The City Council met in Work Session on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. in Room 326, City Council Office, City County Building, 451 South State Street.
In Attendance: Council Members Carlton Christensen, Søren Simonsen, Luke Garrott, Jill Remington Love, Kyle LaMalfa, Stan Penfold, and Charlie Luke.
Staff in Attendance: Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director; Lehua Weaver, Council Research and Policy Analyst; Jennifer Bruno, Deputy Council Director; Neil Lindberg, Council Legal Director; Karen Halladay, Council Policy Analyst; and Beverly Jones, Deputy City Recorder.
Councilmember LaMalfa conducted the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 12:19 p.m.
AGENDA ITEMS
#1. 12:20:04 PM RECEIVE A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING AND CONTINUE A DISCUSSION ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE MAYOR’S RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-2014. (ITEMS D1a – D1r) View Attachments
a) Review a report from the Administration regarding Legislative Intents and Interim Study Items adopted as part of the FY 2013 budget process. View Attachments
b) Continue a discussion with Council Staff regarding unresolved issues relating to the recommended budget. The Council will also review drafted adoption documents including motions, key changes, and new legislative intent statements. View Attachments
Jennifer Bruno briefed the Council from the motion sheets.
•Straw Poll Taken: Preserving the option to apply the judgment levy with the option that it could be withdrawn prior to the August meeting. Council Members Love, Garrott, LaMalfa, Luke, Simonsen, and Penfold were in favor and Councilmember Christensen was not in favor.
12:25:02 PM Ms. Bruno briefed the Council.
Straw Polls Taken:
•$8 million tax increase instead of $7 million. Council Members Love, Garrott, LaMalfa, Luke, and Simonsen were in favor of an $8 million tax increase and Council Members Penfold, and Christensen were not in favor.
•The additional expenditures were to go to CIP. Council Members Love, Garrott, LaMalfa, Luke, Simonsen and Christensen were in favor and Councilmember Penfold was not in favor.
#2.REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF COUNCIL INFORMATION ITEMS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.
This item was not held.
#3. 2:46:45 PM REPORT OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON COUNCIL INTEREST ITEMS AND A REPORT ON MEETINGS WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF VARIOUS CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
Councilmember LaMalfa said additional meetings were needed in the event of a Mayoral veto of the budget. He said meetings could be scheduled for Friday, June 21st at noon, Tuesday, June 25th at noon and Friday, June 28th at noon. He said Friday the 21st was a reasonable amount of time for the Administration to respond. Cindy Gust-Jenson said final budget information was due at the County by June 22nd. Council Members were in favor of meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 21st, 2013.
#13. (TENTATIVE) CONSIDER A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION IN KEEPING WITH UTAH CODE §52-4-204, FOR ANY OF THE ALLOWED PURPOSES.
This item was not held.
The meeting adjourned at 2:12 p.m.
This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held; please refer to the audio or video for entire content.
This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the City Council Work Session meeting held June 18, 2013.
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