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Council directs staff to update annexation policy to comply with state law; no immediate annexation planned
Summary
Staff told the council the city's annexation policy is outdated and contains obsolete state-code citations. Council directed staff to clean up maps, remove properties already annexed, and update the policy to reflect 2025 legislative changes; members emphasized the update does not mean the city intends immediate annexation.
Staff told the council the annexation policy needs revision to conform with current state code and recent 2025 legislative changes. The presenter said he had "realized ... our annexation policy ... is grossly outdated even for state law," and walked through areas on the 2015 map showing parcels that have been annexed (country club) and areas removed after resident opposition (Uinta Highlands).
Council members asked whether certain parcels should remain in the plan given service constraints (sewer vs. septic) and cost. Staff and council discussed the cost-of-community-services research indicating residential development can require more in services than it generates in revenue. Council directed staff to produce a cleaned-up map showing what is currently in the plan and to proceed with an update to state-code-compliant annexation policy; multiple members emphasized this is an update, not an immediate plan to force annexation.
