Since 2016, affordable housing has been a top City Council priority when the Council adopted the Growing Salt Lake Housing Plan and created new funding for affordable housing. The Council and the Mayor’s Administration are working together to address Salt Lake City’s housing crisis by improving access to affordable housing and incentivizing the development of housing units.
December 14 Meetings
Meeting highlights include RDA affordable housing project loans, local emergency declaration extension, and more […]
July 20 Council Meetings
At today’s meetings, the City Council adopted a joint ceremonial resolution with Mayor Mendenhall declaring racism a public health crisis, received a drought update from the Department of Public Utilities, heard the latest COVID-19 data for SLC, and more. Read the recap here.
July 13 Council Meeting
Thank you for your patience as the Council tested their first hybrid in-person/virtual Council meeting since the pandemic began and the earthquake. Stay tuned for details on upcoming meetings. Read today’s meeting recap here.
City Budget Adopted: Council approves $358 million City budget
The Council approved the City budget for the new fiscal year, which starts starts July 1. The approved budget focuses on essential services such as road repair, public safety, housing, COVID-19 community support, and citywide equity issues. Read the press release here.
May 18 RDA Board and Council Meetings
At today’s Council, RDA, and LBA Meetings: The Council received a series of briefings about the proposed Salt Lake City budget for the next fiscal year, which begins in July. A public hearing was held, and a second hearing on the Citywide budget proposal is Tuesday, June 1 at 7 p.m. Much of the meeting agenda for the day […]
May 11 Council Meeting
At today’s Council Meetings: The Council received updated revenue and expenditure numbers for the City, and Council staff reviewed the Mayor’s proposed Salt Lake City budget for the next fiscal year, which begins in July. More here. Council Members will meet Thursday, May 13 as part of the process to fill the empty Council seat in […]
May 4 Council Meetings
At today’s Council and RDA Meetings: The Council received the proposed Salt Lake City budget from the Mayor for the next fiscal year, which begins in July. More on the Mayor’s presentation here. Council Members received an update on the vacancy process for filling the empty District 2 Council seat. More on this vacancy here. The Redevelopment Agency Board […]
April 6 Council Meeting
At today’s Council Meetings: The Council announced it will make a choice at the April 20 meeting on changing this year’s City elections to ranked-choice voting. The Council received late today a draft of the first part of a police budget audit. It will be discussed at the April 20 meeting. The Mayor and Council adopted […]
Shared Housing Proposal
The Council is reviewing a proposal from the Mayor’s Administration to amend sections of the City’s zoning ordinance to better define Shared Housing (formerly known as Single Room Occupancy Housing or SROs) and determine appropriate locations within the City for the use. […]