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Millcreek Council approves $8,000 scholarship pool, budget amendments and three-year manager contract
Summary
The Millcreek City Council voted unanimously to approve up to $8,000 in high‑school scholarships, adopt midyear budget amendments including capital project and fee‑schedule changes, and authorize a three‑year amended employment contract for City Manager Mike Winder at $250,000 per year.
The Millcreek City Council on Jan. 27 unanimously approved three headline actions: a monetary contribution of up to $8,000 for high‑school scholarships, amendments to the fiscal year 2024–25 budget and fee schedule, and an amended three‑year contract for City Manager Mike Winder that sets his salary at $250,000 per year.
The scholarship ordinance, introduced during a public hearing, extends the council's longstanding Promise program to include a new international charter high school operating in the former Mill Creek Elementary building. The council increased the annual scholarship pool from $6,000 to $8,000 so the city can award eight $1,000 scholarships across Mill Creek high schools. The council opened and closed the public hearing with no public speakers and approved the ordinance by roll call vote.
Council members also adopted ordinance 25‑02, a package of midyear budget amendments for the general fund and capital projects fund and adjustments to the Mill Creek fee schedule. The amendments reclassified several departmental line items, recognized prior Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) reimbursements and other grant proceeds, recorded proceeds from a recent right‑of‑way/property surplus sale, and adjusted project expenditures to match known awards. The fee schedule changes included new and updated venue rental and market fees, an employee discount change to align with IRS guidance, and renewed discounts for nonprofit and government partners.
Separately, the council approved resolution 25‑01 authorizing the mayor to sign an amended employment contract with Mike Winder, extending his municipal employment for approximately three years and setting base pay at $250,000 annually. Council members and the mayor praised Winder’s work in economic development and day‑to‑day city operations during the discussion before the vote.
Votes at a glance • Ordinance 25‑11 (monetary contribution for high‑school scholarships up to $8,000): approved unanimously by roll call (Council roll‑call recorded as unanimous).* • Ordinance 25‑02 (amend FY 2024–25 budget — general fund, CIP, stormwater — and adopt fee schedule changes): approved unanimously by roll call.* • Resolution 25‑01 (authorize mayor to enter amended contract with City Manager Mike Winder, salary $250,000): approved unanimously by roll call.* • Minutes (work and regular meeting minutes for 01/13/2025): approved by voice vote.
*Roll‑call names and exact phrasing are taken from the meeting record.
Why it matters: The scholarship funding directly expands the city’s Promise program to students at a new charter high school, the budget amendments reallocate and recognize grant and sale proceeds that affect capital projects, and the manager contract locks in leadership and compensation for municipal administration and economic development continuity.
Procedural notes: Each item passed after the council opened and closed public hearings where required; no substantive public testimony was recorded on the three headline items. The council later moved into a closed session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation, per Utah Code 52‑4‑205(1)(c).
