CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
February 17, 2026 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
February 17, 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, February 17, 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. Wasatch Front Waste and Recycling District - General Manager Evan Tyrrell (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. Public Safety Firearms Training Facility
City Manager Jared Gerber (40 min.)
b. Interfaith Coalition Discussion
Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion (20 min.)
c. City Hall Hours Discussion
City Manager Jared Gerber (10 min.)
5. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. Senior Bingo at City Hall - Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall
b. Local Business Smartest Artist Lobby Exhibit - Monday, February 20 to Monday, March 18, 2026
c. The Jazz Ambassadors of The United States Army Field Band - Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Butler Middle School (Tickets Required, Free Event)
d. Cottonwood Heights City Book Group - Thursday, March 26 at 7:00 p.m.
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
6. 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
7. 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, February 17, 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 CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
3.1 Committee Reports by Councilmember Matt Holton (3 min.)
3.2 Committee Reports by Councilmember Suzanne Hyland (3 min.)
3.3 Committee Reports by Councilmember Shawn Newell (3 min.)
3.4 Committee Reports by Councilmember Ellen Birrell (3 min.)
3.5 Committee Reports by Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion (3 min.)
4.0 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 submitted timely will be admitted into the record of the meeting and distributed to the City Council but will not be read at the public meeting.
5.0 PUBLIC HEARING
5.1 Public Hearing to Receive Input on the Proposed Budget Amendments for the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year--Introduction by Administrative and Fiscal Services Director Scott Jurges (10 min.)
6.0 REPORTS
6.1 CHPD Quarterly Report - Chief Robby Russo
7.0 ACTION ITEMS
7.1 Consideration of Ordinance 462 Adopting an Amended Budget for 1 July 2025 through 30 June 2026.
(The Utah State Treasurer suggests that Utah cities amend their budgets at least quarterly to reflect any necessary changes since the budget was adopted. This ordinance will approve an amendment to the city's current [2025-2026] budget).
7.2 Consideration of Resolution 2026-12 Making Appointments to the Unified Fire Authority Board.
(By this resolution, the council will approve the appointments of Mayor Gay Lynn Bennion, as the regular member, and Councilmember Suzanne Hyland, as the alternate member, to represent the city on the Unified Fire Authority Board).
7.3 Consideration of Resolution 2026-13 Approving and Ratifying the Appointments of Members to the Cottonwood Heights Citizens Budget Advisory Committee.
(By this resolution the council will approve and ratify the appointments of the members of the city's citizen budget advisory committee).
7.4 Consideration of Resolution 2026-14 Approving a Consulting Agreement for Budgetary Matters.
(This resolution will approve the city's entry into a consulting agreement whereunder Kerri Nakamura and Associates will provide services in connection with the city's FY 2026-27 budgetary process).
7.5 Consideration of Resolution 2026-15 Approving an Appointment to the Health in the Heights Advisory Committee.
(This resolution will approve the manager's appointment of Danielle LeCourt to the city's Health in the Heights advisory committee).
8.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
8.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council Work Session and Business Meetings of January 20, 2026, and February 03, 2026, along with the Mayor and City Council Retreat of January 24, 2026.
9.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Thursday, February 12, 2026, 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 12th day of February 2026 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 801-944-7015 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 801-944-7015 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).