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Council work session narrows communication budget uses, asks staff to draft new policy language
Summary
Council members discussed allowable uses of district communication budgets, agreed staff should tighten rules for donations and outside sponsorships, and asked for a revised policy and an application/reimbursement form for outside requests.
Council staff and the city attorney's office led a May 13 work-session discussion on a proposed update to the council's communications budget policy to clarify permissible uses, public-benefit standards and processes for outside requests.
Jennifer Bruno of council staff presented draft policy language and a questionnaire-style process staff would use to evaluate outside requests. The council asked staff to ensure the policy complies with state statutory constraints the City Attorney referenced, including Utah code cited during the briefing (public-benefit considerations) and applicable fiscal-procedures requirements.
What the council agreed: Members generally approved a working set of uses for council-member-initiated communications (newsletters, postcards,…
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