WFRC budget committee recommends release of streamlined goals, backs $1.1M activity-based travel model as federal funding uncertainty looms

The Wasatch Front Regional Council Budget Committee voted March 17 to recommend that the full council release the agency’s draft goals, proposed FY2026 budget and the unified planning work program for public review and comment.

Committee members opened the meeting with a review of a shortened, three-goal framework staff proposed to replace a longer multi-page list. Andrew Gruber, the council’s executive director, said the staff condensed the goals to focus on ‘‘collaboratively advance the Wasatch Choice vision to accommodate growth and enhance quality of life,’’ plus two supporting goals: providing subject-matter expertise to officials and striving for organizational excellence.

Gruber said the streamlined goals are intended to state what the council will accomplish while leaving the ‘‘how’’—detailed tactics and…