City Council - Regular Meeting

Blackberry.

I'll tell you that I participated in a version.

Can you get a laptop?

Do you have a laptop?

I just don't want you to look for topics. I want to know a little bit about you.

Is that too much to ask? The only thing I also noticed about you is that it's as if the piece is about ... You understand it. Not necessarily every piece. Maybe you don't know that you... I just wanted to ask to be sure. I'm trying to describe you because...

That's the presentation.

That's his pivot.

How are you? I'm fine. You're pretty cool. I didn't even have one with me today.

But I had an end-pullover with me, which was worse.

I got cold and I got up and just took everything off.

Mine are all loaded. We can give them to you.

Take them!

They stay in my little bag and I take them with me. I could have lost them too. Welcome to our city council meeting on August 18, 2026 in Midbell.

You start a little later tonight, but we had a lively discussion Today the Mid-Bell Arts Council was in our workshop. We are looking forward to this discussion at a later time. But we start our city council meeting, as always, with a faithful oath. So if it doesn't matter to you, stand up.

Okay, thank you all. Rory, would you please call the attendance list and see who's there?

Council Member Billings is... Here, Glover is... Robinson is... Brown?

Yes.

And Miklash is... here.

Okay, that's all of us. We have a quorum and can continue. Today we have a report from the Unified Fire Protection Authority. And before Chief K. comes to speak, I would like to welcome 126B, who have joined us. No. Maybe briefly, but we will see. We know that you are doing well. If you go... So we are happy that you were here tonight. Chief K, did something happen in the past?

It was pretty quiet here.

The cord is new.

Oh yes, the cord is new. It's not sunk, that's good. Thank you for the recognition of the crew of 26B. These people were the first in the North Union apartment complex. You had a really fast reaction time. You have done a lot of work on this day. And on that day, you got something for your money. Hard work. A part of my message. So, I'm going to talk a little bit about it, but I also want to honor the crew. You were in this Kelly or Captain Long.

When were you in this building and did you make the pre-plan?

Maybe a few months ago. So you had spent some time there to get to know the building and the foundation and the position of all the standing tubes, as well as the entrances and exits. I just want to thank you for the time you have invested there. And that brings us to our message that I would like to present to you. Our inspection program for multi-family homes. We have been doing this for a few years now. It is part of our overall program to reduce risk for the community. However, it focuses on the protection of residents who live in apartments and other multi-family homes. Since a single fire, as we know, can quickly affect several families, these buildings require special attention in relation to fire alarms, sprinkler systems, exits, fire protection doors, emergency access and other important life-saving security functions. In 2025, the UFA inspected 113 residential buildings and the program for 2026 includes about 195 complexes with 1,092 buildings, These inspections are about more than just keeping regulations. They are about ensuring the safety of people and preventing emergencies before they enter. The inspectors take care of everyday safety concerns, such as the use of grills on balconies and near flammable materials, blocked exits, unsuitable storage, damaged fire protection doors, missing smoke detectors and access to vehicles. The inspectors of the UFA work directly with the owners and managers of real estate, together to identify dangers, carry out safety training and clear up concerns before they lead to an emergency. This proactive approach protects families, improves the safety of firefighters and reduces the risk of a major tragedy from a small incident. We will never know exactly how many fires this program prevents. But we know that it has an effect and our goal is to prevent the tragedy that took its course on July 31st. We shared a small video on the Ufa board meeting this morning. Can we please upload this? I thought that could be interesting for you. These were our P.O. people who have a drone with thermal imaging function. You could let them fly several times during the incident. You could see how large the extent of the fires. I think it took until the next mission. Or it was shorter than expected. That was it. Around 9.30 a.m. We received the call shortly before 8 a.m. So after about one and a half hours. It will be switched to the thermal image in a few seconds. But you can see how big the fire was. When 126 arrived there, you could see that some smoke came from the ceiling or from the roof. But only later in the course of the incident did a fire start. But there was a huge heat and fire. You can see it in this view. Everything orange and red is heat. So you can see how much fire actually breaks out, which you can't see from the other views here. But I think many of you know that 220 of the 20 residential units were inhabited. We were able to get all the people out and document what a success is. The building has fulfilled its purpose. It has lasted long enough for the people to escape. The sprinkler plant is designed so that people can escape in case of fire. And our staff worked hard and diligently. We were in operation for 24 hours. Our troops were uninterrupted for over 72 hours on site until we were able to hand over the fire brigade back to the house administration and the disaster protection authority. I'll gladly answer your questions. I'll also give you the number of troops for the month before we get to it. In July there were a total of 362 calls, of which 87 emergency calls. In addition to the Brandon North Union, on the 24th we had two more fires that were caused by fireworks. One of them took place in West Jordan, after we had declared the address unscrupulous. It was on the other side of the Jordan River, but it first came as an address in Midville and then we had a small one at the Connie Crosby Resource Center. Both had to do with fireworks. That's kind of the end of my report. Would you like to answer any questions? I guess. I can also tell you that we finished the fire report yesterday morning. We already had about 40 requests from grandparents and they have been sent for their fire report since this afternoon. I have made it available to the city administrator so that he has a copy of it that he can pass on to everyone who wants to see it.

So.

Chief, I just wanted to thank you. Of course, first of all, and thank you all. That was definitely a tragedy in our community. As a miracle, there were no injured residents, firefighters, rescuers, animal protection officers, all of them. There was a really stupid mayor who also went to the 4th floor. That was scary. That was scary. And those were days after the fire was extinguished. And it was still very scary to be on the 4th floor. We are just grateful that there were no injured or dead victims in this event. I think it's a miracle that we can say that. We are planning an official honor of the people who were involved in the fire fighting. We will do that on September 1st. We are still working on logistics. But I really want to honor and acknowledge the people from the UFA, the UPD, the animal welfare service and everyone who has done this. While everyone else is running out of the building, everyone who runs into the building deserves an honor. I think I've already told a lot of people, but on July 31, 1% of the entire city population lived in this building. And on the afternoon of July 31, they no longer lived there. And they will never live there again. So these are unimaginable tragedies that occurred. These are personal tragedies for each of these households. It was once again a great luck that none of them was injured. But so many of them simply no longer have the possessions they used to have. So it was really a team effort from the shore and the school district. The main characters of this thing were simply the provision of buildings for mass gatherings of people, first in Hillrest, then at the Union Middle School. The Red Cross, of course, provided people with accommodation, together with 211 Utah and United Way and United Way. The Airbnb vouchers are something that As far as I know, it wasn't used in the state of Utah yet, but the next day we put people in Airbnb accommodation, which was made available to them for free for 10 days. That's just one episode of this tragedy. There are so many inspiring stories. I keep saying how much it bothers me that something like this happens, so that we can first see how great the people who work in our rescue service are, but also how great the people in the community are. People who are committed, who can't give themselves much, but still try to help these residents in every conceivable way. One of the most inspiring stories I've heard is that there are now groups of residents who are collecting money for other residents of the housing complex. People whose properties are secured, who have the feeling that they are doing well and that they will do well. They even collect money for less happy people in their own housing complex. As I said, there are many tragic situations in all this, but I like to draw the good out of it. And there is a lot of good to report from this incident. I know that you were there from the beginning. The P.E.O. of the Ufa, Captain Sen, was also there. I think today I heard that there were hundreds of media requests for interviews. I think he got 99 to 100 of them done. I am very, very grateful, because the people who were affected by this fire immediately wanted to answer from the fire department. They wanted to answer from the city. Our city administrator was also on site for the first few days. He had a very well-planned vacation, which I think started on Sunday. But also our emergency manager Ben Gustasson, whose last day at Midvale was Friday, July 31st. And of course that was not his last day at Midvale. He then worked on it for another four or five days. But it was such a great support and performance of the community that we should be proud of in Midvale, of every single one who reacted to it, whether it was city employees, the city administration, the UFA or the UPD. Thank you very much, Chief, also to all your people and to the animal protection department. I think we are all these people who ran back into the building than all the others have already run out. I would like to have you here on September 1st and let you receive an official recognition. I can't thank you and your team enough. Please convey the best wishes.

And I forgot to express my gratitude to you for the support through the city. You were a great support. Not only did the city's employees ask for everything we needed, they also came to the end of work. The cooperation was excellent, but also the citizens. In Midville, food, ice, water and drinks came like out of nowhere to the Dismissed Parking Area to look after our firefighters. We know the support and the great reaction. To appreciate the citizens who not only helped us, but also the inhabitants there. So yes, thank you very much.

Are there any questions for Chief Kerr?

I don't have any questions. I just wanted to repeat what you said, Mr. Mayor. I don't really have to say more about it. I think you reported about it, but I just wanted to say that I live across the apartment complex and have been watching you all day. I took care of the residents with their power outages and similar problems. I just wanted to say that it was really incredible what you have done, what you have built up and how you have protected the other residents and the other apartment complexes. Thank you very much. From our point of view, everything went well. Thank you very much for that. I just want to repeat what Mayor Bonny has already said. I thank you all for your service. I find it enormously important that we came out of it without human losses in a building of this size. I think it is your duty to be careful in advance and probably also to thank afterwards. Thank you very much for your time and your service.

And let's not forget that you also saved Toast Malone. One of the inspiring stories that has now made it into the headlines nationwide. The cat was found in one of the apartments in the fourth floor three days later. Maybe we can get Toast Malone in here on September 1st. Okay, I'm on it. Again, thank you very much. We appreciate that very much. Let's move on to the public comments. If someone wants to give a public comment now, please get in touch. We'll give you three minutes and promise not to bite. Wenn sich niemand meldet, gehen wir zu den Berichten des Rates über. Wir beginnen mit Bezirk 1, Ratsmitglied Bonny Billings.

I would like to thank everyone who has moved on to the brand. I have already said what I wanted to say, but thank you very much. And we are talking about the citizens and how the citizens reacted. I think you know that there are only residential buildings in this area and many people do not know each other, but that has also led to connections, because people have tried to be there for each other and to help and support each other. So this tragedy has also produced a few glimpses in our community.

Yes, that's a very good point. Many residents of the North Union Apartments tell me again and again that they regret not getting to know their neighbors until it happened. Many of them say that they have lifelong friendships with the people they have lived with. Everyone is busy with their own life. They go home and switch on their favorite show. Unfortunately, this has resolved this moment, but these are the stories that bring us the most. Now we come to district 2. Council member Paul Glover.

I would also like to thank all officers for their help, both with the police and with the fire department. It was heart-wrenching to see how this building collapsed. In addition, West Nile virus is spreading in our area. But we have to be careful. In Utah, we had seven cases of West Nile virus in people. So far, everyone in the country is on the path to improvement, although several people have died from West Nile. So seriously, to give you an idea, we have about The number is extremely high. So be careful when you go out. Ask for mosquito repellent when you go to a place where it is necessary. They don't want to get infected. It's not a good disease that you can catch. And if you have standing water in tires or ponds or wherever, you have to get rid of it right away. But we have it under control and mosquito repellent does everything to get it under control. But it's there. That's it, mayor.

Okay. Thank you, council member. District 3, council member Heidi Robinson.

Thank you, mayor. I just wanted to express my appreciation and gratitude to the first aid workers. And also for the fact that the inhabitants immediately started to behave in social media and in other ways. I just found it heart-wrenching to see how something good could come out of such a great tragedy. I also wanted to recognize that. And then I would also like to thank everyone who came to the Harvest Days Parade. As we know, we had to make some changes in the schedule. It will be postponed to Saturday, October 3rd from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will take place with bingo. That's the question I'm asked most often. Will there be bingo? There will be bingo. So, get your jackets out as an announcement, Mr. Mayor. It's time.

There is. No problem. Do this. Actually, there will be some. I'm just kidding. I just wanted to comment on how you stole the topic that I wanted to deal with in my manager report.

But the fact that we actually have a lot to fight about, I am grateful for any help that you can give me in this regard, is that we don't really know how to call it exactly.

Did Mariah have this concrete suggestion?

I don't want to get you into trouble, but we'll let Milly talk about it. That's what I thought. So, well, we'll talk about it.

As always, we'll talk about it. So, the harvest day is on October 3rd. Thank you. That's all I have, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Council Member Robinson.

District 4, Council Member Brian Brown. Just a few things. You know, I would like to follow up with all the officials who have helped. I was willing to help as a one-day fireman, but no one asked me to. You know, but I also want to thank the city, because I have the feeling that the employees will be heroes here. Because Matt was not only at many more events than he probably had registered. I am sure that you have to do with many angry or upset inhabitants. That applies to the entire staff. I appreciate that. And in that sense, I think that it was the right decision to postpone the harvest days, but that also means more work for the city and the employees. And I just have the feeling that every time we ask you to grow beyond your conditions without asking questions, I don't hear complaints. Well, you don't complain about me either, honey. So, I'm just very grateful to you. I'm grateful to the fire department and the police for doing this. I'm grateful to everyone here who has helped on the side of the city, you know that. Make Midwelt a special place. Thank you. One more thing that I noticed last time, and some people have reported to me, is that we have to think about the development in Maine, you know, in the direction and also with the transfer station, whether we should install a left turn ramp from the center when they come from the west. Because people are now turning left to drive along Main Street and get to all the new Garbeth houses. When I arrived here today, it was stowed back until the fire station on the middle lane. And you are the only ones on this intersection who don't have their own left lane. So you only let two cars through. You know, then you have to wait a whole round, because the traffic lights there are somehow sober. Because the north-south direction drives in the opposite direction. We might have to do something for the east-west area or something like that. But the more we build in this hill, the more people have to take the road. Someone contacted me. I mean, you can't really notice it when I'm almost at the fire station, which also raises concerns. View of the fire station. And it could also be that it only happens at 5 p.m. or something. Not anymore. We should take a look at that. I experienced that myself. You definitely are.

Okay. Thank you, council member. District 5, council member Denise Mikolesch.

I sometimes have the feeling that we are dealing with a topic that makes me a little nervous.

I would also like to say once again that I would like to thank all the services that have helped with the brand and also with the shops and the residents. We were at a few donation events and the people just came from all corners and it was great. But while all this was going on, I have to say a few thanks to the employees because they do great work. Wir hatten eine Frage bezüglich des Friedhofs, die die Mitarbeiter sofort annahmen und die wir innerhalb eines Tages beantworten sollten. Brandon hier war beim letzten Mal nicht dabei, aber er hat mir bei einigen Anliegen von Anwohnern bezüglich der Bauarbeiten, Straßenbauarbeiten geholfen und sie sagten, dass sie sich durch die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm besser informiert und kommunikativer fühlten. Ich weiß, die Arbeit, die er dort geleistet hat, also sehr zu schätzen. Auch die Durchsetzung der Vorschriften. Ich bekomme jeden Monat ein Update von Ihnen und es ist erstaunlich, was eine Person für uns tun und unsere Stadt verschönern kann. And the last shout goes to Gerrit, who always helps with everything. But the last shout goes to the Planning Commission. In the meeting last week, a lot of points were discussed that will come to us. And I think the Planning Commission has done a good job by asking the right questions and really investigating how this will affect our community, how this will affect our community. I appreciate that you took the time to deal with it, especially with regard to the area around Jordan Bluffs, which is growing very quickly. Many thanks to all employees for everything you do. I appreciate that.

Yes, we have the best employees in the entire federal state. I will certainly say more if we take the official recognition of the Brand in North Union and the reconstruction measures taken there into account. But you know, I have to say that Matt and I both spent a late Friday evening with it to make sure that those of us who stayed in hotels safely came to their rooms So Matt and I sat on chairs in the lobby and waited for the people we knew would come to the hotel. And you know, this will be one of the memories that I take with me from this event, you know that I was with these families and made sure that they came safely into their hotel rooms. Because those were the ones who, without our accommodation in hotels, would have slept on a Red Cross trailer in the Union Middle School gym, which we definitely didn't want. There were a couple with a six-week-old baby that was supposed to be one of the three children who stayed at CS. And Matt and I worked out a plan how we could put them in hotel rooms for Friday night and Saturday night. And fortunately, some of them got Airbnb accommodation. The program was incredible again, but we really have employees who grow out of themselves. The two of them are sitting right next to me, one at the back, one at the side. We know everything about what they're doing. Quickly two things. We had employees, I'll call them employees, depending on what I hear. But today we had people from Senator Mike Lee's office here, from the Utah Main Street Alliance. We took them on a tour through Main Street and, as everyone who sees our Main Street, they were all overwhelmed by what we did. They already asked how we did it. I told them that most of it is witchcraft and witchcraft. But again, it's the employees who made Main Street possible. And if the employees of the office of a US senator say what a great job we have done with our main road, then everyone up here deserves a great praise, the staff, the staff and the council. I think Paul had this vision for about 20 years. Paul accompanied us today on this tour. Thank you, Stadtrat Glover, for being there. That was a really nice event. I don't want to steal the show. Will you talk about the law against harassment? So we had a meeting with legislators and the City and Community Association of Utah at the same time to improve our laws against harassment motels in Utah. Spoiler alert! There are only very few who make it easy for a city to close a motel, from which we know that it threatens public safety. So we are looking for a legal solution. We have a deputy who is a former public prosecutor. So he knows what we have to do with some of these property violations. So we hope we had a meeting today. He was there, the police chief of South Salt Lake, and we had representatives from Provo. So we're really trying, and the UPD was there too, we're really trying to put some pressure on the legislator to sharpen these regulations and have more control over the public safety aspect.

So we look forward to the next legislative period.

Today was a busy day here in the town hall, but the Red Cross has also completed its operations here in the town hall, I think over the weekend. You definitely don't want to experience something like that in the town hall. Oh, there are the Red Cross's helpers here. But we are so glad that you were here. We were glad that you were also finished. I got an update from you today. You have opened about 160 cases. If you think about the 220 units that were inhabited at this time, far more than 75% had an open case with the Red Cross. So far, they were able to conclude 100 of them. That's good, because that means these people don't need any further support. In other cases, work is still being done. According to my calculations, there are about 60 of them who need ongoing support. However, we are happy to be able to report that no one lives without a home or a life situation on the street without our knowledge. We are very happy about this and we also have to bow down to the people of the Red Cross because they were mobilized from the beginning and were here for about 13 days to help the people. I am very grateful for these efforts. But that's from my side. We now come to the report of the city manager. City manager Matt Dahn.

Thank you. First of all, I would like to thank you all for the kind words you had for the employees this evening. I think... It feels like that and I'm sure you feel the same way about your job. But maybe there was a time in your career when things were going a little slower and then you took a ride again.

But it feels as if our daily rhythm through the changes we get from the legislator and so on is getting faster and faster. Mariah had a lot of additional things that she had to do in relation to finances and taxes. The household process is always complicated, but through these additional things she got more to do.

While we were talking about other topics tonight, Jeremy told us about a water lake in Cottonwood, south of 7200 South. Our teams are currently working to fix the problem.

But we never know when these lags will occur.

We never know when the fires will come. And there are always such things coming at us. And it always seems as if nothing would slow down. It just gets faster. And as far as the quality of our crew is concerned, which was mentioned, I think that's true. And we have definitely seen that people are committed to solving problems in the community. Thank you. But anyway, I appreciate your friendly words again. To these exes. In this sense, as far as people are concerned, who are committed and do a lot for us. We have already mentioned them. And have praised the work that she does for us, with the changes that she makes at the events, through which people get to know Mitwell. Tonight we are hunting Pokémon. If you come to the front and want to talk a little, I should let you know that Heidi has already stolen some information. But just talk as if she hadn't said anything about it yet.

I believed it. You stole it, Heidi. But in addition to that, I will also bring you to what you wanted to treat a little bit.

Could you talk a little bit about the blood?

Oh, you're so into it. I like Reach for Teams. I thought it was the statistics anyway.

The Pokémon and then what we intend to do in the future with Tasty Tuesdays or food trucks. And then the harvest days. Treat the cooler version.

Yes, that's what we call the cooler version. Did I miss the part? Did I call it the cooler version?

It's not official yet, but it might be the best.

And this is Mariah. And our time is running out, right? Well, yes.

You know, we have to stick to the harvest somehow.

The harvest is over.

I tried to think of something like B9 or something like that, because bingo comes from it, but I didn't think of anything.

Wait. No. You got it right the other day. What did you say? Today is B9. Wait, no. Who had it? Ah, okay.

This is one of my most important bingo announcements. We'll see, because there is bingo. Vorher und nachher, bla bla bla. Bleibt dran.

Ich habe dieses Jahr neue, die startklar sind.

Ähm, ja. Wir haben letzten Dienstag eine Blutspendeaktion durchgeführt, glaube ich. Ein großer Erfolg. Die Zusammenarbeit mit uns hat Ihnen sehr gefallen. Sie haben... Sie müssen mir die Zahlen nochmal auffrischen. Komma eins eins gesenzt. I think the biggest thing is that we exceeded expectations in terms of the amount of blood.

And I don't make jokes about it.

And this evening, a man came to me and said, hey, Pokémon are pretty big. Can we take part in your Tasty Tuesday event? Coincidentally, we had nothing else planned for this event than live music every Tuesday. Yes, we have clarified the details with you and you are now there. It's going well. I wouldn't say it's full, but I would say it's going well and the sellers seem to have a good time. Yes, we could do another round of Pokémon, I think. And next week is our last Tasty Tuesday. With live music and the last one. Yes, Heidi says. It's on. Harvest days. The cooler harvest days. There was a lot of work involved. I have to say, it's never the goal to cancel an event. I support the fact that we did it. I think it was the right decision, especially after the parade and the heat in the morning. I can't imagine that volunteers and employees are in the park in the afternoon sun when it's the hottest. But that was never the goal. It even takes more work to cancel an event than to carry it out. First of all, I would like to say that Matt was a great help. Caitlin was a real enrichment for me during the entire harvest days. I don't think she's here, but when we cancel, it's about the payment. Who would pay? How can we book the payment? The whole logistics that is connected to it. And she was a great help. Although she is not here, Caitlin was a great enrichment for me. And Becky from the finance department, I asked her so many questions like, Hey, did you issue the check? Did you keep the check? So you know everything, because some of the sellers can come back, so we kept the check so that we can pay them on site, as was originally planned. Becky and Caitlin were very generous. And then met amongst the fire and all the things he does when he listens to me and asks him, what do you think about it? So based on the whole logistics, the timetable and the staff is the best appointment we have found to come to the salesman. We have staff that can be there, the park is free, it is Saturday, October 3rd and we plan from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., where the core of the event takes place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. So we could maintain the core activities. So we were able to keep up with all the family-friendly aspects of the event. We were able to keep up with bingo, which I am personally very happy about. It is a great success and I am very happy about the prizes. Caitlin and I have chosen them all. Now we want to see how we cut them off. So we keep up with the bingo. Still two hours. We do the fireworks and the activities for children are still the two shoals and tail shows and the reptilian trailer. All the jumping ropes that Battlestone and DJ Andy come and lay on. the three hours should work. And that's why I can ask a few questions like, why don't we invite any bands? Bingo takes two hours and the people have to be able to hear well. In addition, the venue doesn't have to take up the entire park, because we don't need any 8-bit cars anymore. We kept it intimate and kept the sense of community. That's why we reduced everything around the pavilion and the community center. In this sense, we have to pay close attention to noise. The DJ will set up at the children's activities and then we have food trucks. And then, yes, we will let the evening ring out at 7.15 p.m. with a firework. 7.15 p.m., because at 7 p.m. it gets dark. But bingo, we will postpone it from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. instead of right at the beginning, as we do with the Harvest Days, so that people can let it ring out in the park on their Saturday. From 7 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. people have a buffer at the bingo by going to the field, for example. Or they can look at everything. Otherwise, we try to put bands down. We booked three, but basically it wouldn't be advantageous at a three-hour event. We would have to hire a recording company to bring them on stage, but it's not directly at the venue. So we talked to every band and will try to use them at other events and or next year. At the end of the day, all regular sellers have about three hours of time. They only had two and a half because the sun goes down so slowly. So they have to be there from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. So we don't have electricity and we can't set up generators to give them the lighting for the demolition. The last thing we want is for people to stumble over things and drive into the park in the dark with their cars. Toi toi toi, every seller was very understanding and I offered them a pass for Light Up Main. So they only know, hey, you did things for the harvest days. Bring them to Light Up Main or raise them for next year, because you're on the list for next year. But they still have to apply. We still have to collect all the information. But we gave them a choice. So it doesn't just mean, hey, I'm sorry. So knock on wood, so far the bands and everyone else were very welcoming and very grateful to have a second option. But yes, we have a good feeling about the staff. We are satisfied with what we have. And Laura works in marketing. Do you have any questions? Be nice. Do you have anything else for me? Thank you for the new design and that you really work hard on it. I'm really grateful for it. I know the wife of the fireworks artist by experience. Oh yes, I talked to you about it. An old friend I hadn't seen in a long time said, we are so grateful that you moved it. It would have been worth it in the heat. Oh, and you started building at 9 in the morning. You just said that was it and said that was our highlight event of the year. But you completely understand why we did that.

Oh, that's Chuck. Oh yes. Your husband, he's the hammer. So that's great. Keep it up, team.

I think the last thing I want to say is that Millie definitely has a personality. When it gets stressful and we try to make decisions and stuff like that, then she actually becomes cooler when stress arises, which is... A great management strategy. That's pretty impressive. As always, I just wanted to bring you to the latest stand and thank you, Millie, for everything you've done and... Yes, thank you for... ...the new events you brought us.

Of course. Thank you, guys. Thank you.

Thank you, Millie. With that, I end my presentations for tonight.

All right. Thank you, City Administrator Doll. We now come to the agenda. We have an appointment tonight. We are dealing with the protocols from July 21, August 11, 2026. Is there an application for approval of the agenda? I apply to approve the agenda.

Second.

Okay, we have an application and a second application. Rory would like to present her list.

Black member Brown. Yes. Me. Billings. Clever, hello. And Robinson.

Okay, that's agreed. We have four measures tonight. First, we want to check the resolution under 2026, with which the second amendment of the Ahron Development Agreement is approved by signature. Elizabeth is here to discuss this. Welcome, Elizabeth.

Danke. Okay, das sollte Ihnen bekannt vorkommen. Wir haben das vor ein paar Sitzungen besprochen. Ich gebe Ihnen eine kurze Zusammenfassung. Dies ist die Website für die Projekte. Direkt an Estate Street entsteht eine Reihenhaussiedlung mit 27 Wohneinheiten. Unser Gespräch drehte sich vor allem um das rot markierte Gebäude, das sich an der westlichsten Grundstücksgrenze befindet.

We talked about changes to the building height and changes to the buffer zones for the landscape design.

After you asked us to deal with some modifications with the contractor, we did that and presented it to you this evening. It is particularly important to note that we have increased the height from 33 feet to 35 feet. And then there were a few changes to the buffer zone for the landscape design. We pointed out that the trees have to be selected from a guideline that we already have for the selection of street trees. We thought that would be applicable here. We have banned pillars or pyramid-shaped trees to give them this buffer and the landscape the leaf roof. So we have banned these forms. We have set a minimum distance for healthy tree growth and to create a nice buffer between the two, the minimum distance we have discussed. Besides, we have limited the percentage of individual tree species to no more than 50 percent for the event of diseases or things like these would not affect the entire buffer. And then I have a request, unless you have any questions.

Okay, that was very short, but we had a pretty lively discussion about it before. Any questions for Elisabeth or the staff?

Thank you. You're welcome. We absolutely have to finish this project. We don't want it to get stuck again and again. And I think that's a good compromise.

Thank you.

Any more questions? Well, I know that in the future I will use the words column-shaped and pyramid-shaped. Fan, I wrote them down. Um, those are great words.

Only if you don't want them to mislead you. Well, uh, the application is on the board so that the council can advise on it.

Mayor, I apply for the resolution 2026 R44 to approve the second amendment of the Iron Development Agreement to be approved by signature. Okay, we have an application.

One second. Rory, we call the A's and A's.

Councilman Geet Malasch. Billings. Blubber. I. Robinson. And Brown.

Okay, that's agreed. Let's go on. Action point B, review of the decision 2026, year 2041, which empowers the mayor to conclude an inter-communal agreement on the purchase and sale of real estate with Sandy City. Kate is here to discuss this. Welcome, Kate.

Thank you, mayor. Thank you, council. We have already presented this to the Council for Discussion, but now we are finally conducting the transaction. Just a quick overview. We are considering the purchase of the property, which is marked exactly here on the map in red. At the moment, this property belongs to Sandy City. It is located within the city limits of Midvale and runs along the Jordan and Salt Lake City Canal. At some point last year, Sandy City turned to the city of Midvale to see if we wanted to buy this property, because they knew that we were working on a study on the canal route. We have provided them with a formal offer to buy the property that Sandy City has accepted. Sandy City has now prepared an agreement on the sale of such a property and we advise them for approval. Another brief overview of the impact on the community and why it would be in our interest to buy this property. The employees are of the opinion that this would support this long-term vision of a continuous regional hiking trail that would connect Midville with Murray in the north and Sandy in the south. It would provide us with direct property and control over a future hiking route section. And it also contributes to improving our opportunities for leisure and active close-distance traffic. The most important condition of the agreement, the purchase price, is 15,000. Sandy City would transfer the property to us via a quick transfer certificate. They would demand that we complete the purchase within 30 days after the signing of this agreement and that Miele City pays all the costs associated with it and the property insurance. Once again, the financial impact of the purchase price is 15,000. The city employees recommend that we complete a property insurance for this. In the conversation with Sandy City, he did not have much information about ... former services and similar things. That is why we believe that it is probably in our best interest to obtain this guideline. The estimated costs are estimated at 600 euros. If you have any questions, I am happy to answer them. Otherwise, the application will be displayed on the screen.

Thank you, Kate. Are there any questions from the Council? Okay, the application is for consultation.

I request that we pass the rules and call it a resolution. 2026 R45 to approve, which empowers the mayor to conclude an inter-communal agreement on the purchase and sale of real estate with Sandy City. I approve.

Approve and approve. Rory, would you open the A's and A's?

Council Member Billings? Clover. Robinson? Brown. And me?

Okay, that's agreed. I am looking forward to the implementation of the inter-municipal agreement. We go to point C over. Examination and resolution 2026-1840, approval of the fifth change of contract for the project street sanitation work 2022 to 2027 to 2027 with Kilgore Contracting. Addressed to the nine. Is our city construction engineer Brandon Anderson. Brandon?

Thank you, mayor. Some people liked my blue shirt, so I thought I'd change it.

The mayor forced you to change the suit. What is that? The mayor forced you to change the suit. Oh, okay. Fortunately, you had a spare suit in your office that you had prepared. I don't have the film, but it's really not a big film. But what happens in this contract is originally included in our budget for road surface management. When we put them together, we initially had estimates of how much we would spend in the five years from 2022 to 2022 to 2025. These estimates have increased more than expected due to Covid and the current prices. So, all I'm asking for is an increase in price. We have it in the estate, our current estate, for the maintenance of road documents. I pay for it every year. This is only to increase the order and the contract amount, so that we can continue to work on the project that has already been approved.

Okay, thank you, Brennan. Any questions from the council? And the application is on the board for consultation.

I request that we issue the business order and the Resolution under 2026 R6640 for the approval of the fifth contract change with Kilgore Contracting for the execution of the contract on the establishment of road documents from 2022 to 2027. Two. Okay, we have one application and a second one.

Rory, we call them A's and A's.

Herzmitgliedlauer. Robinson. Eyebrow. Me. And Billings?

Okay, that's agreed. Thank you, Brandon. On the podium is Brandon Anderson for action point D, consultation of the resolution 20.9.2026 for the approval of the first contract change for 2020 project for the agreement of betonite plantings from the year 2027. Brandon.

This is very similar to the last project, except that we are working on the geowheels and boulders here. This project was a percentage Because we have invested 200,000 to 215,000 US dollars in the maintenance of railways, platforms and tracks. Therefore, the percentage is simply higher. The other project had a budget of 800,000 US dollars per year. We will find out that this is a difference, but it has the same effect. It tries to bring more concrete in the form of sidewalks, boulders and ruts into this program in order to be able to pay for it.

Thank you, Brandon. Are there any questions from the council? Okay, the application is on the board.

Herr Bürgermeister, ich beantrage, dass wir die Regeln aussetzen und die Resolution 2026 R 47 verabschieden, mit der die erste Vertragsänderung mit Quicksilver zur Ausführung von die Vereinbarung über Betoninstandsetzungsleistungen von 2027 bis 2027 bis 2027.

Okay, wir haben einen Antrag und jetzt weiter. Rory, würdest du die Ja- und Nein-Stimme aufrufen?

Ratsmitglied Robinson. I Brown. Mich. Billings. Klover.

Okay, that's agreed. Uh, thank you. We don't have a closed session tonight, so I'm looking for a motion to adjourn. Dalli?

Motion to adjourn.

Second?

Okay, we have a motion and a second. And everyone for adjournment says yes. Aye. Is there an opposition?

Okay, our city council meeting is over. We have a meeting of the renovation authority, which should actually take place. All right. Well, welcome everyone. As a miracle, we are back as a renovation agency of Mid-Bell City on August 18th, 2026. Rory, would you call the attendance list to see who's still there?

Member of the board, Glover. Billings, here. Here, Brown. And Robinson.

That's good. None of us left, that's good. At present.

No public comment. Is there anyone else while the two members of the public go? Come back if you want to express yourself. Since no one is reporting, we move on to the approval agenda. We have a point that we have to deal with in the protocol from July 21, 2020. Please make an application to approve the approval agenda.

I apply to approve the approval agenda. Go ahead.

Okay, we have an application without time. Rory, we call the yes and no votes.

Member of the board Brown?

Yes.

Nicolash? I think so. Binks? Robinson, yes.

It feels weird.

It just feels weird.

Do you want to try it again? No? Okay, that's agreed. Thank you.

We have one. It's too early to be so alber. It's 1.37 now. Your time.

We have one more point to edit tonight, which comes back to us from earlier discussions. We check the decision of the office. In 2002, the RDA, which granted the approval for the completion of a five-year contract with Craft Lake City for the issuance of the annual Letter West Conference. Kate, it's me. Welcome.

Uh, yes. Uh, thank you, board. Uh, Moira did a great job, in my opinion, when she presented it at the last RDA session. So I won't go into too much detail.

Uh, Moira wouldn't have had this problem.

That's... Wow! That's the wrong one. Apparently we're also really mean. The RDA is a completely different group of people.

Here come the cranes into play. Board against council.

So I won't go into too much detail about the past Craftlake City Letter West conferences, except to say that they were really successful. We are considering extending their contract. The contract changes are coming for these compared to earlier contracts. It will be five years, in contrast to the three years. And then we have a clause that provides an annual increase of 3 percent to keep up with the inflation rate. And the amounts that we would provide for these five years are displayed on the screen. The various parties are responsible for this. This has not changed compared to the past. We take care of the budget. We will exchange with them, communicate and work together. We monitor the contract, evaluate their reporting and help them with the integration of stakeholders. And in essence, Craft Lake City will do the rest. You will do everything necessary for the organization of the event. You will bring the speakers. You will bring the participants. And then 5% of the ticket sales after the event will be paid to the RDA to use them for the arts. And if the staff or RDA board has questions, I will gladly answer them. Otherwise, I have submitted the recommended application at the top.

Kate, I have a question. The 5% of the ticket sales go back to the RDA. Have we already done that? Have we done that in the past? Which percentage? That comes to you spontaneously. Do you know what that looks like?

I don't want to guess because I think I would go crazy, but I think these are information that we can easily obtain and provide to the RDA board. AG. I would say that it has increased every year, but I don't know the exact amount and I don't want to try to guess how high it is. That's a couple of hundred dollars.

I would almost say it would be a thousand, but quote me.

And I think we're collecting.

You obviously don't have a problem with that. It's probably not considerable, but there is also a certain amount of accountability, right? So that people have to drive, but we too. It affects our numbers. If you help us to advertise for it, you help to get more tickets.

Ah well. I tell you that you all still wanted to withdraw money from your event. No, I think that's totally fine, but if you want to get rid of the 5%, if you know that it might be a few hundred. But we are definitely happy to have you. I can't believe that in five years, 2032, if you look at the graphics you uploaded. It seems like it was 20 years ago, but wow, depressing. Um, any more questions for Kate? If not, the application is up to you.

Okay, we have an application right away. I'm going to ask Garrett very quickly. I usually don't see the word say goodbye.

Is that acceptable to say goodbye?

Gerrit says okay. Okay, we have an application right away. Rory, we call the yes-no vote.

Member of the board, Robinson. Because you went. Jay.

Brown. Olaf. And Billy.

Okay, that will be taken unanimously. We don't have a closed session for the RDA tonight, so I apply for an application at the meeting.