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Taylorsville City Council Work Session Minutes August 10 2011 Page I City of Taylorsville Work Session Minutes Wednesday August 10 2011 Council Chambers 2600 West Taylorsville Blvd Room No 140 Taylorsville Utah 84129 Attendance Mayor Russ Wall Council Members City Staff Chairman Jerry Rechtenbach Vice Larrv Johnson Chairman John Brems City Attorney Council Member Dama Barbour Cheryl Peacock Cottle City Recorder Council Member Morris Pratt Jessica Springer Council Coordinator Del Craig Chief ofPolice Mark McGrath Community Development Director John Taylor City Engineer Scott Harrington Chief of Finance Donald Adams Interim Economic Dev Director Aimee Newton Public Relations Consultant Jean Ashby Economic Dev Admin Asst Excused Council Member Bud Catlin City Administrator John Inch Morgan Others Israel Grossman Kristie Overson Chairman Jerry Rechtenbach called the Work Session to order at 0 6 0 m pand welcomed those in attendance City Recorder Cheryl Peacock Cottle conducted a Roll Call wherein all Council Members were present except Council Member Catlin who was excused Taylorsville City Council Work Session Minutes August 10 2011 Page 2 1 Discussion Regarding the Advisability and Desire of the City Council to Adopt Electronic Meeting Procedures John Inch Morgan 49 City Attorney John Brems addressed this item as City Administrator John Inch Morgan 04 18 was excused Mr Brems stated that in order to have a meeting conducted electronically the statute requires that there be a resolution ordinance or policy adopted He explained that an electronic meeting is a meeting conducted where some members are connected to the meeting by telephone He clarified that the Council is able to specify in the ordinance that there be a quorum present at the anchor location which would be City Ha11 or the ordinance may state that the quorum can include those who are on the phone 04Council Chair Rechtenbach read a statement from Council Member Catlin regarding 08 18 this agenda item In the statement Council Member Catlin indicated that he is opposed to tfeel an ordinance for electronic meetings is necessary enabling legislation and doesn Council Chair Rechtenbach directed that this item be brought back as an ordinance at the first meeting in September The consensus of the Council was that the ordinance should state that there needs to be a quorum present at the anchor location and if there is a quorum present others may participate by electronic means which includes voting on issues 2 Discussion Regarding the Proposed Land Development Code Mark McGrath 16Council Chair Rechtenbach stated that the Council has not had time to review Chapters 11 18 10 through 13 adequately He proposed postponing this discussion to the first regular Council Meeting in September 26Council Member Pratt responded that Chapter 11 will need extensive review and that 13 18 there were very few questions that came up on 10 12 and 13 Council Member Pratt agreed to forward his concerns and questions to Mark McGrath prior to the meeting on September 7 2011 02Council Member Barbour agreed that Chapter 11 14 18 brings up many questions and said she would prefer to discuss these question offline and come prepared with answers at the September 7 h meeting Mark McGrath stated that he will review the questions offline and then send an email to the Council with a summary of answers to those questions 3 Other Matters 19Council Member Morris Pratt asked that the Celebrate Your Museum Day be put on the 20 18 agenda under Upcoming Events Council Member Pratt relayed that he will talk to Joan White of the Historic Preservation Committee and then m e ail Council Coordinator Jessica Springer with details Taylorsville City Council Work Session Minutes August 10 201 I Page 3 42Council Member Johnson cited the need for a street sweeper on City Hall property 21 18 City Engineer John Taylor agreed to follow up on this issue 4 Adjournment 55 Council Member Dama Barbour MOVED to adjourn the City Council Work Session 22 18 Council Member Larry Johnson SECONDED the motion Chairman Rechtenbach called for discussion There being none he called for a vote The vote was as follows yes Rechtenbach yes Pratt Johnson yes Catlin yes All City Council members present excused and Barbour voted in favor and the motion passed unanimously The meeting was adjourned at 2 6 2m p i1 Cheryl PeacoE7lc Cottle City Recorder I1 Minutes approved CC 09 07 Minuses Prepared by Cheryl Peacock Cottle Gry Recorder and Jessica Springer Deputy Recorder