Sandy council backs asking county for 0.2% transportation sales tax 4-3 and splits evenly on bulk waste funding

Decisions at a glance

Agenda, item by item

1. Item 4 · City code

   Accessory apartments (internal accessory dwelling units), Title 21

   Discussed

   Brynn Bohlender of Community Development presented. The item returns to the council at a future meeting.

   Follow Internal accessory dwelling units (state HB 82 changes) in the development tracker →

2. Item 5 · City code

   Improvement completion assurances for public sidewalks, Title 21

   Discussed

   Melissa Anderson presented. The item returns June 18.

   Follow Improvement completion assurances for public sidewalks in the development tracker →

3. Item 6 · City code

   Rear setback exceptions, Title 21

   Discussed

   Anderson presented. The item returns June 18.

   Follow Rear yard setback exceptions in the development tracker →

4. Item 7 · Contract

   Consent: Cowdell Law legal services extension (one additional year)

   Approved

   Adopted on the consent calendar by unanimous voice vote. The notes give no amount.

   • ContractAmount not given to Cowdell Law One-year extension of council legal services; amount not stated in the notes. Extension of existing agreement

   Moved by Council Member Cyndi Sharkey, seconded by Council Member Zach Robinson

5. Item 8 · Budget

   Continued public hearing: FY 2024-25 city and Alta Canyon Recreation District budgets (Resolutions 24-23C and 24-24C)

   Continued

   Council Member Alison Stroud proposed $30,000 for a municipal buildings study from the capital projects line. Council Member Cyndi Sharkey proposed keeping the $575,000 general fund subsidy for the bulk waste program to avoid a resident fee, and Mayor Monica Zoltanski explained the proposed bulk waste fees. Finance Director Brian Kelley answered questions. Steve Van Maren said the city is well run and accepted the fee. The council split evenly between the general fund transfer and the fee, and asked Finance for funding options and more clarity on how the fee applies and is allocated. No final action was taken.

   • Budget$575,000 General fund subsidy for the bulk waste program, which one proposal would keep to avoid a resident fee. Paid from General fund
   • Budget$30,000 Municipal buildings study proposed by Council Member Stroud. Paid from Capital projects line item

   Follow Bulk waste clean-up program changes in the development tracker →

6. Item 9 · Taxes and fees

   Resolution 24-18C encouraging Salt Lake County to impose the optional 0.2% transportation sales and use tax

   Approved · 4-3

   Deputy Mayor Kim Bell presented with Ryan Kump of Public Works. Council Member Aaron Dekeyzer moved adoption, seconded by Council Member Zach Robinson. It passed 4-3: Stroud, Robinson, Ryan Mecham and DeKeyzer voted yes; Marci Houseman, Sharkey and Brooke D'Sousa voted no. A motion by Sharkey, seconded by Robinson, to attach a record of the council vote passed 7-0.

   Moved by Council Member Aaron Dekeyzer, seconded by Council Member Zach Robinson. Vote: 4-3; Council Members Marci Houseman, Cyndi Sharkey and Brooke D'Sousa voted no. Voting no: Council Member Marci Houseman, Council Member Cyndi Sharkey, Council Member Brooke D'Sousa

What residents said

Bulk waste feeTransportation sales tax

Dave Egelund supported keeping the bulk waste program and said he would pay a fee to keep it.