Salt Lake Formal Meeting recap — September 22, 2026

What the Salt Lake Formal Meeting took up on September 22, 2026

Brief summary of the September 22, 2026 Salt Lake City Council formal meeting:

• Approval of the work session minutes of August 25, 2026 — consent.
• Joint ceremonial resolution declaring September 15 to October 15, 2026 as Hispanic Heritage Month — presentation.
• Recognition for outstanding community service of the Westside Coalition, My Hometown, Ibrahim Abdirizak, Keri Taddie and Elizabeth Montoya — presentation.
• Public hearing on the Locking Out Crime COPS Microgrants Program grant application for 109 reinforced locking lid systems on public utility infrastructure in the Rio Grande neighborhood — public hearing.
• Public hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 COPS Community Policing Development microgrant application for NIBIN access, training, supplies and overtime — public hearing.
• Public hearing on a zoning map amendment at 2025 and 2075 West 2670 North and 2620 North 2200 West from AG-2 to M1-A Northpoint Light Industrial, Petition PLNPCM2025-01205 — public hearing.
• Public hearing on Budget Amendment No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2026-27 — public hearing.
• Public hearing on an ordinance adopting the Public Utilities Impact Fee Facilities Plan and Impact Fee Analysis and amending the Consolidated Fee Schedule — public hearing.
• Resolution establishing a waiver of proximity for Silverside Deli at 2122 South Highland Drive — action.
• Ordinance vacating portions of two City-owned alleys near 2553 South Chadwick Street, Petition PLNPCM2026-00073 — land-use/ordinance.
• Ordinance amending the zoning and future land use map at approximately 1990 and 2002 South 500 East from R-1/5000 to RMF-35, Petitions PLNPCM2026-00329 and PLNPCM2026-00331 — land-use/ordinance.
• Advice and consent on the appointment of Nick Stiles to the Salt Lake City Justice Court — action.
• Setting Tuesday, October 6, 2026 as the hearing date for a zoning map and general plan amendment at approximately 140 North B Street and 272 East 3rd Avenue from RMF-35 to MU-2 — consent.
• Setting Tuesday, October 6, 2026 as the hearing date for a zoning map amendment at approximately 237 and 239 South 1000 East to PL — consent.
• Setting Tuesday, October 6, 2026 as the hearing date for the Community Correctional Facilities and Jails text amendment — consent.
• Setting Tuesday, October 6, 2026 as the hearing date for the Affordable Housing Incentives fines text amendment — consent.
• Board appointment of Tracy Scott Cowdell as an Administrative Appeals Officer — consent.

The meeting is held at the Utah State Fairpark rather than the City and County Building. The money items get hearings and the notices say what is at stake: the budget amendment names its $11.5 million, $1 million and $700,000 components, the impact fee ordinance states that it raises utility impact fees for the first time since 1999 and is given a second hearing on October 6 before any vote, and the Northpoint rezone discloses that the Planning Commission forwarded a negative recommendation. None of those three is scheduled for a vote before October 6. The three votes taken tonight were heard on August 18 and September 15. Two weaknesses. The Justice Court appointment is briefed and voted the same day with a staff recommendation to suspend the rules, and the agenda says nothing about the appointee beyond a name. The two police grant applications are heard as one hearing with no amounts and referred to a future consent agenda. The impact fee notice also gives no fee figures. The 750 South Main Street alley vacation and the license plate reader ordinance, both previously listed for tentative action on this date, do not appear.

*Procedural-transparency score grounded in the agenda as published: 17 listed item(s) — 5 public hearing(s), 6 on consent, 2 land-use/ordinance, 2 other action, 2 presentation(s).*

Notable dollar figures on the agenda

• Budget Amendment No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2026-27 — $11.5 million in grant funding for Fleet Block and 9 Line improvements, $1 million for grant matching funds for Glendale Park, and a $700,000 funds transfer for the Old Library Building Project, among other items
• Public Utilities Impact Fee Facilities Plan, Impact Fee Analysis and Consolidated Fee Schedule amendment establishing water, sewer and stormwater impact fees — no fee amounts stated on the agenda
• Locking Out Crime COPS Microgrants Program grant application — 109 reinforced locking lid systems in the Rio Grande neighborhood; no dollar amount stated
• Fiscal Year 2026 COPS Community Policing Development microgrant application — NIBIN access, training, supplies and overtime; no dollar amount stated

--- *This recap lists agenda items as published and draws no conclusions. Verify against the official packet or minutes on the Salt Lake portal. Source: Salt Lake City council agenda.*