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City attorney proposes hybrid approach to track council training requirements
Summary
City Attorney Ryan Lewis proposed sending 2026 training certificates to council members, accepting certificates from external courses, and using a hybrid tracking system with reminders by October to ensure compliance with open meetings, ethics, land-use and fraud training requirements.
City Attorney Ryan Lewis briefed the South Jordan City Council on Jan. 6, 2026, about options for meeting the council’s 2026 training requirements. Lewis described a hybrid approach that would accept certificates from external trainings, allow members to report completion, and use staff tracking rather than dedicating council work-session time to mandatory training.
Lewis listed the required topics that staff will track: open meetings, ethics, land use (for members with LPC responsibilities), and fraud. He said the city will provide certificates for 2026 and suggested allowing members to submit certificates they earn at outside meetings or conferences; staff would then file the submissions. "Would you like us to set aside a work session?" he asked, and he added that if members have not submitted required training by October, staff would follow up with reminders and offer options such as a lunch session or a video review.
Council members said a hybrid approach would be less burdensome than dedicating council work-session time to trainings that many members have already taken in other venues. Several members noted they receive required trainings through other boards (Jordan River Commission, Mosquito Abatement, Jordan Basin), conferences (ULCT), or recorded sessions, and Lewis agreed staff will collect and file those certificates and provide reminders for any outstanding requirements.
Lewis said staff will prepare and distribute 2026 certificates and would avoid sending frequent Adobe e-sign prompts to council members; instead, members could email confirmation or sign digitally when convenient. The plan is to track completions through the year and reach out to any member missing a required item before the October deadline.
Ending: The council supported a flexible, hybrid tracking approach; staff will send certificates, accept outside certificates, and follow up later in the year if any trainings remain incomplete.
