UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
LOCATION: DRAPER CITY HALL, 1020 PIONEER RD, DRAPER, UT 84020 & VIA ZOOM
MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025 @ 12:00 PM
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 May 19, 2025 Board Minutes, ULCT Conflict of Interest Form
3) Public Hearing: FY 2026 Approved Tentative Budget - Mayor Troy Walker, ULCT President
- Receive public comment on approved FY 2026 tentative budget
ACTIONS: Open & close public hearing
HANDOUT: Approved ULCT FY 2026 Tentative Budget & Memo from May 19, 2025
4) FY 2026 Budget Adoption - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director & Nick Jarvis, Chief Operating Officer
- Review, consider, and adopt FY 2026 budget
ACTIONS: Review, consider, and adopt FY 2026 Budget via resolution
HANDOUT: ULCT FY 2026 Final Budget & Memo, ULCT FY 2026 Budget Resolution
5) ULCT Board & Commission Reports & Appointments - Alexa Oldham, Policy Analyst
- USAV+
- BUILD Utah
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: Board & Commissions Memo
6) Engagement Report - Molly Wheeler, Deputy Director and ULCT Engagement Staff
- Annual Convention 2025
- Conflict Competence update
- Retiring electeds
- NLC in SLC Save the date/update
- Faces and Places: build relationships between city and state leaders
ACTION: For information and discussion
HANDOUT: Faces and Places: Building Effective Relationships with State Legislators (LINK)
7) Executive Director Report - Cameron Diehl, Executive Director
- 2025-2026 ULCT Board of Directors vacancies announcements
- Check in on strategic objectives/implementation
- Deliberation: potential 7th strategic objective under advocacy/engagement
- Note: the current six strategic objectives and context for a potential 7th objective and the questions below are in the memo. League staff is seeking feedback today for potential adoption at the August board meeting:
- 'Facilitate and/or coordinate technical assistance programs that support municipalities
- Question to discuss:
- 1) What are your thoughts on the proposed 7th objective?
- 2) What role, if any, should the League have in the implementation of the additional technical assistance opportunities (particularly for urban edge and transitioning rural areas)?
- Deliberation: Big, Beautiful Bill in Congress and League recommendations for advocacy
- Note: the memo provides context for the recommendations
- Question to discuss:
- 1) Do you ratify the staff recommendations for the One Big, Beautiful Bill?
ACTION: Discuss potential organizational objective, Discuss federal advocacy actions
HANDOUTS: Executive Director Report: June 2025, National League of Cities Urges Senate to Make Key Changes to House-passed Tax Package (LINK), Utah lawmakers break with Trump, oppose AI moratorium in 'Big, Beautiful Bill' - Fox 13 (LINK), Millions acres of public land could be eligible for sale in Senate reconciliation bill - Des. News (LINK)
8) Advocacy Report - Cameron Diehl and Justin Lee, ULCT Advocacy Staff
- State Housing Plan/Commission on Housing Affordability/Land Use Task Force: the context for the questions below is provided in the memo. The memo also outlines topics for future deliberation at LPC advisory meetings and Board meetings.
1) Is there a path forward to some state standards around detached ADUs?
2) Is there a path forward to some state uniformity on infrastructure standards if there are unjustifiable outliers? Who else and what else do we need to include in the deliberations?
3) Is there a path forward to something broader than HB 37? (time permitting)
- Context/updates for other policy priorities
1) Water policy
2) Transportation Utility Fee next steps (update)
3) Nuclear and energy focus (context)
ACTIONS: Provide direction on deliberation questions
HANDOUTS: 2025 Housing Data Fact Sheet for ULCT Board, State Housing Plan Context and Deliberation Memo, 'We desperately need to do more': Utah Gov. Cox convenes mayors to urge more action on housing - Utah News Dispatch (LINK)
9) Other Business
10) 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.
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