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Votes at a glance: Clinton City Council actions March 11, 2025
Summary
The council took multiple routine actions March 11, including extending an ADU public hearing, naming an engineer of record, awarding a street‑preservation change order, approving a collection services agreement and naming bond counsel for a water bond. All recorded motions passed.
Clinton City Council on March 11 recorded the following formal actions and roll‑call approvals. Several items drew only brief discussion or were routine consent actions.
1) Continue public hearing on ADU ordinance (Ordinance 25-01Z) - Motion: Continue the public hearing on Ordinance 25-01Z to March 25. - Mover: Council member Marie Doherty; second: (unnamed council member). - Outcome: Passed by roll call; public hearing continued to March 25, 2025. - Note: Council directed staff to revise the draft to clarify square‑footage measurements, lot coverage (rear‑yard structure coverage), window/privacy rules and parking before the next hearing.
2) City engineer of record (JUB Engineers) - Motion: Approve JUB Engineers as the city engineer of record for federal funding requirements. - Mover/Second: Motion and second recorded in meeting minutes (routine approval). - Outcome: Approved by voice/roll call. - Note: Staff said JUB had returned the only response to the solicitation and has been city engineer of record previously; designation is a formal requirement for certain federal grants.
3) Change order — 2024–25 street surface treatment project (Asphalt Preservation) - Motion: Award change order to Asphalt Preservation for the additional 2024–25 street surface treatment work: $196,505.48. - Mover: Council member (recorded at meeting); second: (recorded). - Outcome: Approved by council. - Note: Staff said bids from last year were honored and the contractor agreed to keep prior pricing rather than rebid.
4) Collection services agreement (Bonneville Collection Services) - Motion: Approve agreement with Bonneville Collection Services for receivables collection (18% fee described by staff). - Outcome: Approved by council. - Note: Staff said previously contracted firms had charged up to 30% and Bonneville can lower collection costs; council requested that staff periodically re‑evaluate vendors and solicit bids in future cycles.
5) Bond counsel selection for state water bond (Dorsey & Whitney) - Motion: Select Dorsey & Whitney as bond counsel for a Utah Board of Water Resources bond (up to $3.9 million draw). - Outcome: Approved by roll call; contract value/fee for counsel recorded in agenda materials. - Note: Staff explained the state water bond provides a favorable interest rate (3.71% reported as the state rate for this issuance) compared with market revenue bonds; council discussed water‑rate adequacy and long‑term capital planning.
6) Minutes and accounts payable - Council approved the meeting minutes and the accounts payable list (standard consent business). The accounts payable discussion included a one‑time canine veterinary expense for the police K‑9 unit; staff noted the canine recovered after emergency surgery.
Why it matters: These items keep city operations and capital programs moving. The bond counsel selection and street preservation award support near‑term infrastructure projects; the ADU ordinance continuation preserves time for technical edits prior to final vote.
Speakers quoted and motions reflected in this summary are drawn from the March 11 meeting transcript and council roll calls.
