06/18/2013 - Formal Meeting - Minutes MINUTES OF THE SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, JUNE 18 , 2013
The City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, met in Regular Session
on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 2 : 41 p.m. in Room 315, City Council
Chambers, City County Building, 451 South State.
The following Council Members were present:
Carlton Christensen Charlie Luke Kyle LaMalfa
Jill Remington Love Luke Garrott Stan Penfold
Soren Simonsen
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Edwin Rutan, City
Attorney; David Everitt, Mayor' s Chief of Staff; and Beverly Jones,
Deputy City Recorder; were present.
Councilmember LaMalfa presided at and Councilmember Simonsen
conducted the meeting.
OPENING CEREMONY
#1 . 2 : 41 : 39 PM The Council led the Pledge of Allegiance.
#2 . 2 : 42 : 42 PM Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember
Garrott seconded to approve the Salt Lake City Council minutes for
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 and Tuesday, May 28, 2013, which motion carried,
all members voted aye . View minutes
(M 13-3)
#3 . 2 : 43: 02 PM Adopting a joint resolution with Mayor Becker
regarding increasing transit ridership to double transit use by the
year 2020 .
Councilmember Simonsen read the resolution.
Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember Garrott seconded to
adopt Resolution 30 of 2013, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
Bill Tibbetts, Crossroad Urban Center, and Brandy Martelli, Utah
Transit Authority, accepted the resolution.
(R 13-1)
POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS
MOTION 1 : 2 : 54 :21 PM Councilmember LaMalfa moved and
Councilmember Love seconded to adopt Ordinance 27 of 2013 approving
Salt Lake City' s Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget with the following notes:
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• This excludes the Library Fund, the schedule for capital
improvement projects and debt service, each of which will be
adopted separately.
• This includes a property tax increase in the amount of $8
million as outlined in the attached Key Changes schedule,
employment staffing documents and the following conditions :
Contingency la. Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Luke
seconded to set aside $2 million in funding from the Revolving Loan
fund to be leveraged in to-be-determined programs or tools that could
be used to support growth and prosperity of local businesses, which
motion carried, all members voted aye.
Contingency lb. Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember
Penfold seconded to move that the $250,000 proposed for a Citywide
Transit plan be considered as part of the CIP discussion with the
following conditions :
i . that the Scope of Work be presented to the Council for
review and approval
ii . that the scope of work include a plan for raising additional
funds to increase the value and quality of the plan, and
iii . that the scope of work include examination of land use as a
key factor, or specify how the Administration intends to
link land use plans to the City wide Transit Plan
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
Contingency lc. Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember
Love seconded that the position and funding for the Transportation
Deputy Director be approved as of July 1 , 2013 with the condition that
the Administration explore and report to the Council by November 1 ,
2013 regarding opportunities to fund bus shelters and create revenue
by allowing advertisement on bus shelters, and that any related
proposed ordinance amendments be considered separately, which motion
carried, all members voted aye .
Contingency id. Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember
Love seconded that the $75 ,000 in funding the Civic Engagement Manager
position in the Department of Community and Economic Development be
approved on the condition that the position would be filled mid-year,
a full-year cost of the position be $112 ,000 (salary and benefits) ,
and that the position be filled after the Council has adopted a
resolution regarding public engagement practices in the City (related
to master Plans and all other engagement efforts) , which motion
carried, all members voted aye .
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Contingency le. Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember
Garrott seconded that the restoration of $350 ,000 in funding toward
the fire department be contingent upon the money being used to restore
four-handed crews and maintain service as has existed, which motion
carried, all members voted aye .
Contingency lf. Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember
Luke seconded that the restoration of $600,000 in funding toward the
police department be contingent upon the money being used to resume
training and hiring of new police officers on the normal hiring
schedule, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
Contingency lg. Rental Dwelling inspections : Councilmember
Garrott said the Council would skip this one and move on to lh.
Contingency ih. Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember
Love seconded that the $15,000 in funding to increase the payment to
the Sugar House Park Authority be used exclusively toward the Sugar
House Fourth of July fireworks show, and that the Park Authority
secure public financial oversight as a condition of their payment of
the fireworks expenditures, which motion carried, all members voted
aye .
Contingency li. Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember
Garrott seconded that in addition to the $63,000 in FY14 funding
toward the opinion ballot question, that any remaining funding from
the FY13 appropriation be re-appropriated for the related costs, which
motion carried, all members voted aye .
Contingency lj . Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Luke
seconded that the $50 ,000 in youth sport grants be dedicated as grant
funds to be available to sports teams or organizations in the City in
order to make sports programs more available to youth who otherwise
would not financially be able to participate, with the following
conditions :
a) Funding will be awarded to teams primarily serving City
residents,
b) Teams or organizations may apply for larger dollar amounts
from the City grant fund in order to meet the needs of the
team for equipment, travel, or fees,
c) Teams or organizations may use the awarded funding to make
sports opportunities available to individual players who are
not able to participate in the sports programs for financial
reasons,
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d) Teams would leverage awarded City funds with other money
raised by the team/organization (privately raised) , and
e) General criteria be established and financial oversight was
allowed to ensure that funds are being used according to
these conditions,
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
3 : 04 : 55 PM Council Members spoke to the motion.
Councilmember Sorensen called for the question, which motion
carried, all members voted aye except Council Members Christensen and
Penfold who voted nay.
(B 13-1)
MOTION 2 : An ordinance adopting the budget for the Library Fund
for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 .
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Garrott seconded to
adopt Ordinance 29 of 2013 approving the budget for the Library Fund
for Fiscal Year 2013-14, which motion carried, all members voted aye.
(B 13-2)
MOTION 3a: An ordinance adopting the rate of tax levy to be
credited to the Library Fund for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 .
Councilmember Penfold moved and Councilmember Garrett seconded to
adopt Ordinance 30 of 2013 setting the rate of tax levy to be credited
to the Library Fund for Fiscal Year 2013-14, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
MOTION 3b: Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember Garrett
seconded to adopt Ordinance 44 of 2013 setting the rate of tax levy,
including the levy for the Library Fund, upon all real and personal
property within Salt Lake City, made taxable by law for fiscal year
2013-14, including a general fund judgment levy and including the
following tax rates :
1 . For the General Fund - a rate of . 003965, which will
generate $64, 241, 506 in revenue; which constitutes a
property tax increase and will trigger the Truth in Taxation
process, with a hearing to be held August 15, 2013;
2 . For the General Fund Judgment Levy - a rate of . 000039,
which will generate $631, 938;
3 . The library Fund - a rate of . 000820, which will generate
$13, 286, 912 in revenue;
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4 . For General Obligation Bonds - a rate of . 001064, which will
generate $17, 240, 578 in revenue;
5 . Library Fund - a one-time Judgment Levy rate of . 000007,
which will generate $113, 425 in one-time revenue .
which motion carried, all members voted aye except Council Members
Christensen and Penfold who voted nay.
(B 13-1)
MOTION 3c: Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember Luke
seconded that the Council adopt a resolution required to be submitted
to the State Tax Commission authorizing these rates as adopted, which
motion carried, all members voted aye except Councilmember Penfold who
voted nay.
MOTION 4a: Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember LaMalfa
seconded to adopt $6,428 ,064 for debt service payments within the
Capital Improvement Program and that other CIP projects will be
considered separately later this year, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
MOTION 4b: Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember Garrott
seconded to recognize that the sitting Council cannot bind a future
Council, but can establish ordinances reflecting its policy, I move
that the Council assign City Council staff to draft an ordinance that
sets out the Council' s budget policy decision in ordinance form to
require that the Mayor' s recommended budget reflect, or at least
include an option, that dedicates an annual 9% investment in CIP, and
at a minimum, that every tentative budget shall include at least 9% of
general fund revenues for capital projects and maintenance, which
motion failed, Council Members Luke, Sorensen, and Garrott voted aye
and Council Members Love, Penfold, Christensen, and LaMalfa voted nay.
Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember LaMalfa seconded that
the ordinance require the Mayor to present a budget option to the
Council that does not shift Administrative costs or maintenance costs
of individual assets value at below $50,000 each to the Capital
Improvement Program, which motion carried, all members voted aye
except Councilmember Christensen who voted nay.
MOTION 4c: Councilmember Luke moved and Councilmember Love
seconded that for Fiscal Year 2013-14 additional funds, up to
$4 , 668, 964 produced as a result of this tax increase, be added to the
City' s Capital Improvement Fund, which motion carried, all members
voted aye except Councilmember Penfold who voted nay.
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MOTION 5 : Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember LaMalfa
seconded that the Council adopt Legislative Intent Statements on City
services to business districts, storm water infrastructure, bonding
and liability insurance requirement for neighborhood events, and
locations and coverage of fire stations, which motion carried, all
members voted aye .
MOTION 6: Councilmember LaMalfa moved and Councilmember Penfold
seconded that the Council approve $30,000 in the Department of Public
Utilities budget toward a grant program for water customers that would
support large urban gardens . The grant funds could be used to offset
the cost of an irrigation meter or meter related solutions to let
urban gardeners take advantage of irrigation rates, with the condition
that the grant or program criteria be reviewed and approved by the
Council, which motion carried, all members voted aye .
MOTION 7 : Councilmember Love moved and Councilmember Luke
seconded that the Salt Lake City Public Library Board of Directors
authorize an adult-designee provision in the Library System' s health
benefits package to mirror benefits extended to Salt Lake City
employees , and also request information about whether the Library' s
non-discrimination policies mirror the City' s, which motion carried,
all members voted aye .
MOTION 8 : Councilmember Garrott moved and Councilmember
Christensen seconded to adopt all ordinances relating to the Fiscal
Year 2013-14 budget, as detailed in the agenda as Items D1-e thru D1-r
with the exception of Item Dl-L regarding the credit card surcharge,
which the Council does not adopt and will be replaced by Motion 9,
which motion carried, all members voted aye .
e . Adopting Ordinance 32 of 2013 approving the Compensation Plan
for all non-represented employees of Salt Lake City.
(0 13-11)
f . Adopting Ordinance 33 of 2013 approving a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between Salt Lake City Corporation and the
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local
1004, representing eligible employees, pursuant to the Collective
Bargaining and Employee Representation Joint Resolution dated March
22, 2011, which shall become effective on ratification and signature .
(0 13-12)
g. Adopting Ordinance 34 of 2013 appropriating necessary funds to
implement, for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 , the provisions of the Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) dated effective June 23, 2013, between Salt
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Lake City Corporation and the American Federation of State, County,
and Municipal Employees Local 1004, representing eligible employees,
pursuant to the Collective Bargaining and Employee Representation
Joint Resolution dated March 22, 2011 .
(0 13-12)
h. Adopting Ordinance 35 of 2013 appropriating necessary funds
to implement, for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 , the provisions of the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Salt Lake City Corporation
and the International Union of Police Associations Local 75,
representing Police Officers in the Salt Lake City Police Department,
dated on or about June 20, 2012 .
(0 12-14)
i . Adopting Ordinance 36 of 2013 appropriating necessary funds
to implement, for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 , the provisions of the
Memorandum of Understanding between Salt Lake City Corporation and the
International Association of Firefighters Local 1645, representing
Firefighters and Fire Captains in the Salt Lake City Fire Department,
dated on or about June 20, 2012 .
(0 12-15)
j . Adopting Ordinance 28 of 2013 amending Section 3 . 02 . 020,
Salt Lake City Code, to modify regulatory and service fee authority
and to require identification of City imposed fees; and amending the
Salt Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule to modify various fees
included therein.
(0 11-9)
k. Adopting Ordinance 37 of 2013 enacting Section 2 . 75 . 040,
Salt Lake City Code, to provide for the imposition of a fee to offset
attorneys' fees incurred by the City in small claims proceedings .
(0 13-14)
1 . An ordinance enacting Section 3 . 16 . 030, Salt Lake City Code,
to provide for a surcharge on financial transactions involving the use
of a credit card. (Not adopted)
(0 13-16)
m. Adopting Ordinance 38 of 2013 providing for an
administrative fee intended to offset City costs incurred in
collection of past due debts .
(0 13-13)
n . Adopting Ordinance 39 of 2013 enacting Section 3 . 02 . 030,
Salt Lake City Code, to provide for an annual adjustment to the Salt
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Lake City Consolidated Fee Schedule in accordance with the Consumer
Price Index
(0 11-9)
o . Adopting Ordinance 40 of 2013 enacting Section 3 . 16 . 040,
Salt Lake City Code, to provide for late payment penalties and
interest on indebtedness to the City that is more than 30 days past
due .
(0 13-15)
p . Adopting Ordinance 41 of 2013 enacting Section 12 . 56 . 590,
Salt Lake City Code, relating to a parking exemption for certain
official vehicles .
(0 13-17)
q. Adopting Ordinance 42 of 2013 amending Section 15 . 16 . 020,
Salt Lake City Code, relating to picnic facility reservation fees .
(0 13-18)
r . Adopting Ordinance 43 of 2013 amending Section 12 . 96 . 020,
Salt Lake City Code, relating to vehicles with outstanding parking
tickets; Section 12 . 96 . 025, Salt Lake City Code, relating to towing,
impound, storage, and booting fees; and Section 12 . 96 . 090, Salt Lake
City Code, relating to hearings concerning impoundment.
(0 10-14)
MOTION 9 : Councilmember Christensen moved and Councilmember Love
seconded to approve a 2% increase to fees in lieu of the proposal to
implement a credit card surcharge and that the necessary ordinance be
drafted for execution, in order to cover the costs to the City of
accepting credit cards, and further move that a statement be included
on the Consolidated Fee Schedule to indicate that in Fiscal Year 2013-
14 an adjustment was adopted to cover the costs to the City of
accepting credit cards, which motion carried, all members voted aye
except Council Members Garrott and Luke who voted nay. (See Ordinance
28 of 2013)
(B 13-1)
The meeting adjourned at 3 : 37 p .m.
Council Chair
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City Recorder
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This document along with the digital recording constitute the
official minutes of the City Council Regular Session meeting held June
18, 2013 .
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