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District 5 Council Member· 2026-2030

Denece Mikolash

Midvale City

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At a glance

News mentions
1

Term ending Dec 31, 2030.

Voice

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)

high↑Oct 2026[40]

Proposed Prohibition of Halfway Houses and Residential Reentry Centers

None anticipated directly from definitions.

medium↑Sep 2026[30]

Corner Lot Garage Setback Rules

Null

medium↑Oct 2026[20]

Zoning Code Alignment with State Appeal and Standing Laws

Reduces potential city expenditures on protracted administrative land use appeals.

critical↓May 2026[15]

Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Planning

Authorizes operating and capital expenditures across all city funds, including a General Fund budget of $24,179,095.

high↑Oct 2026[15]

Retail Theft and Response Times

Local businesses lose revenue due to unaddressed retail theft.

medium↓Feb 2026[14]

Main Street Economic Activation

Zero financial cost to the city.

high↓Sep 2026[10]

Business Loan Management

Involves public economic development funds directed toward local business support.

medium↓Sep 2026[10]

Craft Lake City Lease Agreement at the Art House

Involves lease terms and facility usage for community arts programming.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Trick-or-Treat Decoration Grant Program

Grants will be disbursed to ten participating local businesses from RDA funds.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Municipal Code Amendment for POD I Rights-of-Way

Null

high↑Oct 2026[10]

Waterline Agreement for Remington Midvale and AUA Midvale Townhomes

Infrastructure costs associated with private development water connections.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Salt Lake County Operations and Public Safety Update

County property tax rates and budget allocations affect all Midvale taxpayers.

high↑Oct 2026[10]

City Hall IT Server Outage

Costs associated with IT consulting and staff overtime to remediate the server failure.

high↓Jul 2026[10]

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.

high↑Sep 2026[10]

General Plan Land Use Element Update

The WFRC partnership provides consultant-level planning services at no upfront cost to the city.

high↓Aug 2026[10]

Jordan Bluffs Rights-of-Way and Street Network

Affects municipal infrastructure maintenance obligations and developer site design costs.

high↑Oct 2026[10]

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.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Zoning Code Administrative Review Updates

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Manufactured Home Standards Integration

high↑Jan 2026[9]

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.

Voting record (174)

171 yes3 no

Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.

Voted noSep 15, 2026

Denial of Ordinance No. 2026-O-29 (Private Street Sidewalk Standards)

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Table Ordinance No. 2026-O-30 (Rights-of-Way Elimination)

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Approval of Consent Agenda (September 1, 2026 Minutes)

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-51 (Policies and Procedures Manual Amendments)

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-52 (Board and Committee Assignments)

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Consent Agenda - Minutes of September 1, 2026

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-23RDA - Trick-or-Treat Decoration Grant Program

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-24RDA - Craft Lake City Property Lease Agreement

Voted yesSep 15, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-25RDA - Post Exchange LLC Business Loan Term Sheet

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

adopt Ordinance 2026-O-28, amending the fiscal year 2027 Midvale City Municipal Fee Schedule and Utility Rates.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Enter into a Closed Session to Discuss the Purchase, Exchange, or Lease of Real Property.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Move the Action Items to the Next Part of the Agenda.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Reconvene into Open Session.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Table Resolution No. 2026-R- 50 and Ordinance No. 2026-O-27 until a later date on or before the end of 2026.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

approve Ordinance No. 2026-O-26 Amending Utah State Code References in Title 17 of the Midvale Municipal Code as provided in the attachment, with the finding noted in the staff report.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Approve the Consent Agenda.

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Motion to Move Action Items

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Table Resolution No. 2026-R-50 and Ordinance No. 2026-O-27 (7001 S 900 E)

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Adopt Ordinance No. 2026-O-26 (Title 17 State Code References)

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Adopt Ordinance No. 2026-O-28 (FY 2027 Fee Schedule and Utility Rates)

Voted yesSep 1, 2026

Approve Consent Agenda (Minutes of August 18, 2026)

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Council Member Paul Glover MOVED to Approve the Consent Agenda.

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Council Member Denece Mikolash MOVED to suspend the rules and adopt Resolution No. 2026-R-45 authorizing the Mayor to Execute an Interlocal Agreement for Real Property Purchase and Sale with Sandy Cit

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Council Member Heidi Robinson MOVED to suspend the rules and adopt Resolution No. 2026-R-47, approving the first contract amendment with Quicksilver Inc. for execution of the 2022-2027 Concrete Repair

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Board Member Denece Mikolash MOVED to pass Resolution No. 2026-21RDA Providing Approval to Enter Into a Five-Year Contract with Craft Lake City to Produce the Annual LetterWest Conference.

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

CONSIDER RESOLUTION 2026-R-45 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE WITH SANDY CITY.

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Council Member Bonnie Billings MOVED to suspend the rules and approve Resolution No. 2026-R-46, approving the fifth contract amendment with Kilgore Contracting for execution of the 2022-2027 Pavement

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Board Member Paul Glover MOVED to approve the consent agenda.

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Approval of Consent Agenda

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-44: Second Amendment to The Aaron Development Agreement

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-45: Interlocal Agreement with Sandy City for Real Property

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-46: Fifth Contract Amendment with Kilgore Contracting

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-47: First Contract Amendment for Concrete Repairs

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Consider Minutes of July 21, 2026

Voted yesAug 18, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-21RDA: Five-Year Contract with Craft Lake City for LetterWest Conference

Voted yesAug 11, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-42: Public Safety Property Tax Rate

Voted yesAug 11, 2026

Council Member Heidi Robinson MOVED to Adopt Resolution No. 2026-R-42 Setting the Public Safety Property Tax Rate at 0.000266 on all Real and Personal Property in Midvale City for Calendar Year 2026.

Voted yesAug 11, 2026

Council Member Bryant Brown MOVED to Approve Resolution 2026-R-43, Approving the Operating and Capital Budgets for Midvale City, State of Utah, for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2027.

Voted yesAug 11, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-R-43: FY 2027 Operating and Capital Budgets

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Board Member Heidi Robinson MOVED to suspend the rules and pass Resolution No. 2026-20RDA Providing Consent to Enter Into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Utah Main Street Program.

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Board Member Heidi Robinson MOVED to approve the consent agenda.

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Table Ordinance No. 2026-O-25 (Duplex Rezone at 7500 S 700 E)

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Approval of Consent Agenda

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Approval of Consent Agenda

Voted yesJul 21, 2026

Resolution No. 2026-20RDA: Utah Main Street Program MOU

Voted yesJul 7, 2026

Board Member Bryant Brown MOVED to Suspend the Rules and Adopt Resolution No. 2026-19RDA authorizing the Chief Administrative Officer to execute an Amendment to the Loan Agreement between the Redevelo

Voted yesJul 7, 2026

Board Member Paul Glover MOVED to approve the consent agenda.

Voted yesJul 7, 2026

Board Member Heidi Robinson MOVED to Pass Resolution No. 2026-17RDA Approving the Amended Term Sheet for a Business Loan Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of Midvale City and Greek Streak Tav

Voted noJul 7, 2026

Deny Zone Map Amendment for 7036 S High Tech Drive

Voted yesJul 7, 2026

Approve Minutes of June 16, 2026

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