Council approves 24-hour QTS construction hours, $155.99 million budget amendment and historic zones chapter 4-1; tables easements ordinance
October 15, 2024, 4:00 p.m. · Eagle Mountain City Council Chambers, 1650 E Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Utah
The council approved a third amendment to the fiscal 2024-25 budget bringing the total to $155,990,118, a consent agenda that allowed QTS to build 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a historic zones chapter 4-1 with Council Member Rich Wood opposed. It tabled an easements ordinance to Nov. 6 with instructions on conservation and golf course easements and heard work session talks on the affordable housing plan, Downtown Master Plan and alternative energy code. The minutes list Council Member Jared Gray as present electronically but excused on several votes.
From the approved minutes. Updated October 14, 2026.
Decisions at a glance
| Item | Result |
|---|---|
| Third amendment to the fiscal 2024-25 budget | Approved · 4-0 |
| QTS extended construction hours, 24 hours a day | Approved · 4-0 |
| Historic zones, EMMC Chapter 17.32 | Approved with conditions · 4-1 |
| Easements, EMMC 17.10.030 and new Chapter 17.59 | Tabled · 4-0 |
| Consolidated fee schedule amendment | Approved · 4-0 |
| Affordable housing fund ordinance | Approved with conditions · 4-0 |
| Consent: Triumph amendment, Triple Tail tax agreement, city manager finalists, city engineer appointments | Approved · 4-0 |
| Consent site plans: The District, Dutch Bros, Belle Street seminary | Approved · 4-0 |
| Legislative priorities list | Approved · 5-0 |
Agenda, item by item
Item 12.A · Budget
Third amendment to the fiscal 2024-25 budget
Approved · 4-0
Finance Director Kimberly Ruesch presented the amendment, required to appropriate funds for increased expenses. The council approved the ordinance at a total of $155,990,118. No one spoke at the hearing.
- Budget$156.0 million
Item 11.B · Public safety
QTS extended construction hours, 24 hours a day
Approved · 4-0
Staff said the QTS campus is remote, with the nearest homes, four in Fairfield, about 0.7 mile from the property center. QTS wants to pour concrete before cold weather and proposed light-mitigation measures. The council approved extended construction hours under EMMC 8.15.080(G) at 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as part of the consent agenda.
Item 14.B · City code
Historic zones, EMMC Chapter 17.32
Approved with conditions · 4-1
Senior Planner Robert Hobbs presented a chapter meant to enforce development rules consistently while some properties await rezoning, tabled July 2. Section 17.32.010(D) was struck. Wood voted no and the minutes record no reason.
Item 12.B · City code
Easements, EMMC 17.10.030 and new Chapter 17.59
Tabled · 4-0
Planner Steven Lehmitz presented the ordinance. The council tabled it to Nov. 6 and told the city attorney to define conservation easement, make the Planning Commission the land use authority for conservation easements and make the council the land use authority for golf course easements.
Item 13.A · Taxes and fees
Consolidated fee schedule amendment
Approved · 4-0
Ruesch presented changes to the animal control, master development, conditional use, building permit and other building department fee sections. No one spoke at the hearing.
Item 14.A · Budget
Affordable housing fund ordinance
Approved with conditions · 4-0
Ruesch said the redevelopment agency has collected $2,067,455.57 in affordable housing dollars, with 10 percent going to housing when a community reinvestment area budget provides more than $100,000 to the agency, and a mortgage assistance program for public employees is in development. The council approved with the word adopted changed to received in the date language.
- Budget$2.07 million
Item 11.A, 11.C-11.F · Other
Consent: Triumph amendment, Triple Tail tax agreement, city manager finalists, city engineer appointments
Approved · 4-0
The consent agenda approved the first amendment to the Triumph subdivision master development agreement (Scot Hazard of Belle Street Investments addressed the council), an interlocal agreement for collecting and remitting incremental property taxes in the Triple Tail Community Reinvestment Area, a resolution determining the final city manager applicants, the appointment of Vince Hogge as city engineer effective Oct. 28 and David Salazar as acting city engineer.
Item 10.A-10.C · Development
Consent site plans: The District, Dutch Bros, Belle Street seminary
Approved · 4-0
The consent agenda approved the master site plan and preliminary plat for The District, a Dutch Bros site plan and a site plan for a seminary building at 9068 N Belle Street (parcel 38:716:0002) for the new middle school.
Item 15.A · Other
Legislative priorities list
Approved · 5-0
The council added two items: gathering current housing data and entitlements to share with state legislative leaders, and planning for the south and west ends of the city in the Transportation Master Plan, including a western corridor from Mid Valley and a corridor near the Intermountain Health property.
Item 1.A-1.C · Presentation
Affordable housing plan, Downtown Master Plan and alternative energy code (work session)
Discussed
Staff presented the affordable housing study completed by LRB Public Finance Advisors with a staff chapter, MHTN Architects discussed the council's wishes for the Downtown Master Plan, and Planning Director Brandon Larsen introduced an alternative energy code amendment with draft language from a group interested in a battery storage facility.
What residents said
Round-the-clock construction at QTS
No one spoke during public comment.