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Council authorizes mayor to sign work release for zoning-code update after $30,000 private pledge
Summary
Milford City Council authorized Mayor Davis to sign Work Release 2025-1 with Sunrise Engineering to update the city zoning code after a local employer pledged $30,000 toward the project. The city will use a time-and-materials contract with payments staggered as the donor remits funds.
Milford City Council on July 15 authorized Mayor Davis to sign Work Release 2025-1 with Sunrise Engineering to update the city’s zoning code after a private company pledged funding toward the work.
City staff told the council that Milford has been pursuing state grant support for a code review but that past applications prioritized the Wasatch Front. “Vervoe has actually made a generous offer to Milford City, and they are willing to pay $30,000 to have our zoning code updated,” a city staff member said during the meeting. The staff member added that the company “plan[s] on paying us half upfront now, and then towards the middle of the project, they'll pay the other half so we can get moving.”
The staff presentation said Sunrise Engineering prepared the work release and that the project will be executed on a time-and-materials basis and checked for compliance with state code. A council motion to authorize the mayor to sign the work release was made by Councilmember Ian and seconded by Councilmember Scott; the council approved the motion by voice vote.
City staff and the council praised the donor. “I just can't believe that's quite generous of that business,” one councilmember said during discussion. The staff member identified the donation as addressing a long-standing funding barrier to revising the zoning code and said the city hopes the updated code will better align with Milford’s planning goals.
The work release was placed on the council agenda for consideration; the motion approved gave the mayor authority to execute the document so the consultant can begin work once the donor remits the initial payment.
The council did not set a detailed timetable for completion during the public discussion, and staff said the project will proceed under the terms of the time-and-materials agreement. The work release and the donor arrangement were discussed in the meeting packet and on the record at the July 15 meeting.
