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Votes at a glance: Riverton council adopts rezoning, compensation and fee measures; approves property sale
Summary
At its June meeting the Riverton City Council approved a rezoning ordinance limiting a development to townhomes, adopted pay and fee schedules for fiscal 2025–26, and approved sale of a city parcel to a second-ranked bidder after the top bidder failed to close.
RIVERTON, Utah — The Riverton City Council recorded several formal votes at its June meeting. Key outcomes:
Ordinance 25-18 — Priority Builders rezone (item 9.a): Approved. The council rezoned roughly 4.25 acres at the northwest corner of 118 South and Redwood Road to RM-8 (multifamily residential) with a specific development designation limiting the project to townhomes only. Vote (as recorded in the transcript): McKay — yes; Hamon — yes; McDougall — yes; Perucci — yes; Broker — yes. Outcome: approved.
Compensation and pay schedules (items 9.b–9.d): The council held public hearings and adopted multiple compensation and fee items for fiscal year 2025–26 including: - Compensation for elective and statutory officers (item 9.b): adopted (no increase for council positions this year, per staff presentation). Motion carried on roll call vote recorded in the minutes. - Compensation for executive municipal officers (item 9.c): adopted; the council approved a public hearing and an up-to-4% merit increase option for department heads consistent with staff and council direction. - Municipal fee schedule (item 9.d): adopted (Resolution 25-31). The fee schedule breaks out sanitation and recycling charges and implements previously discussed adjustments.
Real property sale (item 10): The council approved a resolution (resolution number recorded as 20532 in the transcript) to proceed with the sale of city-owned property commonly known as the Mascaro property to Evolution Development, the second-highest bidder, after the top bidder failed to close during due diligence. Council discussion confirmed the buyer’s earnest-money amount is higher than the prior agreement’s and that the closing timeline requires performance by August 1 (developer due diligence and closing deadlines discussed). Vote: motion approved on roll call (several council members recorded as yes; Council member McKay recused himself on the property sale vote per transcript notes).
Closed session: The council voted to enter a closed session under the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act to discuss the character, professional competence or physical or mental health of an individual and to discuss strategy on sale, purchase or lease of real property, including water rights. Vote carried.
The council’s formal approvals set in motion site-plan, engineering and county/state coordination steps for the rezoned property and moved forward the negotiated sale of the Mascaro parcel pending buyer performance and closing.
