Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the City Operations topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
City reports: transfer vouchers, recycling grants, plaza and flood project updates
Summary
City staff reported 283 transfer-station vouchers used last year, a $1 per-can charge increase by the hauler (not passed to residents), a $15,000 grant for recycling cans, near-complete downtown plaza work, and an application for an approximate $3,000,000 congressional earmark for a culvert and fish-pond inlet to mitigate flooding.
City utilities/public works staff provided a series of operations and capital updates at the Jan. 13 meeting.
Ty reported the city issued 283 free transfer-station vouchers to city residents last year and proposed moving the voucher start date from April 1 to March 1. He said Wasatch Integrated is increasing its per-can charge from $7.20 to $8.20 beginning in January; because the city’s fund balance is positive and rates were adjusted earlier, staff does not expect an immediate pass-through to residents.
On recycling, Ty said the city has received roughly $480 in incentive payments and a $15,000 grant toward the purchase of recycling cans; diversion rates are being tracked monthly and staff will report further in committee. He also said the new community plaza is nearly complete, with paving and final electrical and gas hookups (for a fire pit) planned for spring.
Ty briefed the council on an underground-power project on State Street and 400 East: all city power lines on those streets are now in the ground and energized, with communication lines remaining on poles until those providers are relocated; the city is negotiating final billing because of overage days and damaged wire.
On larger capital work, Ty said the city has an application in to a congressional earmark (via "Congressman Moore") for about $3,000,000 toward a 'Bridal' project (culvert/inlet for a proposed fish pond) intended to reduce floodway designations and lower flood-insurance impacts for affected properties. Staff said the city’s application materials are prepared for future funding cycles but cautioned that program rules and availability have shifted over recent federal changes.
