City Council

WHITE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES August 7, 2025, 6:00 PM WHITE CITY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT 999 E GALENA DRIVE, WHITE CITY, UTAH 84094 Mayor: Mayor Paulina Flint City Council: Council Member Greg Shelton Council Member Linda Price Council Member Phillip Cardenaz Council Member Tyler Huish Staff: Rori Andreason, City Administrator; Paul Ashton, Attorney; Daniel Torres, Economic Development Manager; Chad Anderson, Engineer; Chief Ken Aldridge, UFA; Chief Mike Bullock, Sandy Deputy Fire Chief; and Chief April Morse, UPD. 6:00 PM – Workshop Mayor Flint called the workshop meeting to order at 6:00 PM and confirmed that all Council Members were present. 1. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. 2. DISCUSSION/CLARIFICATION OF AGENDA ITEMS No items were discussed. 3. DISCUSS LIMITATIONS ON POSTING SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY Paul Ashton said State Statute says if a public entity allows the posting of any signs on public property, they have to allow the posting of any political candidate signs on those properties as well. The interpretation of that is if you choose to allow that you could, but if you don’t want to, then nobody can post on public property. Public property is defined as buildings, rights of ways, street corners, etc. White City is unique in sense of having the White City Canal trail that goes through the center of our community. It used to be the canal property, but now it is owned White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 1 by the City. So, the fences on that canal, he has taken the position, that there should not be any signs on them. However, he is open to discussion by the Council. Mayor Flint said as part of the election, candidates agreed to adhere to state code. Other cities may choose to allow signs, but the state code does not allow it. Council Member Huish asked about park strips. Paul Ashton said if it’s within where the sidewalk is, that’s public property. Anything outside of the sidewalk is probably private. However, corner lots should not have anything that breaks the line of sight. The Council agreed that signs are not to be placed on the canal fences since it is public property. 6. DISCUSSION ADU COMMITTEE Council Member Huish said some residents asked for this to be on the agenda. He said the committee has not met since the Legislative session. They wanted to wait to see what comes out of the Utah Legislature. The committee is scheduling a time to meet later this month to continue discussion. 7. UPDATE FROM CIVIC CENTER COMMITTEE Rori Andreason, City Administrator, said the Civic Committee was formed but has not met because there is no reason to meet. No vote has been taken on building or locating a civic center. The process for a civic center would include citizen comments prior to anything being done. Currently the Municipal Services District is developing a Park Master Plan, which includes Magna and Copperton parks as well as White City Big Bear Park. This plan will guide the future park improvements and development across these areas. No decisions will be made without public presentations and input from the public. 8. DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Council Member Shelton said he is extremely frustrated with the incorrect information being funneled through social media. He asked to discuss council communication practices, including social media at the next meeting to make sure citizens are receiving accurate information. Mayor Flint closed the workshop meeting. Mayor Flint said since public had joined the meeting, she reopened the public comment portion White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 2 of the meeting. 9. PUBLIC COMMENT Sherylyn Sorenson, 890 E Emerald Drive, said she has lived in this home since she was born. She really enjoys the neighborhood. There needs to be continuity in how the word is getting to the public because there has been a lot of contention with the people she greatly respects. She is frustrated with the misinformation being disseminated. And all candidates can be on board with that and will play with the same set of rules. She said 100% of the residents she has spoken to want the park to stay as is with only improvements to be made. She said expressed her appreciation for the rich water supply in White City. She asked staff to introduce themselves. She said her concern is what the city will be doing with Bear Park. Paul Ashton said that’s why a Park Master Plan is being created. Mayor Flint said the park master plan has nothing to do with the civic center. The master plan is to decide what amenities are desired in Big Bear Park. She said he hopes the Council can decide on a good way to communicate with the residents. Sherylyn Sorenson asked if a civic center would have an office for the mayor and if there are any proposals as to the location. Mayor Flint said a civic center would have an office for the administrator. Paul Ashton said the difficulty of a civic center is that Sandy took all of the commercial sites. He said he is conducting some legal research to look at the possibility of having a civic center outside the city limits. Mayor Flint said some work started last year, because some of these things take years to get funded. Design and cost are important to know prior to a location being chosen. If there is a design, grants and loans can then be obtained. Sherylyn Sorenson thanked the Council for all they do for the residents. This community is small, safe and secure, and there’s not a lot of communities like White City. BUSINESS MEETING 1. Welcome and Determine Quorum Mayor Flint stated a quorum was present allowing the meeting to proceed. White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 3 2. UNIFIED FIRE AUTHORITY REPORT Chief Ken Aldridge said the creation of a fourth battalion has created three new battalion chief promotions, one additional battalion chief on duty per day, which is a huge asset to UFA to allow greater leadership opportunities along with increasing their ability mentor and guide the stations. It will also allow UFA to provide a second battalion chief on working incidents, enhancing their ability to assign an incident safety officer and improve overall scene safety. Last month the Utah FEMA taskforce one was deployed to New Mexico in early July to assist with severe flooding. The tragedy claimed three lives. The team initially left on July 9th with 47 personnel including 14 from Unified Fire Authority and a UFA mechanic. On July 14th, FEMA requested additional resources so plussed that out to a full type one deployment bringing the total to 82 personnel. Twenty-eight members of those were from Unified Fire Authority, other participating agencies included Draper, Ogden, Provo, South Jordan, West Valley, West Jordan, Park City and Salt Lake City. Additionally, UFA sent three personnel to Texas as part of the incident support team for their floods and to assist with flood recovery. The team returned home on July 20th. The low acuity unit launched this month. UFA began operation of a low acuity unit pilot program designed to improve service delivery for non-life-threatening medical calls. They’re staffed with experienced EMT’s and will be operation Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and will be serving Millcreek, Holladay, and northeast Taylorsville. The safety message this month is the What Three Words mapping app. They’ve divided up the entirety of the planet into 10 meter squares. So, if you get on What Three Words and say what’s my location, it will give you something like apple, banana, chair. And you can map directly to that spot. The spot next to apple, banana, chair wouldn’t have any of those same three words. It’s been a huge asset to UFA when they have people lost. There were some people lost in Herriman up Yellow Fork Canyon last week. They downloaded the What Three Words on their phone, and it gave UFA the trailhead location to drive their vehicles to and mapped them a route right to those folks. It’s very beneficial for them to locate people. A promotional ceremony was held on August 4th for one new operation chief, four new battalion chiefs promoted, special enforcements supervisor, which is their resident fire cop that assists them with all of their fire investigations; and four new captains were promoted. 2.1 Sandy City Fire Report Sandy Chief Mike Bullock, said Sandy deployed a team of wildland fire fighters down to Monroe to assist with the fire down there. They are still fully operational with three fully operational wildland engines still available in the city. They also just brought on four new hires that will be starting the fire academy next week. They graduate in November so they will be fully staffed, which is very exciting for them. He strongly recommended the use of the What Three Words App. They use it quite a bit on the east bench with hikers. As far as calls, last month they had 20 calls in total White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 4 in White City which was one less than in June. They had six fire-related calls and 14 medical, they only had two violence-related calls for the month of July. 3. UNIFIED POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT Chief Morse said the month of July was a very busy month with 62 calls, which is almost double the normal number of calls. The reason for that was the investigation of the citizen that was damaging all of the tires. They did have 28 cases from the investigation that was reported to them. If anybody did not report and has a case, please contact UPD asap. The contributing factor for them was technology with video surveillance, and then UPD has an in-house forensics lab which was awesome. The physical evidence they recovered working this investigation is what really made the difference. One thing to keep in mind is school is starting so they are asking folks to be aware of that and the school zones. The crossing guards will be out so please slow down. They will try to do some heavy traffic enforcement in those areas, but they can’t be everywhere at once and there are children so please slow down in those zones. Lt. Ken Malone is retiring, his last day will be August 15th. She wished him well in his new exciting adventures. The former chief did recruit him away from them, so the former chief is no longer allowed in the building. Staffing is a challenge as well so if anyone has ever considered a career in law enforcement, please send them their way. She said they created a new instructional video they are putting on social media sites, this month was on e-bikes. They are trying to explain some of the complicated issues around e- bikes. They are looking to make another one for crossing guards and school enforcement so if anyone in the community would like to volunteer to assist in making these videos, they would like to make more public service announcements. On Monday, they will be having a promotional ceremony for one lieutenant, and two sergeants getting promoted. She asked the public to contact UPD if something is happening and it’s suspicious; don’t just put it on social media. 4. ACTION ITEMS 4.1 APPROVE MINUTES OF JULY 10, 2025 Council Member Huish had two typos to correct. Council Member Shelton, seconded by Council Member Huish, motioned to accept the minutes of June 5 and June 12, 2025 with those two corrections. The motion passed by unanimous vote. White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 5  4.2 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2025-08-01 AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A CANDIDATE-PROFILE NEWSLETTER Rori Andreason said she had some people ask for profiles for candidates running for election. She suggested creating a newsletter with the candidate information, so residents know who is running for election. This is a council decision, and if that is desired there will be a limit on size and font size, etc. so it’s fair. It would be beneficial for the residents to know who is running. Paul Ashton said what’s important is that the legislature passed a provision this year that says if we do such a newsletter, it has to go out before 60 days prior to the general election and has limitations on it. That’s why a decision is needed today. If the Council authorizes approval of this resolution, that will authorize the City Administrator to reach out to each of the candidates and give them the opportunity to submit something. It will be a public newsletter, so the city will be neutral. Council Member Cardenaz, seconded by Council Member Shelton, motioned to approve Resolution No. 2025-08-01 A Resolution of the White City Council Authorizing the City Newsletter containing Non-Partisan Candidate Profiles to be Distributed more than 60 days prior to the election. The motion passed by unanimous vote. 4.3 DISCUSS PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING A MASTER PARK PLAN COMMITTEE Daniel Torres said he presented to Council about a month ago on the opportunity that has arisen for a grant on the MSD District level for a parks master plan grant. When it comes to the Municipal Services District, one of the services and operations they perform is parks maintenance and upkeep. They contract through Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation for the maintenance and upkeep of most of the parks. For White City that’s true, across the district there are some smaller parks that the district has contracted with a private company for maintenance. Salt Lake County Parks for the most part is best equipped to take care of scheduling and trash removal, etc. For White City, Salt Lake County Parks does that. At the district level the district pays out of its general funds for park operations, but the cities have say as to what goes on in the parks. If something’s broken or if they want to supplement funds to put in park equipment, they can use administrative funds for that. Since COVID has hit, ARPA funds have been available. However, parks as a general rule is something the district takes care of as part of the services the MSD provides to its communities. The communities that have significant parks are White City, Magna, Copperton and Kearns. When this opportunity arose the idea was to make a district wide plan that would help the district better understand the needs and operational costs and capital upkeep of these parks. So, at the district level they will be looking at national regional trends as it comes to recreation and bring that knowledge back down to the community level when they talk about these municipal park plans. The opportunity for the communities is to look at their parks and do a master plan. Generally, when you do a master White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 6 plan, the park does not yet exist and you’re looking to say what is this bare piece of ground going to look like. In the case of every one of their communities, White City specifically, you already have a functional park. So, the thought here with the parks master plan would be what currently exists, what parts of the park inventory might be broken or at the end of its useful lifespan, what needs to be replaced, and what are the trends that we may be able to pivot to in the existing park. So, when he talks about what does a park master plan mean for White City, is taking the data at the district level and taking out pertinent things for White City and then working with the community to dial in a master plan for the Big Bear Park. Big Bear Park is one of the unique aspects of White City and many have fought to keep it as a treasure. He said he knows the Council knows that’s what the community has stated. Daniel Torres said the status as to where they are with the master plan is they have drafted an RFP and it’s with the MSD attorney. They hope to get that back shortly then issue that at the district level hoping to get some good responses back. The thought process is they’ll have it out in the first part of September and will hopefully have something back for the district to approve in October and then take the next six months to complete that study. Daniel Torres said it is up to the Council to decide how to establish a park master plan committee. His recommendation would be to authorize the formation of a committee consisting of at least one city council person or less than a quorum, a member of the Planning Commission, which would establish some continuity for your established commissions and council. And then a certain number of members of the public with a total being 5-7 members. If during the formation of the master plan, the Council decided subcommittees were needed, it would then come back to the Council to make that determination. His last recommendation is to create some sort of process for members of the community to apply to be part of that committee. Mayor Flint suggested the MSD go on a tour of the Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation. They are a full-service entity that does anything needed. They have the equipment and personnel that’s needed for maintenance of parks and recreation. Unfortunately, they don’t do a good job of letting people know what they can do. There needs to be more communication. Council Member Huish suggested including the canal trail and some areas that are wider and in risk of weeds. He asked if it could be part of the series of a linear park. Daniel Torres said he would add that to the plan. He said the grant awarded to the MSD was $50,000. He was contemplating asking for $20,000 for White City, Magna, and Copperton parks to help afford it. The overall cost of the park master plan is anticipated to be around $110,000. 5. COUNCIL REPORTS 5.1 Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District/Council of Governments Mayor Flint said the MSD meeting has not been held. She asked Chad Anderson to White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 7 explain the letter she received from him. Chad Anderson said a few months ago he submitted to the Wasatch Front Regional Council for a safety audit. He submitted for that in cooperation with Sandy City for 10600 South 700 East to 1500 East. WFRC awarded that grant to 13 corridors that will be part of this road safety audit for all of Wasatch Front Regional Council. The match is 20%, which White City would be responsible for $4308. 5.2 Unified Fire Authority/Unified Fire Service Area Council Member Huish said as part of the UFA, Mayor Silvestrini was replaced and was recognized for his years of service and support. The UFA Board has a new Chair and Vice Chair; Chair Fotheringham from Holladay, and Vice Chair is Mayor Gettel from Midvale. The Riverton incident with Dominos exploding, as some people described it, was a three-car collision that ended up going into this retail building where there was a Dominos. It sheered the gas meter which is what caused the explosion. There were no casualties to life, which was very fortunate. Chief Aldridge talked about USAR being deployed to New Mexico with 16 vehicles and 70 individuals. It was a great experience and everyone came back safely. The liaison program, which is how Chief Aldridge is with us, is having some realignment but none of that changes our awesome liaison. If we don’t like what Chief Aldridge is doing, the city just needs to talk with Chief Dern. Chief Dern should be attending the White City meetings once every five months. The BLM secured funding to design a shared space at the training grounds for a 10-base station. He said he had a tentative layout of what that would look like he can share. That will be a joint effort to build that station for the BLM. He attended the promotional ceremony online, which was a great ceremony. Regarding UFSA, the mediation efforts between Salt Lake County and districts is just getting started but so far so good. 5.3 Mosquito Abatement/Salt Lake County Animal Control Council Member Price said they are halfway through their active season. Because of the lack of rain, it’s been good for the district because the mosquito counts are way down from what they would normally be. There have been reports of West Nile virus in Cache, Emery, and Box Elder Counties; however, there have been no reported cases in Salt Lake County or anything south. In Utah there has been one case of Dengue fever, which was travel related; three of Malaria, also travel related; and one case of Chikungunya which is Zika. They think it’s coming a little further north than it used to be so they’re keeping an eye on that. They’ve treated more acres this year than typically because of the lack of water so that’s been good. Council Member Price said each month Animal Control sends out a newsletter regarding animals. This month they did it on mites. She was unable to attend the meeting due to being out of town. She said they are continuing free microchipping. White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 8  5.4 Unified Police Department/SLVLESA Council Member Cardenaz said the property evidence building is finally up and operational. They have moved out of the county office which the amount of savings per month is substantial. There were donations for body armor which was good to see from residents wanting to keep our officers protected. From SLVLESA there are still ongoing meetings with facilitators with the county. There have been people from SLVLESA, the County, and the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Bureau and attorneys for the local communities. They’ve had their second session, and he feels like things are moving forward. There’s another meeting he feels is getting close to finalizing out the details of where things are going with that facilitation. The county wanted to make sure the needs of everyone are met in terms of dollars going towards the services being provided because the county is running out of money. SLVLESA was started to fund communities such as ours. It’s been interesting and hopefully it will come to an end and put everyone at ease. 5.5 Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling District Council Member Shelton said this month they had a pretty exciting meeting. They had their normal financial reports and had a fraud risk assessment which they passed with flying colors. They talked about the SCRP program and how to make it better. Many people wanted it to go back to the way it was. They gave them a comparison cost to go back to the way it was which would cost $3.2 million dollars compared to the $1.4 million it’s costing right now, which includes the illegal dumping and over dumping and overuse of those containers which becomes a safety risk for employees. They are trying to come up with more and more ideas and actually got some positive reports about the SCRP program from people who have not previously been able to participate were able to get a dumpster due to some changes made. There’s been discussion about potentially using some of the excess trailer rental and combining those into SCRP. The trailer rental does provide revenue so they don’t necessarily want to keep away from that because of the costs and then rates could potentially go up. So, they are trying to do everything they can to save money and still give residents the best bang for their buck. A big push for cost savings measures they had at their meeting this month was the e-bill, so they don’t have to buy stamps or pay for mailers. If people sign up for that, it can seriously push back the date of when they may have to raise rates again. Every effort they’re making is to try to put that off as long as possible. He said Pam Roberts was planning to retire on September 31st, which is still the plan. They have identified and offered a new general manager to replace her. He has accepted and will start work on August 25th giving him just a little over 30 days with Pam Roberts to help with the transition. His name is Evan Tyrell; he comes out of Grand Junction, Colorado. He has a great background with lots of experience working with dumps and working in collection for waste management. He’s got a lot of great ideas. On paper, he wasn’t that exciting, but after the first interview, he shot to the top of the list. It was mind blowing and every interview after that he came back with more information. He understood the organization, understood their struggles, understood their goals; he really did his homework and impressed the entire board. White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 9  6. Closed Sessions if Needed as Allowed Under Utah Code Ann. §52-4-205 No closed session was needed. 7. Adjourn Council Member Shelton, seconded by Council Member Huish, motioned to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously. Mayor Flint declared the meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Rori L. Andreason, City Recorder Approved this 4th day of September 2025. White City Council Meeting Minutes – Page 10