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Votes at a glance: Syracuse City Council actions from the June business meeting
Summary
A compact summary of every formal action recorded in the Syracuse City Council business meeting: appointments, budget approvals, ordinances, fee schedule changes, zoning map amendments and authorizations to award contracts. Most items passed unanimously; the FY 2025–26 budget passed 3–1.
The Syracuse City Council recorded the following formal actions during its June business meeting. Where the transcript did not record individual roll-call names for each vote, tallies are provided as reported.
1) Consent agenda (passed unanimously) - R 25-21: Authorize the mayor to execute an interlocal agreement for the 700 South road-widening project (consent item). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - R 25-22: Amend the Syracuse City signature and contract routing process to allow some minor contracts to be routed through department heads (consent item). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
2) Appointments - R 25-23: Appoint Blake Baker and Jace Burke to the Syracuse City Planning Commission to replace commissioners whose terms expire June 30. Outcome: approved (unanimous).
3) Budget actions - R 25-25: Public hearing and approval of an amendment to the Syracuse City fiscal year 2024–2025 budget (amendment includes accelerating a Parks & Rec dump-truck replacement and adding budget capacity for UDOT property negotiations; City Hall lighting conversion noted as grant-funded). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - R 25-24: Adopt the tentative budget as the final budget for fiscal year 2025–2026 and accept the certified tax rate from Davis County. Outcome: approved 3–1.
4) Compensation, fees and wage scale - Ordinance 25-29: Approve FY 2025 compensation increases for executive municipal officers as required under new state law (disclosure of department heads). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - R 25-26: Public hearing and approval amending the Syracuse City consolidated fee schedule, including utility pass-through fee increases totaling $4.35 across all utilities (city described these as pass-through charges from suppliers). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - R 25-27: Adopt the Syracuse City wage scale for FY 2025–26; changes reflect benchmark adjustments across departments, including a rotation that separates fire and police benchmarking and position reclassifications. Outcome: approved (unanimous).
5) Pension participation - R 25-28: Authorize Syracuse City to participate in the Public Employees Retirement System and the Public Safety Retirement System (Utah Retirement Systems) for fiscal year 2025–26 as required by state law. Outcome: approved (unanimous).
6) Land use and zoning - Ordinance (recorded in the transcript as 25-26): Amend Syracuse City Municipal Code sections 10.55.030 and 10.30.100 pertaining to farm-related businesses; the council discussed possible ambiguity around conditional-use language for "pick your own" operations and agreed to proceed while noting potential future refinement. Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Ordinance 25-27: Rezone 2550 West 700 South from Residential R-1 to Agricultural A-1 (applicant Jacob Briggs). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Ordinance 25-28: Rezone 3000 West 1200 South from Agricultural A-1 to Residential R-2 (applicant Perry Homes). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
7) Contracts and capital projects - Authorize administration to award contract for 500 West Phase 2 widening project (2010 South to 2800 South). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - Authorize administration to award contract for West Davis Corridor Aesthetics Improvements Project (Option 6 selected; leaves funds under budget). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
8) Governing boards and special districts (board members are the city council) - RDA 25-01: Adopt the Redevelopment Agency annual budget for FY 2025–26 as required by Utah Code (17C-1-601). Outcome: approved (unanimous). - MBA 25-01: Adopt the Municipal Building Authority annual budget for FY 2025–26 as required by Utah Code (17D-3-107). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
Several items were described in the meeting as having been discussed earlier in work sessions (wage-scale and compensation benchmarking) or as pass-through costs from external suppliers (utilities fee adjustments). Where the transcript did not include names for individual yes/no votes, tallies are reported as the council recorded them.
