[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] WHEN. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, POUND. WE WILL START OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2025. WE HAVE SIX OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN HOUSE TONIGHT. DO WE KNOW IF COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM? COUNCILMEMBER BLOOM IS NOT ON BUT WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY? WE WILL START OUR MEETING TONIGHT WITH OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND WE HAVE BECKY CONDIE, WHO HAS GRACIOUSLY SAID YES TO HELPING US WITH OUR PLEDGE. AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BECKY. WE WILL NOW [PUBLIC COMMENT] HAVE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ARE FREE TO COME UP AFTER I CALL ON A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY PUT THEIR NAME IN, AND Y'ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES. THE COUNCIL TYPICALLY DOES NOT RESPOND, SO IF YOU DO NEED A RESPONSE, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU TALK TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE PEOPLE OVER HERE AND THEY CAN GET YOUR NAME AND YOUR NUMBER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU. SO THE FIRST NAME I HAVE UP TONIGHT, AND I HOPE I SAY THIS RIGHT, IS CHANEL CHANEL HILL. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE AT THE LECTERN. ONE. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR CITIES NEED TO TAKE A STAND ON CORRUPTION, ABUSE AND THE EXPLOITATION OF RELIGIOUS PROTECTIONS. LAST WEEK, MAYOR KRISTI ROBERSON OF TAYLORSVILLE TOLD ME MY CONCERNS ABOUT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS MISUSING THEIR 500 AND 1C3 STATUS TO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN WERE MATTERS FOR THE LEGISLATOR. BUT CHANGE DOESN'T START JUST AT A STATE LEVEL. IT STARTS WITHIN OUR CITIES WITH LOCAL POLICIES AND ORDINANCES THAT ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING YET ANOTHER KINGSTON CASE, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RELIGIOUS GROUP EXPLOITING CHILDREN, MARRYING YOUNG AND HIDING CRIMES. ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PREVENT LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM PROPERLY INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING. IF I GO TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY ASK ME WHICH CITIES HAVE HAVE HAD WHICH CITIES STAND BEHIND ME, I HAVE TO SAY NONE. I WILL NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. WE NEED LOCAL OFFICIALS TO TAKE THE ISSUE SERIOUSLY AS WE DO. WE ALSO NEED TO STAND AGAINST THE CORRUPTION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL REYES, WHO SUPPORTED TIM BALLARD DESPITE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. BALLARD HAS BEEN ALLOWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS TO YET START ANOTHER FOUNDATION UNDER THE GUISE OF FIGHTING TRAFFICKING. HOW DOES SOMEONE FACING SUCH ALLEGATIONS GET TO CONTINUE OPERATING UNCHECKED? THIS IS WHY WE NEED CITY LEVEL POLICIES ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I AM ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO ACT. WILL YOU SUPPORT ORDINANCES THAT PREVENT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS FROM USING THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS AS A SHIELD FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES? WILL YOU STAND BEHIND ME? WILL I, WHILE I TAKE THIS FIGHT TO THE LEGISLATOR? BECAUSE IF WE DON'T START ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AT A LOCAL LEVEL, WE ARE COMPLICIT TO ALLOWING THESE ABUSES TO CONTINUE. I AM THE FOUNDER AND THE SENIOR OFFICER OF STAND AGAINST FEAR AND EXPLOITATION, AND I AM HERE TO STAND AND FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND THE RELIGIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHANEL. AND WE DO HAVE YOUR INFORMATION HERE, SO I'LL PASS IT ON TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TONIGHT, BUT IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S WITH THIS TONIGHT, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF ORIGIN. ORIGIN? JUST KIDDING. I'M ANNE MARIE BARRETT, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DRAPER. BUT I AM THE MANAGER OF BEING CREEK LIBRARY HERE IN WEST JORDAN. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I JUST LOVE COMING TO YOUR GUYS'S CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT'S ALWAYS SO INFORMATIVE AND JUST SO NEAT TO SEE WHAT AN [00:05:03] AMAZING COMMUNITY WE'RE A PART OF. I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF SERVICES THAT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, BUT IF NOT, IT'S GREAT TO GET THOSE OUT THERE. WE ARE HAVING A REALLY FUN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM ON FRIDAY. THAT'S VALENTINE'S DAY. AND IT'S A MAZES AND PUZZLES PROGRAM FOR ART. IT'S GEARED TOWARDS ELEMENTARY AGE. WE CALL IT OUR LIBRARY EXPLORERS PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY FUN. SO WE HOPE TO SEE SOME KIDS THERE. ALSO, WE ARE CLOSED ON PRESIDENTS DAY, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP YOUR BOOKS OFF AT OUR BOOK DROP. BUT WE WON'T BE THERE. SO WE WILL BE REOPENING THOUGH ON TUESDAY MORNING AT THE SAME TIME AS USUAL. AND WE DO HAVE TWO REALLY NEAT FREE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE ARE OUT AND PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NALOXONE KITS THAT PEOPLE CAN COME PICK UP, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. AND WE JUST GIVE IT TO PEOPLE AND THEY CAN TAKE THAT HOME. IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE AVAILABLE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE HAVING SURGERY AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. THINGS CAN GO WRONG. I KNOW PEOPLE IN MY IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM WHO HAVE IT JUST IN CASE A NEIGHBOR MIGHT NEED IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE ON HAND BECAUSE OF TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE OVERDOSE SITUATIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT CAN BE ACCIDENTAL OR MAYBE NOT, UNFORTUNATELY. SO WE WANT THOSE RESOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY WHO COULD POTENTIALLY NEED THEM. THAT'S ACTUALLY AVAILABLE AT ALL COUNTY LIBRARIES. SO REALLY NEAT. WE ALSO OFFER FREE GUN LOCKS AGAIN, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. THEY ARE NOT SET UP TO WORK FOR RIFLES, BUT THEY WORK FOR OTHER OTHER GUNS. AND THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFUL WAY TO SECURE WEAPONS JUST TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO BE LIVING IN A HOUSEHOLD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOVE BEING PART OF THE WEST JORDAN COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY TO BE PART OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANN MARIE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE IN OUR AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. IF NOT, WE'LL TURN OVER TO WARREN. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE THAT WOULD HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED? THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLINE NAMED UTAH CORRUPTION WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. OKAY. IF THE PERSON LISTED AS UTAH CORRUPTION, WE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK. BUT WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE. YEAH. HI. IT'S SALT LAKE, AND YOU CAN CALL ME PHIL. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE FIRST SPEAKER'S SENTIMENTS. NOW, MY PERSONAL BACKGROUND. I'M NOT MUCH INTO THE LEGISLATIVE PART. I'M MORE INTO THE COP WATCHING. AND MY FRUSTRATION IS WITH YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE, KEN WALLENTINE. HERE'S AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE REPEATEDLY SHANEIL HAS BEEN HARASSED BY JOSHUA HOYLE. ANYBODY IN THIS OFFICE CAN TELL ME TODAY WHO JOSHUA HOYLE IS. IF NOT, I'LL TELL YOU. JOSHUA HOYLE, BADGE NUMBER U77, ALONG WITH THEIR COMPATRIOT, OFFICER ALDRIDGE. BADGE V CONSTANTLY HARASSES CHENILLE ANY TIME SHE'S EVER OUT AND ABOUT ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AT SOME OF THESE CULT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONDUCTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. TELL ME WHY IT IS THAT JOSHUA HOYLE CONSTANTLY GETS SENT EVERY TIME CHENILLE IS OUT AND ABOUT PEACEFULLY PROTESTING. JOSHUA HOYLE IS THE SAME KILLER COP THAT MURDERED MEGAN MALT. OF ALL OF THE OFFICERS THAT COULD POSSIBLY RESPOND AT ANY POINT IN TIME, MORNING, MIDDAY, AFTERNOON. EVENING. CONSTANTLY. WHY IS IT THAT ONLY OFFICER HOYLE RESPONDS AND HARASS AND INTIMIDATE CHENILLE? NOW, I ASK THIS COUNCIL, THIS AUDIENCE AND YOUR CHIEF OF POLICE, KEN WALLENTINE. WHY ARE YOU REPEATEDLY SENDING THE SAME OFFICER TO INTIMIDATE, THREATEN AND HARASS CHENILLE AS SHE'S PEACEFULLY EXERCISING HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? SOME MIGHT CALL THAT JUST FOLLOWING POLICY. I CALL THAT A CLEAR MARK OF CORRUPTION. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT. AND ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT CHENILLE, MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS ARE BEING DENIED BEING DENIED PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE, THE CAD CALLS, AND EVERY OTHER PUBLIC RECORD ASSOCIATED EVERY TIME ALDRIDGE AND HOYLE SHOW UP. SO THAT'S WHO YOUR LEGISLATORS ARE COMING FORWARD TO HARASS ACTIVISTS LIKE CHENILLE. AND EVEN MORE INTERESTING, THE VERY SAME DA SIM GILL REFUSED TO PROSECUTE JOSHUA HOYLE, DESPITE DOZENS OF FOOTAGE OF BODY CAM [00:10:05] FOOTAGE SHOWING HOYLE LITERALLY PULLING A GEORGE FLOYD ON MEGAN MOULTON, WHO WAS HAVING A 5150 EPISODE. IT WAS SO CLEAR THAT POOR SOUL WAS TAKEN AWAY AND ALL SHE NEEDED WAS SOME TIME TO JUST RECOUP AND RE-ENERGIZE. INSTEAD, JOSHUA HOYLE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST IN THIS SITUATION? TO PUT MY KNEE TO THIS WOMAN'S NECK, WHO BARELY IS ABOUT 120 POUNDS, SOAKING WET, UNARMED, NON BAGGY CLOTHES, AND ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER OFFICERS STANDING BESIDE HIM. THAT'S WHAT JOSHUA HOYLE CONSIDERS AS A MAN. AND THAT'S WHAT YOUR OWN CHIEF OF POLICE, KEN WALLENTINE, ALSO BELIEVES AS A MAN. THAT'S A REAL MAN RIGHT THERE. THAT'S THE ROLE MODEL OF OUR CITY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT, ABSOLUTELY ABHORRENT. WHY IS JOSHUA HILL STILL A BEAT COP? WHY IS HE STILL ON THE FORM? ALL RIGHT, THE THREE MINUTES IS UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WARREN. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE? NO ONE ELSE HAS INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. [LEGISLATIVE UPDATE] THAT WILL THEN END OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND WE'LL CLOSE THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND WE WILL NOW TURN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. AND ADAM GARDNER FROM OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT HAS AN UPDATE FOR US. AND HE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO ASK OR ALLOW US TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE AT THE LEGISLATURE. ADAM. THANK YOU. WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT 900 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN SO FAR. JUST 900. HAVE YOU OUT OF HERE BY 1130? I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UPDATING THE COUNCIL. SO YOU GUYS TELL ME WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW BILLS THAT WE'RE WATCHING PRETTY CLOSELY. THAT WILL IMPACT THE CITY THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT. WE'LL START OFF WITH HB 37. REPRESENTATIVE DUNNIGAN, WHO REPRESENTS A PORTION OF WEST JORDAN, UTAH HOUSING AMENDMENTS. THE STATE WAS CONTEMPLATING HAVING STATE OVERLAY AUTHORITY OVER SOME MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, AND REPRESENTATIVE DUNNIGAN. I THINK, CAME TO THE AID OF CITIES AND COUNTIES AND SAID, HEY, CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THIS TOOL TO DO THIS TYPE OF THING. AND WEST JORDAN CITY IS ALREADY KIND OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF THINGS WITH OVERLAY ZONES OFF REDWOOD AND, AND OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY. AND SO WHAT REPRESENTATIVE DUNNIGAN IS TRYING TO DO IS TO GIVE MORE TOOLS FOR CITIES TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT IN OUR OWN CITY. AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR HIM FOR RUNNING HB 37. I JUST WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT HB 88 AND HB 90. THESE WERE VERY CONTROVERSIAL BILLS THAT WOULD ADD SOME DEVELOPMENT BY RIGHT. BOTH OF THESE WERE SPONSORED BY REPRESENTATIVE RAY WARD. THE COUNCIL HAD MADE IT KNOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH TAKING LOCAL CONTROL AWAY FROM THE CITY. MOST CITIES FELT THE SAME WAY AS YOU DID. BUT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND STAFF FOR GETTING DATA THAT WAS NEEDED, HOW IT WOULD AFFECT WEST JORDAN CITY, AND EVERYONE REALLY STEPPED UP, TALKED TO THE SPONSOR AND TALKED TO MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT. BOTH OF THOSE BILLS HELD IN COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS GREAT. SO UNLESS THE CHAIRMAN RELEASES THEM, I DON'T SEE ANY HOPE OF THEM MOVING FORWARD UNLESS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THOSE BILLS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACKING THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE ON THAT. HB 292 POLITICAL SIGNS AMENDMENTS. THIS ALWAYS GETS CONTROVERSIAL AROUND CITY COUNCIL RACES AND LEGISLATIVE RACES. AND SOME OF THESE RACES GOT PRETTY NASTY WITH OPPONENTS OR PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T LIKE A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE WOULD GO AND ADD THINGS OR TAPE THINGS ONTO OTHER ONTO CANDIDATE SIGNS. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS, CITY STAFF, ANYONE THAT SEES A VIOLATION OF THIS LAW CAN KIND OF ENFORCE IT THEMSELVES. SO IF YOU SEE THAT A CANDIDATE, ACCORDING TO THIS BILL HAS PUT UP A SIGN ON A UTILITY POLE, SOMEONE CAN GO TAKE THAT SIGN OFF THE UTILITY POLE AND THERE'S NO REPERCUSSIONS. THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW CITIZENS TO DO THAT. SO IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CONCEPT. IT DOES NOT ALLOW YOU OR ANYONE TO GO STICK SOMETHING ELSE ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S SIGNS. BUT IT WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS TO ENFORCE THAT. YOU CAN GO RIP IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO. SO IT GETS INTO THE MINUTIA OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING AND CAMPAIGN SIGNS. BUT AS WE'RE APPROACHING A CAMPAIGN SEASON, IT MIGHT BE [00:15:05] GOOD TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. ADAM, MY QUESTION ON THAT ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, IS IT SEEMS LIKE THE LAW IS BEING PUT FORTH BY A LEGISLATOR BECAUSE HIS SIGNS WERE PROBABLY HIT. BUT IS THIS LAW GOING TO BE FOR ALSO LOCAL CANDIDATES, OR IS IT JUST FOR THE STATE CANDIDATES? SO IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S FOR EVERYBODY AND IT'S STATEWIDE. YES. OKAY. THERE'S ALSO THERE'S ALSO A BILL, HB 291. AND IT IS BY REPRESENTATIVE ABBOTT NELSON. MAYORAL RECALL ELECTION AMENDMENTS. THIS IS FOR ONE PARTICULAR CITY THAT THEY'RE TARGETING. IT WOULD NOT AFFECT OUR CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF GOVERNMENT THAT'S MENTIONED IN HERE. BUT JUST BE AWARE. I THINK THIS SETS A BAD PRECEDENT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS. KEEPING THEM KIND OF ON THEIR TOES. IF I DON'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, THEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO EITHER RUN A BILL OR OR A RECALL FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER. LUCKILY, I THINK WE HAVE RECALL PROVISIONS IN THE STATUTE AND THEY'RE CALLED ELECTIONS. SO RIGHT NOW, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLANNING ON STICKING WITH THAT, AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT CHANGES ANYTIME SOON. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MONITORING. HB 295 BY REPRESENTATIVE PAUL CUTLER MUNICIPAL SERVICES, FEES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AMENDMENTS. THIS GIVES MORE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY TO ACTUALLY COLLECT ON PAST DUE UTILITY PAYMENTS. AND SO THIS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE HAD. AND SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE LEANING STRONGLY IN SUPPORTING THAT AND ADVOCATING FOR THAT BILL. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THERE'S A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT WE YOU'RE NOT HEARING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT WILL BECOME ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS ON THE HILL. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH AMBULANCE TRANSFER TRANSFERS BETWEEN INTER FACILITIES. SO IF YOU'RE AT A AT AN IKE FACILITY IN RIVERTON AND TAKING THEM TO A MOUNTAINSTAR FACILITY OR A COMMONSPIRIT FACILITY SOMEWHERE IN SALT LAKE, RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE PROVIDER OUTSIDE OF LIKE CITIES THAT WILL DO THAT. THERE'S ONLY ONE LICENSE GIVEN. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S COMPETITION IN THE MARKET. BUT WEST JORDAN HAS FIGURED OUT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT PROVIDER. AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T WANT TO MESS THAT UP. WE WANT TO STILL HAVE OUR AUTONOMY TO BE ABLE TO DO CONTRACTING THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO. BUT IT WILL BE A FIGHT. THERE IS THERE'S MULTIPLE BILLS NUMBERED RIGHT NOW. THERE'S TWO THAT I KNOW OF RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NUMBERED ON AMBULANCE PROVIDER PROVIDERS. SO HB 301 TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT WILL NOT BE THE END ALL BE ALL OF THIS ISSUE, THIS BILL, THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER AND THE HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER ARE ALL THEY ARE BOTH SPONSORING ANOTHER BILL TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. SO IF THEY'RE BOTH SPONSORING A BILL, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE. AND WE'LL WE'LL REACH THE NEWS. YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF HB 300. IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF YOU, YOU ARE AWARE OF HB 300, WHICH IS AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION LAW. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT MAKES A LOT MORE REQUIREMENTS ON WHAT CITIES AND COUNTIES WOULD HAVE TO DO IF YOU ARE RUNNING AN ELECTION. SO IT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO STILL USE A DROP BOX, BUT YOU CANNOT USE VOTE BY MAIL AUTOMATICALLY ANYMORE. YOU HAVE TO OPT IN EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND WHEN YOU OPT IN, YOU HAVE TO GO INTO A COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND REGISTER AND SHOW YOUR ID. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL. THEY WANT YOU TO SHOW YOUR ID EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU VOTE. AND SO REALLY WHAT THIS WOULD BE IS IN PERSON. WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT THIS ISN'T THE CASE. BUT AS I READ THROUGH THE BILL, IF YOU'RE RUNNING A CITY ELECTION, IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A DROP BOX OPEN BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE STAFFERS THERE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY, AND YOU'D ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN SHORT NUMBER OF DAYS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE DROP BOXES. SO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER. BE AWARE OF THAT. BILL, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO READ ON HB 300 IS NOT, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IS NOT HOW THE BILL WILL REMAIN. SO IT WILL PASS THIS WAY IN THE HOUSE AND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE IN THE SENATE. THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. COUNCILMEMBER JACOB, DID YOU WANT TO? OH, NO. MY QUESTION IS ON THAT BILL. I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO GET DONE. WHEN? BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION ON A COUPLE OTHER BILLS. SO YOU KEEP GOING. YOU MIGHT HIT WHAT I'M ASKING ON. WE'RE A 10TH OF THE WAY THERE. WE'RE ALMOST THERE. IN FACT, A LOT OF THESE I'M GOING TO SKIP. HB 454 IF YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. [00:20:01] THAT'S LOCAL GOVERNMENT FEE MODIFICATIONS. RIGHT NOW CERTAIN CITIES CAN CHARGE TRANSPORTATION FEES IN THEIR CITIES, AND IT WOULD APPLY TO EVERY PARCEL IN THEIR CITY, WHETHER IT'S A NONPROFIT, A RESIDENCE OR A COMMERCIAL. YOU CAN THE CITIES CAN KIND OF DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO DO THAT. THE STATE HAS LOOKED AT HAVING A UNIFORM PROCESS OF CREATING THESE FEES, AND THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION FROM FROM NON-PROFITS, TAX EXEMPT STATUS ORGANIZATIONS OF NOT WANTING TO PAY THIS FEE. RIGHT NOW, IF A CITY DECIDED TO DO THE FEE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IT. BUT AS THE STATE CREATES THIS FEE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET EXEMPTED FROM THAT. SO WE JUST HAVE TO WATCH THAT BILL VERY CLOSELY. BUT RIGHT NOW, IF THIS PASSES OR DOESN'T PASS, THERE'S NOTHING FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD WOULD PRECLUDE A CITY LIKE WEST JORDAN FROM HAVING A TRANSPORTATION FEE OR ANY OF THESE OTHER FEES MENTIONED IN THIS BILL. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO HB 465, WHICH IS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. AMENDMENTS BY REPRESENTATIVE CASEY SNYDER. AND I APOLOGIZE. THIS BILL DROPPED LAST NIGHT, AND SO I QUICKLY READ THROUGH IT AND HAVE THE GIST OF IT. BUT THERE WAS A THERE WAS A LETTER SENT OUT BY LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP BEFORE THE SESSION BEGAN THAT LET A CERTAIN CITY OF A CERTAIN SIZE KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE WATCHING, THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE THEIR POLICING TACTICS, AND IF THEY DIDN'T, THERE COULD BE REPERCUSSIONS. AND THIS BILL IS THE RESULT OF THAT. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW IT'S SAYING THAT IT WILL WITHHOLD ROAD FUNDS OR HOMELESS RESTRICTED HOMELESS SHELTER MITIGATION FUNDS FROM CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS THAT DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THEIR VERSION OF POLICING. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS. IT DOESN'T JUST APPLY TO THAT CITY WITH WHOM THEY WROTE THE LETTER. IT APPLIES TO ALL CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE US. AND SO WE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS BILL AND GOING TO GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION. AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS WE KNOW MORE. THERE'S ANOTHER BILL, SB 80 REPRESENTATIVE SANDAL DRINKING WATER AMENDMENTS. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT RIGHT NOW HOW THIS WOULD HOW THIS WOULD WORK. THEY'RE TRYING TO CREATE A FUND TO FUND WATER PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER QUALITY. AND RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'D BE CHARGING SOME SORT OF FEE TO MUNICIPALITIES. AND SO I NEED TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS BILL. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT AFFECTS CITIES AND WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS ON THIS BILL, SO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. SB 96 SENATOR WAYNE HARPER, ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AMENDMENTS. AIR MOBILITY WILL BECOME A THING. IT IS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL THAT CITIES CAN USE. RIGHT NOW, THE STATE HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH AN OEM THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW THESE AIRCRAFTS TO COME IN THEIR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS THAT WOULD COME INTO UTAH, AND IT WOULD CREATE A NETWORK OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY WHERE THEY COULD DELIVER PACKAGES. AND THE PLAN IS TO DO THAT FOR A FEW YEARS TO WHERE THIS NETWORK WOULD BE WORKED OUT. THIS BILL GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO KIND OF ACTUALLY CREATE THE PLAN AND HOW TO REGULATE THIS. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE'D BE WE'D BE DELIVERING PACKAGES LIKE THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE HUMAN PASSENGERS IN THESE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT. THEY COULD HOLD 8 TO 10 PEOPLE, AND BY THE OLYMPICS THEY WOULD BE VERTICAL TAKEOFF, AND THEY COULD FLY TO VERTIPORTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE VERY QUICKLY AND HOLD 12 TO 18 PASSENGERS IN THEM. SO KIND OF ALMOST LIKE A NEW FORM OR AN ADDITIONAL FORM OF TRANSIT. SO WE GOT TO BE WATCHING THAT FOR ANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES THERE. THE STATE DID JUST ALSO FUND TWO. WELL, IT HASN'T CLEARED YET, BUT IT WAS PRIORITIZED IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, $2 MILLION FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS TO START THIS PROCESS SO ANY CITY AIRPORT CAN APPLY. AND SO WE I ENCOURAGE US TO WORK WITH SALT LAKE CITY AND, AND SEE ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT. THERE IS A LOT TO DO WITH I'LL TRY AND END HERE. THERE'S A LOT TO DO WITH UTILITIES, WITH ELECTRICITY. THAT'S THE HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU DO SEE IN THE NEWS. THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OUR UTILITIES LOOK LIKE. THERE ARE [00:25:04] BILLS THAT MAKE IT SO. RATEPAYERS IN THE STATE OF UTAH CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE BY STATUTE FOR THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER STATES, LIKE WILDFIRES IN OREGON OR CALIFORNIA. SO IT'S TRYING TO HOLD RATEPAYERS IN UTAH HARMLESS. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT WOULD ALLOW LARGE PROJECTS, OVER 50, OVER 50MW THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN ENERGY AND, AND POWER YOURSELF. AND THEN THERE ARE COMPETING BILLS THAT WOULD SAY IF YOU'RE PRODUCING ANYTHING OVER 50MW, YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR OWN AND PUT IT ON THE GRID. ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER HAS TO ACCEPT IT. THERE ARE SO MANY BILLS RIGHT NOW THAT DEAL WITH LARGE LOADS OF TRANSMISSION AND PRODUCTION, AND WE HAVE TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF WEST JORDAN, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. SO ALL OF THESE BILLS, IF THEY ALL PASS, THEY WILL ALL CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO THE LEGISLATURE HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON FIGURING OUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT WILL DO THE MOST GOOD AND ALLOW THE MOST POWER GENERATION. ONE THING I'LL I'LL CLOSE WITH ON THAT SAME SUBJECT, WE HAVE SOME DATA CENTERS, AS YOU KNOW, AND OTHER ECONOMIC DRIVERS THAT ARE ASKING FOR ONE GIGAWATT. AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT, GREG? IS THAT GIGAWATT OF POWER? YEAH. I SHOULD ASK THE MAYOR. ONE GIGAWATT OF POWER AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF WYOMING USES ABOUT 750MW. AND SO WE HAVE JUST THESE ONE ONE DATA CENTER WILL USE MORE THAN THE ENTIRE STATE OF WYOMING PRODUCES. SO WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS. AND THE LEGISLATURE IS TRYING TO MAKE PROGRESS. PROGRESS IS NOT AN EASY NOT AN EASY ROUTE TO TAKE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR OTHER BILL, I AM TRACKING OTHER BILLS. YOU'LL YOU'LL GET A BILL TRACKER TONIGHT WITH WITH MY UPDATES AND WHAT'S HAPPENED TODAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. THERE WERE TWO HOUSING BILLS THAT I REMEMBER LOOKING AT AND I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR NUMBERS. SO IF THESE SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU, GREAT. AND IF YOU THINK, OH, THEY'RE ALREADY DEAD ON ARRIVAL. ALSO GREAT. ONE OF THEM WAS DEALING WITH BARRING INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS FROM BUYING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN UTAH. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST IN THE REPRESENTATIVES BILL HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT IDEA. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN A BILL YET. THAT'S ONE. I THINK THAT ONE I THINK I DO REMEMBER THAT THAT ONE HAS BEEN NUMBERED. BUT I THINK I REMEMBER READING THAT HE WAS ABANDONING IT. THE OTHER ONE WAS CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. YEAH. THEY WERE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. THE OTHER ONE WAS WAS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN UTAH, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST THE WASATCH FRONT, YOU HAVE TO SIGN AN AFFIDAVIT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED IF YOU'RE BIDDING ON IT WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS OF THE LISTING. THAT'S SOUNDING FAMILIAR. IT'S GOING TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED FOR ONE YEAR. DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? I REMEMBER READING THAT BILL AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT NUMBER IT WAS, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE ONES. I HAVE A CLIENT IN THIS SPACE IN MY BUSINESS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO ANYWHERE, SO IT'S SOMETHING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ON THE CITY BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, SURE. IF THAT'S IF THAT'S A HOUSING POLICY ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF, WILL YOU I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW THE BILL. I'LL SEE IF I CAN TRACK IT DOWN. PLEASE TRACK IT DOWN AND SEND IT TO ME, AND WE'LL TRACK IT AND DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. COOL. ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY OF THE BILLS REGARDING ELECTRICITY THAT ADDRESS NUCLEAR POWER? YES THERE IS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NUCLEAR POWER BILLS. THIS IS THE GOVERNOR HAS MADE THIS A PRIORITY AND HE PUT FUNDING IN HIS BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WENT THROUGH OR WERE VOTED ON TODAY OR YESTERDAY WHERE THEY FELL IN PRIORITIZATION. BUT YOU ESPECIALLY THE LEGISLATURE IS PUSHING RIGHT NOW TO DO MICROGRIDS. THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HAS A MICROGRID. IT'S OLD. IT NEEDS TO BE REDONE. IT'S GOING TO COST A FEW MILLION DOLLARS TO GET RID OF IT. SO THEY WANT TO SPEND THAT FEW MILLION DOLLARS AND MAKE IT WORK AGAIN INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF IT. AND THEY WANT TO TEST MICROGRIDS QUITE A BIT IN THIS SPACE. AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT WE WANT A REACTOR. I KEEP SAYING MICROGRID MICRO REACTORS, THESE NUCLEAR FACILITIES JUST SITTING ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK LIKE A SEMI TRUCK, AND YOU COULD TAKE THEM TO A ESSENTIALLY ANYWHERE AND POWER A SUBDIVISION OR A BUSINESS OR WHATEVER. AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG PRIORITY TO MAKE THAT A THING. THE PROBLEM THEY'RE RUNNING INTO IT'S ALTHOUGH IT'S EXPENSIVE, THE STATE IS WILLING TO BEAR THAT COST, BUT THEY CAN'T GET PAST FEDERAL PERMITTING. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'LL SEE THIS SESSION BY THE BY THE TIME THE [00:30:01] SESSION IS OVER, WE'RE GOING TO I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, WHAT THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO WITH PERMITTING AND SEE IF IT'LL GET EASIER FOR NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS. SO YOU'RE DONE. COULD I JUST ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? COUNCIL. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IS IT? VERY, VERY BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF WE HAVE SENATE BILL 150 FOR THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE ASPECT ON THE TRACKING THAT YOU'RE ON THE TRACKER. IS THIS THE WHICH ONE WAS THIS? I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR? YEAH, IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT. IT'S SB 154 AND THEN SJ ARE FOR DEALING WITH THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE IN THE CONTEXT OF LEGISLATIVE AUDITS. I WILL SAY IT IS SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT KIND OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AT ANY TIME, PLEASE JUST LET ME KNOW. THIS STEMS FROM THERE WAS A LEGISLATIVE AUDIT THAT WAS DONE ON A ON A. IT'S NOT QUITE A SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S OWNED BY MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTS, AN ENTITY OWNED BY MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTS. AND AS THEY WERE DOING THEIR AUDIT, THEY WERE SUBPOENAING, TRYING TO SUBPOENA RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY FROM THIS ORGANIZATION. AND THE ORGANIZATION SAID THESE WERE ALL DONE IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS WITH OUR ATTORNEY THERE. SO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID WAS ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. AND SO THEY WOULD ONLY GET A FEW DOCUMENTS THAT WERE HEAVILY REDACTED. AND THE LEGISLATURE WAS UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET. AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO COMPEL THEM THROUGH STATE STATUTE AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT WE NEED TO AVOID IS HOW THAT AFFECTS WEST JORDAN CITY. SO I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION. WE ARE TRACKING IT. AND THE LEAGUE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT IN THE APPROPRIATE WAYS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO YOU WANT TO STAY FOR THE END? I'M KIDDING. DO I HAVE TO ANSWER? I THINK THERE'S A BILL TO COMPEL YOU TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. BUT ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR [PUBLIC HEARINGS] PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT. OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 25, DASH ZERO NINE, AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. AND I HAVE DENISE STECK UP AND READY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU ORDINANCE 2509 WITH YOUR FIRST BUDGET AMENDMENT OF THE YEAR. KIND OF GOT PAST THAT MIDYEAR POINT, BUT IT'LL END BEFORE WE KNOW IT. I JUST FEEL LIKE I JUST FINISHED THE AUDIT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SO THE ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR APPROPRIATIONS OF ANY OF THE RESERVES. WE'RE UTILIZING INTEREST EARNINGS AND PASSPORT FEES AND SOME DONATIONS TO FUND THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE REQUESTS IN THE GENERAL FUND? I DO, COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, I'M LOOKING OVER THIS. YEAH, THE GENERAL FUND. TWO QUESTIONS. THE ONE OUT OF THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE THAT TALKS ABOUT CODIFICATION AND PUBLICATION SERVICES AND EXTRA 13 K WHAT IS THAT? IT'S FOR THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE FOR CODIFICATION TO ADD SOME OF OUR MASTER PLANS TO ADD OUR EXECUTIVE POLICIES TO IT AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL BE SEARCHABLE AND EASY TO USE VERSUS THE SYSTEM THAT WE WERE USING PREVIOUSLY. I GUESS MY CONCERN, MY CONCERN WITH CODIFICATION SERVICES IN GENERAL, AND IT'S MAYBE JUST SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, IS THAT WE WERE USING I GOTTA REMEMBER, WE WERE USING STERLING, AND THEN STERLING GOT BOUGHT OUT BY ALP. SO WE GOT STUCK LITERALLY WE GOT STUCK WITH ALP AND WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT A NEW PROVIDER IN A LONG TIME TO SEE IF THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE, BETTER TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW THE BIGGER BETTER FASTER, STRONGER. AND SO THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ASK IS, IS WE'RE LOOKING AT ALP, THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT OTHER SYSTEMS, OTHER THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO EVERY FIVE YEARS IS EVALUATE A SYSTEM. SO I HAVE CHALLENGED THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE TO HAVE A LOOK AT THAT [00:35:03] AND TO LOOK AT OTHER SYSTEMS AND EVALUATE THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH MOST SYSTEMS. OVERALL. WE LOOK AT IT PROBABLY EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR US TO DO THAT. IN ADDITION, WHAT I HAD FORGOTTEN AS WELL IS THIS IS THE ENTIRE COST OF THE WHOLE CODIFICATION SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. WE FORGOT TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. SO TANGY WAS LIKE, I'M MISSING SOME MONEY. SO WE APOLOGIZE. THAT WAS AN OMISSION ON OUR PART, BUT THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL COST IN HERE FOR ADDING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT REALLY HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL. SOME OF OUR MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IT MAKES IT A MUCH MORE SEARCHABLE. OKAY, YEAH. BUT LIKE I SAID, IF WE LOOK AT THE OTHER STUFF, I THINK WE MAY FIND THERE'S BETTER STUFF OUT THERE. CHALLENGE TAKEN. THANK YOU. THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS I AM SCROLLING DOWN THE EXPENDITURES, AND I DON'T SEE ANY SOFTWARE FOR THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY THERE. THERE'S NOT THERE IS SOME BUDGET IN THE IT BUDGET FOR NEW SOFTWARE. AND WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED WHAT THAT WILL BE USED FOR. WE YOU APPROVED A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE. THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO MANAGE A BUDGET. SOFTWARE FOR US, IMPLEMENTATION WOULD PROBABLY BE A CHALLENGE, BUT WE WOULD LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING AND THEN HAVING THAT BUDGET AVAILABLE FOR THE JULY 1ST. SO PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE TIME WE'RE WELL, WE ARE PREPPING THE BUDGET NOW TO GIVE TO THE COUNCIL, BUT WE COULD BE HAVING IT IMPLEMENTED BY JULY 1ST IF THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS A GOOD USE OF THOSE FUNDS. OKAY. I JUST I JUST KNOW THAT YOU AND THAT OTHER YOUNG LADY SITTING BEHIND YOU ARE PUTTING IN A TON OF HOURS BECAUSE WE'RE MANAGING EVERYTHING BY EXCEL. AND I WOULD GUESS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO GET YOU GUYS OFF OF EXCEL OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, BUT HE HATES MICROSOFT. NO, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THAT I DON'T HATE MICROSOFT, BUT MANAGING $200 MILLION IN BUDGETS AND EXCEL IS. A CHALLENGE. AND I THINK WE HAVE THERE ARE IT'S A CHALLENGE AT BEST. SO ANYWAY, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN ENCOURAGE YOU ALL. CORBIN THE SAME THING IF YOU CAN ENCOURAGE A TRANSITION TO SOMETHING BESIDES EXCEL FOR THE BUDGET, MAYBE WE CAN IT WOULD, IT WOULD PROBABLY. I THINK THE EFFICIENCIES WOULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES AND PROBABLY ALLEVIATE A WHOLE LOT OF STRESS ON DENISE AND BECKY. IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AS A REQUEST FOR BUDGET EXPANSION, AND WE'RE WE'RE CONSIDERING IT, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER BUDGET EXPANSION REQUESTS, AND WE'LL SEE IT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WE BRING THE MAYOR'S BUDGET FORWARD. WE'VE GOT IT ON THE RADAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DENISE? OKAY. OTHER FUNDS, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND, WE ARE JUST KIND OF ADJUSTING SOME OF THE ALLOCATED WAGES. YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED IN THE GENERAL FUND, THEY FLOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO SEVERAL OF THE UTILITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND. WE'RE ALSO ASKING COUNCIL, YOU CHALLENGED US AND REQUESTED THAT WE GET A DEVELOPMENT FEE STUDY THAT'S UNDERWAY WITH SCIENCE, PUBLIC FINANCE, AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON THAT. THEY WILL HAVE IT READY FOR YOU BEFORE YOU SEE THE BUDGET. BUT THAT'S A $20,000 FEE STUDY RIGHT NOW. AND THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. SO THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT ALLOCATION. THE CAPITAL ROADS PROJECTS THE BID FOR THE 70TH SOUTH PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH A UDOT AS A UDOT PROJECT. SO WE'RE ONLY PUTTING A SMALL PORTION OF THAT BRIDGE PROJECT. HOWEVER, THE FEDERAL FUNDING IS CAPPED AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM THE CITY. THE BID FOR THAT PROJECT CAME IN HIGHER THAN ESTIMATED A $418,000. SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO YOU TO BE FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE UDOT MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD. AND THEN THE SUGAR FACTORY SIDEWALK DESIGN WAS ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY NOT TAKING THAT PROJECT ON UNTIL NOW. AND THAT WAS $95,000 REQUESTED. SO ROAD CAPITAL PROJECTS, PART CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE'RE REMOVING SOME OF THE GRANTS. WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PREPARED, THESE GRANTS WERE NOT SPENT IN FULL, BUT BY THE TIME WE CLOSED THE YEAR, THEY WERE SPENT IN FULL. SO I APOLOGIZE. THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE ARE ASKING TO REMOVE THEM. AND THEN WE'VE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM RIO TINTO [00:40:02] OR A DONATION FOR THE WHEELS PARK. WE'RE ASKING TO RECEIVE A DONATION AND SPEND IT, AND THEN TO ADD A SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR THE ROCKWOOD RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WOULD ASSIST US IN OUR APPLICATION FOR THOSE FUNDS TO THE COUNTY TO HAVE THAT RECREATION CENTER PUT INTO OUR CITY. MAYOR BURTON, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD RIGHT NOW? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. DENISE WAS ACCURATE IN SAYING THAT THAT WITH SUGAR FACTORY SIDEWALKS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT SUGAR FACTORY ROAD IS SAFE. SIDEWALKS ON SUGAR, NOT THE PLAYHOUSE ROAD. I SAW SOME LOOKS ON SOME FACES WHEN SHE SAID THAT. LIKE WHAT? IT'S BACK. THAT'S WHAT IT IS TO THE THEATER. I DON'T KNOW, NO, IT'S. SO IT'S A SAFE SIDEWALK ON THE ROAD WHERE THEY'RE MISSING SIDEWALKS ON THAT STREET. SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. SO SORRY. I HAVE HEARD SUGAR HOUSE FACTORY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. SO SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS A DONATION FROM MERRITT MEDICAL TOWARDS THE ARTS CENTER. A $50,000. AND WE'RE ASKING TO ENHANCE THE ARTS CENTER PROJECT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME MINOR PROJECTS FOR FIRE STATION KITCHENS AND FLOORING THAT DID NOT GET FINISHED, AND THAT $70,000. AND THEN OUR MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND FUNDRAISER, WE'RE REQUESTING $50,000 OF FUNDING. THEY HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING US SOME OF THOSE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, CDBG FUNDING. WE ARE REQUESTING JUST A CHANGE. IT'S A ZERO NET ZERO GRANTS FUND. WE'RE REQUESTING YOU RECEIVE A FIRE GRANT FOR SOME OF THE OVERTIME THAT WE'VE DONE OUT OF STATE. SO GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND CALIFORNIA HAVE ALL BEEN PLACES THAT WE'VE RESPONDED TO AND WILL BE RECEIVING FUNDS FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDED. SO ANYTIME THAT WE SEND FIRE CREWS OUT OF STATE, THOSE ARE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE THAT'S RECEIVING THE SERVICES. SO THE CITY IS NOT OUT. ANY OF THOSE FUNDS. WHAT'S THE TYPICAL REIMBURSEMENT TIME ON THOSE? ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. BUT WE BOOK IT AS REVENUE AND THEN A RECEIVABLE SO IT DOESN'T HIT OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE AT ALL. OKAY. THANKS FOR ASKING. WATER FUND. WE'RE ASKING FOR A ZONE FIVE WATER STRATEGY STUDY. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO IDENTIFY WHICH TANK WE NEED TO BUILD NEXT IN ZONE FIVE, WHETHER IT'S THE NORTH TANK OR THE SOUTH TANK, OR EVEN A ZONE SEVEN TANK THAT WOULD THEN FLOW DOWN TO FIVE. SO WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OPTIONS AVAILABLE. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A STUDY TO BE DONE SO THAT WE IDENTIFY THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TANK FIRST, ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR AND THEN AND MOVE THAT FORWARD THERE. SEWER FUND IS JUST ALLOCATED WAGES AS IS THE SOLID WASTE FUND AND THE STORMWATER FUND. FINALLY, WE HAVE A DEVELOPER REIMBURSEMENT IN THE STORMWATER FUND OF $40,000. IT'S AN UP SIZING PROJECT. SO THE DEVELOPER WAS ALREADY PUTTING IN A STORMWATER WATER SYSTEM. WE ASKED THEM TO UPSIZE IT. TYPICALLY WE BUDGET DEVELOPER REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT THE STORMWATER FUND DIDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH MONEY TO REIMBURSE FOR THIS UP SIZING, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, FLEET MANAGEMENT. THIS IS MORE OF A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM WHERE WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE THE EQUIPMENT FROM BEING FUNDED IN THE CIP INTO THE FLEET MANAGEMENT FUND. AND THAT'S MORE JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTING THING. THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS OR WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THEM? LOOKS LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. IF YOU ARE HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE OPEN. WE WILL FIRST GO WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TURN TO WARREN. ARE THERE IS ANYBODY WITH THEIR HANDS HELD UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? NO ONE ONLINE HAS INDICATED THEY WANT TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTION FOR THE FOR THE ORDINANCE? COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2509. I'LL SECOND THAT. OH, THERE WE GO. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, WHITE COUNCIL CHAIR. VICE CHAIR. I'M GOING TO GET THAT RIGHT. VICE CHAIR, WHITE LOCK. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IF NOT, LET'S VOTE. CINDY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. VICE CHAIR. WHITE LOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. CHAIR. LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BADOR. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO BUSINESS. ITEM SIX, A RESOLUTION. NUMBER 25, DASH 007, [BUSINESS ITEMS] [00:45:10] CONSIDERATION OF ADVICE AND CONSENT. APPROVAL FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF RYAN HOLTON AS THE WEST JORDAN JUSTICE COURT JUDGE. AND WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO CORBIN LEE FOR THIS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COUNCIL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU, RYAN HOLTON, AS THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE, TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ADVISE AND CONSENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT JUSTICE, TO BECOME THE NEXT JUSTICE COURT JUDGE FOR THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN. WE WENT THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS. WE HAD 36 PEOPLE APPLY TO BE THE JUDGE. THE AOC HAD A JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION, WHICH WAS MADE UP OF MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM WEST JORDAN, AS YOU KNOW, CAROL WARNICK AND PAUL JEROME INTERVIEWED AND REVIEWED ALL 36, SORRY REVIEWED ALL 36 APPLICANTS, INTERVIEWED SEVERAL, NARROWED IT DOWN TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THEN FURTHER VETTED AND REVIEWED AND SCRUTINIZED, AND REFERENCES CALLED AND INTERVIEWED MULTIPLE TIMES. AND THAT GROUP INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION. IN THE END, WE UNANIMOUSLY FELT LIKE RYAN HOLTON WAS THE BEST CANDIDATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR OUR NEXT WEST JORDAN JUSTICE. COURT JUDGE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR HIS APPOINTMENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SAY ANYTHING. IF NOT, YOU CAN JUST STAY DOWN THERE. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME, AND MAYOR BURTON FOR PUTTING ME FORTH AS THIS CANDIDATE. THIS IS A PRIVILEGE AND A RESPONSIBILITY, AND THIS IS A THIS IS A DUTY THAT I TAKE EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY WITH MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE, TO WHICH I'LL OWE TRUST AND JUSTICE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CHALLENGE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REPRESENTING THIS CITY IN THE BEST WAY THAT I KNOW HOW. THANK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL LEAVE THE MIC OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS. I'LL TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 5-007. SECOND. OH, WE'LL TAKE IT SECOND. WE DIDN'T GET ON THE MIC. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRODER. ANY DISCUSSION TO THE MOTION? COUNCIL VICE CHAIR WHITELOCK, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND MEETING WITH US AND BRINGING YOUR NICE LIFE TO MEET WITH US AS WELL. THANK YOU AND WELCOME. COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY SAME COMMENT WAS THANKS FOR MEETING WITH US. THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED SUCCESS AND A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO WEST JORDAN. AND I'M SURE ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY, WE HOPE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO SEE YOU TOO MUCH IN COURT. SO AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET DOWN FROM REDWOOD ROAD LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB. HE KNOWS EVERY SHORTCUT TO CITY HALL, SO HE'LL BE GLAD TO SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. I APPRECIATE IT. HELICOPTER. THAT'S PORTABLE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE WILL GO FROM THE MOTION AND WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. THANK YOU, CHAIR LAMB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. VADER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JACOB. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELTON. YES. VICE CHAIR. WHITELOCK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN. YES. THANK YOU, I SHALL. THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. RYAN, YOU'RE STUCK WITH US. CHAIR LAMB. YES, MAYOR. MAY WE TAKE A MOMENT AND DO A PHOTO WITH THE COUNCIL? SURE. I WANT TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T EVEN. [00:50:33] TRIED TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER THAT LAST NIGHT. ALL RIGHT, SO, COUNCIL, THE SIX OF US MADE HISTORY. IT'S BEEN 35 YEARS SINCE THAT'S BEEN DONE. SO THERE WE GO. WHEN? 35 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'LL ASK WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER SAID YES. ALL RIGHT. REPORTS TO COUNCIL. WE USUALLY HAVE THESE [REPORTS TO COUNCIL] AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, BUT WE HAVE MOVED THIS TO THE END SO THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OUR MEETINGS. AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD GIVE THE MIC TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LET'S TAKE THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IN LINE IS COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN. SO JUST A COUPLE OF JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU TO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE WERE I THINK THERE WERE A FEW OF US THAT WERE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDS. BANQUET. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. SO THANKS FOR INVITING US. WE HAVE SOME AMAZING FIREFIGHTERS WHO DO AMAZING THINGS AND SO. WE NEED TO TELL THAT WE NEED TO TELL THEIR STORIES BETTER, BECAUSE I THINK THE CITIZENS, I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF WEST JORDAN WOULD BE IMPRESSED IF THEY KNEW ALL THE STUFF THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES. BY THE WAY, THE FLAG IS COOL. WE WANT ONE RIGHT UP HERE SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW? COME ON DEREK. THE OTHER THING IS THAT MOST OF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THE. MOSQUITO ABATEMENT. MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICTS REPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YOU'LL FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A SEPARATE DISTRICT THAT INCORPORATES EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH SOUTH OF 21ST SOUTH IN THE VALLEY. AND WE'RE PART OF THAT. IT'S THE SOUTH SALT LAKE VALLEY MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT BOARD, AND THEIR WHOLE JOB IS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITOES. AND IT'S INTERESTING AS YOU AS I WENT TO THE MEETING YESTERDAY AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF MOSQUITOES THEY TESTED AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YES, WE TESTED 45,000 MOSQUITOES FOR THESE DISEASES. AND IT'S LIKE, HOW DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF 45,000 OF THOSE LITTLE ANYWAY? BUT IF YOU'LL NOTICE, IF YOU'LL NOTICE, YOU'LL SEE HOW THEY HAVE WORKED IN WEST JORDAN TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITOES. YOU'LL NOTICE ACTUALLY ON ONE OF THE ON ONE OF THE PAGES, THEY ACTUALLY DID FIND SOME DISEASES IN ONE OF THE PONDS IN WEST JORDAN THAT THEY'VE WORKED TO HELP ERADICATE. AND SO THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING IN WEST WEST JORDAN TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITOES AND THE DISEASES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MOSQUITOES. AND IT YOU KNOW, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE NEVER I NEVER WOULD HAVE EVER FIGURED THAT, YOU KNOW, MOSQUITOES ARE THAT BIG OF A THING. BUT WHEN YOU START DELVING INTO IT, IT REALLY IS. SO ANYWAY, THERE'S THE ANNUAL REPORT. THERE WAS THE STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON THAT YOU SAW THE STATE OF THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT BOARD. AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU READ THAT AND YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GET THEM TO ME. I WAS ASKED TODAY. YES. THE BOARD DOES MEET MONTHLY. WE MEET THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH. AND THEN ONE MEETING A QUARTER. WE ALL MEET LIVE IN THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS. AND IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE MOSQUITO MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED ON AIRPORT ROAD IN WEST JORDAN, AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE MONITORING SITES FOR MOSQUITOES IN THE IN THE IN THE VALLEY IS AT THE AIRPORT SITE AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY MONITOR FOR A LOT OF [00:55:04] MOSQUITOES IN WEST JORDAN. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING PROCESS. I'M LEARNING A LOT ABOUT IT. IT'S CRAZY. BUT AS I GET THOSE KIND OF DOCUMENTS, I'LL CONTINUE TO FORWARD THEM. AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, DON'T BE I WON'T I KNOW I WON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT I WILL GET THEM TO THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT PEOPLE. AND BY THE WAY, THE MOSQUITO ABATEMENT DISTRICT DIRECTOR LIVES IN WEST JORDAN, JUST OVER BY PUBLIC WORKS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIES THERE. AND SO BUT IF YOU HAVE THE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET THEM TO THE DISTRICT AND WE'LL GET THEM. AND I THINK I MAY OR I TOLD YOU BEFORE, BUT JUST TO REITERATE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO START USING INTERNS MORE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FAIRS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT IF WE'RE HAVING SOME SORT OF EVENT THAT WE WANT THE ABATEMENT DISTRICT TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT MOSQUITOES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, THEY WILL BE GLAD TO COME AND INTERACT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AT ANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. SO AND THEY'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY REPORT ON MOSQUITOES. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELTON, THANK YOU. ON FRIDAY NIGHT OF LAST WEEK, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FUN OPPORTUNITY TO CALL CALL BINGO AT THE VIRIDIAN FIRST FRIDAY EVENT. WE HAD A GOSPEL CHOIR COME. I DON'T RECALL THE NAME OF THE CHOIR. THE CALVARY CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH GOSPEL CHOIR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THEY WERE FULL OF ENERGY AND A LOT OF FUN TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN WORSHIP WITH THEM AS THEY THEY SAID AT THE BEGINNING, WE'RE WE'RE TRANSFORMING THIS SPACE FROM A EVENT CENTER TO A PLACE OF WORSHIP. AND IT WAS VERY, VERY LIVELY AND FUN. ON WEDNESDAY THE FIFTH, I WAS ABLE TO. ATTEND A UTAH AIR QUALITY BOARD MEETING IN PERSON IN SALT LAKE CITY. AND IT WAS, I'LL BE HONEST, VERY BORING. BUT I WELL, AND PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, I WAS IT WAS OVER MY HEAD. BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY DO IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND AIR QUALITY IN THE IN THE STATE OF UTAH, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, IS SO IMPORTANT, SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE HAD THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE WITH THE UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS, AND IT'S BEEN EXCITING AND FUN TO FOLLOW THOSE BILLS AND, AND, AND FIGHT THE ONES THAT ARE WOULD PREEMPT AUTHORITY FROM THE CITY OF WEST JORDAN AND SO HAPPY TO SEE ESPECIALLY HOUSE BILL 88 AND HOUSE BILL 90 BOTH BOTH BEING HELD IN COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE BILLS, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE WATER BOARD, THE JORDAN VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT BOARD, IS INTERESTED IN, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENHANCED INTERROGATION. WHEN I SAY WATER BOARD. THEY'RE TRACKING, I THINK IT'S HB 81, WHICH IS THE FLUORIDE IN THE WATER THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE STATE FOR YEARS. DECADES WAS BEING TRACKED BY BY THE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. AND THAT WOULD REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT WATER WHOLESALERS LIKE THE CONSERVANCY DISTRICT FLUORIDATE WATER. SO IT'S GOT LEGS IN THE IN THE LEGISLATURE. IT'S ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE. IT'S GOING TO THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND THEN THE SENATE. IN SHORT ORDER, I WOULD IF YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON MUNICIPAL FLUORIDATION IN YOUR WATER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO SEE YOUR DENTIST AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT GO AWAY. SO THERE'S THAT. AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN FOR HIS PESKY REPORT. I HEARD THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND MOSQUITO DISTRICT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU CHIMING IN. YEAH. WOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL [01:00:07] I WILL MOVE TO OUR COUNCIL OFFICE REPORT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE TODAY? WARREN, JUST TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE HAVE ONGOING TECH ADJUSTMENTS HERE IN CHAMBERS AND IN THE WORKROOM. MR. ANDERSON HAD TO GO HOME. HE WASN'T FEELING WELL, BUT HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO LEAD YOU ON A GADGET DEMONSTRATION, WHICH WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME AS WE HAVE SWAG IT UP AND ROLLING. AND HE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. HE'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. IN THE MEANTIME. YOU MAY, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED YOUR SCREENS. DO NOT JUMP BACK AND FORTH FROM THE ZOOM FEED IN THE ROOM. PREVIOUSLY, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IS WHAT ZOOM WOULD SEE, AND A LOT OF BRIGHT LIGHTS AND YOUR FACES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. IT IS JUST THE POWERPOINT ON ALL OF OUR MONITORS HERE AND IN IN THE CHAMBERS. BUT ZOOM CONTINUES TO BE A SPLIT SCREEN FOR EASE OF ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE TUNING IN REMOTELY. SO IN THE EVENT YOU WERE WONDERING WHY YOU WEREN'T REALLY SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON YOUR MONITOR, THAT'S AN UPDATE WE HAVE FOR YOU. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE SWAG TUTORIAL FROM MR. ANDERSON NEXT TIME. AND THAT'S IT FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. IT'S TIME FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD I'M STILL HERE. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE? NO, I WILL SOON. YES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER OR ACTUALLY LAST WEEK TO JOIN SOME OTHER MAYORS. THEY HAD A MAYOR'S PANEL AT THE SALT LAKE BOARD OF REALTORS, AND THEY TRIED TO CATCH US IN SOME SNARES. AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE MAYOR PANEL THAT THEY DID NOT ASK ABOUT IMPACT FEES. SO I THINK THEY'RE STARTING TO GET THE MESSAGE. IT WAS REALLY GOOD EVENT. ALSO, LAST SATURDAY WAS SCOUTING FOR FOOD AND THE SMITHS THROUGHOUT SALT LAKE COUNTY WERE HOSTING SCOUTING FOR FOOD LOCATIONS. AND SO THE FOUR SMITHS LOCATED IN WEST JORDAN ALL HAD SCOUTING FOR FOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO DROP OFF FOOD FOR THAT. AND THEN THE SCOUTS DONATED THAT TO THE UTAH FOOD BANK, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED. UPCOMING IS THE SMALL AND TALL BALL, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO IT, ASK COUNCIL MEMBER GREEN ABOUT IT. HE'LL TELL YOU HOW FANTASTIC IT IS. IT IS SUPER COOL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. I INVITE MY GRANDCHILDREN TO COME AND IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT. IT WILL HOST MORE THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR, SO IF YOU FELT LIKE YOU DIDN'T GET IN IN TIME, THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE. PLEASE COME AND JOIN US. MAYOR. THERE'S A LIMIT ON THAT, RIGHT? THEY HAVE LIMITED SPACE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF SPACE. THEY STOP SELLING TICKETS. WELL, IF YOU'RE LISTENING OR WATCHING, SIGN UP NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. HURRY. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE. ON MONDAY THE 17TH, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED BECAUSE THAT IS PRESIDENT'S DAY. WE WILL OPEN AGAIN THE DAY AFTER THAT. A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT I DIDN'T GET ON THIS, THERE IS I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WITH SPEAKER MIKE SCHULTZ BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO HE INVITED ME TO GO SIT UP ON THE DAIS WITH HIM YESTERDAY. AND HIS GAVEL IS LARGER THAN THE ONE YOU HAVE. COUNCIL CHAIR. YOU NEED A BIGGER GAVEL. WHAT CAN I SAY? ALSO, EARLIER TODAY WHEN YOU STARTED YOUR YOUR MEETINGS, I WAS AT SALT LAKE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING THEIR COUNCIL MEETINGS TODAY. THEY WERE DEBATING AND THEY VOTED ON WHETHER THEY SHOULD DO THE FIFTH OF THE FIFTH, CONTINUE THAT TO BRING US MONEY. AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE 5600 WEST EXPRESS BUS AND MONIES THAT WILL GO TO 1300 WEST. THE PROJECT WE'RE DOING THERE AND OTHER MONEY THAT WILL HELP US IN ROAD MAINTENANCE. SO I WENT AND SPOKE TO THAT, AND I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT IT PASSED, AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR US. THAT WILL HELP BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUE INTO OUR CITY AND HELP US ACCOMPLISH SOME IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'VE STARTED AND KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY REPORT. TURN IT OVER TO DO YOU HAVE SOME? THANK YOU. MAYOR CORBIN. ANYTHING FROM THE FROM YOUR OFFICE? YES, I HAVE TWO, TWO REPORTS. FIRST, I'D LIKE DENISE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PASSPORT OFFICE. AND SECOND, I'D LIKE YOU TO I'D LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON OUR RECENT DEPLOYMENT TO CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU. I WAS GIVEN THIS ASSIGNMENT ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO, SO I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I APOLOGIZE, BUT JUST SOME INFORMATION. OVERALL, HOW WE ENDED 2024 AND THEN ALSO HOW WE STARTED 2025, WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY EXCITING IN 2023, WE SOLD OR WE SERVICED 7149 PASSPORTS. THAT WAS AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 26 A DAY OF EVERY DAY [01:05:07] THAT WE WERE OPEN. AND WE WERE SERVICE PROVIDING SERVICE EVERY DAY ABOUT SUNDAY IN 2024, IT WAS 8934, SO THERE WAS A 25% INCREASE OVERALL, 32 PASSPORTS PER DAY WERE PROVIDED IN 2024. IN JANUARY OF 2025, WE PROVIDED SERVICE TO 1815 INDIVIDUALS. FOR PASSPORTS. THAT IS THE SAME AMOUNT IN 2024 THAT WE DID IN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. THAT IS 70 PASSPORTS PER DAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS THAT YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE SITTING OUT IN THE LOBBY AND OUTSIDE AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUILDING AS THEY WERE AWAITING SERVICE FOR PASSPORTS. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INFLUENCE OR PROVIDE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON WHAT SERVICES WE COULD PROVIDE FOR OTHERS. WE PROVIDE BILINGUAL SERVICES, WHICH WE BELIEVE HAS REALLY BOOSTED OUR ATTENDANCE, AND WE ARE ALSO OPEN NOW TO WALK INS AS WELL. SO WE IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, YOUR SERVICE FIRST, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO WALK IN AND GET SERVICE AS WELL. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM AND THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL AND GET INCREDIBLE REVIEWS. THERE'S A SIGN AT THE POST OFFICE FOR MANY DAYS OF THE WEEK NOW THAT SAYS WE DON'T HAVE SOMEONE TO DO PASSPORTS, GO TO WEST JORDAN CITY AND THEY PROVIDE OUR HOURS. THEY WERE PROVIDING SOME INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE DID, AND SO WE'VE PROVIDED THEM A SIGN THAT THEY CAN PUT UP NOW. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT OUR CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE HAS REALLY DONE AN AMAZING THING FOR OUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS, IS REALLY BENEFITING A LOT OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC AND THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER JACOB? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FOR PROCESSING THOSE PASSPORTS ARE PROFIT CENTERS, SO TO SPEAK. DOES THAT MONEY JUST GO TO THE GENERAL FUND OR IS IT GO TO A SPECIFIC FUND? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND AS FAR AS THE REVENUE WE BRING IN VERSUS THE COST OF HAVING IT, IN OTHER WORDS, PERSONNEL, SOME OF THE SOFT COSTS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY REFLECTED. IF IT WERE KIND OF ENTERPRISE FUND ISH AND SELF-CONTAINED. CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW HOW WELL THE CITY DOES? I ACTUALLY DO KEEP THOSE NUMBERS. I KEEP THEM SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER. YEAH. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRENDING TOWARDS ABOUT $400,000 OF REVENUE IN QUOTE UNQUOTE PROFIT. YEAH. PERFECT. AND I JUST I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, THAT FOR THOSE LISTENING WHO ARE WONDERING WHY DOES THE CITY NEED MORE MONEY? EVERY DOLLAR WE BRING IN FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS A DOLLAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RAISE IN PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAXES OR SOME OTHER FUND. SO WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A 2% PROPERTY TAX. YEAH, THAT'S THAT WAS MY NEXT THAT WAS THE NEXT SENTENCE I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S ABOUT. YEAH A LITTLE A LITTLE BETTER THAN 2% OF, OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE. SO THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME. YEAH. AND WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SERVICES AS WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE SERVICES. RIGHT. WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO THE COUNTER AND SAYS, HEY, DO YOU DO CONCEAL CARRY PERMIT PICTURES? YES, YES WE DO. DO YOU PROVIDE MONEY ORDERS? YES, YES WE DO. WE'RE TRYING TO SAY YES. YES WE DO TO AS MANY SERVICES AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT OFFICE IS REALLY IN DEMAND. AND THOSE SERVICES ARE ARE REQUESTED. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THEM. COUNCIL VICE CHAIR WHITLOCK THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT WAS YOU THAT BROUGHT THAT TO THE COUNCIL AND SAID, WHAT ABOUT IF WE DID THIS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT. HE AND I BOTH CAME FROM CITIES THAT PROVIDED PASSPORT SERVICES, AND WE SAW THE BENEFIT THAT IT PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE. BUT BY NO MEANS WAS IT SCALED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS WHAT WE HAVE TASKED THE RECORDER'S OFFICE TO DO, AND THEY HAVE JUST DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF GRABBING THAT AND MOVING IT FORWARD INCREDIBLY WELL. COUNCILMEMBER SHELTON, THIS MAY BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR MISS SLOANE, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE PROGRESS ON GETTING PERMANENT SIGNAGE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THE OFFICE? ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT, I GOT AN UPDATE ON THAT TODAY. BUT ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE? YOU CAN. YES. CO IS ON SITE TODAY WORKING WORKING ON IT WITH THE STAFF. COUNCILMEMBER GREEN AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE COMMENT WE'VE COME A REALLY LONG, LONG WAY SINCE I WAS THE VERY FIRST PASSPORT PERSON TO TRY OUT THE PROCESS IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHERE IT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. AND YEAH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY, SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT [01:10:07] IN THIS PROGRAM. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. THANK YOU DENISE. CHIEF, YOU ARE UP. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED TONIGHT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO CALIFORNIA WITH THE WILDFIRES. AND IT'S GREAT. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE. BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR CREWS TO GO GET THAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT EXPOSURE TO A LARGE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM. THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY BRING BACK TO US, BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE CAPTAIN DANNY GATES, WHO LED OUR CREW DOWN THERE, REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND SHARE MAYBE SOME OF THE ASSIGNMENTS THEY WERE GIVEN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAW AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT THAT THEY LEARNED, AS WELL AS ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. SO I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO HIM. HE'S ONE OF OUR CAPTAINS AT STATION 55. AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT REPORTING BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS NOT IN THE TYPICAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CAPTAIN. SO GO EASY ON ME. SO OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. I'LL JUST REALLY QUICK BACKTRACK TO THE PASSPORT THING. MY WIFE AND I JUST GOT OUR FAMILY ALL PASSPORTS HERE LIKE THREE HOURS AGO TONIGHT. IT WAS, LIKE, SEAMLESS. AWESOME. SUPER COOL SERVICE. ANYWAY. YEAH. SO I WAS ASKED TO GO DOWN TO CALIFORNIA WITH THE IMAC DEPLOYMENT THAT WAS REQUESTED BY CALIFORNIA. SO WE SENT ENGINE 54 AND THREE FIREFIGHTERS. SO MYSELF, TOM HANEY AND BEN LYNCH TRAVELED DOWN THERE. I THINK FROM THE TIME THE IMAC CAME OUT TO WHEN WE LEFT WAS PROBABLY MAYBE LIKE TEN HOURS OR SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE THAT. SO A LOT, A LOT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR THAT TO, TO TAKE PLACE. WE TRAVELED WITH A GROUP FROM UTAH. ALL IN ALL, WE HAD ABOUT 1515 FIRE ENGINES, A MECHANIC AND A COUPLE OF SUPPORT VEHICLES AS WELL. SO THAT MADE UP THE UTAH LIKE A STRIKE TEAM. AND SO WE GOT DOWN THERE AND WE WENT PRIMARILY AS STRUCTURE PROTECTION. SO OUR JOB WE TOOK OUR BIGGER FIRE ENGINES THAT YOU'RE USED TO SEEING ON THE STREETS. AND OUR JOB WAS BASICALLY TO SET UP SHOP AND PROTECT THE STRUCTURES AHEAD OF THE FIRE FRONT. SO SHOULD ANYTHING SHOULD IT START JUMPING THE FIRE LINES AND PROGRESSING DOWN. THAT WAS OUR INITIAL ASSIGNMENT. AND THEN AS THINGS STARTED GETTING UNDER CONTROL, WE BASICALLY GOT ASSIGNED TO FIND HOTSPOTS AND KEEP THOSE IN CHECK AND REALLY JUST HELP THOSE CITIZENS THERE BE ABLE TO MITIGATE ANY FIRE HAZARDS LIKE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE WORKED A LOT WITH HOMEOWNERS THERE AND WHATNOT. SO IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE IN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND LIKE ABOUT 45 OF US WHO ARE IT'S ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO GO ON WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS A WILDLAND DEPLOYMENT. SO IT WAS A KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME, ESPECIALLY ON ON THIS PARTICULAR FIRE. I HAD A LOT OF EYES ON IT. AND ABSOLUTELY LEARNED A TON. AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE SCALE OF WHAT THAT INCIDENT DREW AND BROUGHT AND THE THINGS WE LEARNED. SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING ELSE? VICE CHAIR WHITELOCK. SO FIRST, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AND SECOND, HOW DO YOU BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK AND SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE FIREFIGHTERS? YEAH. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS. THERE'S LOTS OF THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO LEARN AND TAKE BACK. SO WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON JUST PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TRAINING. A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS AT SHIFT CHANGE WITH US. SO AS WE'RE COMING ON SHIFT, I'M TALKING TO THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE THERE EXPLAINING MY EXPERIENCE. AND THEN THE ONES YOU KNOW THAT COME AND RELIEVE ME FROM MY SHIFT WORK. SO A LOT THAT HAPPENS KIND OF ORGANICALLY IN THE FIREHOUSE ITSELF. AND THEN I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH CHIEF MAXFIELD AND JUST GAVE HIM A BIT OF A DEBRIEF AS WELL ON, ON THINGS THAT WE LEARNED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN MAKE THE MOST OF THAT EXPERIENCE. COUNCILMEMBER GREEN, I KNOW I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE MILITARY WORKING ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STUFF, AND I DIDN'T GET SOME OF THE TRAINING I [01:15:01] SHOULD HAVE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEPLOYED LIKE THAT, IS FEMA THERE WITH THE NIMS AND ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF, OR IS THIS JUST TOTALLY AT THE FIRE? LIKE, THIS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. NO, ACTUALLY A LOT OF THAT WAS BORN OUT OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING. THE WHOLE INCIDENT COMMAND AND NIMS ALL KIND OF STEMMED FROM THESE WILDLAND FIRES. SO IT IS LIKE AN ABSOLUTE MONSTROSITY OF A MACHINE THAT GETS GOING. THEY SET UP THE BASE CAMP FOR US. WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE, SPECIFICALLY THE BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR THAT STARTED AT ZUMA BEACH, WHICH IS LIKE LITERALLY RIGHT ON THE BEACH. WE'RE RIGHT THERE. AND IT WENT THREE MILES DOWN THE BEACH TO FIT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING. AND THERE WERE SO MANY OF US THERE. THEY BUILT A SECOND CAMP A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY, AND THEN WE WERE EVEN STATIONED FURTHER UP IN SANTA MONICA, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY FIREFIGHTERS THERE. BUT ABSOLUTELY, NIMS AND INCIDENT COMMAND, ALL OF THAT WAS VERY, VERY PREVALENT. I JUST HAVE TO ASK, HOW COMFORTABLE IS IT DRIVING A FIRE TRUCK TO CALIFORNIA COMPARED TO YOUR REGULAR CAR? IT IS. IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE. WE YEAH, WE ALL JUST TOOK TURNS DRIVING THAT LONG DISTANCE. SO WE YOU STOP A LOT BECAUSE WE TRAVEL IN A CONVOY OF THE WHOLE UTAH. LIKE WE PICKED UP MOAB AND A COUPLE OF OTHER FURTHER DOWN SOUTH DEPARTMENTS. BUT FROM THEN ON WE'RE PRETTY MUCH AS A CONVOY THE WHOLE TIME. SO WE STICK TOGETHER AND IT IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME DRIVING THOSE TRUCKS, BUT THAT'D BE A COOL CONVOY TO SEE. YEAH. IT WAS. YEAH. IT'S COOL TO BE A PART OF FOR SURE. SO COUNCILMEMBER JACOB, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL FOR DOING THAT. MAKE IT CLEAR TO ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING OR WATCHING THAT CALIFORNIA PAYS FOR THIS. THIS IS NOT ON THE WEST JORDAN TAXPAYER DIME. AND I WAS WONDERING IF WHILE YOU WERE AT ZUMA BEACH, YOU FOUND THE $5 I DROPPED WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD. I GREW UP GOING TO ZUMA BEACH. THAT WAS WHERE WE WENT TO THE BEACH. I'M A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NATIVE. I HAVE A FAMILY FRIEND WHO LOST THEIR HOUSE IN THAT FIRE IN THE PALISADES FIRE. THE ALTADENA FIRE IS A LITTLE CLOSER TO MY STOMPING GROUNDS. BUT YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS SOMETHING TO WATCH FROM HERE. OF COURSE, EVERY YEAR SOMETHING IN CALIFORNIA CATCHES ON FIRE AND IT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH FROM HERE. BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT KNOWLEDGE THEN THAT YOU BRING BACK NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU FORGE AND THAT YOU BRING BACK, SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE'VE GOT RESOURCES WE CAN CALL IN AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS ABOVE AND BEYOND ASSIGNMENT IS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET. YEAH. YOU DIDN'T FIND MY $5 ON THE BEACH? PROBABLY. I DID NOT FIND IT. BUT WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN, THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. YEAH. IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE THING. COUNCIL, AS I MET WITH CAPTAIN GATES THAT HE SHARED WITH ME THAT I, I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT STORY AND REALLY EXEMPLIFIED THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN THE WEST JORDAN FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND THERE WAS A PICTURE FLOATING AROUND, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I SAW IT ON ONE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES OR IF ONE OF THE CREW SHOWED IT TO ME, BUT HE MENTIONED THAT AT ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE STATIONED, THERE WAS A SCHOOL THAT HAD FENCING AROUND IT AND A LOCKABLE GATE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO PARK THE FIRE ENGINE OVERNIGHT AND KEEP IT PROTECTED. AND ON ONE OF THEIR DAYS OFF, WHEN IT WAS A REST AND RECOVERY DAY, OUR CREW WENT OVER TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND BROUGHT THE ENGINE OUT TO ALL THE KIDS AND GAVE A TOUR OF THE FIRE ENGINE TO ALL THE KIDS WHERE THAT HAD BEEN PARKED OVERNIGHT. AND THERE WERE PICTURES, AND HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT IT YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT A THING THAT THEY DO IN CALIFORNIA. BUT HE SAID THE KIDS, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING, THAT THIS FIRE ENGINE CAME AND THEY GOT TO SEE IT. AND LIKE I SAID, I SAW PICTURES OF OUR CREW INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS AND STUFF. SO IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, EVEN ON A DAY OFF, WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO REST AND RECOVER, THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO REACH OUT TO OTHERS. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT AND WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO YOUR WIFE FOR BEING HERE WITHOUT YOU ALL THAT TIME YOU WERE GONE. SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING HIM GO AND DO THAT SERVICE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE TO [CONSENT ITEMS] OUR CONSENT ITEMS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FROM ANYBODY? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT. SECOND, HAVE [01:20:04] A MOTION TO APPROVE. MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. GREEN, COUNCIL MEMBER KELVIN. AND SECOND, BY COUNCIL MEMBER JACOB. I'M READY TO GO HOME. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GREAT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.