Tuesday, September 29, 2026 1:30 PM Council Chambers, Room N1-110
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Invocation - Reading or Thought - Pledge of Allegiance
1.1 Quorum Call-Roll Call Vote
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
3. REPORT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS:
3.1 County Council Members
3.2 County Mayor
3.3 Other Elected County Officials
4. APPROVAL OF TAX LETTERS
County Council Meeting Agenda September 29, 2026
4.1 Tax Administration's Tax Relief Letters 26-946
Attachments:
1. Tax Relief Letter 9.17.26
4.2 Tax Administration's Charitable, Religious, and Educational
Exemption Letters
26-947
Attachments:
1. 3.1 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church_Redacted
4.3 Partial Release of Lien 26-950
Attachments:
1. Partial Release of Lien
4.4 Tax Record Adjustments 26-951
Attachments:
1. Tax Record Adjustment - Tax Relief
5. APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
5.1 Approval of September 15, 2026, County Council Minutes 26-957
Attachments:
1. 09-15-2026 Council Minutes
6. WORK SESSION
6.1 Informational Update on the Proposed Hire Report / Incentive
Plans - $3000 and Under / Weekly Reclassification Report
26-955
Presenter: Hoa Nguyen, Council Budget and Policy Analyst
(Less than 5 minutes)
Informational
Attachments:
1. Proposed Hire Report - 9-23-2026
2. Incentive Plans - $3,000 and Under 9-23-2026
3. Weekly Reclassification Report 9-23-2026
6.2 Budget Adjustment: Mayor's Finance Requests Several Capital
Project Adjustments as Part of the Salt Palace Renovation Project:
- Cancel $19,836,599 in Previously Budgeted Capital Projects
at the Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center and Redirect
26-954
County Council Meeting Agenda September 29, 2026
$11M to Debt Service on Bonds to Be Issued for the Salt
Palace Renovation
- Cancel $408,033 in Previously Budgeted Capital Projects at
Mountain America Expo Center As Part of the Longer
Term Capital Maintenance and Operating Plan
- Cancel $3,930,354 in Operating Subsidy for the Salt Palace
and $5M in 2026 Relief Funding for Clients with Signed and
Executed Contracts for Events After February 2027
Presenter: Hoa Nguyen, Council Budget and Policy Analyst
(Less than 5 minutes)
Discussion - Vote Needed
Attachments:
1. 39431 39392 40641 SPCC Capital Project Reductions
6.3 Budget Adjustment: The Sheriff's Office Requests to Recognize
$160,000 One-time Grant Funding to Support a Medicaid
Screening and Enrollment Pilot Project for Eligible Jail Inmates
26-953
Presenter: Hoa Nguyen, Council Budget and Policy Analyst
(Less than 5 minutes)
Discussion - Vote Needed
Attachments:
1. 40713 - SHF_Jail Medicaid Grant
6.4 Consideration of Approval of Proposed Rental Rates for the 2028-
29 Season of the Larry H. and Gail Miller Arts Center
26-945
Presenter: Robin Chalhoub, Community Services Department Director; Matt Castillo, Arts
& Culture Division Director
(5 minutes)
Discussion - Vote Needed
Attachments:
1. Miller Arts Center Proposed 2028-29 Rental Rates Memo
2. Miller Arts Center Proposed Rental Rates 2028-29 Season
6.5 Leifman Update: Recommendation #17-Update on the Evolution
of the JAC Concept
26-949
Presenter: Katherine Fife, Associate Deputy Mayor, County Services; Kelly Colopy,
Human Services Director
(20 minutes)
County Council Meeting Agenda September 29, 2026
Informational
Attachments: None
6.6 Informational Presentation of the Salt Lake County Jail Expansion
Feasibility Study
26-922
Presenter: Rob Cottle - CEO and Principal Architect, Babcock Design Group; Meg Bower,
Principal Planner; Mike Conder, Principal Architect; Dr. Joel Andrade - LICSW, CCHPMH,
Senior Behavioral Health Expert
(60 minutes)
Informational
Attachments:
1. Feasibility 620925d
7. PENDING LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
7.1 Consideration of a Resolution of the County Council of Salt Lake
County, Utah (the 'County'), Amending a Resolution Which
Previously Authorized the Issuance and Sale of the County's
Transient Room Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (the 'Series 2026
Bonds') by Adding to the Security for the Series 2026 Bonds With
a Covenant to Request an Appropriation from the County's
Legally Available Moneys to the Payment of the Series 2026 Bonds;
Providing for the Publication of a Notice of Public Hearing and
Bonds to be Issued; Authorizing and Approving General
Indenture; Authorizing the Taking of all Other Actions Necessary
to the Consummation of the Transactions Contemplated by This
Resolution; and Related Matters
26-956
Presenter: Darrin Casper, Deputy Mayor of Finance and Administration; Helen Schroeder,
Civil Attorney
(5 minutes)
Discussion - Vote Needed
Attachments:
1. General Indenture - Salt Lake Co Transient Room Tax Bonds 2026
2. Amending Resolution - Salt Lake Co Transient Room Tax Bonds 2026_RATFL
7.2 Final Adoption of an Ordinance of the Legislative Body of Salt
Lake County, Utah, Amending Section 9.90.025 of the Salt Lake
County Code to replace the 2006 Utah Wildland Urban Interface
Code with the 2024 International Wildland Urban Interface Code.
26-933
County Council Meeting Agenda September 29, 2026
Presenter: Brian Tucker, MSD Planning Manager
(5 minutes)
Discussion - Vote Needed
Attachments:
1. WUI Ordinance_legislative format_RAFL
2. OAM2026-001644 WUI Staff Report
8. OTHER ITEMS REQUIRING COUNCIL APPROVAL
9. OTHER BUSINESS
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