09/11/2018 - Work Session - Announcements City Council Announcement
Tuesday, September ii, 2018
Information Needed by Council Staff 9:28:53 PM
A. Rail-Volution Conference
Council Member Kitchen would like to attend the Rail-Volution Conference
in Pittsburgh, PA on October 21- 24, 2018.
Per Council Policy A.2 Transition for Council Office Following Municipal
Elections (12/o7) :
• A Council Member who is leaving office and requesting travel following a
primary or general election must secure the consent of the full Council
prior to requesting that staff initiate travel arrangements.
• Staff will need to finalize travel before we know if he wins the general
election.
➢ Does the full Council approve of Council Member Derek Kitchen
attending this trip? Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director, said this
request was not included in the Council's materials 24-hours in advance so it
would have to be put on next week's agenda. She said although nothing
would be decided tonight, she wanted to bring this to the Council's attention.
Councilmember Kitchen said he had not attended Rail-Volution during his
tenure on the Council and asked Council Members to consider his request.
He said he was interested in transportation/transit and thought the
conference would be a worthwhile investment. He said the residents he
represented on the Council would be the same ones he would represent in
the State Senate.
Councilmember Kitchen said another issue that was not on the agenda but
needed some clarity, related to the process of transitioning from the Council
to the Legislature (should that happen). He said a while back, an e-mail was
circulated about what existing policy suggested, but he thought that
information was in conflict with State law. He said he understood Staff
would be coming back to the Council in the near future with clarification.
Ms. Gust-Jenson said that was correct.
B. November Election Canvass
State law requires the election results be canvassed "no sooner than seven
days after the election and no later than 14 days after the election." This
leaves November 13 - November 20 as the possible meeting range.
The County is anticipating that election results will not be available in time
for the Board of Canvassers to convene on November 13. The County Board
of Canvassers will convene on the loth to allow time for military or
provisional ballots.
The Council may plan to convene as the Board of Canvassers in addition to
their normal Council Meeting on the 13th but may be required to postpone
if results are unavailable.
➢ Does the Council want to add a special meeting on November 2o?
Ms. Gust-Jenson said Salt Lake County election officials informed Staff the
election results would not be available to be canvassed until November loth.
She said there were times in the past where the Board met at noon, so that
was a possibility. She said Staff would work on scheduling a time when
Council Members would be available.