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Lebanon council approves zoning code change on secure care and clears consent agenda
Summary
The council approved a staff-requested zoning-code amendment to classify 'secure personal and group care' as a separate use category (order 267397) and passed a multi-item consent agenda that included budget amendments and first readings on leases, codification, and equipment purchases.
The Lebanon City Council approved first reading and action on a staff-requested zoning-code amendment to remove 'secure personal and group care' from general personal-and-group-care facility language and to add it as a separate use category (Order 267397). Planning Commission had recommended approval earlier (7–0). The motion was made and seconded; the mayor called for the vote and the council approved the change by voice vote.
The council also approved a consent agenda that included budget amendments for the Lehi Senior Citizen Center, authorization for a sewer department replacement truck purchase, a water treatment plant budget amendment, purchase of an HVAC unit for the Jimmy Ford Center, and several first readings: an airport ground lease and hangar development agreement for Niswold Airport (presented by RT Baldwin, assistant public works director), and an ordinance to begin code recodification. The police department received first-reading approval to amend the budget to buy two CERT vehicles; contracts or bid approvals for sanitation cleaning services and a collectible work agreement for the gas department (GS East Division Owner LLC) were also approved on consent.
Mayor Rick Bell addressed property value reassessments and explained a proposed reduction in the tax rate to maintain budget neutrality after statewide reassessment changes, saying the proposal would lower the rate from 0.685 to 0.405 and that “for us as a government in this budget is presented, we will not make more than we would have before the assessment.”
Public commenters raised concerns about spending priorities and meeting times. Resident Charles Smith told the council, “We've decided to build a $55,000,000 playground,” and said meetings should start later so working residents can attend. Jessica Garrett asked the council not to hold meetings on election day and urged reconsideration of development plans near her neighborhood.
Next steps: items on first reading (recodification and several ordinances) will return for second reading after required public notices and hearings; budget amendments will be implemented per department direction.
