Remarks by Karen Lang
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“She'll take care of that. Thank you. Okay, speaker two.”
“Okay, thank you. Was there anyone that wished to speak that didn't have an opportunity to sign up?”
“That's all we have. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? Okay. We will close the public comment. Is there any comments from the council? Okay, thank you. We'll go to our consent agenda. We have eight items on our consent agenda this evening. We have the execution of a professional services agreement with RRJ Consulting LLC, a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Justice, execution of an interlocal agreement with Salt Lake County for substance abuse prevention, a contract with Morgan Pavement for the 2026 frictional mastic surface treatment project, and several other of our usual…”
“We have one matter of new business. This would authorize the police department to enter into a high visibility enforcement overtime agreement with the Department of Public Safety, making the West Valley City Police Department a subrecipient eligible for reimbursement of approved traffic safety overtime during fiscal year 2027. The West Valley City Police Department supports continued participation in the program as part of the commitment to reduce serious injury and fatal crashes on city roads. The program allows the department to add traffic enforcement when and where crashes most often…”
“As a reminder, there is a fifth Tuesday this month, so our next regular city council meeting will be held October 13th, 2026. We have no need for a closed session, so just one more matter of business.”
“Yes, I definitely prefer the townhomes over apartments. I think on the townhomes having walkouts prohibited would be a great thing to add to the development agreement. The reason I'm in favor of basements is because storing your Christmas decorations in the basement instead of your garage Too many people load their garage up with things that belong in their basement and then they don't have a place to park their car. And that's a problem we have in neighborhoods around me is they use their garages as storage.”
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
“all right under state law the only matter before the city council this evening are the proposed public tax increase and adoption of the final budget accordingly we will not be approving minutes and there will be no There will not be general public comment period. We will begin with a presentation on the proposed budget followed by a public hearing where anyone wishing to comment on the budget or proposed tax increase will have an opportunity to do so. After the public hearing, the City Council will have the opportunity to discuss the matter and consider any motions. Once the council has…”
“Okay, thank you. All right, I will now open the public hearing. Is there anyone here wishing to speak to this matter? Okay, just come up and give us your name and address.”
“Okay, your time is up, sir. Everybody has five minutes. Okay, thank you. Okay, next speaker.”
“Thank you. Anyone else wish to speak on this matter?”
“Okay, thank you. Anyone else wish to speak? Okay, seeing no other speakers, I will now close the public comment period. And I'll miss Kamek first. Is there anyone online?”
“Okay, I will now close the public hearing and turn the time to the council for discussion or a motion on Resolution 26-89.”
“We have no other business, so we just need one more motion to close the meeting.”