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Bluffdale council adopts water-and-land-use element, authorizes mayor insurance option and shifts EDA funds for underpass
Summary
On Dec. 10 the Bluffdale City Council adopted a new water and land use element to its general plan, approved a resolution allowing the mayor to elect group health insurance, and approved budget adjustments that allocate $20 million in Eastern Bluffdale EDA funds toward a major railroad underpass project estimated just under $60 million.
Bluffdale — The Bluffdale City Council on Wednesday adopted several measures aimed at shaping planning rules and funding a major transportation project while also approving a personnel benefit change for the mayor.
The council voted to adopt ordinance 2025-24, adding a water and land use element to the city’s general plan after the planning commission’s unanimous positive recommendation and edits requested by the Utah Division of Water Resources. Director Harris said the changes added specificity on secondary water metering and outreach aimed at high-volume users.
The council also approved a resolution amending the city’s policy manual to allow the mayor to elect participation in the city’s group health insurance plan; the mayor would be responsible for premiums, deductibles and co-payments “the same as other employees,” city attorney Fred Donaldson said. Council debate focused on whether the change should be codified or handled as an ad hoc benefit in the future; after discussion the measure passed.
Council members approved budget adjustments that reallocated capital project funds and increased Eastern Bluffdale EDA funding for the city’s major road/railroad underpass project. Finance staff said the project estimate is just under $60 million; council approved moving $20 million from the EDA and about $40 million from capital projects to cover the work over multiple years.
The meeting also included routine consent items, a proclamation designating Jan. 16 as Religious Freedom Day (resolution 2025-92), and an ordinance updating tree-planting standards to reflect utility clearance guidance provided by Rocky Mountain Power.
Council members emphasized balancing convenience for public commenters with fairness to scheduled presenters when they temporarily approved moving public comment earlier in the agenda for this meeting. “I like it more at the start because we never know how long our meetings are gonna go,” one member said during the discussion.
What’s next: the council will roll the approved budget adjustments into next year’s capital program as invoices and schedules are refined; staff said some work will be carried into 2027 as part of cash-flow planning.
