Requested Agenda Date:
8/29/2023
Requested Agenda Title: Legislative Intent to establish additional criteria for evaluating funding requests from the Community Councils.
Requested Agenda Item Description:
1) Consistent with County ordinance, requests for contributions by a community council should be made in writing to the Council, with a copy to the Mayor, prior to September 30th of each year so that they might be considered as a part of the County’s budget process, as well as the budget process for the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District. A link to the funding application will be provided to each community council.
2) As a part of the community council’s funding request, it should provide a copy of its most recently approved budget, which shall contain all of the following information: statements from all applicable bank accounts maintained by the community council; a proposal describing in detail how the community council intends to spend contributions received from Salt Lake County for public purposes; documentation that the budget was reviewed and approved by the community council’s designated budgetary authority; and, within ninety days following the close of the community council’s fiscal period, a detailed financial statement setting out community council revenues and expenditures during that fiscal period.
3) Council staff designated to serve as a liaison to recognized community councils will coordinate with recognized community councils to appear before the County Council during the month of September for the purpose of receiving funding requests and discussing priorities from each community council.
Requested Action: Discussion - Vote Needed
Presenter(s) (with titles): Councilmembers Laurie Stringham and Dea Theodore
Time Needed: 10 MINS
Is this Item Time-Sensitive and/or Requesting a Time-Certain? No
Requesting Staff Member: Abby Evans
Are Supporting Documents Needed for this Agenda Item Request? Yes
Attachments: Yes, Policy 1200 and the Legislative Intent