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ULCT forms Shelter Cities Mitigation Fund task force, approves staff-recommended slate of participants
Summary
The board approved staff recommendations to form a task force to redesign the Shelter Cities Mitigation Fund and approved a slate of shelter-city and non-shelter-city appointees; staff will convene the group to develop guardrails and recommendations to the Legislature by November.
Molly presented staff recommendations to convene a task force with shelter-city and non-shelter-city representatives to re-envision the Shelter Cities Mitigation Fund, first established in 2018. The fund is intended to mitigate public-safety and other costs borne by cities that host qualifying shelters; staff said the existing structure requires revision to create predictable funding and transparent guardrails for non-shelter contributors.
The proposed task force will include state-appointed positions (including a designee from Tyler Clancey’s office and one additional state appointee to be named by the Human Services Board), shelter-city mayors and non-shelter county representatives. Staff recommended a slate that included Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall (to fill a state designee slot), Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski, South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood, St. George Mayor Jimmy Hughes, Tooele Mayor Ernie Steadman, and suggested Davis and Utah County representation for non-shelter-city seats.
"This is cities helping cities," Molly said, describing the goal of creating a funding structure that shelter and non-shelter cities find predictable and fair. Board members discussed geographic and size diversity for the slate and noted some cities (for example St. George) both host and operate shelters, which raises separate operational funding issues.
Mayor Burton moved to approve staff’s recommended nominations for the task force; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Staff will coordinate first meetings and prepare recommendations for the Legislature and the board later in the year.
