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Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
Even though Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said she’s “very confident in our legal standing” to ban fireworks citywide, leaders of other cities including Sandy and Draper are shaking their heads, wary of lawsuit risks.
Their attorneys read Utah’s state statute on the power of cities to ban fireworks very differently, and that “confusion” is what Rep. Suzanne Harrison, D-Draper, says should push the Utah Legislature to hold a special session to address the state’s murky law on what power local leaders do or don’t have to ban fireworks.
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Sandy City Council discusses future of relationship with Portland Water Bureau
Councilors ask for alternatives to be explored for water resources for the city
With a large filtration plant project in the works by Portland Water Bureau, multiple other wholesale customers discontinuing their relationships with the bureau and a potential increase in cost to remaining wholesale customers (like Sandy) the city is considering also pulling its contract with the bureau.
For decades, Sandy prided itself on being fairly self-sufficient. In 2000, the city broke away from the Metro by discontinuing a relationship with TriMet and creating the Sandy Area Metro transportation department. In 2002, the city created its own internet service provider, SandyNet.
For the 2021 municipal elections, 23 towns and cities will participate in ranked-choice voting, a form of electing candidates that eliminates the need for primaries.
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Sandy residents could see a new form of voting in this year’s municipal elections, even as seven candidates and counting have jumped into the race for mayor.
The City Council decided Tuesday to put a resolution forward that could lead to ranked-choice voting, a system in which residents can vote for multiple candidates in order of their preference. The Utah Legislature opened the door for cities and towns to experiment with ranked-choice elections in 2018 and expanded the program this year.
“This is a way for additional candidates to have access to run” for office, said council member Zach Robinson. “There really is no wasted vote here.”