Open projects34awaiting a decision, active in the past year
Meeting records through Oct. 20, 2026Approved minutes through Oct. 6, 202653 meetings use draft minutes93 agenda-based meetings have unresolved itemsCoverage and sources →
Latest decisions
Through Oct. 20, 2026, the latest meeting with recorded results.
Of 438 development, road and policy items tracked, 34 are awaiting a decision and had a meeting or update in the past 12 months. Another 163 are still open but have had no recorded action in over a year.
Topics recorded in the most recent 24 collected meetings. Counts describe meeting mentions, not a survey of residents or a finding that an issue is resolved.
Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Salt Lake City's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
Money in the record
land: amount not given — Sale of surplus airport wetland mitigation land; price not in the agenda Record → · Oct. 6, 2026
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
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No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
Money in the record
budget: $3.32 million — Additional funding, 2100 South reconstruction in Sugar House; budget: $3.20 million — Additional funding, 600/700 North reconstruction; budget: $400,000 — Security access control system upgrades; purchase: $135,993 — Downtown parking pay station replacements; budget: $500,000 — Police overtime for sanctioned campground pilot; contract: $250,000 — Consulting for enterprise billing systems Record → · Jan. 16, 2024
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
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No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
Money in the record
budget: $568,000 — New park restroom (CIP item 31) Record → · Aug. 18, 2026
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
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The fee amounts, sewer fee option and effective dates in the ordinance as adopted. The city's synopsis names the ordinance but does not list them, and the Ledger could not open the ordinance in the recorder's archive.
The council approved new water, sewer and stormwater impact fees on Oct. 6, 2026. The city's proposal roughly tripled the water fee for the smallest meter, to $5,577 from $1,871.
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In its response to the Legislature's audit, the city said it would finish rate studies and financial plans by June 2027, complete and implement a sewer rate study by July 2027, and have a new billing system in place by summer 2027. It said the billing project was 36% complete.
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Salt Lake County's tax-year 2025 report lists the downtown project area at $26.2 million. The agency held $337 million in net position at mid-2025 and owes developers under several reimbursement agreements.
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The city's total debt about doubled from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2025, to $5.19 billion. General obligation bonds, the kind backed by property taxes, were $125.1 million.
The council voted unanimously Oct. 20 on Ballpark zoning changes and a text amendment that prohibits community correctional facilities and jails on private property.
· From Salt Lake City Council
The check-in hall at Salt Lake City International Airport, June 2021. File photo. Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Seven gates and six concessions open in Concourse B, bringing the airport to 94 gates.
· From TownLift
View across the Ballpark station Park and Ride lot toward Smith's Ballpark, October 2016. File photo under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Community Reinvestment Agency will ask for proposals in the coming months, and the city hopes to turn part of the stadium into an entertainment venue.
· From The Salt Lake Tribune
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After interviewing four finalists Sept. 1, the board passed the final motion unanimously after a substitute motion for "Ben's name" failed 1-6. Her term begins in January 2027, per the district's notice.
· From Granite School District
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The Nov. 3 agenda proposes Level 2 charging at $0.30 a kilowatt-hour, a Nov. 10 hearing on 3.25% pay adjustments for ten mayoral appointees, and a Sherwood Drive parcel near the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
· From Salt Lake County Council
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Artist Matthew Mazzotta's piece for Glendale Regional Park is expected to be installed when the park's second phase is finished, on pace for spring 2029.
