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• March minutes (agenda item 5): Council postponed action. Council first moved to approve the March minutes; after members who had been absent expressed concern about voting, the motion was withdrawn and a motion to table the minutes until the next meeting was made and approved (motion to table carried by vocal ayes).

• Meeting date change: The council approved moving the regularly scheduled April 15 meeting to April 22, 2025, due to members attending a conference. Motion moved and seconded; the motion passed by unanimous vocal assent.

• Consent item 8A — Interlocal agreement with Erda City: The council approved the third one-year extension of an interlocal agreement with Erda City for road and trash services and added civil plan-inspection services. Under the extension, the county will perform civil inspections and receive 4% of the construction estimated costs for public improvement fees collected by the city as compensation. The motion to approve was made by Councilman Hoffman and seconded by Councilman Strongberg; the motion passed.

• Consent item 8B — Contract award for crash-data review: (See separate article) The council approved awarding a contract to Wall Consultant Group and accepted federal grant funding with a county match of $45,400.

• Item 9A — Line-item transfer: The council approved a line-item transfer for Emergency Management to split an already-budgeted grant into separate sub-accounts for easier tracking. Motion moved and seconded; the motion passed.

• Resolution 2025-05 (item 10) — Budget increase: The council opened a public hearing on and then adopted Resolution 2025-05 to increase the municipal fund by $87,500. The resolution allocates $75,000 for the final annual payment to the Utah State University (USU) extension science building on the Tooele campus and $12,500 for a \"Need for Speed\" grant for Community Development. The motion to open and then adopt the resolution was moved and seconded; no public comment was recorded and the resolution passed.

• Resolution 2025-04 (item 10B) — Pickup of public-safety retirement contributions: The council adopted Resolution 2025-04 to pick up a portion of required employee contributions for county employees in the public-safety tier under the contributory retirement system (tier 2). Matthew Flager explained that Utah Retirement Systems (URS) requires a resolution to change the pickup of member contributions; the pickup changes the public-safety member contribution from 2.75% to 4.73% as reflected in the budget. The motion to adopt carried.

• Ordinance 2025-04 (item 10C) — General plan amendment: The council adopted Ordinance 2025-04 amending the county general plan to designate a parcel as medium intensity housing (see separate article for details). The motion passed.

• Boards and committees appointment: The council appointed Christine Naylor to a three-year term on the Human Service Advisory Council to represent the Tooele County School District on student well-being issues; the appointment was moved and seconded and approved. Her term will expire on 12/30/2027 as stated at the meeting.

• Adjournment: The council moved to adjourn the meeting and adjourned at approximately 7:24 p.m.

These items reflect the motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript. Where vote tallies were not given in roll-call form, outcomes are reported as the chair announced them on the record.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Tooele County Council April 1, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of formal motions and outcomes from the Tooele County Council meeting on April 1, 2025, including tabling of March minutes, rescheduling an April meeting, consent approvals, budget and retirement resolutions, a line-item transfer, an appointment to the Human Service Advisory Council, and adjournment.","taxTitle","Tooele County Commission, Tooele County Commission and Boards, Tooele County, Utah","taxId",19828,"location","Utah","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6094159,"Tooele County awards crash-data contract to Wall Consultant Group using federal grant funds",73,397000,470000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2844628-487b9fb6ea08bc31fea67dca04349ccf&start=397&end=470","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2844628-487b9fb6ea08bc31fea67dca04349ccf/thumbnail_397000.jpg","/articles/6094159/Utah/Tooele-County-awards-crash-data-contract-to-Wall-Consultant-Group-using-federal-grant-funds","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6094159-ec8f3485596705287eac579d879d7bfc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770742214&Signature=Aeiph3P3R8VU1mb2OnxRmGv-4-Shg~DvNjueQHcAA~UJPZG-SlrJSXJ3Y~8pyyoH6nE3ZVz84A9yGADpHq0xMZHBYbRoHQa-KsC~M1DRvLmD3WipFeo23Bdb5BFjQpGkrLNcCrKvNKk-Bl~vK4mVVvjESlN676eUUS-O66bvZyKcpTY7RrGb4sPevmKfoH1bjEW0T98JZA2QQKZZyOIU~G65lOGo2teoRZK4W47hGmw8bo45pJCKKC1bhGFmBkPInlsBBA45gsyAxPEhNESk6QtCoo9xqIyTER2mhUnW7NJQ~eBuP9okDX7u0ZDNVo-cgQNg96GVBnGUw6pyOpB4Fw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Tooele County commissioners approved a contract with Wall Consultant Group to perform an in-depth review of fatal and serious crash data within the county, the council confirmed at its April 1 meeting.

Nathan Harris, assistant county attorney, said the county opened the project for public solicitation, received three bids and selected Wall Consultant Group. Harris told the council the total federal grant supporting the contract is $181,600 and the county’s match is $45,400; he said the county’s share is already included in Community Development’s grant match fund.

Council members asked whether the review would cover county roads broadly. Councilman Thomas asked, \"Is this like all roads within the county?\" Harris replied that his understanding was that the study would be comprehensive and would include interstate corridors such as I‑80 as well as other corridors and areas such as Skull Valley.

Harris also addressed the source of funds, noting recent confirmation that the federal funds were available for the contract despite earlier concerns. The contract award and associated budget match were moved, seconded and adopted by the council; the motion passed with vocal assent.

The county did not provide a line-item breakdown of how the consultant will allocate the grant across tasks in the meeting presentation. Community Development will oversee the contract and the report is intended to provide data to inform future road-safety decisions.

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Nathan Harris, assistant county attorney, told the council the County Planning Commission considered the same amendment on March 5, and its first motion resulted in \"a 3–3 tie\" and therefore failed under the Robert’s Rules used by the commission. Harris said the commission later made \"a 4–2 favorable recommendation\" to the council after additional debate and a duly noticed public hearing.

The amendment changes the general-plan designation for the parcel from agricultural to medium intensity housing. Harris described the practical effect: the change would allow the county and property owners to pursue rezoning or subdivision actions that could permit smaller-lot residential development than the parcel’s current RR-5 zoning (RR-5 requires roughly 5-acre minimum lots). Harris emphasized that the rezone itself was not before the council and would be considered separately by the Planning Commission if pursued.

Council members asked clarifying questions about the relationship between the general plan and zoning. Councilman Thomas asked whether the parcel is currently zoned RR-5; Harris confirmed it is. Harris explained that the general plan amendment \"doesn’t have those requirements\" for minimum lot sizes under the medium-intensity designation and that any change to density would be part of a later rezoning process.

By adopting Ordinance 2025-04, the council updated the county’s stated preferred land use for the parcel; no immediate reconfiguration of lots or construction approvals were enacted by this vote. Any rezoning or subdivision requests would require separate applications and review by the Planning Commission and, if appealed or forwarded, subsequent council action.

The council’s action completes the legislative step to change the general plan designation; interested parties will watch for any rezoning application at the Planning Commission that could follow the amendment.

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