ULCT Board of Directors Meeting - January 22, 2025
Notice Tags
Legislature
Notice Type(s)
Notice,
Meeting
Event Start Date & Time
January 22, 2025 02:15 PM
Event End Date & Time
January 22, 2025 04:00 PM
Description/Agenda
UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
LOCATION: CALVIN L. RAMPTON SALT PALACE CONVENTION CENTER, ROOM 353, 100 S WEST TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84101 & VIA ZOOM
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2025 @ 2:15 PM
1) Welcome and Introductions - Mayor Troy Walker, ULCT President
- Welcome new ULCT staff:
Alexa Oldham, Policy Analyst
McKenna Marchant, LAA Program Manager
Megan Jacobs, Legislative Intern
- Local Officials Day recap
2) Administrative Items - Mayor Troy Walker, ULCT President
ACTIONS: Review & approval of Minutes, call for conflict-of-interest disclosure
HANDOUTS: DRAFT December 9, 2024 Board Minutes, ULCT Conflict of Interest Form
3) ULCT Board & Commission Reports & Appointments - Alexa Oldham, Policy Analyst
- Utah Substance Abuse and Mental Health Advisory Committee
- Utah Fentanyl Task Force
ACTION: Appointments & endorsements for boards and commissions
HANDOUT: Boards & Commission Memo
4) FY 2025 Q2 (July-December 2024) Budget Report & Check Register - Nick Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer
ACTION: Review & approval of FY 2025 Q2 Budget Report & Check Register
HANDOUT: FY 2025 Q2 Budget Report & Check Register
5) FY 2026 Membership Dues - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director & Nick Jarvis, COO
ACTION: Potential adoption of FY 2026 membership dues
HANDOUTS: FY 2026 Dues Memo & Options
6) ULCT Bylaws Update - Roger Tew, General Counsel & Senior Advisor
- Legislative Policy Committee
- Ex officio members - former presidents
- Budgeting
ACTION: Review & approval of proposed update to ULCT Bylaws
HANDOUT: Proposed Update to ULCT Bylaws
7) ULCT Engagement Report - Molly Wheeler, Deputy Director & Cassidy Hansen, Marketing Communications Manager
- Conflict competence update
- Email system update
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: None
8) 2025 Legislative Priorities - ULCT Advocacy Staff
- Board duties during the session
Officer calls: 'maximize political capital at the capitol'
LPC
Daily briefing
- Elections: deliberation
There is an effort to reduce the use of vote-by-mail in Utah and to remove election duties from the Office of the Lt. Governor.
Question: How important is vote-by-mail for your city and thus for ULCT?
The debate over how to increase trust in Utah elections - Deseret News
- Homelessness: deliberation
Salt Lake City plan
Mendenhall says SLC can host temporary shelter, promises more downtown policing - SL Tribune
Future campus model
Question: These proposals will result in more demand on the mitigation fund. What should our next steps be?
- Housing/land use: deliberation on plan review, update on LPC survey results on other topics
vPlan review time frames and process (deliberation and LPC survey results)
Question: we have a potential approach that bifurcates the time frames for completeness review and plan review. Are you ok with this approach?
MIHP ownership submenu (LPC survey results)
Parking stall size (LPC survey results)
ADUs (LPC survey results)
State surplus land for housing (LPC survey results)
Code enforcement (LPC survey results)
- Lehi density bonus concept for affordable home ownership, Mayor Mark Johnson:
Housing Affordability Work Session Presentation 01.07.25
ACTION: Ratify bill tracker
HANDOUTS: 2025 ULCT Bill Tracker (LINK)
9) Executive Director Report - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- National League of Cities Congressional Cities Conference: March 9-12, 2025
- Tax-exempt municipal bonds
- Midyear Conference: April 16-18, 2025
- Keynote speaker Arthur Brooks!
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
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