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Votes at a glance: Washington City Council actions April 9, 2025
Summary
Council approved the tentative 2025‑26 budget and several land‑use and administrative actions; votes and key conditions listed for each item.
At its April 9 meeting Washington City Council took several formal actions. Key votes and outcomes are summarized below with council tallies and conditions recorded on the transcript.
Summary of formal actions - Tentative budget approved and public hearing set: Council approved the tentative fiscal-year 2025‑26 budget at $139,309,389 and set the public hearing for May 14, 2025. Motion passed unanimously (5–0).
- Stuckey Farms site-plan agreement addendum: Council approved a modified site-plan agreement addendum for the Stuckey Farms planned-community development after debate and edits to acreage, density and water‑treatment language. Substitute motion to approve the addendum passed 3–2. Yes: Henderson, Ivy, Caspersen. No: Coates, Belliston. Council directed applicants to return with detailed pod/site plans (deferred conceptual plans have an 18‑month time limit under city code).
- Stuckey Farms zoning amendment (setbacks) — Z-25-09: Council approved an ordinance amending medium-density residential PCD setbacks for Stuckey Farms. Vote: 4–1. Yes: Coates, Ivy, Caspersen, Henderson. No: Belliston.
- Other votes of record - Zone change Z-25-05 (A20 to PUDC near 3650 S Washington Fields Road): Approved unanimously (5–0). Condition: applicant must return with design and use plan for staff and public review before construction. (Motion and roll-call recorded in transcript.) - Surplus sale of fire-department brush truck: Council authorized sale to a neighboring agency for $40,000 (figure in packet) rather than auction; motion approved unanimously (5–0).
Budget/RAP (wrap-tax) guidance captured in meeting Council discussed requests for wrap-tax (RAP) funding from several local organizations and heard staff and council commentary on priorities and accountability. Applicants and amounts included in the staff briefing: Washington City Youth Council (statue) — request $50,000; Film Southern Utah and Media Arts — $18,500; Washington City Historical Museum — $48,000; Washington City Concert Band — $2,500; Southwest Symphony Orchestra — $10,000; Tuacahn Center for the Arts — $25,000; Encore Performing Arts — $7,000. The requests totaled roughly $161,000. Council instructed staff to keep $50,000 in the RAP grant line for discretionary award consideration and asked staff to return with additional project detail on proposed city capital items (heritage-playground replacement, ballfield building design) during final budget hearings; staff recommended adding $50,000 for design work on a ballfield/concession/bathroom building as part of capital planning.
How to read this summary This page lists motions and roll-call results recorded in the April 9, 2025 meeting transcript. Motions that require additional submittals or conditions (for example, deferred site-plan materials) retain those conditions and time limits as stated by staff and the city attorney.
