Council approves $408,760 General Plan consultant 4-1, tentative FY25 budget 5-0 and Pride and Historic Preservation Month resolutions
May 2, 2024, 3:15 p.m. · City Council Chambers, 445 Marsac Avenue
On May 2, 2024 the council voted 4-1 (Council Member Ed Parigian opposed) to approve a $408,760 agreement with Design Workshop for the General Plan update and a statistically valid survey, 5-0 to adopt the tentative FY2025 budget with a no-tax-increase property tax rate, and 5-0 to approve Pride Month and Historic Preservation Month resolutions and a $350,000 on-call transit design contract. Work sessions covered the City Manager and City Attorney review process and results of a community e-bike survey. A loan pool for capital expenses in affordable housing associations was discussed without a vote. The Housing Authority board separately approved buying a deed-restricted unit and selling it to the tenant at $374,841.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
Agenda, item by item
Item Closed · Other
Motion to close the meeting to discuss property and litigation
Approved · 5-0
Closed session ran from 3:15 to 3:50 p.m.
Item Work1 · Other
City Manager and City Attorney review process
Discussed
HR recommended keeping the current 360-degree review with a peer review every three to five years. Rubell wanted the process formalized and tied to pay; Toly opposed reopening the contracts. The council agreed to an outlined process. No vote.
Item Work2 · City code
Community e-bike survey results
Discussed
Of 310 responses, a majority favored a 10 to 15 mph limit on pathways, riders 65 and older on trails and more signage and ranger presence. Dickey said the survey skewed toward owners. The item will return for further direction. No vote.
Item III.1 · Other
Resolution 04-2024: Pride Month, June 2024
Approved · 5-0
The fifth year of this resolution.
Item III.2 · Other
Resolution 05-2024: Historic Preservation Month, May 2024
Approved · 5-0
A Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History representative thanked council for saving 13 mining structures.
Item VII.1 · Contract
WSP USA: three-year on-call transit design services
Approved · 5-0
Consent agenda item.
- Contract$350,000 to WSP USA Inc.
Item VIII.1 · General plan
Design Workshop, Inc. General Plan update and community survey
Approved · 4-1
Professional services agreement of $408,760 with a statistically valid survey. The motion approved a survey using residential utility database phone and online interviews at $19,200 plus a $4,650 incorporation fee (about $23,850), which differs from the $28,950 not-to-exceed figure on the agenda. Rubell opposed the survey and wanted to exclude the broader community from city policy; Parigian said the city already has Vision 2020. The mayor summarized consensus to add a survey, with a majority opposed to a Snyderville Basin survey.
- Contract$408,760 to Design Workshop, Inc.
- Contract$19,200 to Design Workshop, Inc.
Item IX.1 · Budget
Ordinance 2024-07: FY2025 tentative budget and no-tax-increase property tax rate
Approved · 5-0
Sets final budget hearings for June 20, 2024. A compensation consultant recommended a market-rate pay scale with a geographic differential, a separate police pay structure, and targeting pay 5 to 10 percent above the midpoint. Staff recommended $10 million for a new emerging community initiatives fund. Rubell asked about line items including a public-private partnership for pickleball, arts and culture personnel budgeted but unfilled, and a $600,000 donation line that was an error and will be removed. The leadership program discussion covered its roughly $80,000 budget and nonresident participation.
- Budget$10.0 million
Item IX.2 · Other
Loan pool for capital expenses in affordable housing associations
Discussed
Staff reviewed options from doing nothing to loans, grants, special assessments added to the maximum resale price, city-held savings accounts and merging associations. Residents asked for help with rising association fees and construction defect costs; two written comments opposed the city acting as a lender. Ciraco suggested special assessments or savings accounts starting with defect-affected properties; Rubell favored an assessment added to resale price; Dickey favored loans. Staff may form a study group. No vote.
What residents said
E-bike rules on trailsAffordable housing association costs
Speakers were split on an e-bike pilot in Round Valley and on e-bike regulation; the Chamber described a rebrand; a resident asked for city funding for a mail cluster box; residents of affordable housing associations asked for city help with capital costs.