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Immigration Canyon council approves pay adjustments, adopts data-privacy policy and surplus-property resolution
Summary
Council held a public hearing on elected-official compensation, approved a $6,000 performance bonus for the mayor and an ordinance adjusting pay ranges; it also adopted a data privacy policy to comply with state law and a surplus-property resolution. Votes were recorded and procedures for filling a future council vacancy were outlined.
The Immigration Canyon City Council completed a set of administrative actions at its meeting, including a public hearing on elected-official compensation, a vote on a mayoral performance bonus, approval of a data-privacy ordinance and adoption of a surplus-property policy.
Item 9 opened with a staff presentation on revisiting mayor and council pay, which had not changed since 2016. The council opened a public hearing where several residents urged fiscal restraint and questioned whether the city should allocate more funds to elected-official pay amid rising operational costs with the MSD. After public comment, a motion was made to award a $6,000 performance bonus for 2025 to the mayor. The motion was moved and seconded and a roll-call style vote proceeded; the motion carried with recorded aye votes and at least one abstention recorded in the transcript.
Council then considered ordinance language to increase monthly compensation up to $2,000 for the mayor and up to $1,200 for council members; staff said increases within a $12,000–$13,000 budgeted envelope would not require an amendment and would leave room for payroll taxes and unemployment costs. Councilmember motions to adopt ordinance 2025-0-17 were moved and seconded and the measure received support during roll call.
On other business the council unanimously adopted ordinance 2025-0-18 to post a data privacy policy and the template report required by HB 444; staff clarified the filled-out implementation report is a protected record and that MSD will serve as the records and appeal officer because MSD stores most documents. The council also approved resolution 2025-14 adopting the MSD surplus-property policy to govern disposal of city-owned surplus assets.
Staff also reviewed state procedures to fill a forthcoming council vacancy (seat becoming vacant at noon Jan 5); the council discussed posting a 14-day application window, a $50 filing fee (in the local fee schedule), interview parameters and the interview timetable for the Jan 20 meeting when the council will take applications and make an appointment. Council directed staff to post the vacancy notice and provide application materials and logistics.
The council closed the meeting by moving to a closed session for unspecified matters.
