adopt the tentative rate, but that won't be finalized until you've had a chance to hear from the public and go through the truth and taxation process in August. So our certified tax rate is .002527, but we are proposing a tax rate of .002590. So it's just those last two that change, which equates out to a 2.49% increase, which on an average medium value home of $382,000 would be $13.24 a year, $13.24 a year, or $1.10 per month. So that... There's no action on this item. This is just for the public's benefit We do have copies of these over by the agendas if anybody would like them.

They're also on our website as well Okay any questions or comments, okay, thank you Let's see, that was eight. Item nine is resolution 2026-42, a resolution of the Tooele City Council adopting a proposed tax rate for fiscal year 2026 through 2027, presented by Shannon Wimmer, the finance director.

So again, this will just adopt the proposed tax rate. Again, this is not final. You still have an opportunity to lower this tax rate if you so choose as we go through the property tax, or through the Truth in Taxation process, but tonight we are proposing that tax rate of .002590, which again is a 2.49% increase over the certified tax rate.

Okay, any questions or comments? I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we adopt Resolution 2026-42, a resolution of the Tooele City Council adopting a proposed tax rate for fiscal year 26-27. I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Gossett and a second from Councilwoman Gochis. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilwoman Gochis? Aye. Councilman Gossett? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 10 is a public hearing and motion on resolution 2026-43, a resolution of the Tooele City Council adopting an interim budget for Tooele City for fiscal year 2026 through 2027, presented by Shannon Wimmer, the finance director.

And again, this will be our interim budget that we will be working on until a final budget is adopted at that Truth in Taxation meeting, which is August, I think it's the 17th, third Wednesday of August. 19th, excuse me, August 19th is when we will be having that public hearing on that budget. There are no changes to this tentative budget since we gave you the changes at the last meeting when we discussed the budget. We've done the budget presentations. Excuse me, there is one budget change, excuse me, IN THE ROAD C FUND, WE ARE CARRYING OVER $750,000 FOR THE 2400 NORTH INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WE DON'T THINK WE WILL COMPLETE THAT BY JUNE 30th, SO WE'RE CARRYING OVER THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE BUDGET. YOU DO HAVE A LIST OF THE CHANGES, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A NEW BUDGET AND THE NEW INTERIM BUDGET BOOK, SO THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO DATE WITH EVERYTHING, WITH ALL OF YOUR LIST OF CHANGES, WHICH AGAIN, all of the changes we went through at the last council meeting, but it's basically we adjusted some of the utility rates and those in the budgets. And I would just like to thank Mr. Degelbeck for going through the budget book. He has no idea how much that helps my heart to know that at least one resident has read that book. I teach Shiloh all the time when she prints it. I said, do you really think anybody's going to read this? But of course we don't think that. And I'm so grateful that he did. And it was my pleasure to talk to him and the mayor about the budget today. And I would just like the public to know that this budget is out on our website. We would encourage people to go through it to call us or email us with questions to come in Anybody that knows me knows I will talk about the city and finances all day every day It's a passion of mine. I love it So we definitely welcome that kind of engagement and today was it was awesome and I loved every minute of it. So I appreciate Someone in the public reading that book so I'm happy to answer any questions on the budget if you have any

Any questions or comments? Okay. This item has a public hearing, so we invite the public to address the council with the same rules previously stated. The time is now the public's. Seeing no one come forward, I will close the public hearing and I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-43, a resolution of the Tooele City Council adopting an interim budget for the Tooele City fiscal year 2026-27. I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilwoman Gauthius and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett? Aye. Councilwoman Gauthius? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 11 is a public hearing and motion on Ordinance 2026-17, an ordinance of the Tooele City Council vacating the northern nine-foot portion of James Way located between Lodestone Way and Industrial Loop Road, presented by Paul Hanson, the city engineer.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My apologies, my iPad's getting old enough. I can't get the programs to work on it, so I don't have a presentation to show the public. But I'll try to be Bob Ross. and describe it as best I can to paint a picture in your mind. Just a little bit of background. In 1999, the Army transferred what we call the Utah Industrial Depot now to the city for economic and industrial development. As you recall, the name of it has changed over the time from Utah Industrial Depot, Ninnegret Depot, and now Peterson Industrial Depot. There is a roadway that extends from Lodestone West to Industrial Loop Road. It's right behind the offices for Peterson Industrial Depot. And until 2006, all roads within the depot were privately held. There were no public rights of way set aside. And so at that time, the developer dedicated to Willis City certain roads, including James Way, this portion at 56 foot. However, in 2008, they increased the dedication width to 85 foot. That's one foot bigger than our standard. I think at the Planning Commission, I said it was 84, but Ms. Englund was correct. I should have trusted. It actually was recorded as 85 foot right away on there. A year later, in April of 2009, Tooele City made a deal with UDOT that changed a portion of Utah Avenue from state road to local class road in an exchange from Industrial Loop Road connecting onto 1000 North. That became the new SR 112 alignment. That change, along with the addition of two signals, one just recently last summer at Industrial Loop and Lodestone, have significantly altered the traffic demand on this portion of James Way. So Tooele City and the developer have jointly prepared a request for your consideration to vacate the northern nine foot of that right of way. So it would go from 85 foot to 76 foot in width. We have no current plans to vacate any further property to the south of that roadway or any other section of James Way. The length of it is approximately 1,980 feet. So all in all, with a nine foot width, it's a rather significant piece of property that the city would be vacating back. Anna has been very good in following state code. She's worked closely with the city attorney's office to follow that through. The public was notified, everybody within 300 feet. We received affidavits from two of the five owners that about that property, certainly affirming to it. Peterson's were one of those. And the utility companies were also notified to see if they had any objection to that vacation and no objections were presented to the city. Based on that, the findings of staff are that the request is consistent with state code in following through it. There's nothing in that right-of-way portion historic or current or anticipated use that would require our recommendation to keep it and maintain it. The utility companies haven't objected to it. The vacated portion will remain as utility easement because we may have water line or other utilities within that. So even though we're vacating the land, we'll maintain the utility easement. And then, of course, one of the additional benefits is we now take that land and make it taxable to allow for enhanced development within the depot and benefit the citizens of the city. It's based on that information that we recommend to you to vacate that northern nine foot and would now entertain your following with the public hearing and then an action, and I'm available for any questions you have. Okay, are there any questions or comments for Paul? So the Bob Ross worked? It worked.

Okay, good. I had my packet in front of me, so I was following along. There you go. Okay, this item also has a public hearing. So we invite the public to address the council with the same rules previously stated. The time is now the public's. Seeing no one come forward, I will close the public hearing and I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion we approve ordinance 2026-17, an ordinance of the Tulsa City Council vacating the northern nine-foot portion of James Way located between Lodestone Way and Industrial Loop Road.

I'll second it. We have a motion from Councilman Hanson and a second from Councilman Gossett. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilwoman Gochis. Aye. Councilman Gossett. Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thank you, Council. Thanks, Paul. Item 12 is Ordinance 2026-18, an ordinance of Tooele City amending Tooele City Code Section 9-8-5 regarding appeals of notices and civil citations issued for violations Chapter 9-8, residential and business alarms. This is presented by Andrew Stagg, the Assistant City Attorney.

So, I guess to clarify, a little while ago an ordinance was passed to provide a way to give fines for repeated false alarms at businesses. But in that code, it also provided a way for those businesses to appeal the decisions, appeal the fines. However, it didn't... reference the part of our code that explains the administrative appeal process. For clarity, in this ordinance, we've added language to point to the area of the code where it discusses the appeals process.

Okay. That's all. Any questions or comments? I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion with pre-wardenance 2026-18, an ordinance of Tula City amending Tula City Code 9-8-5 regarding appeals of notices and civil citations issued for violations in Chapter 9-8, the excess of alarms and business alarms.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Hanson and a second from Councilwoman Gochis. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett? Aye. Councilwoman Gochis? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thanks, Andrew. Thank you. Item 13 is Resolution 2026-35, a resolution of the Tooele City Council declaring that Tooele City, after July 1st, 2026, will pick up and pay an amount of the required employee contributions for all Tooele City employees who are members of the Utah State Retirement Tier 2 Public Safety and Firefighter Contributory Retirement Plan and includes provisions relating to the employer pickup presented by Kami Perkins, the HR Director.

So it's one of the only times that you'll hear an HR director saying that I want to talk about pickup in the workplace, right? Because normally we're saying we don't pick other people up in the workplace. But four of you have heard this term for several years now. For John's sake, we talked a little bit about, not a little bit, a lot about this back in February and the fact that there were some important decisions that would need to be made. Briefly, I'd just like to share with the public what this is all about. As you're aware, the Utah State Retirement System is who dictates and determines what the cost or the rates will be for the Utah State Retirement Pension System. And they publish those rates annually, and they do change. Unfortunately, I have yet to see them go down in general. When they implemented the Tier 2 plan, the Tier 2 plan does have some changes in it that are unique to police and fire. They are what they call contributory plans, meaning that there is a capped rate, and if it goes above that, the employee has to pay that. If it goes below that, it goes to their 401 account. The rates currently are above what they've got established as their capped rate. And with that, there is a portion that employees would be required to pay towards their pension benefit. For the general employees plan, the state law does not allow the city to pay that on behalf of the employees. It's against the law. It's been proposed several times and hasn't passed. However, with the public safety plan that governs our tier two police and fire, that law does allow what's called a pickup election. What that means is that you have the ability to decide are you going to pass some or all of that onto your police and firefighters, or are you going to include that in the cost of the pension and, in essence, pick it up on their behalf? The pickup elections are governed by IRS regulations, and so we do have to bring this to you formally for approval, and there's documents that we have to do there. The proposed budget includes that you are picking up the full cost. It's an increase of 1.25%. And just to give you a history, the first time was 2%. Next time I brought it to you, it increased to 2.6, 4.03, 4.73, and now the cost is at 5.98. So this is formalizing your decision to pick that up. We've talked a lot about how the market is what a lot of times dictates. We don't want our police officers to go backwards in pay. We don't want to lose our competitiveness with other entities. Most entities that I've talked to are picking up the election, are electing to pick it up. There's some that have not made a decision yet. It's tough budget times for a lot of entities, but this is the formal documentation that we need to do for the Utah retirement system and to make this official by declaring that you will pick up that additional 1.25%. Puts our max now at 6% for our pickup. If it goes up beyond that next year, we'd have to come back to you again.

Okay, are there any questions or comments?

I think we still need to do it. It's good for...

Okay, thanks, Cami. I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-35. Resolution is that the Tula City Council declaring that Tula City, after July 1, 2026, will pick up and pay an amount of the required employee contributions for all Tula City employees who are members of the Utah Retirement System Tier 2 public safety and firefighter I can't pronounce that word, sorry. Retirement planning includes provisions related to the employer pickup. I think the increase of 1.25 to 5.98, so.

Second motion from councilman Hanson and a second from councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote to councilman McCall All right, councilman Hanson. I councilwoman goaches. Hi councilman Gossett.

Hi.

I'm councilman Brady and I vote aye that passes 5-0 Item 14 is resolution 20 26-39 a resolution of the Twill City Council approving an agreement with SKM engineering for upgrades to well 5 presented by Nathan far the public works director. I

Thank you, Chairman. Good evening, Council. I already got Dave laughing at me. We recently had an issue at the Well 5. well control center where our PLC and electrical equipment was damaged. And so we need to replace all of that. This agreement with SKM allows them to replace and repair everything so that we can get our monitoring and water quality and quantity, sorry, our water quality and quantity monitoring back up and running. So that's the purpose for this one. Any questions or comments?

I thought it would be way more than that.

I'm going to slide this one in, and we'll come up with a bigger one next time.

We like these ones. That's what I was laughing at. All right. I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion we approve Resolution 2026-39, a resolution of Tooele City Council approving an agreement with SKM Engineering for upgrades to well number five.

I'll second it.

We have a motion from Councilman McCall and a second from Councilman Gossett. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett.

Aye.

Councilwoman Gochis. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilman McCall. Aye. Councilman Brady. And I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thank you, Council. Thank you, Nathan. Item 15 is Resolution 2026-36. A resolution of the Tooele City Council approving insurance coverage for insurance period 2026 through 2027 presented by Shiloh Baker, the city recorder.

Thank you, council. Good evening. Tonight we are requesting approval of this resolution authorizing the city's insurance coverage for fiscal year 26-27 through the Utah Local Governments Trust in the total amount of $375,136. That premium is broken down as follows. The liability coverage is $124,709. Automobile coverage $119,771. And property coverage $130,656. And just a little bit of data for you. We insure over 200 vehicles. When we talk about property, we ensure over 100 buildings, which includes city hall, park restrooms, and pavilions, the Pratt Aquatic Center, all the buildings at the reclamation facility. We ensure over 100 pieces of equipment, such as backhoes and forklifts, mowers, golf carts, and over 20 properties or equipment that are considered equipment in the open, which is parks and playgrounds. and then three unmanned aircraft, which are drones. The largest increase this year is the property coverage premium, which increased from $111,048 last year to $130,656 this year. In discussion with the trust, they had not raised property premiums for a very long time and so they Are just bringing those rates into alignment with current replacement costs and market conditions. So This policy will renew on July 1st and will provide the city with our liability our automobile and property coverage We have been very pleased with the trust they have were pleased with the service and support that that they offer and we believe we get an excellent value and protection for the city

Are there any questions or comments? Okay, I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we accept Resolution 2026-36, a resolution of Tooele City Council approving insurance coverage for insurance period 26 and 27.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Gossett and a second from Councilwoman Gochis. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilwoman Gouches.

Aye.

Councilman Gossett. Aye. Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 16 is resolution 2026-37, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Yesco LLC for the manufacture and installation of an illuminated Welcome to Tooele City monument sign with push through plex and flower bed at the north end of Tooele City limits presented by Shiloh Baker, the city recorder. That was a tongue twister.

Thank you, that was a tongue twister. I'm excited to bring this to you this evening, Council, to approve an agreement with YESCO for the manufacture and installation of an illuminated Welcome to Tula City monument sign at the north end of our city limits. You can see a mock-up of the sign on the screen. The sign will feature illuminated Welcome to Tula City wording with push-through plex, which is what gives it that 3D kind of dimensional look on the sign, and a raised flower bed. The exact fonts and colors and brick have not yet been decided, but this will give you an idea of what we anticipate that the sign would look like. Yesco is a state of Utah approved contractor, and the cost for the sign is estimated at $56,790. We have included this request in our capital projects budget for fiscal year 27. A welcome sign at the north entrance of our city has been requested by residents and elected officials for many years. We believe that this will create a welcoming gateway for both residents and visitors entering our community from the north, identifying the boundary of our city. This project also supports the city's broader economic development efforts, also to enhance our identity and pride and beautify our city and create a positive first impression for those entering our community. We have been working with a developer who owns property on the north end in the area of 3100 North and SR 36 on the west side of the highway. And they have generously agreed to allow us to place the sign on their property. And as you know, the timing is ideal. They are very actively developing that area. So they have also expressed a willingness to assist us in bringing power to the sign, which is very helpful and helps to make this project possible. We are a community that we're proud of, and we believe that this Welcome to Tula City monument sign will help create a positive and welcoming first impression, provide a landmark at the northern boundary of our community, and let residents and visitors know they have arrived.

Awesome.

Any questions?

I think it looks great. I'm excited to see this added to that north end. Any other questions or comments? Okay, I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-37, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with YESCO for the manufacture and installation of an illuminated Welcome to Tooele Monument sign with push-through plex and flower bed at the north end of Tooele City limits.

I'll second it. We have a motion from Councilwoman Gouches and a second from Councilman Gossett. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett. Councilwoman Gouches? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. And Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thank you. Thanks, Shiloh. Item 17 is Resolution 2026-38, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving Addendum 1 to the Financial Consulting Services Agreement with LRB Public Finance Advisors, Inc., for the purpose of including financial services in connection with Series 2026 sewer revenue bonds, presented by Shannon Wimmer, the Finance Director.

Council as you may recall back in March of 2024 we adopted a five-year plan for water and sewer rates within that plan is funding for sewer bond so this addendum is is to allow us to begin contracting with LRB to start working on that sewer bond. We are still waiting for a few things. So as soon as we get some final designs and final costs, then we will be ready to move forward and start this bonding process so that we can get these critical projects for the sewer department going. So this contract is just to allow them to start working on the bond. It does have a fee on here not to exceed $6.50 per 1,000 of the project related financing proceeds and then consulting fees in the amount of 30,000 for previously performed items in connection with the feasibility analysis, which we talked about. the development of comprehensive financial sustainability plan and preparation of the plan of finance for the sewer utility system. And all of these are just steps and requirements that we will need in order to go through this bonding process, which of course we will be bringing back to you as we get closer and start getting into being able to schedule That bonding process once we start it we expect it to take about 60 days To sell the bond this one I believe will be done on the public market. I don't think we'll be going back to the CIB I think we have quite a bit of funding already through them So but when we have those final decisions, of course, we'll be bringing that back But this would allow them to begin work on the sewer bond Any questions or comments

All right, thank you. I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-38, a resolution of the Tulsa City Council approving addendum to the Financial Consulting Services Agreement with LRB Public Finance Advisors for the purpose of including financial services in connection with series 2026 sewer revenue bonds. I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Hanson and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilwoman Gochis? Aye. Councilman Gossett? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 18 is Resolution 2026-40, a resolution of the Tooele City Council declaring surplus certain technology-related equipment and authorizing its disposal. Presented by Shiloh Baker, the City Recorder. Thank you.

Thank you. As you are well aware that from time to time we bring you technology related equipment that is no longer capable of meeting Tooele City's needs and to request for you to declare that surplus. In your packet you have the list of items that are being presented this evening. It includes switches, firewalls, a desktop computer, printer, some other IT related equipment. In accordance with policy, the IT department retains each of these devices for a designated period after they have been replaced. And then once that retention period has passed, they evaluate whether any components can be salvaged or repurposed elsewhere within the organization. The items before you tonight have reached the end of their usable life, and we are asking for you to approve them and declare them surplus. All of the items will be responsibly recycled with a reputable recycling company.

Okay, any questions or comments? I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we accept Resolution 2026-40. Resolution at Willis City Council declaring surplus certain technology related equipment and authorizing its disposal.

I'll second. We have a motion from Councilman Gossett and a second from Councilwoman Gaucius. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett?

Aye.

Councilwoman Gaucius? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 19 are the invoices and purchase orders presented by Shiloh Baker, the city recorder.

Thank you, we just have one invoice tonight. I'm very excited about this one. It is to Stella Jones for the purchase of I think 19, 17 poles to repair the damaged poles at the driving range of the golf course. This is in the amount of $60,330.67. Do we know when that project will be completed? Quickly? This is part one to get the poles ordered and installed. And in the meantime, we'll be working on getting the replacement net. So I don't know if we have an estimated time frame on arrival of everything. But as soon as as quickly as possible, yes.

I believe the poles are in stock. So they should come fairly quickly. And we have contractors who are lined up to install them. worked a partnership with some contractors who are going to do it for free.

Are they metal poles, did you say that? These are wood poles. Wood poles, okay.

But new wood poles. New wood poles. Our insurance did cover some of this, didn't it?

Yes, you heard Shannon earlier state that we put a budget amendment in for the, or adjustment in for the insurance money that we received for them, yes.

I know there's a lot of golfers that want that driving range open. Okay, I will entertain a motion. Oh, do you have another comment?

Well, I was just going to say, and pretend golfers who need those nets there. That would be me if I golfed. That's me too.

I'm a pretend golfer. Okay, I will entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I make a motion we approve the invoice.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Hanson and a second from Councilwoman Gaucius. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilwoman Gaucius. Aye. Councilman Gossett. Aye. I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 20 are the minutes from the June 3, 2026 work meeting and the June 3, 2026 business meeting. Mr.

Chair, I'll make a motion to approve the minutes.

Second. We have a motion from Councilwoman Gochis and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett. Aye. Councilwoman Gochis. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilman McCall. Aye. I am Councilman Brady. I'm going to abstain. I wasn't here for that meeting, so that passes 4-0. And item 21 is to adjourn at 7.58 p.m.