CITY OF
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
COUNCIL
MEETING
CITY
OFFICES
PRESIDING Council Chair LeRoy Turner
CONDUCTING Council Member Shane Siwik
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Sgt. Gregg Carlson
SERIOUS MOMENT OF REFLECTION/ Council Chair LeRoy Turner
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Marilyn Brusch, Casey Fitts, Rea Goddard, Michael Rutter
LeRoy Turner, Shane Siwik and John Weaver
STAFF PRESENT:
David Carlson, City Attorney
Larry Gardner, Director, Community/Economic Development
Craig D. Burton, City Recorder
Karen Rynearson, Deputy City
Recorder
Bruce Shoemaker, Fire Marshal
STAFF EXCUSED:
Mayor Robert D. Gray
OTHERS PRESENT:
See Attached List
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Council Member Fitts moved to
approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held
MOTION: Casey Fitts
SECOND: John Weaver
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Abstain
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Rutter abstained
from voting because he did not attend the
Council Member Fitts moved to
approve the minutes of the Special Council Meeting held
MOTION: Casey Fitts
SECOND: John Weaver
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Abstain
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Rutter abstained
from voting because he did not attend the
Council Member Brusch moved to
approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held
MOTION: Marilyn
Brusch
SECOND: LeRoy Turner
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Abstain
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Rutter abstained
from voting because he did not attend the
Council Member Brusch moved to
approve the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held
MOTION: Marilyn Brusch
SECOND: LeRoy Turner
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
NO ACTION COMMENTS
1. SCHEDULING. The City Recorder informed those at the meeting of upcoming events, meetings, activities, etc.
2. MAYOR COMMENTS. Mayor Gray was out of town.
3. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.
Council Member Weaver said there has been a
rumor and a perception that he wants to correct. When we faced the crisis that faced the City
several years ago in terms of employees not being compensated fairly, etc.,
some got the impression that with the tax increase there was some kind of
guarantee for pay increases and cost-of-living for a period of three
years. That’s incorrect. What we did was create a three-year window in
which we, as a City, had an opportunity to grow out of basically what the
Legislature did to us as a City. We’ve
made significant progress, but if any interested were willing to look at the
minutes they would see that there was no specific commitment saying that
employees would be compensated at that level, that they would get a step and a
cost-of-living. Frankly, if we’re not
successful in hitting those targets of what we had hoped to do several years
ago, then of course we’ll make adjustments, particularly given the current
economic conditions and the forecast. He
thinks it would be entirely irresponsible of this body to pursue that kind of
approach based on rumor and hearsay. He
wants to make sure our employees understand that. We value our employees. We assume that you do it out of a love for
the job and a love for the community. Most people don’t go into policing for
the money, or into the fire department or into any other public service. We appreciate very much what you do and we’ll
take as good of care as we are able. But
any sense of entitlement won’t get you very far.
Council Member Fitts went to a
Central Valley Board meeting today. The
representative from
Council Member Brusch reported
that the Madison Crossing Neighborhood is having a meeting on Tuesday, April 29,
at
In the Council packet there was
a note about the Blueprint Jordan River.
Workshops are going to be held the first two weeks in May with six
different times to meet.
Council Member Rutter remarked
that the Blueprint Jordan River is important to all of us as citizens who want
to know what’s going on with the
Council Member Rutter thanked
the employees of the City. We are
grateful for you. The more he sits in
his job, he sees their jobs and how important they are to make the City
function. Thank you for all that you do.
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS/QUESTIONS.
Elaine Jones,
3419 South 100 West. Mrs. Jones read a letter from her
daughter-in-law, Cindy Jones, pertaining to the Trophy Home matter on 1000
West. A copy of that letter is attached
to these minutes and incorporated by this reference.
Mrs. Jones thanked the Council
Members who came and looked the area over and have first-hand knowledge of what
this area is, rather than a map which is not accurate. The map shows the bar as condos, which it is
not and will not be for some time. When
the developer made his plan, he submitted a very threatening letter. Because she was vice-chair of the Jordan
River Council, she received a copy of that which she shared with the neighbors
who were upset about the threats made to them if they didn’t comply with what
the developer wants. Joe Salisbury came
immediately and tried to soothe that situation.
He has continued to try to be a buffer between Mr. Pepperone and the
neighbors. Cindy Jones, George Hewitt
and she tried to speak with Mr. Pepperone on two occasions. Both times he ignored them and pulled a cell
phone from his pocket and walked away.
How can you work with someone who won’t even discuss the matter with you? At the Planning Commission meeting, Mike
Florence stated Mr. Pepperone had given him a traffic report from 10th
West. Since he doesn’t live there and
has not been there 24/7,
she doubts the accuracy of the report. At the same meeting Mr. Pepperone stated his
original plans for this development had both exits on 10th West. If they put both on 10th, why
can’t they put both on 9th where there’s a light.
Mrs. Jones spoke with Steve
Leeman in
Mrs. Jones has been in City
Council meetings ever since they decided to change from Agriculture and then go
to the Gateway Overlay. They were told
if they went for the Gateway it would protect the last of the green space,
which is the last in the City. Why now
are we going to be encroached upon by a development we have no problem
with? Their only problem is with the
access of 10th West. It’s a
bad area. For the people who went down
there and looked, they could see what would happen. People come out of the bar and forget where
they are. They go to the end of the
street and realize it’s a dead end and they come back down the street 80 miles
an hour. This happens a lot. If we lose the green space, it’s gone
forever. They ask that the Council work
to help preserve the area for the residents.
She thanked the Council for their time.
Jim Hewitt, 3340 South 1000 West. He
and his wife took a drive to
ACTION ITEMS
CONSENT AGENDA
1. An Ordinance Amending the Zone Map District Designation from
Residential
(R-1) District to (CC) Commercial Corridor at
MOTION: Casey Fitts
SECOND: Michael Rutter
Roll Call Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
UNFINISHED COUNCIL BUSINESS
NONE
The Council went to Item No. 3
on the New Council Business
NEW COUNCIL BUSINESS
3. Appointments by the Mayor. Larry
Gardner explained that Matthew Baker has resigned from the Planning Commission
because he is moving to
Joshua Smith has been serving as
an Alternate Member of the Planning Commission.
The Mayor wishes to appoint him as a full member of the Planning
Commission. The Mayor also wishes to
appoint Sue Dickstein as an Alternate Member of the Planning Commission.
Council Member Rutter moved to
suspend the rules so the Council can vote on this matter tonight.
MOTION: Michael Rutter
SECOND: LeRoy Turner
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Rutter moved to
approve the appointments by the Mayor to the Planning Commission.
MOTION: Michael Rutter
SECOND: John Weaver
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
PUBLIC HEARING –
To receive public comment on the
proposition to vacate the entire width of the alley adjacent to Lots 6 and 17
of the Benwood Subdivision for a distance of 49.5 feet from approximately the
southern lot lines to the northern lot lines of lots 6 and 17.
Larry Gardner advised this is a
precarious situation with the Les Olson Company because state law requires that
adjacent property owners to be noticed.
Since there are no adjacent property owners (this is in the middle of their
property). He does not think anyone is
here for the public hearing. Council
Member Siwik asked if there was anyone present for this hearing besides those
from Les Olson Company. No one
responded.
Mr. Siwik began the proceedings
for the hearing at
Mr. Gardner continued that when
this area was a residential area (Benwood Subdivision), they used to put alleys
behind houses. This area was turned into
Commercial. There was an alley that runs
from 3300 South and continues on to 3200 South. Les Olson Company in 1982 asked for a portion
of the alley to be vacated so they could build their new office and warehouse
operation. The alley was partially
vacated. (Mr. Gardner showed on the
screen how this had occurred.) It should
have gone the other 42 feet on both of them, but Mr. Gardner thinks the
ordinance was typed incorrectly and recorded incorrectly. The reason Les Olson is asking for this is
because they want to transfer ownership to the third generation of the Olson
family. A Title Report was generated
and stated there is still some public property in the middle of the Olson
property that Les Olson Company is claiming, but which needs to be resolved.
Mr. Gardner has talked to the
title agent and this is the only clean, legal way it can be done. We can’t say to the County that this should
have been done 26 years ago but it wasn’t.
We have to go through the process to vacate the 16 x 42 foot piece of
property. The Planning Commission
unanimously recommended to do this.
Council Member Siwik open the meeting for public comment at
Council Member Fitts commented
this is a housekeeping matter and not a change the Council is making. It is cleaning up something that wasn’t done
correctly and making sure it is done correctly.
Council Member Weaver moved to
proceed with the vacation of the alleyway on behalf of Les Olson Company
MOTION: John Weaver
SECOND: LeRoy Turner
Roll Call Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Weaver said to
those involved with Les Olson Company that the Council appreciates their
patience with these unforeseen things and hopes this has not been too much
trouble for them.
The Council returned to Item No.
1 on New Council Business
NEW COUNCIL BUSINESS (continued)
1. Final Plat Subdivision Approval for Trophy Homes and DAI Development
at 900 West 3300 South. Larry
Gardner advised that Trophy Homes and DAI have purchased or have under contract
nearly all of the property between 900 and 1000 West from 3300 South to the
County property line where the EOC is located.
This is in the Gateway West Overlay Zone that was adopted about three
years ago and which has been modified a couple of times. They have not purchased a piece of property
that contains a single family home.
Staff does not see any reason why that can’t stay there. There are some homes and buildings scattered
on the approximately nine-acre piece of property. The property is in the Agricultural
Zone. The Gateway West Overlay was put
in over the top of the Agricultural Zone. Some 7.30 acres will be residential
and a little over one acre will be commercial.
The Gateway West Overlay Master Plan states that “projects that enhance
the perception of the city.” He believes
this one will. Trophy Homes does nice
work. They are doing a large development
between Midvale and
Council Member Siwik asked about
the one home that is not going to be a part of this development. Mr. Gardner said he could annex into it. He said they could do a development on that
piece of property as long as they met the standards of the ordinance. The ordinance is protecting having one person
develop and then another one develop. You want a majority of the property to
develop, a minimum of five acres, so you wouldn’t have a hodgepodge-type
development.
Mr. Gardner said the density is
20 units per acre, which is within the ordinance. There are 108 stacked condos and 44 town homes. There is access on 900 and 1000 West, but not
on 3300 South. There are 392 parking
spaces, which is 2.50 per unit, which is within the ordinance, and 26
commercial spaces. For all intents and
purposes this project meets the ordinance and the Master Plan. The Planning
Commission wanted more open area. Mr. Gardner pointed out the changes in the
open area. The Planning Commission
wanted to see better facades on the rear of the commercial buildings so someone
doesn’t have to look out of their window and see a plain block wall
There are two accesses on 900
West (one of them through the commercial area).
There is a light on 900 West. The Fire Marshal wanted to see an access
on 1000 West.
Mr. Gardner has also discussed the matter with Dennis Pay, Public Works
Director. He wants the development to
make use of the local roads. He doesn’t
feel that accessing 3300 South would be a good option for this project. The traffic study given to the Council states
that approximately 25 percent of the residents will use 1000 West, with 75
percent using 900 West.
The deceleration lane that was
talked about in
Council Member Rutter said he
has been to the deceleration lane and likes it.
He asked if
some of
the property west of 1000 West could be purchased for a deceleration lane into
1000 West going eastbound. Mr. Gardner
said you could condemn anything you want, but you have to pay for it. He said he would not do that without a formal
traffic study to see what the advantages are of expending a lot of money.
Council Member Weaver commented
that is a viable option in the event traffic is a problem with the
development. That would be entirely
incumbent on the City to pursue and to install.
In terms of a traffic study, the reality is that if a qualified
individual using standard practices produces a study, we can’t toss it out of
the window and say we can do better. If
the study has been done and it verifies that the usage is within reasonable
parameters, as a Council we are obligated to accept it as it’s written by a
professional. We can’t second guess a
professional in their occupation. He
does like the option that if there are traffic
concerns that is something we could pursue as a mitigation element. It would not impact the development process.
Council Chair Turner asked Mr.
Gardner if there is anything that would prevent us from putting a deceleration
lane west of 1000 West if we decided later on that we
needed it. Mr. Gardner responded: purchase of property and UDOT’s
approval. Mr. Gardner said the further
west you go, the more that is needed.
This will have a lot of access to 900 West
where that won’t be an option with anything west. Mr. Gardner believes that the further west
you go, the City should require access to 3300 South.
Council Member Weaver said we
talk about how this will affect the current residents. The question that needs to be asked is how will it affect the future residents. If he were moving in there he would prefer a
900 West and 1000 West option rather than a 3300 South option. As it’s designed, it creates a buffer of some
sort between 3300 South and my residence.
Council Member Fitts said he
doesn’t know if this is the only green space we have left in the City, but it’s
one of the few large portions that we have.
His opinion is, if you were to put a 3300 South entrance/exit that doesn’t
encroach into the neighborhood, to influence what that will become through the
General Plan. He understands that 1000
West may be preferred for certain reasons, but if we were to close off 1000
West and have a 3300 South entrance/exit that portion that we have said for
several months that we will decide what will be done with it during the General
Plan, that doesn’t have a certain element that already dictates you’re going to
have further traffic on this road. It
seems that gives us a better opportunity to plan to use that area as we see fit
as a city, as opposed to saying, this development is going to have some
determination as to what’s going to be on 1000 West.
Mr. Gardner responded that if
1000 West were a through street, that would make a lot
of difference in what happens. The
Planning Commission wants to see the frontage of 3300 South
developed and preserved as an agriculture area.
Council Member Siwik remarked
that they think by keeping 3300 South from being accessed, that it actually
will preserve the back area. Mr. Gardner
said that a very limited number of trips are going to go from this development
south because there’s no place to go.
Council Member Weaver said when
we talk about green space, in his mind that’s public open space. What we’re talking about here is private
property that happens to be green. The
green space notion doesn’t make any sense to him in talking in terms of green
space, because it’s not. It’s private
property, and in terms of preservation of private property, a private property
owner can do whatever they will with their property. They can entertain whatever offers come their
way or refuse whatever offers come their way.
There are vehicles to preserve that open space in perpetuity if they
want to, but that is nothing involving the City.
Council Member Weaver remarked
again that he is uncomfortable talking about it in terms of green space when
that’s not what it is. As far as he
knows the City has never made any overture that the City wants to buy it for
green space, nor has that offer ever been tendered.
In response to a question by
Council Chair Turner, Fire Marshal Shoemaker advised there is some provision
for internal circulation. They have made
sure they can swing their rigs around the corners. If there were a second alarm, rigs would pile
up on a street. It makes sense to have
two different ways in to get equipment in and get people out without a traffic
jam. He believes the public is best
served by two independent accesses for the safety of everybody. Mr.
Shoemaker continued to make comments about access to and from 3300 South, but
he could not be heard because he did not use a microphone.
There was discussion among the
Council and Mr. Shoemaker about what the Fire Department would do under various
scenarios if there were a fire.
Mr. Shoemaker advised that the
fire hydrants have yet to be placed.
That will come later.
Mr. Gardner continued. Right now 1100 West/3300 South is at a level
of service B and it will remain at a level B – approximately a one second wait
for cars to get in and out. With 25
percent of the total volume, it will be an additional 200 trips per day on that
street. Right now there are about
117.
The height of the buildings will
be 36 feet, 11 inches. Square footage is
between 1300 and 1500, to 2000 square feet.
On 3300 South there will be a precast concrete wall and along 1000 West will be a wrought iron fence. The front doors will look out on 1000 West
with rear loading garages. They are
really making this inclusive into the 1000 West neighborhood. He showed the front elevation of the town
homes and an elevation of the commercial, basically the same as commercial all
over the County. He showed the façade the
Planning Commission wants to see dressed up so the people having to look at it
will have a nice view. He showed a
rendering of the clubhouse.
Mr. Gardner thinks Trophy Homes
has done an excellent job in designing this.
If this is passed, it will really dress up the 900 West/3300 South
corner. Bedrosian Tile (the old Sam’s
Club) has done a phenomenal job with their building. They have really dressed up the building and
the Sheriff’s Office is a nice building also, along with the new fire
station. The 3300 South/900 West corner
is really going to look attractive.
Council Member Siwik asked Bill
Pepperone what was the determination when he chose not to use 3300 South for access.
Bill Pepperone: Before
answering questions he clarified an interpretation of what has happened. It is not his understanding that he ever
walked away from residents that he knew wanted to speak to him. He would not do that, whether the residents
are in opposition to development or supportive.
He would not have walked away and ignored them. Residents have his business card and contact
information. He has been available for
meetings with them. He has never been
asked to meet with the residents and then ignored that request. He asked the Council if anyone had seen the “threatening”
letter he sent. He said it was an e-mail
to Mike Florence, the City’s Planner. He
thought it was private correspondence.
What it said was, back when we were asking the Council to consider the
change in height of these buildings, he said that an alternative is for Trophy
Homes to build our two-story town homes, which we build all over the
County. They are front loaded. They are two-story so they meet the existing
code, but they are a front-loaded product and would have put 14, 16 or even 20
(he does not
remember) driveways out onto 1000 West.
It simply said that is an alternative that Trophy could do.
A comment was made about two
accesses to 1000 West – and if we could make two there why couldn’t we make two
on 900 West. The plan that has been
changed to put in more green space is the ninth or tenth plan we’ve done for
the property. (As he was speaking, Mr.
Pepperone was pointing to projected renderings of the project.) Plans two and three always had one access to
900 West. The
reasons for the changes in access on 1000 West is early on we were told by the
staff that Mr. Hewitt lived on 1000 West and is very active in the
neighborhood, that he has taken great care of his property and has a lot of
pride of ownership. They warned us to be
careful about how his property is buffered.
On one of the previous plans, one of the accesses was directly across
the street from him. When we heard that
from staff, we got rid of the idea for two accesses and we moved the one access
we have as close to the intersection as we could to minimize any chance of our
traffic coming down and impacting Mr. Hewitt.
We have never had a plan with two accesses on 1000 West and none on 900
West.
From day one their plan has
included the bar parcel. We have never
tried to hide the fact that we will not be buying that property for two to
three years. He is a former city
planner
and he thought the city would want to see how this is all going to fit together
in the future, and that is what they’ve always offered.
Mr. Pepperone explained that
this property is extremely impacted by surrounding uses. 3300 South is a major impact on whatever
property is along it. How many people
would like to buy a residence on 3300 South? If this is approved by the City, there are
150 units we need to sell. We feel like
we need to buffer ourselves as best we can from that which is a large obstacle
to buyers buying. It’s important for us
to buffer ourselves from that as much as possible – to put a six-foot precast
wall there, to plant a very substantial tree line to where when those trees grow in they will
touch green-to-green, canopy-to-canopy and provide a very substantial buffer
there. Those are important features
which will get the units sold. If we
have an access to 3300 South, it pulls the noise and
impact of 3300 South right into our development. If we have to invite 3300 South into our
development, you have substantially handicapped Trophy Homes – even to the
point he is not sure Trophy Homes would want to go forward with this. In addition to overcoming the obstacle of the
jail, we would take another look at whether or not we really want to go after
this project.
Mr. Pepperone gave the Council pictures
of some of the existing homes on the street.
Mr. Pepperone said there were
comments made at a Planning Commission meeting about the people at Valley
Mental Health needing to walk up and down the street. We should take that into consideration. Right now, anyone walking up and down 1000
West is walking in the roadway – there is no curb, gutter or sidewalk. There is 520 feet of frontage on this road. They will be building a park strip with trees
and then a sidewalk which separates people from a travel lane of traffic and
which will give them some safe mechanism to get at least from their sidewalk to
our sidewalk. He does not believe that
people coming from the Trophy Home intersection will be hazardous to
pedestrians because there will be a gate there for residents to come
through.
Council Member Rutter asked if
there would be parallel parking on 1000 West. Mr. Pepperone said it would be a public
street and unless the City red stripes it, there would be parking. He doesn’t think that’s very functional. They have been envisioning a six-foot wrought
iron fence with pilasters every 30 to 40 feet.
We don’t want to cut off the view of that front elevation. They want it to be visible from the
street. He thinks parking there would be
discouraged just because of the fencing.
In talking with the residents
and listening to their comments for several months, it is Mr. Pepperone’s
feeling that the residents have become used to fighting access onto 1000
West. They didn’t want it for the EOC or
the facility south of that, but those aren’t residential uses. If you had access from those uses onto 1000 West, the traffic would come by existing residences to get
to 3300 South. Those are not the
situations with this piece of property.
This is a residential use with access onto a residential street. We have been careful not to have our
residents driving past existing residences out there. We have been design-sensitive and tried to
make this as friendly to the neighborhood as we can.
The Planning Commission recommendation
to move a building was a great idea. By
moving the drive aisle and moving parking, they picked up 20 feet more of open
space between two buildings. That change
was made within 48 hours of the Commission’s recommendation. DAI has agreed to address their concern about
the back elevation of their buildings.
Jay Nelson, with DMJM Harris. He prepared the traffic study for this. He has completed over 200 traffic studies and
they work with UDOT all the time on access issues. He concurs with the City’s
recommendations. It makes more sense to
have access to 1000 West and 900 West, with no access
directly to 3300 South. He sat out there
on a Friday night a couple of weeks ago from
He understands the residents’
concerns – nobody wants more traffic by their house. But a local street can accommodate 10,000
cars a day. Right now there are about
100 cars a day on that street. Most of
the traffic from this development will come onto 900 West
because there is a traffic signal if they want to turn left onto a very busy
street. Motorists are always going to go
the easiest way they can get to their destination.
They did a level of service
analysis during the busiest time of the day – the busiest hour between
Council Member Weaver recommended
that the Council adhere to normal protocol of New Council Business and table this
matter until the next meeting to give everybody involved an opportunity to
digest the information received. If
there are new concerns or additional information, it provides an opportunity
for that. He doesn’t see anything at
this point that would preclude this from going forward.
Council Member Fitts moved to
place the final plat subdivision approval for Trophy Homes and DAI Development
on Unfinished Council Business for the next regular Council Meeting scheduled
for May 14.
MOTION: Casey Fitts
SECOND: John Weaver
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
2. An Ordinance of the City of South Salt Lake City Council Making
Certain Clarifying Amendments to Title 3, Chapter 12 of the City of South Salt
Lake Municipal Code Regarding the Purchasing and Procurement Policy. City Attorney, David Carlson, advised
this is still a work in progress, with at least one more change that needs to
be made before staff believes it’s ready to go.
In this revision of the
Purchasing Ordinance we’ve cleaned it up a little. When this was first adopted, it must have
been borrowed from some other source and we cleaned that up. It’s been about 10 years since the ordinance
was updated so we’ve increased spending limits to make it more in terms of
modern standards. In the past the
purchasing policy was ambiguous in terms of what the proper procedure was when
the City was to bid a Public Works or a building project, and those are some of
the biggest purchases by the City. Both
of those items are specifically addressed to State law.
The Purchasing Manual is a
step-by-step direction for City staff to make sure they make purchases in line
with the ordinance. The Council does not
need to take action on that. It can be
amended and changed by the Mayor. It’s
included so you would know it exists.
We will bring the ordinance back
when it is in final form. We still need
to add in the preference for local vendors that the Council recently enacted
and to add when it’s appropriate to do a request for proposal, which the
Council added to the purchasing code recently.
There is a section on ethics but it omits the most important things
about municipal ethics which is the State law that governs what happens when an
elected official, appointed official or an employee of the City has a relative
that works for a vendor that the City is doing business with.
A big temptation for government
offices is to do “split contracts” to avoid the bidding requirement. If you’re required to put it out for bid at
$5,000, then they’ll try to split a $20,000 contract into four $4,999 contracts
and that’s illegal. We need to have a
provision in the Purchasing Manual that explains that.
Council Member Weaver moved table
the ordinance regarding the City’s purchasing and procurement policy until
staff has an opportunity to complete the necessary changes.
MOTION: John Weaver
SECOND: LeRoy Turner
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council Member Fitts moved to adjourn.
MOTION: Casey Fitts
SECOND: John
Weaver
Voice Vote:
Brusch Aye
Fitts Aye
Goddard Aye
Rutter Aye
Siwik Aye
Turner Aye
Weaver Aye
Council meeting adjourned at
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LeRoy R. Turner, Council Chair
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Craig D. Burton, City Recorder