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Cottonwood Heights council honors retiring sergeant, unanimously approves three routine resolutions including UDOT mobility-hub concurrence
Summary
The City Council unanimously approved Resolution 2026-07 awarding a retiring sergeant his badge and approving purchase of his service firearm, ratified committee assignments (Resolution 2026-08), and granted UDOT temporary occupancy for a mobility-hub project (Resolution 2026-09); all votes recorded as yes.
The Cottonwood Heights City Council on Jan. 20 unanimously approved three resolutions and recognized department promotions and a retirement.
Chief Robbie Russo introduced a group of new officers and said the evening would include promotions and badge pinning. The council then considered Resolution 2026-07 to award retiring Sergeant Dan Morelowski his badge and to approve his purchase of his sidearm. A council member moved and another seconded the motion; the council recorded unanimous approval (Council member Burrell: yes; Council member Newell: yes; Council member Hyland: yes; Council member Holton: yes; Mayor Benyon: yes). The chief noted Morelowski is retiring after 32 years of service, 17 of those with Cottonwood Heights.
The council next considered Resolution 2026-08 to ratify council committee and outside-board assignments. Council member (speaker 5) thanked Mayor Benyon for bringing greater transparency to the process and moved to approve; the motion was seconded and the council unanimously adopted the resolution.
Finally, the council considered Resolution 2026-09, a temporary-occupancy concurrence request from the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). The resolution authorizes UDOT to perform work on a mobility hub in the gravel-pit area that will temporarily close the top of the Cottonwood Canyon Trail while the work is performed; Council member Burrell described the closure as an inconvenience but part of the process to avoid building another interchange. The council voted unanimously to grant the concurrence.
Votes at a glance: - Resolution 2026-07 (award retiring sergeant badge; approve sidearm purchase): approved, yes 5 - no 0 - abstain 0. - Resolution 2026-08 (ratify committee assignments): approved, yes 5 - no 0 - abstain 0. - Resolution 2026-09 (UDOT temporary occupancy for mobility hub): approved, yes 5 - no 0 - abstain 0.
The council postponed approval of the Jan. 6 minutes because members had not had sufficient time to review them and then the mayor moved to adjourn; the motion passed and the meeting ended.
The meeting contained ceremonial elements (oath and badge pinning) and routine administrative votes; no council debate or amendments to the resolutions were recorded in the transcript.
