CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND BUSINESS MEETING AGENDAS
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
October 20, 2026 04:00 PM
Event End Date & Time
October 20, 2026 08:30 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, October 20, 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. Old Mill Engineering Report
Dunn Associates (30 min.)
b. Canyon School District Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Susan Edwards (20 min.)
c. Bike Walk Provo
Jonathan Handy (30 min.)
4. STAFF REPORTS
a. Butlerville Days Discussion
Administrative Services Director Barbara Higgins (20 min.)
b. Storm Water Discussion
Public Works Director Matt Shipp (20 min.)
c. Youth Serving on Committees Discussion
Councilmember Hyland (10 min.)
5. REVIEW OF CALENDARS AND UPCOMING EVENTS*
a. Spooktacular - Monday, October 26th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at City Hall
b. CWH Book Club - Thursday, November 5th at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room (Book: Becoming Madam Secretary)
c. Star Spangled Finale - Thursday, November 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Butler Middle School
d. Senior Bingo - Wednesday, November 18th at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall
e. November Lecture Series - Thursday, November 19th at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Helen Salas McCarty to present on Creating Water-Wise Landscaping)
f. Light the Heights - Monday, November 30th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall
*For more information, please visit CH.UTAH.GOV and click Community Calendar
6. POSSIBLE CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS LITIGATION, PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND/OR THE CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL
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, October 20, 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 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.
5.0 REPORTS
5.1 Finance Report - Finance Director Scott Jurges
5.2 CHPD Police Report - Police Chief Robby Russo
6.0 PUBLIC HEARING
6.1 Public Hearing to Receive Input on the Proposed Budget Amendments for the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year-Introduction by Administrative and Fiscal Services Director Scott Jurges (10 min.)
7.0 ACTION ITEMS
7.1 Consideration of Ordinance 479 Bitcoin Ordinance (An ordinance enacting City Code 10.68)
7.2 Consideration of Resolution 2026-67 Advice and Consent for the Appointment of an Assistant City Manager (A resolution approving the appointment of an Assistant City Manager)
7.3 Consideration of Ordinance 480 Compensation for the Assistant City Manager (An ordinance fixing the compensation of the Assistant City Manager)
7.4 Consideration of Resolution 2026-69 Public Safety Range Grant Agreement (A resolution approving and ratifying an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice for a Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grant)
7.5 Consideration of Resolution 2026-70 Public Safety Range Milo Contract (A resolution approving a contract with Milo Live for the Purchase of a Public Safety Training Facility)
7.6 Consideration of Resolution 2026-71 Historic Committee Appointment (A resolution consenting to appointments to the Cottonwood Heights Historic Committee)
7.7 Consideration of Resolution 2026-73 Budget Adjustment (A resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2026/2027 Budget of the City of Cottonwood Heights)
7.8 Consideration of Resolution 2026-74 Surplus for IT Equipment (A resolution declaring certain property surplus)
7.9 Consideration of Resolution 2026-75 Surplus Badge and Gun for Garcia (A resolution awarding a retiring police officer his badge and approving his purchase of a police firearm)
7.10 Consideration of Resolution 2026-76 Arts Council Appointment (A resolution consenting to an appointment to the Cottonwood Heights Arts Council)
7.11 Consideration of Resolution 2026-77 Citizen Budget Advisory Committee Appointments (A resolution appointing members of the Cottonwood Heights Citizen Budget Advisory Committee)
8.0 CONSENT CALENDAR
8.1 Approval of the minutes for the City Council Work Sessions and Business Meetings of August 18, 2026, September 1, 2026, and September 15, 2026.
9.0 ADJOURN CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING
On Wednesday, October 14, 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. 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 14th day of October 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 801-944-7021 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 801-944-7015 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).