City Council Study Meeting - ARCHIVED
Regular MeetingSouth Jordan, UT · September 19, 2023
Minutes
SOUTH JORDAN CITY
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
September 19, 2023
Present: Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey, Council Member Patrick Harris, Council Member Brad
Marlor, Council Member Don Shelton, Council Member Tamara Zander, Council
Member Jason McGuire, City Manager Dustin Lewis, Assistant City Manager
Jason Rasmussen, City Attorney Ryan Loose, City Recorder Anna Crookston, IT
Senior System Administrator Phill Brown, Director of City Commerce Brian
Preece, Director of Strategy & Budget Don Tingey
Absent:
Others:
4:38 P.M.
STUDY MEETING
A. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introduction: By Mayor Dawn R. Ramsey
Mayor Ramsey welcomed everyone present and introduced the meeting.
B. Invocation: By Council Member Tamara Zander
Council Member Zander was not present yet, Council Member Marlor offered the invocation in
her absence.
Council Member McGuire motioned to recess the City Council Study Meeting and move to
Executive Closed Session. Council Member Marlor seconded the motion; vote was
unanimous in favor.
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
C. Executive Closed Session
C.1. Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property.
Council Member McGuire motioned to adjourn the Executive Closed Session and return to
the City Council Study Meeting. Council Member Shelton seconded the motion; vote was
unanimous in favor.
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY
MEETING
D. Discussion/Review of Regular Council Meeting
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Mayor Ramsey gave a brief review of the agenda and plan for the regular council meeting.
Attorney Loose gave a brief review of Resolution R2023-37, regarding Merit Medical, for the
council.
Council Member Marlor noted that he has had only one comment from a resident.
Mayor Ramsey added she has had only one comment from a resident about this item as well.
City Attorney Ryan Loose continued, this is not a public hearing item because only the
development agreement is changing, not the uses. He added that they will make sure any
residents at the meeting who wish to speak on this will be alerted to speak during Public
Comment.
City Manager Dustin Lewis gave a brief overview of Resolution R2023-41, regarding admission
to the Firefighters retirement system.
Council Member Zander asked if this has any associated costs.
Manager Lewis responded no, it is the same costs as if the EMTs had been
Firefighter/Paramedics. He continued with a brief overview of Resolution R2023-42 regarding
the Home Investment Partnership Program.
Director Preece gave a brief explanation of the following resolutions/ordinances: RDA 2023-06,
RDA 2023-07, RDA 2023-08, R2023-35 and Ordinance 2023-10; all related to the Southwest
Quadrant Urban Center Community Reinvestment Project Area.
Council Member Zander motioned to recess the City Council Study Meeting and move to
Executive Closed Session. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion; vote was
unanimous in favor.
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
E. Executive Closed Session
E.1. Discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
Council Member Zander motioned to adjourn the Executive Closed Session and return to
the City Council Study Meeting. Council Member McGuire seconded the motion; vote was
unanimous in favor.
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY
MEETING
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Council Member McGuire motioned to recess the City Council Study Meeting and move to
the City Council Meeting in the Council Chambers. Council Member Zander seconded the
motion; vote was unanimous.
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AT 6:20 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
Council Member Zander motioned to reconvene the City Council Study Meeting and move
to Executive Closed Session in the Council Work Room. Council Member Marlor seconded
the motion; vote was unanimous.
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM.
F. Discussion Item
F.1. South Jordan Art’s Council Draft Master Plan. (By Director of Recreation,
Janell Payne)
Item F.1. was tabled to the October 3, 2023 City Council Study Meeting.
G. Mayor and Council Coordination
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
H. Executive Closed Session
H.1. Discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
H.2. Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property.
Council Member Marlor motioned to adjourn Executive Closed Session and return to City
Council Study Meeting. Council Member Zander seconded the motion; vote was
unanimous in favor.
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY
MEETING
Attorney Loose noted the public was made aware of the changes to the Study Meeting agenda in
the Council Meeting by City Manager Dustin Lewis when he shared that the closed session
would only be for two pieces of property and that he was pulling the Art’s Council Draft Master
Plan discussion item from the Study Meeting agenda. Attorney Loose also acknowledged that he
pulled the litigation item from the closed session.
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Manager Lewis noted that they have asked the Art’s Council to come back to the next meeting,
and Doug Young has asked to move his projects forward that night as well; so there will be two
work sessions on October 3.
Council Members Zander and Harris will not be in person at the next council meeting on October
3, but Council Member Harris indicated he would try and attend the work meetings virtually.
ADJOURNMENT
Council Member McGuire motioned to adjourn the September 19, 2023 City Council
Study Meeting. Council Member Marlor seconded the motion; vote was unanimous in
favor.
The September 19, 2023 City Council Study meeting adjourned at 12:05 a.m.
This is a true and correct copy of the September 19, 2023 City Council Study Meeting
Minutes, which were approved on October 17, 2023.
South Jordan City Recorder
Agenda
CITY OF SOUTH JORDAN
CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the South Jordan City Council will hold a Combined City Council &
Redevelopment Agency Study Meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, in person in the
City Council Work Room, located at 1600 W. Towne Center Drive, South Jordan, Utah and virtually via
Zoom phone and video conferencing. Persons with disabilities requesting assistance should contact the
City Recorder at least 24 hours prior to the Meeting. The Agenda may be amended, and an Executive
Session may be held at the end of the Meeting. Times listed are approximate and may be accelerated or
delayed.
In addition to in-person attendance, individuals may join via phone or video, using Zoom. In the event the
Meeting is disrupted in any way that the City in its sole discretion deems inappropriate, the City reserves
the right to immediately remove the individual(s) from the Meeting and, if needed, end virtual access to
the Meeting. Reasons for removing an individual or ending virtual access to the Meeting include but are
not limited to the posting of offensive pictures, remarks, or making offensive statements, disrespectful
statements or actions, and other any action deemed inappropriate.
Ability to participate virtually is dependent on an individual’s internet connection. Instructions on how to
join virtually are below.
Join South Jordan City Council Study Meeting Virtually:
• Join on any device that has internet capability.
• Zoom link, Meeting ID and Password will be provided 24 hours prior to meeting start time.
• Zoom instructions are posted https://ut-southjordan.civicplus.com/241/City-Council.
Study Meeting Agenda: 4:30 p.m.
A. Welcome, Roll Call, and Introduction: By Mayor, Dawn R. Ramsey
B Invocation: By Council Member, Tamara Zander
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
C. Executive Closed Session: 4:35 p.m.
C.1. Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property.
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
D. Discussion/Review of Regular Council Meeting: 6:00 p.m.
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
E. Executive Closed Session: 6:10 p.m.
E.1. Discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
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RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT
6:20 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNICL CHAMBERS.
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL WORK ROOM.
F. Discussion Item: 9:15 p.m.
F.1. South Jordan Art’s Council Draft Master Plan. (By Director of Recreation, Janell Payne)
G. Mayor and Council Coordination
RECESS CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING AND MOVE TO EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION
H. Executive Closed Session: 10:15 p.m.
H.1. Discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation.
H.2. Discussion of the purchase, exchange, or lease of real property.
ADJOURN EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL STUDY MEETING
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
STATE OF UTAH )
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE )
I, Anna Crookston, the duly appointed City Recorder of South Jordan City, Utah, certify that the foregoing
City Council Agenda was emailed to at least one newspaper of general circulation within the geographic
jurisdiction of the public body. The agenda was also posted at the principal office of the public body and
also posted on the Utah State Public Notice Website http://www.utah.gov/pmn/index.html and on South
Jordan City’s website at www.sjc.utah.gov. Published and posted September 15, 2023.
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