Sandy council hires Public Consulting Group for fire department study and limits transitional housing to one RC zone area; Scott Earl honored on leaving council
December 19, 2023, 5:15 p.m. · Council Chambers, Sandy City Hall, 10000 Centennial Parkway, and Zoom
The Sandy City Council directed staff to award a contract to Public Consulting Group for a 2024 general management study of the Fire Department, adopted Ordinance 23-22 limiting transitional housing facilities in the Land Development Code and Ordinance 23-23 on equitable participation of city officials in events, and thanked Council Member Scott Earl at the end of his term. Individual votes are not itemized. The meeting ran until 10:08 p.m.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item 2 · Development
The Point progress update
Discussed
Alan Matheson, executive director, gave an update. A Phase One development agreement was signed Nov. 27, 2023. No action was taken.
Item 3 · Parks
Parks, Recreation and Trails Master Plan survey results
Discussed
Parks and Recreation Director Dan Medina and Kyrene Gibb of Y2 Analytics presented the survey results.
Item 4 · City code
Title 21 amendments on subdivision review standards
Discussed
Zoning Administrator Melissa Anderson presented; the Planning Commission gave a positive recommendation. The item was to return for action Jan. 9, 2024, and the council asked for a table separating state-mandated from discretionary changes.
Item 5 · Public safety
Fire Station 31 rendering
Discussed
Fire Chief Jeff Bassett and Heber Slabbert of AJC Architects presented a rendering; the CAO also spoke.
Item 6 · Contract
General management study of the Fire Department
Approved
Council Director Dustin Fratto introduced consultants from Public Consulting Group. The resolution directs staff to issue a notice of award to the firm and execute a contract for a 2024 study. It passed on a roll call that is not itemized. The notes give no contract amount.
- ContractAmount not given to Public Consulting Group
Item 7 · City code
Equitable participation of city officials in events (Ordinance 23-23)
Approved
On second reading, the ordinance amends Title 3, the legislative code, on sponsorship by Council Members Cyndi Sharkey, Alison Stroud and Brooke D'Sousa. Steve Van Maren asked for clarification of page 2 of the policy. It was adopted; the tally is not recorded.
Item 8 · City code
Limiting transitional housing facilities, Title 21 Chapter 8 Section 2 (Ordinance 23-22)
Approved
Anderson presented the amendment to the permitted land use matrix. Steve Van Maren worried it may be too restrictive, and Jacob Wiedrich also spoke. It was adopted on a roll call that is not itemized.
Item 9-10 · Other
Consent: Nov. 28 and Dec. 6 draft minutes
Approved
Approved by unanimous voice vote.
Item 11 · Presentation
Special recognition: Council Member Scott Earl's parting remarks
Discussed
The council thanked Earl for decades of service as parks and recreation director and District 4 council member. His council term ended.
What residents said
The PointWater rate increaseWinter street parkingTransitional housing limits
Steve Van Maren thanked the council for his Historic Committee appointment. Dawn Sidwell, Jacob Wiedrich and Craig Ulrich thanked Earl; Wiedrich raised concerns about The Point and Ulrich raised the water rate increase. Pete Achkerman asked about winter street parking.