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Midvale council approves code changes, bonds and agreements; tables tobacco-use amendment
Summary
At its April 15 meeting, the Midvale City Council approved multiple code changes, delegated bond‑sale parameters and authorized administrative agreements while tabling a proposed retail‑use change for further cleanup.
What the council decided at its April 15 regular meeting: Midvale City Council considered several ordinances, resolutions and administrative agreements and voted on multiple items in a single evening. Below is a concise summary of the formal actions the council took, with outcomes and key details.
Votes at a glance
- Ordinance 2024‑005 (text amendment clarifying Duplex Overlay Zone language): Approved unanimously. Council voted to amend section 17‑7‑1.13 and related definitions to remove a requirement that a duplex be owned by a single owner and to clarify duplex definitions for implementation. Outcome: ordinance adopted (vote: unanimous).
- State Street zoning/use table amendment (retail tobacco specialty business language): Tabled. Councilors discussed removing retail tobacco specialty businesses from the proposed amendment and determined the item needed a written amendment before they could approve it; the proposal was tabled to a future meeting for cleanup.
- Ordinance 2025‑007 (allow council to determine planning commission stipend): Approved unanimously. The ordinance removes a fixed $20 stipend from code and replaces it with language that the stipend is determined by the city council through budgeting.
- Resolution 2025‑R‑16 (Salt Lake County election services agreement): Approved unanimously. The council authorized the mayor to execute an agreement with Salt Lake County to provide election services for the 2025 municipal election; the agreement includes a per‑entity share of new administrative fees and a ranked‑choice software license cost to be allocated among participating jurisdictions.
- Resolution 2025‑R‑17 (water, sewer and stormwater revenue bonds parameters): Adopted unanimously. The council adopted a parameters resolution authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund a public works facility expansion; the adopted parameters set a maximum aggregate principal for the series, a maximum interest rate ceiling and a maximum maturity (the resolution delegated final terms within those parameters to city officers and set a public hearing for May 20, 2025).
- Resolution 2025‑R‑18 (sales and franchise tax revenue bonds parameters): Adopted unanimously. The council approved parameters for a second bond series to fund park acquisition and Center Street improvements along with related infrastructure; the resolution set a maximum aggregate amount and delegated final terms and sale authority within the stated parameters.
- Resolution 2025‑R‑21 (second payment to the Community Renewable Energy Agency, CREA): Approved unanimously. The council authorized Midvale to make the second required CREA payment—$10,942.10—conditioned on an agency policy amendment allowing Midvale to become a voting member. The payment will be taken from funds previously budgeted in the mayor’s discretionary account; the council will still receive an ordinance with final program design before residents are enrolled.
- Resolution 2025‑R‑19 (firework restriction map for 2025): Approved unanimously. The council adopted a 2025 fireworks‑restriction map that keeps in place the river‑corridor and park restrictions and the Jordan Bluffs buffers adopted previously; staff said the map must be adopted annually and changes this year were minimal.
- Resolution 2025‑R‑20 (ESRI GIS enterprise software agreement): Approved unanimously. The council authorized a three‑year enterprise license for ArcGIS and related enterprise services and training at an annual cost the city estimated at $40,900.
Context and procedural notes: The council also approved a consent agenda (minutes and a public hearing date for the FY 2026 tentative budget). Public comment and presentations preceded the votes; the council used roll calls to record unanimous outcomes for the adopted ordinances and resolutions. In several cases staff or councilors said more details (for example, the retail tobacco use table and the CREA program design) will return to the council for further action before implementation.
What’s next: The council set May 6, 2025 for a public hearing on the FY 2026 tentative budget and scheduled bond‑related public hearings for May 20, 2025. Staff will return with cleaned language for the retail‑use amendment, finalize CREA program design language before any resident enrollment, and bring a final RDA loan term sheet for Honeysuckle Coffee Co. back to the RDA for approval.
