City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, it's 7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5th, 2026. The Tooele City Council's meeting, this says and the Tooele City Water Special Service District, so Tooele City Council and the Tooele City Water Special Service District is meeting in a business meeting 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. United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Our second item is a roll call. Councilman Gossett? Present. Councilwoman Gochis? Present. Councilman Hanson?

Present.

And he's joining us by phone. Councilman McCall?

Present. Present.

And I'm Councilman Brady, and I'm also present. Item three is an America 250 tribute to the Tooele Elks Lodge 1673, presented by Marisa Manzio, the mayor.

Okay, Council, you know, as you know, we've been doing America 250 tributes all year long. And just different, trying to think of different things that celebrate America 250 or reflect the American spirit. And tonight we wanted to recognize the Tooele Elks Club as our America 250 tribute due to their generous contributions and their service in the community. So that's why we're recognizing them tonight. And I'm going to turn around and talk to them instead of you. So, sorry. So the Tooele Elks has been and continues to be highly active in our community since 1945. Here in Tooele there are 450 plus Elks members. The Tooele Veterans Memorial Park was created through a partnership involving the Tooele Elks, Tooele City, and local citizens. The Elks host a Memorial Day program here every year. They partner with the Tooele Downtown Alliance and hold a Flag Day ceremony in June. For decades, the Tooele Elks has had a booth in the Tooele City Park after the 4th of July parade. They partner every year with the Tooele County Justice Center to help provide Christmas to families in need, and they hold a cancer golf scramble annually, supporting a local citizen to help pay for their medical expenses. They sponsor projects and activities at the Tooele Senior Center Citizen Center. They offer scholarships for high school seniors. They hold an annual free throw contest known as the Elks Hoop Shoot for children ages 8 to 13. And their most recent contributions to the community have helped sponsor the awards for the Special Needs Rodeo, as well as their donation to the Ochre Hills Youth Golf Program. And you can see a picture up here. They recently made a contribution to the Junior Golf Program that will provide scholarships for five or six youth in that program. And finally, we wouldn't do justice if we didn't mention Camp Wapiti that's located in Settlement Canyon on Tooele City property. It's not entirely a Tooele Elks project. It's a Utah Elks major project, but it's owned by the Elks. And through their many charitable endeavors, they provide an opportunity for youth, the ability to attend summer camp. Youth who are facing a variety of medical challenges. I know they just recently had a burn unit there for a camp. The week before that, I was able to attend the Little Warriors camp for just a few hours. It's for families who have lost a parent in action or have suffered a loss related to PTSD. It was a great camp. The families got together and did lots of fun activities and were able to share their experiences. And I know I benefited from it, and I wasn't even one of them. The Elks are committed to building a better community through their charitable work. And we could not do all of these things without their charitable work. So I would like to invite our Elks members up to the front. And we just have this plaque as a little plaque of appreciation for you and all the efforts you've done in the city. I think we should get the council in the picture too so if you could just stand up. That would be great. Do we want to be behind it or do you want us? The elves are very appreciative of this. Do we want to slide over a little bit? We can squish.

Thanks. Thank you. Do we have windows? There we go.

Wonderful.

Thank you so much.

Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you. Thank you.

Appreciate you.

They don't have anything to say because they do. So thank you. You do. Thank you. Thank you.

We'll move on to item four, which is the public comment period. The public comment period is an opportunity for residents to address the city council. Comments will be limited to no more than three minutes per person unless additional time is authorized by the governing body. We ask that you state your name into the mic and then you sign the paper by Shiloh. The time is now the public's. Seeing no one come forward, I will close the public comment period. We'll move on to item five, which is resolution 2026-52, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving a water certificate and land donation agreement with OKOA Capital LLC. TWLA 90 LLC and the TWLA City Water Special Service District for the acceptance of approximately 177.9 acres of real property and regulation of 161 acre feet of water rights credits presented by Matthew Johnson, the City Attorney.

Thank you, Chairman. Thank you, Council. Those longer titles give me more time to get up here. Resolution 2026.52 is for your consideration of an agreement between the parties, the Tula City, the special water, special service district, Okeo Capital and Tula 90. This addresses a situation, I know that the council is aware of this and of the agreement already, but for the public's benefit, There was a piece of property there is a piece of property on the south side of town near one o'clock hill that a Couple of things one is it was it was difficult To find anything appropriate for that particular piece of property and on on the other hand there were some water right credits that were tied specifically to this property and uh, kudos to the developer for reaching out to the city for, to try to find a creative solution. Uh, I think this is a good one. This is a agreement whereby, um, the title to the property will actually go to the city. Um, the use of the property will be restricted to, um, uh, purposes that are recreational municipal or, or other public purpose, which at least speaking for city staff, I think is, is appropriate anyway for this particular property. Um, And then the water rights that are currently tied to this particular piece of property will, that agreement will be amended by Novation and those water right credits will be able to be used. They have to be used within the city and then a certain portion has to be used in a priority area that is kind of an infill area for the city where I think it makes sense to encourage development because there's already development surrounding and it just makes sense to fill in those other spots rather than the more expensive places. So I think it is a win-win for the parties and I'm happy to answer any questions. My understanding is we have representation from the developer here as well if you have any questions for them.

Okay, are there any questions or comments? Okay. Thank you. I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we accept Resolution 2026-52, a resolution by Tooele City Council approving a water certificate and land donation agreement with OKOA Capital LLC and Tooele 90 LLC and the Tooele City Water Special Service District for the acceptance of approximately 177.9 acres of real property and regulation of 161 acre feet of water right credits. 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.

Council, Chair, can I just say something? I would just like to express appreciation to the representatives for OKOA. I think they came with a difficult situation, and we've made the best of it. And I appreciate that. I mean, the city kind of shot high in the negotiations, and I think we settled in a good place. And keeping that water in the infill, some of that water in the infill, is really beneficial to the city, as well as this open space. You know, we've had this room packed with people before saying they didn't want the development there and this will help. This is a great thing for our city.

Thank you. Item 6 is Resolution 2026-53, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving and ratifying an agreement with Judge Netting Mountain West for the installation of golf course netting on 17 newly installed wooden poles at Ochre Hills Golf Course, presented by Darwin Cook, the Parks and Recreation Director.

Thank you, counsel. A little background on this. As many of you know, back in February, a storm went through Tooele with some heavy wind that took out the entire east side of the driving range. Between now and then, we have been working with our insurance company to get that covered under our policy. They've agreed to cover a portion of that damage so that we could move forward with the improvement on that. The 12th City, we actually on our own purchased the poles. We entered into a service agreement with Rocky Mountain Power who installed the poles and the poles are actually ready to now be netted. We did send this out to bid. We had several contractors request the bid documents. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I'm not sure which, we Only received one bid back from Judge Netting. We have done work with them before. They are a very reputable vendor that we've actually used before for our netting products in the amount of $92,930. In this agreement, they have already come onto site. They have measured the newly installed poles. The net, just so you know, is made specifically to the location of where the poles are sitting. So they come, measure the entire thing. They actually do it with the drone and with some AI technology. And all the guy wires and everything are built into the net when they manufacture the net. So this resolution is actually to ratify a vote that you have previously taken to approve this contract so that the vendor could move forward with getting the net made. It takes about four weeks before they'll have it here. Their goal is to actually have this installed the first week of September. We're really shooting to have the driving range back open on Labor Day weekend. So any questions related to this?

So any questions or comments? I'll entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I make a motion that we approve Resolution 2026-53, a resolution to allow the City Council approving and ratifying an agreement with the judge netting Mount Woonwax for the installation of golf course netting and 17 newly installed wooden poles at Oakley Hills Golf Course.

I 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.

Aye.

Councilman McCall? Aye. And Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0.

Thank you.

Thanks, Darwin. Item 7 is Resolution 2026-54, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with LensLock Inc. for police cameras, video systems, cloud storage, software, and related services, presented by Adrian Day, the police chief.

Thank you, Council. We have the system currently. It was a five-year contract, I believe, and we have a year and a half left about. The biggest complaint about this system is we were losing some recordings. They have since fixed that problem with the current cameras we have. They've come out with a new one. It's new and improved. It's more rugged. The battery, our biggest complaint is from patrol not lasting 12 hours. When you go to charge one of these, That's when you need it. That's when you don't have it. That's when something happens. This one has two batteries that come with it. It has a discharge station at the bottom. You can pop it out and put one in, and it'll continue recording for that 10 seconds. So you can charge while you're using it. We've tried one for several weeks, and it does last longer, the single battery. So it looks like a good improvement. The problem is we have to do another five-year contract. We're paying about 47,000 a year. This one will be 55,817, $55,817. So there is an increase, but we are getting more cameras too. So most of this, I'm not paying anything currently out of my budget. This is all coming from alcohol funds we're getting from the state and grants. We expect that to continue, at least with body-worn cameras, not car ones. So if there's any questions, I can take them from you.

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

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we approve Resolution 2026-54, a resolution of the Tula City Council approving an agreement with LensLock Incorporated for police cameras. video systems, cloud software storage, and related services.

Second. We have a motion from Councilwoman Gochis and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take a vote. Councilman McCall.

Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye.

Councilwoman Gochis. Aye. Councilman Gossett. Aye. Councilman Brady. And I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thanks, Chief. Item 8 is Resolution 2026-56, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Holbrook Asphalt Company for the application of HA5 high-density mineral bond pavement preservation treatment to select Tooele City streets. Presented by Nathan Farrer, the Public Works Director.

Thank you, council. We have the opportunity with this one to amend a little bit. We had a little bit of money left over in our budget for this project. It's originally intended to cover 1.2 million square feet of roadway in our city, which is a fantastic way to preserve that asphalt, making sure it lasts much longer than if we had left it alone. But we also had the opportunity, the contractor is proving a new technology for Tooele County south of us and offered to give us a discount on using a new chip seal method that involves some rubberized coating instead of the oil based. And so we took advantage of that opportunity and added another $200,000 of this project, which does put us over our budgeted amount, but we will make a budget adjustment from our road C funds to cover that because we feel like this is an opportunity for us to test this material at a discount and improve the roads that are next to Smith's Marketplace, the new ones on 2400 South and across the street there. So we're taking advantage of some good discounts and an opportunity to make some roads better And so we're adding to this project. It will have a total project cost of $685,977.32. So if you decide to pass this resolution, we will need to amend the amount. But this is a, like I said, we've seen some evidence of this being used in some communities in Southern Utah and Arizona. It looks like it holds up really well and provides a really stable surface for the road. Our salesman's very excited for the opportunity to prove it here and hopefully we can use it for many years to come.

Okay, are there any questions or comments? Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we accept resolution 202656. Yeah, you knew I didn't hear that number all the way.

Oh, I see it. Okay.

A resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Holbrook Asphalt Company for the application of HA5 high-density mineral bond pavement preservation treatment to select Tooele City streets with an updated amount of $685,977.32. I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Gossett 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'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Thank you. Thanks, Nathan. Item 9 is Resolution 2026-57, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Broken Arrow Inc. for the installation of three pavilions at Wigwam Park, presented by Darwin Cook, the Parks and Recreation Director.

Thank you. So back when we were completing England Acres, we purchased some awnings for England Acres, and at the time we purchased those, our vendor cautioned us that they were going to have an increase on them, and when he mentioned that to us, we already at that time knew that we were going to purchase these three for So at that same time, when we bought the ones for England Acres, we purchased these three for Wigwam, for the Wigwam Park area. At the time when we purchased them, we weren't quite at the point to have them installed. We are now at that point to have these installed. So we asked both the vendor and the installer of the ones at England Acre to provide a bid for us. They both have installed these pavilions for us. Broken Arrow responded with a proposal, a bid proposal of 34,638.04. So we selected them. The vendor's proposal was 50,000. So just asking for approval of this contract so that we can get those installed. These are shade structures that are for individual use for picnic tables. So each one will also have a picnic table underneath them.

Is this your last project up there? Oh, no. Oh, okay. Spoke too soon. No.

We're away.

Well, you've done a lot of great things up there. Oh, and they've left.

And we're going to, with this addition to our public space, we'll probably even have more additions of connections and stuff between Wigwam and the property that was just mentioned in the other resolution, so.

That looks great up there.

It's coming along nicely.

I rode there the other day. It's a lot of trees. It's going to be a lot of shade up there. It's going to be cool.

Okay, I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-57, a resolution of the Tooele City Council to approve an agreement with Broken Arrow Incorporation for the installation of three pavilions at the Wakewood Park.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman McCall 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. Thank you. That passes 5-0. Thanks, Darwin. Item 10 is Resolution 2026-58, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving change order number one to the agreement with Nelson Brothers Construction Company for site improvements related to construction of the Salt Shed Building presented by Nathan Farrer, the Public Works Director.

Thank you, counsel. In the process of building our salt shed, we had some back and forth with our engineering firm, trying to make sure we were getting the best value for what we were asking for, which caused them to do quite a bit more work. And so we're asking for this change order to compensate them for the work that they did to help us in the process of understanding what exactly we did need for site stormwater retention and detention systems. It turns out because we are in our well protection zone, we did need to have a more extensive system, and so it is a required expense. Okay, any questions or comments?

I'll entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we accept Resolution 2026-58, a resolution To Willow City Council approving change order number one to the amendment with Nielsen Brothers Construction Company for the site improvements related to construction of the Satchin Building.

I'll second.

We have a motion from Councilman Gossett and a second from Councilwoman Gossett. We'll take to a vote. Councilman Gossett. Aye. Councilwoman Gossett. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilman McCall. Aye. And Councilman Brady. And I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 11 is Resolution 2026-59, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Hell's Engineering for an update of the Tooele City Transportation Master Plan presented by Nathan Fryer, the Public Works Director.

Council our mayor referred to a couple of meetings we've had with you dot recently and With the rapid growth of our county and city recently we felt it's in time to update our transportation master plan and get a look at where our biggest needs are as far as roads and other facilities and so we've asked Hales engineering to conduct a transportation master plan study and bring those results to us. This will come from our Road C fund and help us to, as we go back to UDOT, help them to understand what our needs and our challenges are and do so from a more data-driven standpoint.

When they do this study, I'm sure they look at the county transportation plan, right? And where they're going to plan connections.

Yeah, it does take into account where the traffic is coming from and where it's going. And so there will be not just within the city limits. They'll be looking at where... where the impetus for the travel comes from and how it's getting through the city and to different points in the city. So we're hopeful that as we do this study, it gives us more ability to kind of fight for what we need as UDOT brings more arterial roads through and gives us access to those roadways so we can transport people within the city better. Okay, great.

Are there any other questions or comments?

That's a good question. This is my first one, so I don't know for sure, but a lot of it will be traffic counts. They'll count traffic at different intersections, I'm assuming. It possibly would be, I don't know if they would use any video surveillance. Paul, have you ever been a part of a traffic study before? A couple of times.

This master plan study is, it does involve some traffic counting, but it's primarily driven looking at land use currently based on what the demand is for traffic with homes and businesses and residential, but also looking into the future. Where is the direction going? We now have a little more clear picture about the whole northwest quadrant of the city. Heretofore, it's just been open space zoned, nothing specific. So the study will look at current and future plan zoning. They will do traffic counting. They will look at densities and zoning and talk with the city about future growth plans. It will involve economic development and administration to help provide guidance for theirs so that it can become a document that looks beyond just today but 10, 15, 20, 50 years into the future.

Thank you, Paul. Okay, I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-59, a resolution of the Tula City Council approving an agreement with Hills Engineering for an update of the Tula City Transportation Master Plan.

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

Aye.

I'm Councilman Brady and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 12 is Resolution 2026-60, a resolution of the Toyota City Council approving an agreement with JUB Engineers, Inc. for the 2026 Water Reclamation Facility Upgrades Construction Project. This is presented by Nathan Farr, the Public Works Director.

Dave, you remember when I said I was saving money earlier? Oh, I knew. Can we go back to that? I knew it was coming. This is a this is a administration and construction costs they will be the ones to manage the projects going forward that will upgrade our solar dryer and our UV disinfection system and so this is just the Cost for them to be doing the work on our eight million dollar sewer treatment pant sewer treatment plant project. We are going to add this to the municipal bond, so it will be rolled into that package and come out of that fund.

What's the cost?

This one is $499,995, I believe. It's just under, yeah. You kept it under half a million. Just under half a million.

oh we all know this is a it's a big project but it's needed so it's going to take a lot of work and coordination so yeah okay i'll entertain a motion mr chairman make a motion to approve resolution 2026-60 a resolution of toilet city council proven in agreement with jub engineers incorporation for the 2026 water recommendation facility upgrades construction project

I'll second. We have a motion from Councilman McCall and a second from Councilman Gossett. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett? Aye. Councilwoman Gouches? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. And Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Item 13 is Resolution 2026-63, a resolution of the Tooele City Council approving an agreement with MISCO Water to install surface aerators at the water reclamation facility Presented by Nathan Farrer, the Public Works Director.

This is the last one, I promise. We looked into renting these machines, but we figured by the time we get everything upgraded the way we would like it to be, we might as well just buy them outright and have them. We then can use them as backups if we need to in the future, and we felt like the price was right, and we at first thought we would be able to install them, but then figured with the technical expertise required, we would have MISCO actually install them for us and teach us how so that in the future, if we needed to pull them in or put them in or take them out, we could do so on our own. So this one will be $81,000 and come out of the Wastewater Facilities Maintenance Fund, so.

Any questions or comments?

And John can still flush his toilet.

I can still flush my, and I know what you're talking about now that we took the tour.

That's good, that's good.

I won't visualize it for everybody. That's bad. Hopefully Troy can get some rest after this. We are hopeful.

He did take a day off this week, so we're doing good. He does a great job. He does a great job, so. Okay, I'll entertain a motion.

I'll make a motion that we approve Resolution 2026-63, a resolution of Tooele City Council approving an agreement with Misco Water to install surface aerators at the water reclamation facility.

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. Aye. Councilwoman Gouches? Aye. Councilman Gossett? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0.

Thank you.

Thanks, Nathan.

You know, I was hoping that when I was looking at this, I'm like, well, I'm hoping we'll be under a half a million. First I said a million, but we did make it under a million.

Item 14 is resolution 2026-55, a resolution of Tooele City Council declaring a certain seized and forfeited motor vehicle as surplus personal property and authorizing its disposal and sell. Presented by Shiloh Baker, the city recorder.

Thank you, counsel. This resolution declares a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500, which was previously seized during a criminal investigation and has since been legally forfeited to a city as surplus property. It has been determined that this vehicle is not needed for city or law enforcement operations and authorizes the sale of the vehicle through a reasonable public sale process with the proceeds distributed in accordance with the applicable court order and Utah law. So in accordance with city policy we're bringing this before you tonight to declare this vehicle as surplus property. I can answer any questions if you have any.

Any questions or comments? I will entertain a motion.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion to approve resolution 2026-55, a resolution of the Tula City Council declaring a certain seized and forfeited motor vehicle as surplus personal property and authorizing its disposal on sale.

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'm councilman Brady and I pass this 5-0 Item 15 are the invoices and purchase orders presented by Shiloh Baker the city recorder We have several to present to you tonight the first being to Evan Johnson for 20 shares of Middle Canyon irrigation in the amount of $75,000 Second is to Ferguson waterworks. This is for to install black backflow prevention on old meter setters This is to purchase three quarter and one inch retro setters in the amount of forty eight thousand four hundred dollars and And we have several vehicles. The first with Ken Garf West Valley Ford. This is a 2026 Ford F-150 for a utility technician in the finance department. That total is $45,015. The second vehicle tonight is also to Ken Garf, West Valley Ford, a 2026 Ford F250 with service bed. This is to replace a water department vehicle. And that total is $65,334. Then finally also to Ken Garf West Valley Ford a 2026 Ford Ranger. This is for community development I believe to replace building inspectors vehicle for thirty seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars Okay any questions I'll entertain a motion

I'll make a motion that we approve the invoice and purchase orders. Second. We have a motion from Councilman Gossett and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman McCall. Aye. Councilman Hanson. Aye. Councilwoman Gautas? Aye. Councilman Gossett? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. Thank you. That passes 5-0. Thanks, Shiloh. Item 16 are the minutes from the July 15, 2026 City Council Work Meeting and the July 15, 2026 City Council Business Meeting.

Mr. Chair, I'll make a motion that we approve the minutes and to thank Teresa for the good job that she always does. Thank you.

I'll second it. We have a motion from Councilwoman Goetjes and a second from Councilman McCall. We'll take it to a vote. Councilman Gossett? Aye. Councilwoman Goetjes? Aye. Councilman Hanson? Aye. Councilman McCall? Aye. I'm Councilman Brady, and I vote aye. That passes 5-0. Before we adjourn, we weren't able to finish our closed meeting, so we need to vote again to move to a closed meeting, and then we can adjourn to this meeting. All right, we have a motion from Councilman McCall. Second a second from councilwoman coaches will take you to a vote councilman McCall all right councilman Hanson I Councilwoman coaches. Hi councilman Gossett. Hi. I'm councilman Brady and I vote aye So we'll move to a closed meeting. It's 737 p.m So we will adjourn from our business meeting and then reconvene in the large conference room for a closed meeting to discuss litigation and or property action