Proposed Resolution - 11/1/2022RESOLUTION NO. _______ OF 2022
Naming the Salt Lake City Justice Court the “John L. Baxter Justice Court”
WHEREAS, Salt Lake City Code 3.65 creates a process for the naming of major City assets,
which includes a City-owned structure or facility.
WHEREAS, under City Code 3.65, the Mayor must provide the City Council with fifteen
business days’ notice of her intent to name a major asset, and the City Council may either allow
the fifteen days to pass, at which point the Mayor may name the major asset, or the City Council
may determine that the major asset should be named through a legislative process.
WHEREAS, Mayor Erin Mendenhall provided the City Council notice of her intent to name the
Salt Lake City Justice Court the “John L. Baxter Justice Court” in recognition of Judge John L.
Baxter’s over twenty years of service as a Salt Lake City Justice Court Judge and his service to
some of the most traditionally underserved people in Salt Lake City.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the naming of the Salt Lake City Justice
Court should be done pursuant to a legislative process, and finds that there is good cause to name
the Salt Lake City Justice Court the “John L. Baxter Justice Court”.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SALT LAKE CITY
COUNCIL:
1. That the Salt Lake City Justice Court shall be named the “John L. Baxter Justice
Court”.
Passed by the Salt Lake City Council, this ____ day of December 2022.
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Dan Dugan, Council Chair
Attest:
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Cindy Lou Trishman, City Recorder
Approved as to form:
Katherine Lewis, City Attorney