Proposed Resolution - 9/19/2022RESOLUTION NO. __ OF 2022
(A Resolution Declaring Satisfaction of Budget Contingency for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023
Budget Relating to the Department of Sustainability)
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the Salt Lake City Council adopted Ordinance No. 32 of
2022, adopting the City budget, excluding the Library Fund, and adopting the employment
staffing document, for fiscal year 2022-2023 (the “Budget Ordinance”); and
WHEREAS, the Budget Ordinance specified a contingency applying to, among other
departments, the Department of Sustainability (the “Department”); and
WHEREAS, the budget contingency related to the Department’s fiscal year 2022-2023
budget specified that the Department must provide certain information to City Council and
comply with Resolution 14 of 2020 in adopting any policy document or multi-year funding plan,
when relevant (the “Budget Contingency”); and
WHEREAS, the City desires to support clean transportation, including electrified
transportation, to reduce air pollution, combat climate change, and improve public health; and
WHEREAS, the Department seeks to engage a consultant to assess the City’s fleet,
including evaluating the long-term fleet replacement strategy, including electrification, analyzing
current and planned fleet usage patterns, and identifying future electric infrastructure needs at
City facilities to support a more electrified fleet (“Internal Fleet Electrification Analysis”); and
WHEREAS, the Department also seeks to engage a consultant to evaluate the City’s EV
infrastructure, including evaluating where publicly-accessible EV charging infrastructure is
needed in Salt Lake City, identifying potential strategies to advance private installation of EV
stations at homes and buildings, benchmarking best management practices on local government
providing EV charging infrastructure and subsidizing usage fees, and identifying opportunities
for potential installation and management of additional EV stations on City property, including
right-of-way (“EV Infrastructure Study”); and
WHEREAS, the Department would like to leverage City funding to access federal grant
funding and utility incentives to install EV charging stations in existing City-owned parking lots
and on public streets where parking is planner or already provided (“Public EV Charging
Installation Projects”); and
WHEREAS, the Department has provided to City Council the information requested to
satisfy the Budget Contingency.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, as
follows:
1. The City Council has determined the Department has met the Budget
Contingency and hereby declares the Budget Contingency is satisfied with respect to the funding
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allocated in the Budget Ordinance for the Internal Fleet Electrification Analysis, the EV
Infrastructure Study, and the Public EV Charging Installation Projects.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this _____ day of
___________________, 2022.
SALT LAKE CITY COUNCIL
By: ______________________________
Dan Dugan, Chair, Salt Lake City Council
Attest:
___________________________
City Recorder
Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office
Approved as to Form:
___________________________
Senior City Attorney
Date: ______________________ September 15, 2022