The Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission reviewed proposed revisions to its policies and procedures and voted to table the item for the January meeting to allow staff to incorporate edits and clarifications.

Staff highlighted several substantive edits, including changing multiple deadline references from "5 days" to "5 business days," updating inherited language that still referred to the Planning Commission to read "Historic Landmark Commission," and clarifying the role and timing for special meetings. Commissioners discussed the placement of a voting provision tied to conflict-of-interest disclosures and asked staff to make the text clearer by grouping related provisions.

A sustained discussion focused on ex parte communications. Staff and legal counsel reminded commissioners the broad prohibition on communications with interested parties comes from state law and is intended to keep deliberation in public meetings; commissioners asked that the draft explicitly note the 30-day appeal period during which communications are restricted and clarify that factual questions to staff are permitted but staff should not be asked to prepare motions outside the public meeting.

Commissioners also considered a proposal to remove the general, non-agenda public-comment period used by some city bodies. Staff said the city is seeking consistency across boards and commissions and that testimony will remain available for individual agenda items and public hearings; some commissioners voiced concern about public access and clarity of process.

After discussion and line edits requested by commissioners, the chair called for a motion to table the item to the January meeting so staff can return a final draft for adoption. The motion carried by voice/roll-call vote and the item will be revisited in January.