D A T ET U E S D A Y DEC E M B E R 6, 2016
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
GREATER SALT LAKE MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT
GOVERNMENT CENTER, ROOM N1-110
December 6, 2016
6:29:19 PM
BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING
TRUSTEES
PRESENT:RICHARD SNELGROVE
JIM BRADLEY
ARLYN BRADSHAW
MICHAEL JENSEN
AIMEE WINDER NEWTON
SAM GRANATO
STEVEN DEBRY
MAX BURDICK
JENNIFER WILSON, Chair
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:BEN MCADAMS, MAYOR
SIM GILL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JASON ROSE, LEGAL COUNSEL, COUNCIL OFFICE
SHERRIE SWENSEN, COUNTY CLERK
By: GAYELENE GUDMUNDSON & KIM STANGER, DEPUTY
CLERKS
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Trustee Jennifer Wilson, Chair, presided.
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Mr. Randy Allen, Planning and Development Services Division, stated the tentative budget for the Municipal Services District (MSD) was presented four times: November 22 to the County Council and again to the Board of Trustees of the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District, December 1 to the Interim Advisory Board of the Municipal Services District, and December 3 at a metro township training sponsored by the Mayor. The packet has also been on display for some time. TheMSD budget process was complicated, as itwas the first budget of its kind. It is historical in nature.
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THIS BEING THE TIME heretofore set for a public hearing to consider the 2017 recommended budget for the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District.
Copies of the recommended budget and other budget documents were distributed to the public.
TrusteeJensen, seconded by TrusteeBradshaw, moved to open the public hearing. The motion passed unanimously, showing that all Trustees present voted “Aye.”
No one appeared to speak in favor of or in opposition to the 2017 recommended budget.
TrusteeJensen, seconded by TrusteeNewton, moved to close the public hearing. The motion passed unanimously, showing that all Council Members present voted “Aye.”
TrusteeJensen, seconded by TrusteeDeBry, moved to approve the following resolution, including Attachment A, adopting the 2017 budget:
RESOLUTION NO. 5DATE: December 6, 2016
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GREATER SALT LAKE MUNICIPAL SERVICES DISTRICT, ADOPTING THE ANNUAL BUDGET REQUIRED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017.
BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED THAT:
WHEREAS, Utah Code Ann., § 17B-1-614, 1953, as amended, requiresthe Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District to adopt an annual budget of revenue and expenditures for the District for fiscal year 2017; and
WHEREAS, the District staff has prepared tentative and proposed and final budgets for the District, which have been reviewed and discussed in public meetings, and which have met all the requirements imposed by Utah law; and
WHEREAS, the District held a public hearing on its proposed annual budget for fiscal year 2017 on December 6, 2016, at 6:15 p.m., and provided notice of the public hearing as required by law; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of this resolution has been duly noticed in accordance with the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act and Utah Code Ann. § 17B-1-609(1).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Trustees of the District resolves as follows:
1.The District hereby adopts an annual budget for fiscal year 2017, as more specifically described in Exhibit A to this Resolution.
2.This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its approval and adoption by the Board of Trustees of the District and will be filed and recorded in the official minutes and records of the District for this meeting.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of December, 2016.
GREATER SALT LAKE MUNICIPAL
SERVICES DISTRICT
ATTEST (SEAL)
By /s/ JENNIFER WILSON
Chair, Board of Trustees
By /s/ SHERRIE SWENSEN
District Clerk
The motion passed unanimously, authorizing the Chair to sign the resolution and directing the District Clerk to attest his signature, showing that all Trustees present voted “Aye.”
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Council Member Snelgrove asked when the County Council would relinquishcontrol of the MSD and turn it over to the new governing body.
Mr. Mark Anderson, Attorney, Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District (MSD), stated the Municipal Services District Act provides that until a municipality is created within the boundaries of the MSD, the County Council will serve as the board of trustees. As soon as a municipality is created, there are different qualifications and credentials for the board of trustees. Specifically in this case, each of the five metro townships’ chairs will be board members and there will be a board member from Millcreek City Council. They still have to post a bond and be sworn in, but they are the only people who can serve on the board of trustees, plus, one or two representatives appointed by the County Council who will represent the unincorporated islands. The Council’s number of representatives is dependent on what is necessary to achieve an odd number on the board, which at this time, is one appointment.
The general law applicable to local districts also provides that a trustee, once in office, would continue to serve past the end of their term, until the successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified. He suspected this would be the Council’s last time as the board of trustees, but if an emergency did arise before the successors were in office, it could still serve.
Council Member Snelgrove asked if that transition was automatic.
Mr. Anderson stated yes, once a municipality is legally created, and six of them were.
Council Member Burdick asked when the Council needed to appoint its representative.
Mr. Andersonrecommended making that appointment fairly soon, so the representative can be ready when the municipalities take over. However, it needs to be done as a County Council agenda item. It did not need to be done in a formal procedure, as long as the Council appointed one of its members. He suggested appointing either an at large County Council Member or a Council Member whose district encompasses a significant portion of the unincorporated islands, but that is for the Council to decide.
Council Member DeBry asked if the board had to be an odd number.
Mr. Anderson stated there are exceptions. It is rumored that Millcreek City will withdraw from the MSD, at which point the Council would have to appoint a second board member. The voting power of each trustee is weighted based on population. The Council’s representative would have all the voting power of the unincorporated islands expressed as a percentage of the total population of the MSD. If it appointed a second representative, that voting power would be split in half.
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THERE BEING NO FURTHER business to come before the Board of Trustees at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 6:38:57 PM.
SHERRIE SWENSEN, COUNTYCLERK
By ______
DEPUTY CLERK
By ______
CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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