Erin J. Mendenhall is the 36th mayor of Salt Lake City. Erin came to Salt Lake with her family when she was 7 years old, and after losing her father to cancer at age 13, Erin graduated from Alta High School and enrolled at the University of Utah. It was there that her interest in […]
Our seven-member Salt Lake City Council sets the overall policy direction for the City and helps decide where to focus resources by adopting annual budgets and ordinances. Browse the Salt Lake City Council site to find out who your Council Member is, see meeting schedules, and provide us your input on the issues that matter […]
At today’s meetings, the Council approved extending, by a 6-1 vote, the Mayor’s August 20 proclamation declaring a local emergency related to COVID-19, rising cases, and resurgence of the Delta variant. With the emergency declaration extended for 30 days, the subsequent emergency order by the Mayor for masks in K-12 schools also is extended. […]
Mayor asks for more State, County commitments before further addition of shelter beds in City In a letter to the State Homeless Coordinating Committee sent Tuesday, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall withdrew her support for using State funds to convert the Volunteers of America, Utah detoxification facility in the Ballpark neighborhood to an overflow […]
At today’s meetings, the Council received updates on the City’s latest crime statistics, how the City and its partners are preparing for the winter needs of people experiencing homelessness, the planned September 14 discussion on possibly continuing the mask mandate issued by the Mayor for K-12 schools […]
Salt Lake City residents are invited to submit their ideas for projects that will improve their communities as part of the City’s annual Capital Improvement Program application process, which is open now through Sept. 30. Salt Lake City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is a multi-year planning program of capital expenditures needed to replace or expand […]