LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS

ADVOCACY OPERATIONS 2020REPORT LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY OF FINANCES

In anticipation of a possibly tumultuous FY 2021, the League Board of Directors took several measures to 2021 Guided by our Policy Prism and legislative ensure financial sustainability. For the first time in at least the last decade,the League froze membership dues—our ADVOCACY, ENGAGEMENT, ULCT works each day to represent the interests of Utah’s principles, largest source of revenue—at the previous year’s levels, helping our members to brace for the unknown economic im- cities and towns. These are highlights of our accomplishments during the 2021 pact of the pandemic. Management froze staff salaries and established contingency funds for unforeseen costs that & OPERATIONS legislative session. could arise throughout the fiscal year. Established Love, Listen, Lead Task Force between the League and the Thanks to the fiscal responsibility of League leadership over the last four years, we have completed a series of clean Utah Chiefs of Police Association- worked on concepts that resulted in EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE audits and have renewed our commitment to transparency, compliance, and best practices. We have also increased 245 24 bills revenue from corporate sponsors by 25% during that time, including an increase this past year despite the lack of BILLS TRACKED LAST Partnered with the State of Utah and Wasatch Front Regional Council in-person events. We’ve also focused resources toward our core missions of legislative advocacy and training. This ULCT Advocacy, Engagement, and Operations Report LEGISLATIVE SESSION for historic infrastructure investment (HB 433) and coordinated planning We now look ahead to the “new normal” and how the League can continue perform at the levels our members ex- is a snapshot of League services for the year 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. Your investment in the League assures your city or town is represented around FrontRunner stations (SB 217) pect in a political environment increasingly hostile to local government. in a strong collective voice as policy is made at the state and federal level. Activated membership through daily emails, weekly updates, and For example, the scope and impact of the Utah State Legislature have doubled in the last decade. The Office of Leg- Your membership brings a wealth of resources to help manage and shape the legislative action calls (52 legislative emails sent to ULCT members) islative Research and General Counsel has doubled the number of attorneys since 2008 and the number of annual future of your community. While the past year has been challenging for us all, bills that ULCT has worked on since then has also doubled. During that same time, the ULCT legislative staff has only the League ramped up efforts to bring information, additional resources, and ULCT’S LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES Fought off more than20 bills that would have preempted local control, increased by the equivalent of one FTE. ULCT relies on our “extended family” of city managers and city attorneys but including land use authority over billboards, development fees, short- even new funding to your community. many of them are nearing retirement. COL term rentals, and permitting processes During the pandemic, ULCT: RE As such, the ULCT Board and management are examining how to best meet our long-term advocacy objectives. SPECT Increased virtual participation in weekly ULCT Legislative Policy LAB For the upcoming fiscal year, the Board will consider unfreezing the dues formula factors. The Board also will consider f Froze membership dues in April 2020 to minimize the impact on Committee meetings during legislative sessions with opportunities for ORA implementing a minimum dues amount to help fund the legal Q&A services previously provided by the retired David members at the peak uncertainty during the pandemic OUT weighted input from ALL Utah cities and towns COMES TION Church, which our smaller members utilize to the greatest extent. These steps will enhance the League’s financial sus- f Started regular COVID-19 town halls with then-Lt. Governor Advocated for federal and state legislation for COVID-19 recovery tainability and capacity to provide the services that our members expect. 248 , Sen. Mitt Romney, and other key leaders (29 in all) working to assure entire 45% of CARES Act funding was shared with ULCT MEMBERS STRONG local government f Advocated successfully for every city and town to receive CARES Act dollars in the aggregate of $221 million (many states didn’t Maintain a clearinghouse on ULCT website of information on: f Property Evaluation share any money with their municipalities) How ULCT looks Intergovernmental Advocacy, State Resources, Federal Resources, (0.0000038%) at legislation COVID-19 Communications, Partner Organization Resources, Conducting f Population f Fought off legislation that would have preempted local control over billboards, permits, short-term through our Public Business, Communication Tools PROPOSED ULCT FY 2022 (0.022%) rentals, and development fees and found consensus on many public safety bills polic prism DUES COMPOSITION Enhanced data collection, engagement, and training fostering f Sales Tax Revenue I am proud to work with an exemplary board, outstanding staff, and the fine members of this organization. partnerships with USU, Utah Foundation, Y2Analytics, and more (00095%) We value your engagement. Afterall, the strength of the League is the membership- you! f $500 Minimum Sincerely,

Does it respect the traditional role of 40% 31% 28% 1% local government in solving a problem? Is the bill a one-size-fits all approach or 1 Does the bill result in an unfunded Cameron Brady Diehl 2 does it respect that every city is unique? 3 or unworkable mandate on cities? UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS

ADVOCACY OPERATIONS 2020REPORT LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY OF FINANCES

In anticipation of a possibly tumultuous FY 2021, the League Board of Directors took several measures to 2021 Guided by our Policy Prism and legislative ensure financial sustainability. For the first time in at least the last decade,the League froze membership dues—our ADVOCACY, ENGAGEMENT, ULCT works each day to represent the interests of Utah’s principles, largest source of revenue—at the previous year’s levels, helping our members to brace for the unknown economic im- cities and towns. These are highlights of our accomplishments during the 2021 pact of the pandemic. Management froze staff salaries and established contingency funds for unforeseen costs that & OPERATIONS legislative session. could arise throughout the fiscal year. Established Love, Listen, Lead Task Force between the League and the Thanks to the fiscal responsibility of League leadership over the last four years, we have completed a series of clean Utah Chiefs of Police Association- worked on concepts that resulted in EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE audits and have renewed our commitment to transparency, compliance, and best practices. We have also increased 245 24 bills revenue from corporate sponsors by 25% during that time, including an increase this past year despite the lack of BILLS TRACKED LAST Partnered with the State of Utah and Wasatch Front Regional Council in-person events. We’ve also focused resources toward our core missions of legislative advocacy and training. This ULCT Advocacy, Engagement, and Operations Report LEGISLATIVE SESSION for historic infrastructure investment (HB 433) and coordinated planning We now look ahead to the “new normal” and how the League can continue perform at the levels our members ex- is a snapshot of League services for the year 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. Your investment in the League assures your city or town is represented around FrontRunner stations (SB 217) pect in a political environment increasingly hostile to local government. in a strong collective voice as policy is made at the state and federal level. Activated membership through daily emails, weekly updates, and For example, the scope and impact of the Utah State Legislature have doubled in the last decade. The Office of Leg- Your membership brings a wealth of resources to help manage and shape the legislative action calls (52 legislative emails sent to ULCT members) islative Research and General Counsel has doubled the number of attorneys since 2008 and the number of annual future of your community. While the past year has been challenging for us all, bills that ULCT has worked on since then has also doubled. During that same time, the ULCT legislative staff has only the League ramped up efforts to bring information, additional resources, and ULCT’S LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES Fought off more than20 bills that would have preempted local control, increased by the equivalent of one FTE. ULCT relies on our “extended family” of city managers and city attorneys but including land use authority over billboards, development fees, short- even new funding to your community. many of them are nearing retirement. COL term rentals, and permitting processes During the pandemic, ULCT: RE As such, the ULCT Board and management are examining how to best meet our long-term advocacy objectives. SPECT Increased virtual participation in weekly ULCT Legislative Policy LAB For the upcoming fiscal year, the Board will consider unfreezing the dues formula factors. The Board also will consider f Froze membership dues in April 2020 to minimize the impact on Committee meetings during legislative sessions with opportunities for ORA implementing a minimum dues amount to help fund the legal Q&A services previously provided by the retired David members at the peak uncertainty during the pandemic OUT weighted input from ALL Utah cities and towns COMES TION Church, which our smaller members utilize to the greatest extent. These steps will enhance the League’s financial sus- f Started regular COVID-19 town halls with then-Lt. Governor Advocated for federal and state legislation for COVID-19 recovery tainability and capacity to provide the services that our members expect. 248 Spencer Cox, Sen. Mitt Romney, and other key leaders (29 in all) working to assure entire 45% of CARES Act funding was shared with ULCT MEMBERS STRONG local government f Advocated successfully for every city and town to receive CARES Act dollars in the aggregate of $221 million (many states didn’t Maintain a clearinghouse on ULCT website of information on: f Property Evaluation share any money with their municipalities) How ULCT looks Intergovernmental Advocacy, State Resources, Federal Resources, (0.0000038%) at legislation COVID-19 Communications, Partner Organization Resources, Conducting f Population f Fought off legislation that would have preempted local control over billboards, permits, short-term through our Public Business, Communication Tools PROPOSED ULCT FY 2022 (0.022%) rentals, and development fees and found consensus on many public safety bills polic prism DUES COMPOSITION Enhanced data collection, engagement, and training fostering f Sales Tax Revenue I am proud to work with an exemplary board, outstanding staff, and the fine members of this organization. partnerships with USU, Utah Foundation, Y2Analytics, and more (00095%) We value your engagement. Afterall, the strength of the League is the membership- you! f $500 Minimum Sincerely,

Does it respect the traditional role of 40% 31% 28% 1% local government in solving a problem? Is the bill a one-size-fits all approach or 1 Does the bill result in an unfunded Cameron Brady Diehl 2 does it respect that every city is unique? 3 or unworkable mandate on cities? ULCT LEADERSHIP

ULCT President Mike Caldwell Ogden Mayor MEMBERSHIP [email protected] ENGAGEMENT STRENGTH THROUGH MEMBERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MEDIA ULCT 1st Vice President Dawn Ramsey South Jordan Mayor VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONVENTION ULCT’s Board represents 8 Utah geographic areas. [email protected] SOCIAL & TRADITIONAL MEDIA UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS: ALPINE ALTA ALTAMONTR ALTON C AMALGA ULCT invites you to interact with your area board member to share policy AMERICAN FORK ANNABELLA ANTIMONY Twitter: 188 tweets with 142,993 views Hosted one of only 2 gubernatorial debates during the general APPLE VALLEY AURORA BALLARD BEAR RIVER BEAVER BICKNELL BIG WATER ideas and discuss issues from your community. BLANDING BLUFF BLUFFDALE BOULDER @ULCTCityCafe election cycle BOUNTIFUL BRIAN HEAD BRIGHAM CITY BRIGHTON BRYCE CANYON ULCT 2nd Vice President CANNONVILLE CASTLE DALE CASTLE Facebook: 5 star rating, 1624 likes, 1872 follows VALLEY CEDAR CITY CEDAR FORT Jeff Silvestrini CEDAR HILLS CENTERFIELDS CENTERVILLEL C CENTRAL VALLEY ULCT BOARD MEMBERS @UTLeague Participants including: 592 CHARLESTON CIRCLEVILLE CLARKSTON P CLAWSON C CLEARFIELD Millcreek Mayor 592 CLEVELAND G CLINTON SCOALVILLE CORINNE CORNISH ANNUAL CONVENTION COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS RDANIEL DELTA DEWEYVILLE DRAPER DUCHESNE DUTCH JOHN EAGLE MOUNTAIN EAST CARBON Council Member Jewel Mayor , [email protected] YouTube: 22,800 Views ELK RIDGE ELMO ELSINORE ELWOOD EMERY ENOCH ENTERPRISE PARTICIPANTS EPHRAIM ERDA ESCALANTE VEUREKA FAIRFIELD FAIRVIEW FARMINGTON FARR WEST FAYETTE FERRON FIELDING FILLMORE Allen, Grantsville Find at ulctTube FOUNTAIN GREEN FRANCIS FRUITP HEIGHTS GARDEN CITYR GARLAND 399 members from > 110 cities & towns GENOLA GLENDALE GLENWOODS GOSHEN GRANTSVILLE [email protected] [email protected] GREEN RIVER GUNNISON HANKSVILLE HARRISVILLE HATCH HEBER Podcast: 2,068 plays HELPER HENEFER E HENRIEVILLE HERRIMAN HIDEOUT HIGHLAND HILDALE HINCKLEY HOLDEN HOLLADAY HONEYVILLE HOOPER Mayor Andy Beerman, Mayor Emily Niehaus, HOWELL HUNTINGTON HUNTSVILLE HURRICANE HYDE PARK Utah City Managers #CitiesWork HYRUM INDEPENDENCE INTERLAKEN IVINS JOSEPH JUNCTION Park City Moab 29 COVID-19 related Town Halls with the Governor, Lt. Governor, KAMAS KANAB KANARRAVILLE KANOSH KAYSVILLE KINGSTON Association Representative KOOSHAREM LA VERKIN LAKETOWN LAYTON LEAMINGTON LEEDS [email protected] [email protected] Traditonal Media (March 2020 – March 2021) LEHI LEVAN LEWISTON LINDON LOA LOGAN LYMAN LYNNDYL Gary Hill Members of Congress, economists, and other leaders MANILA MANTI MANTUA MAPLETON MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE MARYSVALE MAYFIELD MEADOW MENDON MIDVALE MIDWAY Mayor Nick Castleton, Mayor Michele Randall, MILFORD MILLCREEK MILLVILLE MINERSVILLE MOAB MONA Bountiful City Manager f 1,116 Media Mentions (TV, Radio, Print + Online) Podcasts: 1948 plays over 12 months MONROE MONTICELLO MORGAN MORONI MT. PLEASANT MURRAY MYTON NAPLES NEPHI NEW HARMONY NEWTON NIBLEY Eureka, (Town St. George [email protected] NORTH LOGAN NORTH OGDEN NORTH SALT LAKE OAK CITY OAKLEY f Views of ULCT stories: 353,271,027 Annual Resource Virtual Library: workshops OGDEN ORANGEVILLE ORDERVILLE OREM PANGUITCH PARADISE Representative) [email protected] 55 PARAGONAH PARK CITY PAROWAN PAYSON PERRY PLAIN CITY PLEASANT GROVE PLEASANT VIEW PLYMOUTH PORTAGE PRICE [email protected] f Earned Publicity Value 29 PROVIDENCE PROVO RANDOLPH REDMOND RICHFIELD RICHMOND Council Member Clint $2,775,389 5i “Lunch with the League” webinars (Electronic Meetings, Land Use, RIVER HEIGHTS RIVERDALE RIVERTON ROCKVILLE ROCKY RIDGE Past-President TOWN HALLS FOR ROOSEVELT ROY RUSH VALLEY SALEM SALINA SALT LAKE CITY Mayor Julie Fullmer, Smith, Herriman SANDY SANTA CLARA SANTAQUIN SARATOGA SPRINGS SCIPIO Mike Mendenhall Powers and Duties, Rethinking Public Spaces, OPMA, GRAMA, Ethics) LOCAL LEADERS SCOFIELD SIGURD SMITHFIELD SNOWVILLE SOUTH JORDAN SOUTH OGDEN SOUTH SALT LAKE SOUTH WEBER SPANISH FORK Vineyard [email protected] Spanish Fork City Council SPRING CITY SPRINGDALEC C SPRINGVILLE ST. GEORGE STERLING Featured Conference Speakers STOCKTON SUNSET SYRACUSE TABIONA TAYLORSVILLE TOOELE [email protected] TOQUERVILLE TORREY TREMONTON TRENTON TROPIC UINTAH Council Member Dustin Member VERNAL VERNON VINEYARD VIRGIN WALES WALLSBURG From left to right: Gubernatorial candidates Spencer J. Cox, and Chris Peterson, WASHINGTON WASHINGTON TERRACE WELLINGTON WELLSVILLE Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, White, Roosevelt [email protected] WENDOVER WEST BOUNTIFUL WEST HAVEN WEST JORDAN WEST POINT SWEST G VALLEY CITY WILLARD WOODLAND HILLS WOODRUFF Jennie Taylor, Peter Kageyama, Rev. France Davis, Arthur Brooks, and Holly Richardson WOODS CROSS THE STRENGTH OF THE LEAGUE IS OUR MEMBERSHIP Provo [email protected] $57,365 [email protected] Council Member Marcia EARNED MEDIA PUBLICITY NEWS Council Member Tasha White, Ogden VALUE FOR ULCT DURING Lowery, Draper [email protected] Ex-Officio Board Members: 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION [email protected] Mayor Maile Wilson Treasurer Council Member Kari Edwards, Cedar City Mayor Len Arave, North Salt Lake Malkovich, Woodland Hills [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mayor Jeff Young, Utah Municipal Clerks Association President Council Member Tawnee Richmond City NEW AND IMPROVED ULCT WEB SITE 21 Colleen Mulvey, City of Cedar Hills Emails: 27.21% Growth in League email subscribers BOARD MEMBERS McCay, Riverton [email protected] [email protected] Showcasing Utah’s unique communities and ULCT useful resources REPRESENTING [email protected] f 399 Emails Sent (Feb 2020- Feb 2021) YOUR CITY OR TOWN Interim General Counsel, Roger O. Tew f 97 COVID Updates Sent f Events/Calendar f Conferences/Events [email protected] f Advocacy/Bill Tracking f Spotlight Features Daily Legislative Updates Sent f 65 f Training/Resource Library f News f 1,675 SMS Text Recipients f Land Use f Job Bank f 814,762 Email Recipients ULCT LEADERSHIP

ULCT President Mike Caldwell Ogden Mayor MEMBERSHIP [email protected] ENGAGEMENT STRENGTH THROUGH MEMBERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MEDIA ULCT 1st Vice President Dawn Ramsey South Jordan Mayor VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONVENTION ULCT’s Board represents 8 Utah geographic areas. [email protected] SOCIAL & TRADITIONAL MEDIA UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS: ALPINE ALTA ALTAMONTR ALTON C AMALGA ULCT invites you to interact with your area board member to share policy AMERICAN FORK ANNABELLA ANTIMONY Twitter: 188 tweets with 142,993 views Hosted one of only 2 gubernatorial debates during the general APPLE VALLEY AURORA BALLARD BEAR RIVER BEAVER BICKNELL BIG WATER ideas and discuss issues from your community. BLANDING BLUFF BLUFFDALE BOULDER @ULCTCityCafe election cycle BOUNTIFUL BRIAN HEAD BRIGHAM CITY BRIGHTON BRYCE CANYON ULCT 2nd Vice President CANNONVILLE CASTLE DALE CASTLE Facebook: 5 star rating, 1624 likes, 1872 follows VALLEY CEDAR CITY CEDAR FORT Jeff Silvestrini CEDAR HILLS CENTERFIELDS CENTERVILLEL C CENTRAL VALLEY ULCT BOARD MEMBERS @UTLeague Participants including: 592 CHARLESTON CIRCLEVILLE CLARKSTON P CLAWSON C CLEARFIELD Millcreek Mayor 592 CLEVELAND G CLINTON SCOALVILLE CORINNE CORNISH ANNUAL CONVENTION COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS RDANIEL DELTA DEWEYVILLE DRAPER DUCHESNE DUTCH JOHN EAGLE MOUNTAIN EAST CARBON Council Member Jewel Mayor Erin Mendenhall, [email protected] YouTube: 22,800 Views ELK RIDGE ELMO ELSINORE ELWOOD EMERY ENOCH ENTERPRISE PARTICIPANTS EPHRAIM ERDA ESCALANTE VEUREKA FAIRFIELD FAIRVIEW FARMINGTON FARR WEST FAYETTE FERRON FIELDING FILLMORE Allen, Grantsville Salt Lake City Find at ulctTube FOUNTAIN GREEN FRANCIS FRUITP HEIGHTS GARDEN CITYR GARLAND 399 members from > 110 cities & towns GENOLA GLENDALE GLENWOODS GOSHEN GRANTSVILLE [email protected] [email protected] GREEN RIVER GUNNISON HANKSVILLE HARRISVILLE HATCH HEBER Podcast: 2,068 plays HELPER HENEFER E HENRIEVILLE HERRIMAN HIDEOUT HIGHLAND HILDALE HINCKLEY HOLDEN HOLLADAY HONEYVILLE HOOPER Mayor Andy Beerman, Mayor Emily Niehaus, HOWELL HUNTINGTON HUNTSVILLE HURRICANE HYDE PARK Utah City Managers #CitiesWork HYRUM INDEPENDENCE INTERLAKEN IVINS JOSEPH JUNCTION Park City Moab 29 COVID-19 related Town Halls with the Governor, Lt. Governor, KAMAS KANAB KANARRAVILLE KANOSH KAYSVILLE KINGSTON Association Representative KOOSHAREM LA VERKIN LAKETOWN LAYTON LEAMINGTON LEEDS [email protected] [email protected] Traditonal Media (March 2020 – March 2021) LEHI LEVAN LEWISTON LINDON LOA LOGAN LYMAN LYNNDYL Gary Hill Members of Congress, economists, and other leaders MANILA MANTI MANTUA MAPLETON MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE MARYSVALE MAYFIELD MEADOW MENDON MIDVALE MIDWAY Mayor Nick Castleton, Mayor Michele Randall, MILFORD MILLCREEK MILLVILLE MINERSVILLE MOAB MONA Bountiful City Manager f 1,116 Media Mentions (TV, Radio, Print + Online) Podcasts: 1948 plays over 12 months MONROE MONTICELLO MORGAN MORONI MT. PLEASANT MURRAY MYTON NAPLES NEPHI NEW HARMONY NEWTON NIBLEY Eureka, (Town St. George [email protected] NORTH LOGAN NORTH OGDEN NORTH SALT LAKE OAK CITY OAKLEY f Views of ULCT stories: 353,271,027 Annual Resource Virtual Library: workshops OGDEN ORANGEVILLE ORDERVILLE OREM PANGUITCH PARADISE Representative) [email protected] 55 PARAGONAH PARK CITY PAROWAN PAYSON PERRY PLAIN CITY PLEASANT GROVE PLEASANT VIEW PLYMOUTH PORTAGE PRICE [email protected] f Earned Publicity Value 29 PROVIDENCE PROVO RANDOLPH REDMOND RICHFIELD RICHMOND Council Member Clint $2,775,389 5i “Lunch with the League” webinars (Electronic Meetings, Land Use, RIVER HEIGHTS RIVERDALE RIVERTON ROCKVILLE ROCKY RIDGE Past-President TOWN HALLS FOR ROOSEVELT ROY RUSH VALLEY SALEM SALINA SALT LAKE CITY Mayor Julie Fullmer, Smith, Herriman SANDY SANTA CLARA SANTAQUIN SARATOGA SPRINGS SCIPIO Mike Mendenhall Powers and Duties, Rethinking Public Spaces, OPMA, GRAMA, Ethics) LOCAL LEADERS SCOFIELD SIGURD SMITHFIELD SNOWVILLE SOUTH JORDAN SOUTH OGDEN SOUTH SALT LAKE SOUTH WEBER SPANISH FORK Vineyard [email protected] Spanish Fork City Council SPRING CITY SPRINGDALEC C SPRINGVILLE ST. GEORGE STERLING Featured Conference Speakers STOCKTON SUNSET SYRACUSE TABIONA TAYLORSVILLE TOOELE [email protected] TOQUERVILLE TORREY TREMONTON TRENTON TROPIC UINTAH Council Member Dustin Member VERNAL VERNON VINEYARD VIRGIN WALES WALLSBURG From left to right: Gubernatorial candidates Spencer J. Cox, and Chris Peterson, WASHINGTON WASHINGTON TERRACE WELLINGTON WELLSVILLE Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, White, Roosevelt [email protected] WENDOVER WEST BOUNTIFUL WEST HAVEN WEST JORDAN WEST POINT SWEST G VALLEY CITY WILLARD WOODLAND HILLS WOODRUFF Jennie Taylor, Peter Kageyama, Rev. France Davis, Arthur Brooks, and Holly Richardson WOODS CROSS THE STRENGTH OF THE LEAGUE IS OUR MEMBERSHIP Provo [email protected] $57,365 [email protected] Council Member Marcia EARNED MEDIA PUBLICITY NEWS Council Member Tasha White, Ogden VALUE FOR ULCT DURING Lowery, Draper [email protected] Ex-Officio Board Members: 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION [email protected] Mayor Maile Wilson Treasurer Council Member Kari Edwards, Cedar City Mayor Len Arave, North Salt Lake Malkovich, Woodland Hills [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mayor Jeff Young, Utah Municipal Clerks Association President Council Member Tawnee Richmond City NEW AND IMPROVED ULCT WEB SITE 21 Colleen Mulvey, City of Cedar Hills Emails: 27.21% Growth in League email subscribers BOARD MEMBERS McCay, Riverton [email protected] [email protected] Showcasing Utah’s unique communities and ULCT useful resources REPRESENTING [email protected] f 399 Emails Sent (Feb 2020- Feb 2021) YOUR CITY OR TOWN Interim General Counsel, Roger O. Tew f 97 COVID Updates Sent f Events/Calendar f Conferences/Events [email protected] f Advocacy/Bill Tracking f Spotlight Features Daily Legislative Updates Sent f 65 f Training/Resource Library f News f 1,675 SMS Text Recipients f Land Use f Job Bank f 814,762 Email Recipients ULCT LEADERSHIP

ULCT President Mike Caldwell Ogden Mayor MEMBERSHIP [email protected] ENGAGEMENT STRENGTH THROUGH MEMBERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & MEDIA ULCT 1st Vice President Dawn Ramsey South Jordan Mayor VIRTUAL ANNUAL CONVENTION ULCT’s Board represents 8 Utah geographic areas. [email protected] SOCIAL & TRADITIONAL MEDIA UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS: ALPINE ALTA ALTAMONTR ALTON C AMALGA ULCT invites you to interact with your area board member to share policy AMERICAN FORK ANNABELLA ANTIMONY Twitter: 188 tweets with 142,993 views Hosted one of only 2 gubernatorial debates during the general APPLE VALLEY AURORA BALLARD BEAR RIVER BEAVER BICKNELL BIG WATER ideas and discuss issues from your community. BLANDING BLUFF BLUFFDALE BOULDER @ULCTCityCafe election cycle BOUNTIFUL BRIAN HEAD BRIGHAM CITY BRIGHTON BRYCE CANYON ULCT 2nd Vice President CANNONVILLE CASTLE DALE CASTLE Facebook: 5 star rating, 1624 likes, 1872 follows VALLEY CEDAR CITY CEDAR FORT Jeff Silvestrini CEDAR HILLS CENTERFIELDS CENTERVILLEL C CENTRAL VALLEY ULCT BOARD MEMBERS @UTLeague Participants including: 592 CHARLESTON CIRCLEVILLE CLARKSTON P CLAWSON C CLEARFIELD Millcreek Mayor 592 CLEVELAND G CLINTON SCOALVILLE CORINNE CORNISH ANNUAL CONVENTION COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS RDANIEL DELTA DEWEYVILLE DRAPER DUCHESNE DUTCH JOHN EAGLE MOUNTAIN EAST CARBON Council Member Jewel Mayor Erin Mendenhall, [email protected] YouTube: 22,800 Views ELK RIDGE ELMO ELSINORE ELWOOD EMERY ENOCH ENTERPRISE PARTICIPANTS EPHRAIM ERDA ESCALANTE VEUREKA FAIRFIELD FAIRVIEW FARMINGTON FARR WEST FAYETTE FERRON FIELDING FILLMORE Allen, Grantsville Salt Lake City Find at ulctTube FOUNTAIN GREEN FRANCIS FRUITP HEIGHTS GARDEN CITYR GARLAND 399 members from > 110 cities & towns GENOLA GLENDALE GLENWOODS GOSHEN GRANTSVILLE [email protected] [email protected] GREEN RIVER GUNNISON HANKSVILLE HARRISVILLE HATCH HEBER Podcast: 2,068 plays HELPER HENEFER E HENRIEVILLE HERRIMAN HIDEOUT HIGHLAND HILDALE HINCKLEY HOLDEN HOLLADAY HONEYVILLE HOOPER Mayor Andy Beerman, Mayor Emily Niehaus, HOWELL HUNTINGTON HUNTSVILLE HURRICANE HYDE PARK Utah City Managers #CitiesWork HYRUM INDEPENDENCE INTERLAKEN IVINS JOSEPH JUNCTION Park City Moab 29 COVID-19 related Town Halls with the Governor, Lt. Governor, KAMAS KANAB KANARRAVILLE KANOSH KAYSVILLE KINGSTON Association Representative KOOSHAREM LA VERKIN LAKETOWN LAYTON LEAMINGTON LEEDS [email protected] [email protected] Traditonal Media (March 2020 – March 2021) LEHI LEVAN LEWISTON LINDON LOA LOGAN LYMAN LYNNDYL Gary Hill Members of Congress, economists, and other leaders MANILA MANTI MANTUA MAPLETON MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE MARYSVALE MAYFIELD MEADOW MENDON MIDVALE MIDWAY Mayor Nick Castleton, Mayor Michele Randall, MILFORD MILLCREEK MILLVILLE MINERSVILLE MOAB MONA Bountiful City Manager f 1,116 Media Mentions (TV, Radio, Print + Online) Podcasts: 1948 plays over 12 months MONROE MONTICELLO MORGAN MORONI MT. PLEASANT MURRAY MYTON NAPLES NEPHI NEW HARMONY NEWTON NIBLEY Eureka, (Town St. George [email protected] NORTH LOGAN NORTH OGDEN NORTH SALT LAKE OAK CITY OAKLEY f Views of ULCT stories: 353,271,027 Annual Resource Virtual Library: workshops OGDEN ORANGEVILLE ORDERVILLE OREM PANGUITCH PARADISE Representative) [email protected] 55 PARAGONAH PARK CITY PAROWAN PAYSON PERRY PLAIN CITY PLEASANT GROVE PLEASANT VIEW PLYMOUTH PORTAGE PRICE [email protected] f Earned Publicity Value 29 PROVIDENCE PROVO RANDOLPH REDMOND RICHFIELD RICHMOND Council Member Clint $2,775,389 5i “Lunch with the League” webinars (Electronic Meetings, Land Use, RIVER HEIGHTS RIVERDALE RIVERTON ROCKVILLE ROCKY RIDGE Past-President TOWN HALLS FOR ROOSEVELT ROY RUSH VALLEY SALEM SALINA SALT LAKE CITY Mayor Julie Fullmer, Smith, Herriman SANDY SANTA CLARA SANTAQUIN SARATOGA SPRINGS SCIPIO Mike Mendenhall Powers and Duties, Rethinking Public Spaces, OPMA, GRAMA, Ethics) LOCAL LEADERS SCOFIELD SIGURD SMITHFIELD SNOWVILLE SOUTH JORDAN SOUTH OGDEN SOUTH SALT LAKE SOUTH WEBER SPANISH FORK Vineyard [email protected] Spanish Fork City Council SPRING CITY SPRINGDALEC C SPRINGVILLE ST. GEORGE STERLING Featured Conference Speakers STOCKTON SUNSET SYRACUSE TABIONA TAYLORSVILLE TOOELE [email protected] TOQUERVILLE TORREY TREMONTON TRENTON TROPIC UINTAH Council Member Dustin Member VERNAL VERNON VINEYARD VIRGIN WALES WALLSBURG From left to right: Gubernatorial candidates Spencer J. Cox, and Chris Peterson, WASHINGTON WASHINGTON TERRACE WELLINGTON WELLSVILLE Mayor Michelle Kaufusi, White, Roosevelt [email protected] WENDOVER WEST BOUNTIFUL WEST HAVEN WEST JORDAN WEST POINT SWEST G VALLEY CITY WILLARD WOODLAND HILLS WOODRUFF Jennie Taylor, Peter Kageyama, Rev. France Davis, Arthur Brooks, and Holly Richardson WOODS CROSS THE STRENGTH OF THE LEAGUE IS OUR MEMBERSHIP Provo [email protected] $57,365 [email protected] Council Member Marcia EARNED MEDIA PUBLICITY NEWS Council Member Tasha White, Ogden VALUE FOR ULCT DURING Lowery, Draper [email protected] Ex-Officio Board Members: 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION [email protected] Mayor Maile Wilson Treasurer Council Member Kari Edwards, Cedar City Mayor Len Arave, North Salt Lake Malkovich, Woodland Hills [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Mayor Jeff Young, Utah Municipal Clerks Association President Council Member Tawnee Richmond City NEW AND IMPROVED ULCT WEB SITE 21 Colleen Mulvey, City of Cedar Hills Emails: 27.21% Growth in League email subscribers BOARD MEMBERS McCay, Riverton [email protected] [email protected] Showcasing Utah’s unique communities and ULCT useful resources REPRESENTING [email protected] f 399 Emails Sent (Feb 2020- Feb 2021) YOUR CITY OR TOWN Interim General Counsel, Roger O. Tew f 97 COVID Updates Sent f Events/Calendar f Conferences/Events [email protected] f Advocacy/Bill Tracking f Spotlight Features Daily Legislative Updates Sent f 65 f Training/Resource Library f News f 1,675 SMS Text Recipients f Land Use f Job Bank f 814,762 Email Recipients UTAH LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS

ADVOCACY OPERATIONS 2020REPORT LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUMMARY OF FINANCES

In anticipation of a possibly tumultuous FY 2021, the League Board of Directors took several measures to 2021 Guided by our Policy Prism and legislative ensure financial sustainability. For the first time in at least the last decade,the League froze membership dues—our ADVOCACY, ENGAGEMENT, ULCT works each day to represent the interests of Utah’s principles, largest source of revenue—at the previous year’s levels, helping our members to brace for the unknown economic im- cities and towns. These are highlights of our accomplishments during the 2021 pact of the pandemic. Management froze staff salaries and established contingency funds for unforeseen costs that & OPERATIONS legislative session. could arise throughout the fiscal year. Established Love, Listen, Lead Task Force between the League and the Thanks to the fiscal responsibility of League leadership over the last four years, we have completed a series of clean Utah Chiefs of Police Association- worked on concepts that resulted in EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE audits and have renewed our commitment to transparency, compliance, and best practices. We have also increased 245 24 bills revenue from corporate sponsors by 25% during that time, including an increase this past year despite the lack of BILLS TRACKED LAST Partnered with the State of Utah and Wasatch Front Regional Council in-person events. We’ve also focused resources toward our core missions of legislative advocacy and training. This ULCT Advocacy, Engagement, and Operations Report LEGISLATIVE SESSION for historic infrastructure investment (HB 433) and coordinated planning We now look ahead to the “new normal” and how the League can continue perform at the levels our members ex- is a snapshot of League services for the year 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. Your investment in the League assures your city or town is represented around FrontRunner stations (SB 217) pect in a political environment increasingly hostile to local government. in a strong collective voice as policy is made at the state and federal level. Activated membership through daily emails, weekly updates, and For example, the scope and impact of the Utah State Legislature have doubled in the last decade. The Office of Leg- Your membership brings a wealth of resources to help manage and shape the legislative action calls (52 legislative emails sent to ULCT members) islative Research and General Counsel has doubled the number of attorneys since 2008 and the number of annual future of your community. While the past year has been challenging for us all, bills that ULCT has worked on since then has also doubled. During that same time, the ULCT legislative staff has only the League ramped up efforts to bring information, additional resources, and ULCT’S LEGISLATIVE PRINCIPLES Fought off more than20 bills that would have preempted local control, increased by the equivalent of one FTE. ULCT relies on our “extended family” of city managers and city attorneys but including land use authority over billboards, development fees, short- even new funding to your community. many of them are nearing retirement. COL term rentals, and permitting processes During the pandemic, ULCT: RE As such, the ULCT Board and management are examining how to best meet our long-term advocacy objectives. SPECT Increased virtual participation in weekly ULCT Legislative Policy LAB For the upcoming fiscal year, the Board will consider unfreezing the dues formula factors. The Board also will consider f Froze membership dues in April 2020 to minimize the impact on Committee meetings during legislative sessions with opportunities for ORA implementing a minimum dues amount to help fund the legal Q&A services previously provided by the retired David members at the peak uncertainty during the pandemic OUT weighted input from ALL Utah cities and towns COMES TION Church, which our smaller members utilize to the greatest extent. These steps will enhance the League’s financial sus- f Started regular COVID-19 town halls with then-Lt. Governor Advocated for federal and state legislation for COVID-19 recovery tainability and capacity to provide the services that our members expect. 248 Spencer Cox, Sen. Mitt Romney, and other key leaders (29 in all) working to assure entire 45% of CARES Act funding was shared with ULCT MEMBERS STRONG local government f Advocated successfully for every city and town to receive CARES Act dollars in the aggregate of $221 million (many states didn’t Maintain a clearinghouse on ULCT website of information on: f Property Evaluation share any money with their municipalities) How ULCT looks Intergovernmental Advocacy, State Resources, Federal Resources, (0.0000038%) at legislation COVID-19 Communications, Partner Organization Resources, Conducting f Population f Fought off legislation that would have preempted local control over billboards, permits, short-term through our Public Business, Communication Tools PROPOSED ULCT FY 2022 (0.022%) rentals, and development fees and found consensus on many public safety bills polic prism DUES COMPOSITION Enhanced data collection, engagement, and training fostering f Sales Tax Revenue I am proud to work with an exemplary board, outstanding staff, and the fine members of this organization. partnerships with USU, Utah Foundation, Y2Analytics, and more (00095%) We value your engagement. Afterall, the strength of the League is the membership- you! f $500 Minimum Sincerely,

Does it respect the traditional role of 40% 31% 28% 1% local government in solving a problem? Is the bill a one-size-fits all approach or 1 Does the bill result in an unfunded Cameron Brady Diehl 2 does it respect that every city is unique? 3 or unworkable mandate on cities?