ULCT Board of Directors Meeting - December 9, 2024
Notice Tags
Legislature
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
December 9, 2024 10:00 AM
Event End Date & Time
December 9, 2024 12:00 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 9, 2024 @ 10:00 AM
1) Welcome and Introductions - Mayor Troy Walker, ULCT President
2) Administrative Items - Mayor Troy Walker, ULCT President
ACTIONS: Review & approval of Minutes, call for conflict-of-interest disclosure
HANDOUTS: DRAFT November 4, 2024 Board Minutes, ULCT Conflict of Interest Form
3) ULCT 2024-2025 Board Vacancy, Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
ACTION: Appoint Lehi Mayor Mark Johnson to fill vacancy
HANDOUTS: ULCT Board of Directors Vacancy
4) Presentation of FY 2024 Audited Financial Statements - Jeff Miles, HBME
ACTION: Review & approval of FY 2024 Audited Financial Statements
HANDOUTS: ULCT Audit Committee Recommendation Memo, FY 2024 Audited Financial Statements
5) FY 2026 Membership Dues Options & Direction, Cameron Diehl, Executive Director & Nick Jarvis, COO
ACTION: Direction on FY 2026 dues options
HANDOUTS: FY 2026 Dues Options Memo
6) ULCT Personnel Policies and Procedures Update - Nick Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer
ACTION: Review & approval of updated ULCT Personnel Policies and Procedures Update
HANDOUTS: Update to ULCT Personnel Policies and Procedures Memo, Proposed Update to ULCT Personnel Policies and Procedures
7) Advocacy Update - Justin Lee, Deputy Director & Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- Officer report on today's meeting with Speaker of the House Mike Schultz
- Note: officers will meet next week with Senate President Stuart Adams and Gov. Spencer Cox's senior staff
- Land Use Task Force (deliberation)
- Licensing/inspectors
- Invited guest: Rep. Thomas Peterson
- Bonding
- CHA (deliberation)
- CHA bill to come; ULCT staff will meet with the CHA co-chairs on Dec. 12 to finalize their initial bill
- Political Subdivisions bill to date with three key elements
1) Optional ownership overlay
2) Enhanced data
3) Regional plans for housing, details to be determined by August 2025
- Utah housing official touts regional approach in spurring housing development | KSL.com
- Utah lawmakers' next big housing bill is taking shape. Here's what it includes - so far - Utah News Dispatch
- Affordable ownership overlay options (deliberation)
- Based on the November Board direction, which specific options for the overlay will work for ULCT? (see Updated Housing Policy Worksheet Companion with Staff Recommendations
- Utah Housing Plan (update from bi-weekly meetings)
- Rep. Ward bills (update from LPC-CHA group)
- Homelessness (see principles)
- Revenue (update)
- Transportation utility fee
- Utah Tax Payers Association Dec. 2024 President's Message - Local Government Fees
- Tourism related taxes
- Other big-ticket issues on horizon: we'll finalize legislative priorities at the board meeting on Local Officials Day
- Amendment D next steps
- Amendment D: Utah GOP lawmakers look to control voter-backed ballot initiatives - Salt Lake Tribune
- Fentanyl Task Force
- Gov. Cox statement on immigration
- Gov. Cox announces efforts to assist in deportations once Trump again takes office - KSL.com
- GRAMA/privacy
- Gravel:
- Utah trying to get a handle on use of and demand for aggregate - Deseret News
- Homelessness:
- Utah is falling behind in affordable housing units, state leader says - KSL News Radio
- Municipal power
- Preemption of local authority
- Water funding, conservation, infrastructure:
- In the next 35 years, Utah will need $60 billion for water infrastructure, state report says - Utah News Dispatch
- Committee assignments
- 2025-26 Committee Assignments | Utah House of Representatives
- Senate-Committee-Assignments-2025-2026.pdf
ACTION: Direction on LUTF, direction on CHA, homelessness principles
HANDOUTS: Memo: Land Use Task Force items on building officials and bonding for public improvements
Updated Housing Policy Worksheet Companion with Staff Recommendations
Update to ULCT Board Principles on Homelessness
Board Principles on Transportation Utility Fee Legislation
Fentanyl Task Force Slides
8) ULCT Engagement Report and Board & Commission Reports & Appointments - Molly Wheeler, Deputy Director
- Conflict competence update
- Olympic subgroup update
- Local Officials Day update
- State Records Committee report back
- UServe
ACTION: Recommendation/appointment to boards & commissions
HANDOUT: None
9) Executive Director Report - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- National League of Cities
- Update on bylaw changes (e.g. prior presidents as ex officio board members, LPC positions, etc.)
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: None
10) Other Business
11) 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.
Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation
Register in advance for this webinar:
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