Elevate, Inspire, and Inform the Cedar Valley Community
Stay informed on the policies, decisions, and leadership shaping Cedar Valley. In this section, we cover updates from city councils, state representatives, mayoral communications, and government agencies that serve Eagle Mountain, Lehi, Saratoga Springs, Cedar Fort, and Fairfield.
The Eagle Mountain City Council on June 16th, 2020 will be discussing the possibility of the annexation of approximately 204.69 acres. The process of annexation will incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city. In this case, the acreage will be moved from the jurisdiction of Utah County…
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During the June 2, 2020, Eagle Mountain City Council meeting, Councilmember Burnham expressed her public support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After some technical difficulties and comments from the Mayor and other City Council members, Burnham made the following statement. The transcript of the video is below. I don’t usually do this, but every…
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To help with social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Eagle Mountain City is changing the way that it handles public input for public meetings. This is done in compliance to the Executive Order issued by the Governor of Utah. “Public meetings will be held electronically in accordance with Executive Order 2020-1 Suspending the Enforcement of…
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Paul Jerome, a 19 year resident of Eagle Mountain, is one of the 78 full-time city employees that keep the infrastructure running in Eagle Mountain. Paul wears several hats. He currently has two roles with the City. He is the Assistant City Administrator as well as the Finance Director. Each role has different responsibilities and…
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There are so many types of government that it can be very confusing. Is Eagle Mountain a Republic, Democracy, Constitutional Republic, Constitutional Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, or maybe another type of government. City government is different, in that it is the 4th government in the line of governing bodies. We have the Federal, State, County…
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Let me lay down a little ground work before I voice my opinion and discuss a topic that I think the city should address. Firstly, lets talk about the Dark Skies Ordinance. Eagle Mountain city has a Dark Skies Ordinance that was approved by the City Council in 2014. The city website states this about…
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