CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
January 6, 2026 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
January 6, 2026 08:00 PM
Description/Agenda
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Work Session at approximately 4:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Work Room located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
4:00 p.m. 1. WELCOME - Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion
2. REVIEW OF BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion (10-15 min.)
3. REPORTS
a. Utah Open Lands Transit to Trails Program
Kaitie Eddington (20 min.)
4. STAFF REPORTS
(Each week the city council and staff provide informational reports as a method of keeping up on the day-to-day activities of the city. This agenda item is set aside to allow council members to ask questions or for staff to bring the council up to date regarding any changes since the report was made).
a. Big Cottonwood Canyon EA Response Letter Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (20 min.)
b. Telecom Tax Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (20 min.)
c. Flash Vote Survey Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (20 min.)
d. Legislative Priorities Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (20 minutes)
e. Distribution and Collection of Mayor Pro Tempore Ballots
City Recorder Tiffany Janzen (10 min.)
4. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. Saturday, February 7th from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Lunar New Year Celebration at City Hall
b. Friday, February 20th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Cozy Paint Night at City Hall (Cost is $20 per person, limited space available)
c. Thursday, March 19th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The Jazz Ambassadors of the US Army Field Band at Butler Middle School (tickets required, free event)
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
5. POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION; REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE OR LEASE; THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL; AND/OR ANOTHER PERMITTED PURPOSE UNDER UCA 52-2-205
6. ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
NOTICE OF COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL
BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the Cottonwood Heights City Council will hold a Business Meeting beginning at approximately 7:00 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in the Cottonwood Heights City Council Chambers located at 2277 East Bengal Boulevard, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The public may remotely view the open portions of the meeting through live broadcast by connecting to https://www.youtube.com/@CottonwoodHeights/streams, the city's YouTube channel.
Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so, after completing a speaker comment card. Citizen comments may also be submitted in writing to the city recorder at cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov by noon, on the meeting date. In the interest of time and those attending the meeting live, however, submitted written comments will be entered into the record and distributed to the City Council, but will not be read at the public meeting.
Civility and decorum should be applied in all discussions and debates. Difficult questions, tough challenges to a point of view, and criticism of ideas and information are legitimate elements of a free democracy in action. Public officials and the public are encouraged to refrain from making belligerent, personal, impertinent, slanderous, threatening, abusive, or disparaging comments.
7:00 p.m. 1.0 WELCOME - Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion
2.0 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - By Invitation
3.0 CITIZEN COMMENTS
'During each regular city council meeting (specifically excluding work sessions), there will be a period not to exceed sixty minutes for citizen comment.' (Cottonwood Heights Code of Ordinances 2.30.160 (B)) Persons physically attending the meeting in the City Council Chambers may make verbal comments to the City Council when invited to do so by the meeting chair. Persons attending the meeting remotely may not make verbal comments to the City Council during the meeting. Persons attending the meeting remotely, or who do not attend the meeting either physically or remotely, are invited to submit written comments to the City Recorder before noon on the meeting date. Written comments that are timely submitted will be admitted into the record of the meeting and distributed to the City Council but will not be read at the public meeting.
4.0 RECOGNITION
4.1 State Citation Legislative Certificate for Stan Rosenzweig - Senator Kathleen Riebe
5.0 CHPD PERSONNEL UPDATES
5.1 Announcement of Promotions - Chief Robby Russo
6.0 REPORTS
6.1 Public Works Quarterly Report - Public Works Director Matt Shipp
7.0 ACTION ITEMS
7.1 Consideration of Ordinance 458 Adopting an Annual Meeting Schedule for 2026.
(This ordinance will adopt a schedule for regular meetings of the city's city council, planning commission and other public bodies for calendar year 2026, as required by Utah Code Ann. 52-4-202).
7.2 Consideration of Ordinance 459 Imposing a Telecommunications Tax.
(This ordinance will impose a 3.5% municipal telecommunications license tax on a telecommunications provider's gross receipts from telecommunications services that are attributed to the city of Cottonwood Heights as provided in the Municipal Telecommunications License Tax Act, UTAH CODE ANN. 10-1-401 et seq., and enact new Chapter 3.12 of the city's code of ordinances concerning such license tax).
7.3 Consideration of Ordinance 460 Granting a Telecommunications Franchise.
(This ordinance will grant a non-exclusive franchise allowing All West/Utah, Inc. d/b/a All West Fiber to install and operate a fiber-optic cable telecommunications system in the city's public right-of-way).
7.4 Consideration of Ordinance 461 Amending the Cottonwood Heights Code Regarding Bonding of Officers.
(This ordinance will amend Section 2.10.050 of the city's code of ordinances to change the fidelity bonding requirement for certain city officers as formerly specified in state law to instead require crime insurance coverage as provided in H.B. 64 enacted by the Utah Legislature in its 2025 general session).
7.5 Consideration of Resolution 2026-01 Ratifying the Election of a Mayor Pro Tempore.
(Section 2.30.040 of the city's code of ordinances provides that the council at its first regular meeting in January of even-numbered years shall by secret ballot elect a mayor pro tempore to perform certain limited functions of the mayor during times when the mayor is unable or unwilling to act. This resolution will ratify such election of a mayor pro tempore for January 2026 until a successor is elected, likely in January 2028).
7.6 Consideration of Resolution 2026-02 Approving a Revocable Right of Access Agreement with Rocky Mountain Power for a Public Art Project.
(By this resolution, the council will approve the city's entry into an agreement whereunder Rocky Mountain Power will authorize the city to continue implementation of a community art pilot program allowing local artists to decorate certain of RMP's pad-mounted electric transmission and distribution equipment in the city's public places).
7.7 Consideration of Resolution 2026-03 Amending a Development Agreement for Canyon Cove Subdivision.
(This resolution will approve an amendment to the development agreement for the Cottonwood Canyon Cove Subdivision that was approved under Resolution 2023-24. The purpose of the amendment is to modify the Exhibit D 'Final Park Plan').
7.8 Consideration of Resolution 2026-04 Approving an Interlocal Agreement with Sandy City for a Joint Crosswalk Study.
(This resolution will approve the city's entry into an interlocal agreement with Sandy City concerning a joint crosswalk study on Creek Road between Union Park Avenue and 3500 East).
7.9 Consideration of Resolution 2026-05 Approving an Interlocal Agreement with Salt Lake County for Aerial Imagery.
(By this resolution, the council will approve the city's entry into an interlocal cooperation agreement whereunder Salt Lake County will provide certain aerial imagery for use by various city departments).
7.10 Consideration of Resolution 2026-06 Approving an Appointment to the Arts Council.
(This resolution will approve and ratify the manager's appointment of Lucas Manning to the city's arts council).
8.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
8.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council Work Session and Business Meetings of December 16, 2025.
9.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Wednesday, December 31, 2025, a copy of the foregoing notices was posted in conspicuous view in the front foyer of the Cottonwood Heights City Offices, Cottonwood Heights, Utah. A copy of this notice was sent to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, newspapers of general circulation in the city, by the Office of the City Recorder. The agendas were also posted on the City's website at www.ch.utah.gov and the Utah Public Notice website at http://pmn.utah.gov.
DATED this 31st day of December 2025 Tiffany Janzen, City Recorder
The city building for this meeting is accessible. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities may make requests for reasonable accommodation or assistance by notifying the City Recorder at 801-944-7021 or recorder@ch.utah.gov, at least two business days before the meeting, or by calling Relay Utah at 711.
Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations or assistance during this meeting shall notify the Recorder's office, at 801-944-7021 or cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. If you would like to submit written comments on any agenda item they should be received no later than Tuesday at noon. Comments can be emailed to cityrecorder@ch.utah.gov.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
Council Members may participate in the meeting via telephonic communication. If a Council Member does participate via telephonic communication, the Councilmember will be on speakerphone. The speakerphone will be amplified so that the other Council Members can hear.
Other Information
Determination of the Mayor, as Chair of the Cottonwood Heights City Council, Concerning Electronic Meeting Anchor Location PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANN. 52-4-207(4).