Draper City Council
Who serves, and the Draper City Council meetings and work sessions written up since 2025: what was on the agenda, what the council decided, and links to the official minutes, agenda and video for each. Newest first by default; choose oldest first to follow events over time.
Council members
Next meeting: Tue, Nov 10, 7:00 p.m. · City Council
At a glance
Draper has 7 meetings written up, from December 16, 2025 to October 20, 2026: 7 City Council.
By year: 2026 (6) and 2025 (1).
Those meetings recorded 23 counted votes; 1 was not unanimous.
Topics residents raised most often: flock cameras (1 meeting), traffic (1 meeting), rezoning to commercial (1 meeting), and garbage rates (1 meeting).
- Meetings
- 8
- From approved minutes
- 6
- Work sessions
- 0
- Canceled
- 0
How minutes work. Minutes are the official record of a meeting. The council approves them at a later meeting, so the newest meetings have only an agenda, or draft minutes, until then. Meetings marked Approved minutes are written from that approved record. Ones marked Agenda only describe what was scheduled; we add the results once the minutes are posted.
2026
November 2026
Tue, Nov 10 · City Council · 7:00 p.m.
Draper council to hear Duffin rezone from single-family to business park near 267 West 11915 South Nov. 10
The Draper City Council has noticed a Nov. 10 public hearing at 7 p.m. on the Duffin request to change land at about 267 W. 11915 S. from R3 (single-family residential) to CBP (business and manufacturing park) and the land use designation from Residential Medium Density to Business and Light Manufacturing. The full agenda was not yet posted.
October 2026
Tue, Oct 20 · City Council · 6:00 p.m. study session; 7:00 p.m. business session (adjourned 7:15 p.m. per the recap)
Draper council approves Oct. 6 minutes and APC Towers lease amendment on consent agenda, 5-0
The city's official recap says the Draper City Council approved its consent agenda 5-0 on Oct. 20, 2026: the Oct. 6 minutes and Resolution 26-49, which amends and extends the city's agreement with APC Towers. The study session listed a fleet policy discussion and the closed meeting was not held, and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. The recap is not the minutes and gives no individual votes or mover. The packet's draft resolution and lease amendment were unsigned, so the recap does not show a signed lease or settle how the extension term is described.
Tue, Oct 6 · City Council
Draper council rezones a 1.35-acre lot and raises I-15 sign limits at the Karl Malone Auto Center, both unanimous
Draper's City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 6 for Ordinance 1739, rezoning about 1.35 acres in east Draper from RA1 to RA2 so the owner can add one smaller lot, and for Ordinance 1740, which allows four pole or monolithic signs along I-15 in the Karl Malone Auto Center special district, up from three, and cuts monument signs on Lone Peak Parkway from seven to five. The council also appointed Bryn Johnson and Emily Baron to the Audit Committee with Council Member Tasha Lowery as chair (Resolution 26-45) and met in a closed session before the meeting. It adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
September 2026
Tue, Sep 15 · City Council · 5:30 p.m.
Draper council approves Exchange development agreement, first-quarter budget amendment and vehicle surplus, each 4-0
With Council Member Mike Green excused, the council voted 4-0 to adopt Ordinance 1738, a development agreement for about 2.15 acres at approximately 14068 South 145 East that allows a 60-foot building where code sets a 45-foot maximum, along with other design and parking exceptions. By the same 4-0 votes it approved Resolution 26-46, the first-quarter amendment to the fiscal 2027 budget, and Resolution 26-47, declaring city vehicles surplus for auction. In the study session, staff reported Draper Days figures: $425,423 in expenses, $253,814 in income and a $171,609 city subsidy. The minutes were approved Oct. 6, 2026.
Tue, Sep 1 · City Council
Draper council approves records-code revision and Planning Commission appointments, 4-0
With Council Member Mike Green excused, the council voted 4-0 to approve Ordinance 1737, revising the government-records chapter of the city code, and approved a five-item consent agenda 4-0. City Recorder Nicole Smedley told the council the existing language duplicated state code and the cleanup would not change city practices; that is the recorder's explanation, not an independent legal conclusion. The consent agenda included Planning Commission appointments and authorization for the mayor to sign a quitclaim deed for property in the Suncrest development, which is not evidence the deed was signed or recorded. The minutes were approved Sept. 15, 2026. This entry covers the council's recorded actions, not the separate Community Reinvestment Agency meeting.
August 2026
Tue, Aug 18 · City Council
Draper council adopts fiscal 2027 budget and tax rate, Planning Commission changes and a Town Center code fix, each 5-0
With all five council members voting, Council Member Mike Green by Zoom, the council voted 5-0 to adopt Resolution 26-39, the fiscal 2027 final budget, compensation schedules and certified tax rate; Ordinance 1734, changing the Planning Commission's structure and procedures; and Ordinance 1736, correcting Town Center residential code text. Finance Director John Vuyk said about $3.3 million of fund balance would be used to balance the budget even with the proposed property tax increase. Three people asked the council during public comment to put the city's Flock camera contract on a future agenda. The minutes were approved Sept. 1, 2026.
Tue, Aug 4 · City Council
Draper council continues a 1.67-acre rezone after a 2-3 vote, approves Lone Peak Parkway condemnation authority and short-term rental rules
Draper's City Council took up zoning, road acquisition and rental regulation on Aug. 4. A motion to approve Ordinance 1735, a rezone of 1.67 acres near 12430 S. 700 East, failed 2-3, and the council then voted 5-0 to continue the item to an unspecified date. It approved Resolution 26-38, authorizing an eminent-domain filing for the Lone Peak Parkway project, 5-0, and Ordinance 1721 on short-term rentals, 4-1. The minutes were approved Aug. 18, 2026. This entry covers three selected business-session items, not the study session or the whole meeting, and attendance reflects those items only.
2025
December 2025
Tue, Dec 16 · City Council
Draper council approves two conditional commercial rezones, a geologic hazards code update and 2026 council assignments, each 4-0
With Council Member Mike Green excused, the council voted 4-0 on every item. It approved land use and zoning map changes to Regional Commercial for Bangerter Crossroads (Ordinances 1688 and 1689, about 17.88 acres) and Openshaw Draper 138 (Ordinances 1690 and 1691, about 1.44 acres), each taking effect only if a development agreement is executed and recorded by May 7, 2026, and void May 8, 2026 otherwise. It also adopted a geologic hazards text amendment, geotechnical engineering standards and a wildland interface area, and on consent named Council Member Bryn Heather Johnson mayor pro tempore for 2026. Council Member Kathryn Dahlin had not yet taken office. The minutes were approved Jan. 6, 2026.