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Cedar Hills will stay in the Utah League of Cities & Towns July 1, 2017, 8:50 amCrawley said the reason for his proposed resolution was that ULCT does not always support what is in the best interests of local residents. "It's almost like a government appendage; so many cities are funding it. It's a very powerful lobbying group," he said. Crawley said he became concerned about the organization when it supported, and asked local cities to encourage their residents to support, a gas tax last year. If roads were going to be funded through the gas tax, then residents wanted that money to go to roads and not a company like UTA, he said. City Manager Chandler Goodwin spoke positively about ULCT's trainings, conference and its support of, and lobbying for, city-friendly bills. "They work to preserve local control from the state level," he said. Mayor Gary Gygi, who served on ULCT's board for two years, and Councilmember Jenney Rees spoke in support of ULCT and in support of Cedar Hills remaining a member. In the end, Councilmember Daniel Zappala, calling a remark of Crawley's portraying ULCT as liberal "laughable," made a motion to disapprove Crawley's proposed resolution. The other three members of the council voted in support of Zappala's motion. ULCT has been in the headlines in recent months as charges that some employees have allegedly misused the organization's funds led to the resignation of its director and administrative services director. Cedar Hills pays about $5,118 a year (based on assessed property values) to be a member of the organization. On May 16, the council modified its ordinance relating to bed and breakfast facilities. The code had required that any B&Bs be registered historic structures. That requirement was removed because the city has no historic structures according to the state and national registries. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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