ULCT Board of Directors Meeting - December 15, 2025
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
December 15, 2025 12:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
December 15, 2025 02:15 PM
Description/Agenda
UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
LOCATION: ULCT OFFICE, 50 S 600 E, SUITE 150, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84102 & VIA ZOOM
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025 @ 12:00 PM
1) Welcome and Introductions - Council Member Kate Bradshaw, ULCT President
2) Administrative Items - Council Member Kate Bradshaw, ULCT President
ACTIONS: Review & approval of Minutes, call for conflict-of-interest disclosure
HANDOUTS: DRAFT October 27, 2025 Board Minutes
ULCT Conflict of Interest Form
3) ULCT Board & Commission Reports & Appointments - Nick Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer
- ULCT Board Midterm Vacancy
- Utah Housing Coalition
ACTION: Appoint Castle Dale Mayor Danny Van Wagoner to fill Area 8 vacancy (effective in January), Appoint Karson Eilers to the Utah Housing Coalition Board of Directors
HANDOUTS: ULCT Board Midterm Vacancy
Boards & Commissions Memo
4) Presentation of FY 2025 Audited Financial Statements - Jeff Miles, HBME
ACTION: Review & approval of FY 2025 Audited Financial Statements
HANDOUTS: ULCT Audit Committee Recommendation Memo
FY 2025 Audited Financial Statements (included in email separate from packet)
5) FY 2027 Membership Dues Options & Direction, Cameron Diehl, Executive Director & Nick Jarvis, COO
ACTION: Direction on FY 2026 dues options, dues payment policy for newly incorporated communities
HANDOUTS: FY 2027 Dues Options Memo
Dues payment policy for newly incorporated communities memo
6) Engagement Report - Molly Wheeler, Deputy Director and ULCT Engagement Staff
- NLC City Summit report
- Elected Officials Essentials report
- Board outreach to areas
- Proposed Cities Work video series
- Technical Assistance potential next steps
ACTION: Direction on Cities Work video proposal, Know Before You Grow concept
HANDOUT: How CitiesWork Public Awareness Campaign
ULCT Technical Assistance memo
CitiesWork example video (LINK)
7) Advocacy Report - Cameron Diehl and Justin Lee, ULCT Advocacy Staff
- Legislative Priorities: Political capital at the capitol
1) Big city input and 1000s of slido results from Board, LPC, and LPC advisory groups
2) Property tax (deliberation)
- What input do you have about Options 1 (two budgets) and 2 (May/June hearings)?
3) Other revenue (awaiting language, no deliberation today)
- Gas tax
- Transportation utility fee (public safety fee and broadband fees)
4) Land use/housing (deliberation)
- State Housing Plan (update)
- Path forward on DADUs (deliberation)
- Handout of ULCT proposal with LPC survey results and advisory input
- 'active listening' on public infrastructure standards (deliberation)
- Bills to support:
- Rep. Roberts: state funding for infrastructure partnership and MIHP 2.0
- Rep. T. Peterson: single stair
- Sen. Musselman: SB 179
- LUTF concepts: annexation, planning commission training
- Concerning bills:
- Rep. Koford: presumptive general plans, limits on development agreements
- Rep. Ward: presumptive approval of ADUs, units without garages, lots smaller than 5,400 square feet
- Rep. Pierucci: when a school district closes a school, a charter school would have right of first refusal for the property instead of a city
- Sen. Fillmore: meeting next week, but draft bill is a massive LUDMA overhaul
5) Water fee
6) Public safety (Armenta decision)
7) LAA: restore Local Administrative Advisor program from $1.08 to $1.58 million with $1.2 million flowing to AOGs and $380k for ULCT coordination (confirmation)
- Governor Cox's budget: ongoing funding of $1.08 million, One-time funding of $500,000
- Other technical assistance
8) Homelessness and Governor Spencer Cox's budget
9) Constitutional provisions around initiatives and legislative authority
10) Other issues
- Draft joint letter about conflict resolution between local governments and home builders
- Amicus Request from Utah Association of Counties (Moab case)
ACTION: Direction on policy items above, Consideration of staff recommendations on property tax and land use/housing, LAA, joint letter, Moab amicus request
HANDOUTS: Input from mayors from cities of the first and second class
News Release: Utah ranks 17th highest for taxes and fees in the nation - Utah Policy (LINK)
2025 Property Tax Perspectives: ULCT Board & UCMA
Property Tax Next Steps Memo
Land Use Task Force Items
DRAFT Joint Housing Letter
Mayne v. SLC Police Department: Litigation Participation Memo
2025.09.10 Amicus - Local Gov Trust, UAC & UCIP
8) Executive Director Report - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- Local Officials Day at the Legislature 2026
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUTS: None
9) Other Business
10) Adjourn
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Cameron Diehl at 801-328-1601.
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