District 5 Council Member· 2026-2030
Denece Mikolash
Midvale City
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- Meetings spoken in
- 30
- Total speaking time
- 51:25
- Avg per meeting
- 1:43
- Segments
- 1032
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Top issues during term (20)
Proposed Prohibition of Halfway Houses and Residential Reentry Centers
None anticipated directly from definitions.
Corner Lot Garage Setback Rules
Null
Zoning Code Alignment with State Appeal and Standing Laws
Reduces potential city expenditures on protracted administrative land use appeals.
Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Planning
Authorizes operating and capital expenditures across all city funds, including a General Fund budget of $24,179,095.
Retail Theft and Response Times
Local businesses lose revenue due to unaddressed retail theft.
Main Street Economic Activation
Zero financial cost to the city.
Business Loan Management
Involves public economic development funds directed toward local business support.
Craft Lake City Lease Agreement at the Art House
Involves lease terms and facility usage for community arts programming.
Trick-or-Treat Decoration Grant Program
Grants will be disbursed to ten participating local businesses from RDA funds.
Municipal Code Amendment for POD I Rights-of-Way
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Waterline Agreement for Remington Midvale and AUA Midvale Townhomes
Infrastructure costs associated with private development water connections.
Salt Lake County Operations and Public Safety Update
County property tax rates and budget allocations affect all Midvale taxpayers.
City Hall IT Server Outage
Costs associated with IT consulting and staff overtime to remediate the server failure.
LetterWest Conference Hosting
Involves annual grants ranging from $56,650 in 2028 to $63,760 in 2032, paid out of the Main Street Events & Promotion budget.
General Plan Land Use Element Update
The WFRC partnership provides consultant-level planning services at no upfront cost to the city.
Jordan Bluffs Rights-of-Way and Street Network
Affects municipal infrastructure maintenance obligations and developer site design costs.
Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Halfway Houses
You might see a slight uptick in your household budget for goat feed and specialized fencing, but there's no direct tax impact.
Zoning Code Administrative Review Updates
Manufactured Home Standards Integration
downtown revitalization
There are no direct costs associated with the MOU.
Moved or seconded (1)
Motions Mikolash personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- movedpassed2026-01-06
Resolution No. 2026-01RDA: Saltfire Brewing Co. Loan Amendment
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
Decisions during term (202)
Recorded while Mikolash was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of September 23-26, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Recommendation of Denial for Halfway House Zoning Prohibition
Recommendation of Approval for Appeal Standing Code Amendment
Approval of Minutes
Adopt Ordinance 2026-O-31 for Corner Lot Garages
Consent Agenda Approval
Appoint Mike Edwards to Planning Commission
Appoint Rebecca Pipkin to Planning Commission
Table Resolution 2026-R-54
Approval of August 26, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Zoning Code Text Amendment for Corner Lot Garages
Adjournment
Review and Approval of Minutes from the August 26, 2026 Meeting.
Consent Agenda - Minutes of September 1, 2026
Resolution No. 2026-23RDA - Trick-or-Treat Decoration Grant Program
Resolution No. 2026-24RDA - Craft Lake City Property Lease Agreement
Resolution No. 2026-25RDA - Post Exchange LLC Business Loan Term Sheet
Consider Minutes of September 1, 2026 — [Rori Andreason, HR Director/City Recorder]
Denial of Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 (Private Street Sidewalk Standards)
Table Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 (Rights-of-Way Elimination)
Voting record (174)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.