City Council

PLEASANT VIEW -- Council assignments were recently reviewed, and council members agreed that Councilman Michael Humphreys would oversee the planning commission, and also work on planning for recreation and trails.

Councilman Mel Marker will oversee the city seniors programs and Councilman Toby Mileski will continue to be on the mosquito abatement committee as well as work with CERT teams and will be the chairman for Founders Day.

FARR WEST -- The city should look into upgrading its sound system, according to City Clerk Andrea Zweifel.

Zweifel said when council meetings are recorded with the current equipment, all that plays back is static and noise.

Zweifel said she has been working on getting bids to replace the equipment, but has only had two responses so far.

SYRACUSE — From the city council pulpit Tuesday night, Mayor Jamie Nagle defended two city staff members — including openly gay City Attorney Will Carlson — who she says were thrown under the bus by a group of local residents on social media,

Riverdale’s ordinance governing placement of swimming pools, spas and hot tubs is now less restrictive.

City staff reviewed similar ordinances from other Utah cities and found that Riverdale’s was “excessive as far as where a pool could be located on a residential lot,” according to an executive summary prepared by Randy Daily, community development director.

A recent inquiry from a resident led city staff to review the ordinance, which required pools to be 35 feet from the property line.

LAYTON — After a year of living back home with her parents, Julie Erskine is being forced to move if she wants to keep her “babies,” Max and Huneez.

Huneez, a palm-sized Pomeranian/Shih Tzu mix, and Max, a 10-year-old miniature Doberman Pinscher, bring the number of registered pets living in the home of her father, J.B. Mooney, to four — two more than Layton city’s ordinance allows.

Mooney, who owns two Shih Tzus — Benji and Cassie — recently petitioned the Layton City Council for a temporary waiver on his daughter’s behalf to allow the family to have four registered dogs at the residence until his wife and he relocate to a city with a lower elevation.

Linda Mooney, Erskine’s mother, has COP, a rapidly developing pneumonialike respiratory illness.

RIVERDALE -- After debating noise issues and researching hours of operation at other community splash pads, Riverdale city council members refused a chance to change the hours and days of operation of their splash pad.

The hours will remain 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday; Wednesday noon to 8 p.m.; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday, Memorial Day through Labor Day.

KAYSVILLE — The city council has voted unanimously to permanently close a small, unfinished portion of Center Street to vehicle traffic.

The council voted to vacate the property, which is currently a grassy area between 760 East and the eastern boundary of the city, a distance of approximately 143 feet, with an easement for utilities and an 8-foot-wide fenced public walkway.

Councilman Gil Miller abstained from the vote because he owns property in the neighborhood involved.