Council adopts emergency plan and most of Budget Amendment No. 1; defers union representation resolution after union request
September 17, 2024, 7:00 p.m. · Sorenson Unity Center
The Council adopted Ordinance 67 of 2024 covering most items in Budget Amendment No. 1 and the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, both 7-0. It deferred a collective bargaining resolution after union leaders asked for more time and continued two public hearings to October 1 because of an advertising error. About two dozen speakers addressed crime and homelessness on the west side, the Sports and Entertainment District sales tax, water stabilization fees and the Rio Grande plan.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item A4 · Other
Joint Ceremonial Resolution 30 of 2024: support for the Great Salt Lake
Approved · 7-0
Council Member Lopez Chavez read the resolution, which directs public entities in the city to consider water conservation measures and legislation that help the Great Salt Lake. A Stewardship Utah representative accepted it.
Item B1 · Public hearing
Text amendment to prohibit demolition of dwelling units for parking uses
Continued · 7-0
Because of an error in the required advertising, the hearing was continued to the October 1 meeting. The proposal would bar demolishing dwellings for stand-alone parking and parking expansion unless it adds housing units (PLNPCM2023-00646). No one commented.
Item B2 · Public hearing
City-wide gas station standards text amendment
Continued · 7-0
The hearing was continued to October 1 because of the same advertising error. The amendment would set minimum distances between gas stations and water bodies, parks and open space and add stricter standards in the secondary groundwater recharge area (PLNPCM2023-00260). No one commented.
Item C1 · Budget
Ordinance 67 of 2024: Budget Amendment No. 1 for FY2024-25 (partial)
Approved · 7-0
Council adopted most remaining items, leaving the amendment open for a new hearing October 1, and asked the Administration to propose language on how the cost of administering future elections under Article VII would be allocated. Items include $400 million airport interim financing; $10,483,609 in bond interest earnings available to eligible projects; $149,000 for an Attorney's Office breakroom; $400,000 for security access control upgrades; $329,150 transport sales tax and $142,800 General Fund for Public Lands maintenance and weed abatement; accelerating 14 parks projects, rescoping $5.35 million of parks bonds from Glendale Park and adding $11.35 million in park impact fees; a $100,000 Rowland Hall contribution for traffic calming on Sunnyside Avenue; a $2,945,958 Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation grant; $505,000 to replace trees and landscaping on North Temple; and $25,000 for neutral third-party administration of a labor organization election.
- Bond$400.0 million
- Budget$10.5 million
- Budget$11.3 million
- Grant$2.95 million to State of Utah
- Payment$100,000 to Rowland Hall
- Budget$505,000
Item E1 · Presentation
Salt Lake County Public Safety Bond briefing
Discussed
A Salt Lake County Council member and associate deputy mayor briefed Council on a proposed $507 million county bond that would combine two jails into one, add 812 beds, expand the mental health unit and build a Justice and Accountability Center for low-level offenders. County staffing costs would come from the county general fund rather than the bond.
- Bond$507.0 million to Salt Lake County
Item F1 · Public safety
Resolution 29 of 2024: Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Approved · 7-0
Council adopted the city's plan guiding disaster response, recovery, preparedness and mitigation, including coordination with Salt Lake County and the state.
Item F2 · Other
Resolution updating collective bargaining and employee representation processes
Continued · 7-0
Council deferred action after union leaders asked for more time to discuss it with the city. The Salt Lake Police Association president said another organization taking over would lose 40 years of knowledge and asked Council to postpone so all labor groups could meet together. Council Member Young thanked union leaders and staff for engaging and expressed confidence in a positive outcome.
Item G1-G8 · Other
Consent: set Oct. 1 hearings; grant holding account items; board appointments
Approved · 7-0
Council set October 1 hearings on the rezone at about 450 East 700 South (PLNPCM2023-00452), driveway and loading area standards (PLNPCM2023-00937), monument signs in manufacturing districts (PLNPCM2023-00970), the new Budget Amendment No. 1 hearing and the annual HUD community development needs hearing. It approved Grant Holding Account Items (Batch No. 1) for FY2024-25, Jane Kim to the Sister Cities Advisory Board through July 3, 2028, and the reappointment of Babs DeLay to the Historic Landmark Commission through September 17, 2028.
What residents said
Crime and homelessness on the west sideSports and Entertainment District sales taxWater stabilization feesRio Grande planPublic restroomsUnion representation process
About two dozen speakers. Many west side residents described drug activity, loitering, camping and break-ins near the Jordan River Parkway trail, North Temple and Poplar Grove and asked for more police presence and enforcement, while one speaker asked for public restrooms. Several said the Sports and Entertainment District sales tax should go to a vote or be paid by the state and that the process is moving too fast; several urged support for the Rio Grande plan. Residents of a homeowners association said new water stabilization fees raised their monthly bills sharply and asked for an adjusted meter or fee. A carpenters union representative asked for local construction jobs; others raised dead plantings along the 9-Line Trail, growth and water supply, and an adult disability services program.