Council sets 2025 elected official pay 4-1, tables Eagle Square plat and fencing rules and denies wayfinding signs
July 2, 2024, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah
With Mayor Tom Westmoreland excused and Council Member Jared Gray presiding as mayor pro tempore, the council voted 4-1 to set elected official pay starting Jan. 1, 2025: $119,800 for the mayor's primary-income option plus a $600 monthly transportation allowance and $18,100 for council members, with Council Member Melissa Clark opposed. It tabled the Eagle Square Commercial plat, the privacy fencing ordinance and, 4-1, a historic zones chapter, denied six new wayfinding signs, and approved a month-to-month marketing plan with REDKOR at $3,500 a month. Thirteen residents spoke in public comment.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Elected official compensation, EMMC Chapters 2.10 and 2.15 | Approved · 4-1 |
| Eagle Square Commercial preliminary plat, Porter's Crossing | Tabled · 5-0 |
| Identity Signs agreement for six wayfinding signs | Denied · 5-0 |
| REDKOR Brand Campaigns marketing plan | Approved with conditions · 5-0 |
| Privacy fencing, definitions, landscape buffering and retaining walls | Tabled · 5-0 |
| Historic zones, new EMMC Chapter 17.32 | Tabled · 4-1 |
| General plan update agreement with Psomas | Approved · 5-0 |
| New school district comment period | Approved · 5-0 |
| Lot split concept in Meadow Ranch, Towns at Brylee Farms Phase B and Lower Tickville Wash (work session) | Discussed |
Agenda, item by item
Item 14.A · Taxes and fees
Elected official compensation, EMMC Chapters 2.10 and 2.15
Approved · 4-1
Interim City Manager Steve Mumford presented the ordinance, tied to the fiscal 2025 budget. The original motion, $127,000 for the mayor and $20,500 for council members, was superseded. The adopted amended motion sets the mayor's primary-income pay at $119,800 plus a $600 monthly transportation allowance, the mayor's secondary-income pay at $30,470 plus the allowance, and council pay at $18,100, all effective Jan. 1, 2025. One resident spoke at the hearing. Clark voted no; the minutes record no stated reason.
- Budget$119,800
- Budget$30,470
- Budget$600
- Budget$18,100
Item 12.A · Subdivision
Eagle Square Commercial preliminary plat, Porter's Crossing
Tabled · 5-0
Senior Planner David Stroud presented a five-lot plat with one future parcel; the Planning Commission reviewed it June 25, 2024. Residents voiced concern about a possible hotel, which is not part of the request but would be a conditional use under the Porter's Crossing master development agreement. Council Member Donna Burnham moved to table it and instruct staff to resolve legal issues in the third amendment to the agreement or bring the amendment with the plat.
- Lots: 5 plus one future parcel
Item 13.A · Contract
Identity Signs agreement for six wayfinding signs
Denied · 5-0
Finance Analyst Terrence Dela Pena presented six signs to replace deteriorating wayfinding signs and direct the public to parks, with installation targeted for fall 2024. The council denied the agreement and told staff to find a more durable material and a lower installation cost.
- ContractAmount not given to Identity Signs
Item 13.D · Contract
REDKOR Brand Campaigns marketing plan
Approved with conditions · 5-0
Communications Manager Tyler Maffitt presented the agreement. The council approved it as a month-to-month plan at $3,500 a month, cancelable at any time, with the economic scope of work frontloaded and a total term of no more than 14 months.
- Contract$3,500 to REDKOR Brand Campaigns
Item 14.B · City code
Privacy fencing, definitions, landscape buffering and retaining walls
Tabled · 5-0
Senior Planner Robert Hobbs presented a rewrite that defines durable materials, limits painted hog wire in residential fences, sets fence type and color along Ranches Parkway and adds retaining wall standards. It had been tabled June 18. The hearing was continued and no one commented. The council tabled it for staff revisions.
Item 15.A · City code
Historic zones, new EMMC Chapter 17.32
Tabled · 4-1
Hobbs presented a chapter intended to enforce development rules while some properties await rezoning, tabled June 18. The council tabled it to Aug. 6 along with a related rezone request. Burnham voted no.
Item 13.B · Contract
General plan update agreement with Psomas
Approved · 5-0
Planning Director Brandon Larsen presented an agreement covering a future land use map and a water use and preservation element. The minutes give no amount and say funding was previously appropriated. Staff did not add a responsiveness clause after Psomas identified additional contact methods.
- ContractAmount not given to Psomas
Item 13.C · Other
New school district comment period
Approved · 5-0
City Attorney Marcus Draper said a state law signed June 21, 2024 extended the comment period to July 31, 2024, so the city's final action moved from July 16 to Aug. 6.
Item 1.A-1.C · Development
Lot split concept in Meadow Ranch, Towns at Brylee Farms Phase B and Lower Tickville Wash (work session)
Discussed
Planner Steven Lehmitz presented a concept to split a 2.28-acre Meadow Ranch property so one lot is at least an acre; no application has been filed. Staff said the Towns at Brylee Farms Phase B preliminary plat, near Eagle Mountain Boulevard and Aviator Avenue, expired without an extension and the applicant asked for a development agreement to finish as approved. The wildlife biologist presented bank instability, failed plantings and recreation erosion along Lower Tickville Wash and sought direction. No votes were taken.
What residents said
Possible hotel at Porter's CrossingElected official pay
Thirteen residents spoke in public comment; the minutes do not record what they said.