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City lobbyists brief Cottonwood Heights council on 2025 legislative threats and opportunities
Summary
Local lobbyists told the Cottonwood Heights City Council the 2025 Utah Legislature will focus on affordable housing, election integrity, and budgetary tax‑cut proposals that could constrain municipal land‑use authority; they urged the city to prioritize infrastructure and track bills that may create new mandates for local services.
Mayor Mike Quickers convened the Cottonwood Heights City Council work session and introduced lobbyists Greg Curtis and Brian Allen, who outlined early priorities and risks at the 2025 Utah legislative session.
Greg Curtis said reduced federal COVID relief funding means a tighter state fiscal environment and warned that some legislators are likely to pursue policies that limit municipal land‑use authority as a way to address housing shortages. “They’re thinking the way to resolve that is going after municipal land use,” Curtis said, urging the…
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