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Votes at a glance: Brigham City Council actions, Jan. 16, 2025
Summary
Council approved a slate of administrative and land-use measures, including a mayor pro tem nomination, code amendments, policy adoption for the power rate stabilization fund, water plan resolution and stormwater ordinance update.
At its Jan. 16 meeting, Brigham City council took the following formal actions. All items below were approved unless noted.
- Nomination and election of mayor pro tem: Councilmember Smith was nominated and approved to serve as mayor pro tem for 2025 (motion passed by voice vote).
- Resolution: Update to Water Conservation Plan — Council approved the resolution to update the four-year water conservation plan with a 12% per-capita reduction goal (roll call vote; motion passed).
- Ordinance: Brigham City Code Title 15, Chapter 155 (subdivisions) — Council approved amendments to align subdivision review and improvement-plan requirements with 2024 state legislative mandates; the city chose to require final-level subdivision improvement plans rather than preliminary submittal of full infrastructure construction drawings (roll call vote; motion passed).
- Ordinance: Brigham City Code Title 15, Chapter 156 (keeping of fowl) — Council amended the code to broaden where household fowl are permitted (including the R-16 district and single-family lots in the central business district), increased base fowl counts with maximums tied to lot square footage, removed the temporary-permit category in favor of a one-time permit, and listed prohibited species (roosters, guineafowl, emu, ostrich, peacock, turkey) (roll call vote; motion passed).
- Resolution: Employee access to the Public Treasurers Investment Fund (PTIF) — Council approved an amendment to Resolution No. 8-22 to update staff access after personnel changes in the finance office (roll call vote; motion passed).
- Policy adoption: Power rate stabilization fund policy — Council approved a formal policy setting a 120-day operating cash target (~$5.6M) for a rate stabilization fund and defining triggers and council authority related to the power purchase adjustment (PPAC) (voice vote; motion passed).
- Ordinance: Stormwater code amendment (ordinance 20-1) — Council approved amendments to the city stormwater ordinance to conform with recent state legislation that changes inspection authority, limits when fines may be imposed, and adjusts the stop-work process (roll call vote; motion passed).
- Agreement amendment: Golden Spike Park naming rights — Council approved an amendment to the three-party naming agreement for Golden Spike Park to memorialize a revised naming-rights arrangement and related revenue handling (voice vote; motion passed).
All items were moved, seconded and carried on votes indicated at the meeting. Several items were described by staff as required by recent state law or as technical code cleanups; two items (fowl code change and power policy) drew extended discussion. For items where a roll-call vote was read, the council recorded an affirmative outcome and the motions passed.
