Meeting records through Oct. 13, 2026Approved minutes through Oct. 6, 20262 meetings use draft minutes7 agenda-based meetings have unresolved itemsCoverage and sources →
Topics recorded in the most recent 24 collected meetings. Counts describe meeting mentions, not a survey of residents or a finding that an issue is resolved.
Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Sandy's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
Money in the record
grant: amount not given — Grant for the intersection project; amount not stated Record → · Aug. 18, 2026
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
No approval or denial linked in the records collected.
Money in the record
fee: $1.50 — Staff-recommended storm water rate increase per equivalent residential unit per month (range proposed $1.20 to $1.50) Record → · Jan. 31, 2023
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
Approved: Interlocal agreement with Salt Lake County for the special bond election · Approved minutes Record → · Sept. 29, 2026
Money in the record
contract: $14,448 — Good-faith estimate for 2026 special bond election services Record → · Sept. 22, 2026
Signed agreement and payments
Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.
Work and operating costs
Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →
The interest rate and annual debt service the bonds would carry if issued. The ballot proposition sets a 21-year maximum term and an estimated tax cost, but the records reviewed give no rate or debt service schedule.
When the 2015 bonds were formally redeemed and how much of Sandy's debt remains today. The FY2025 report gives the Dec. 17 deposit but no redemption date or current debt total.
On Aug. 11, 2026, motions for a $30 million and a $21 million ballot amount each failed 3-4 before the council adopted the $30 million resolution 6-1 on reconsideration. At the Sept. 22 hearing, the finance director projected about $5 a month for the average home.
Sandy's FY2025 audited report lists $112,760,737 in long-term obligations, down $5,946,965 from a year earlier. In December 2025, council minutes recorded that Hale Centre Theatre was paying off its bond obligation early.
Eide Bailly gave Sandy an unmodified opinion for the year ended June 30, 2025, but reported a material weakness tied to audit adjustments and a prior-year restatement, and a Recreation Fund that spent about $5,000 more than its final budget. The general fund's opening balance was restated upward by $1,339,323.
Eide Bailly gave Sandy City an unmodified opinion on its fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. The general fund ended at $9,493,192 as originally reported, later restated to $10,832,515, and the redevelopment agency fund at $45,798,200.
The council rejected the development agreement in September before revising its rental restrictions.
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The stadium in Sandy where the Royals play, shown in April 2016 when it was named Rio Tinto Stadium. File photo. Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Six matches remain for Real Salt Lake, which faces the coach who managed Pablo Mastroeni at the 2002 World Cup as Ari Piol returns early from a torn Achilles.
California closed Irvine-based Nano Banc on September 25 and appointed the FDIC as receiver. Sandy, Utah-based Sunwest Bank agreed to assume substantially all deposits and purchase selected assets. Sunwest says customer access continues and the branch is scheduled to reopen under its name September 28.
Of 146 development, road and policy items tracked, 8 are awaiting a decision and had a meeting or update in the past 12 months. Another 11 are still open but have had no recorded action in over a year.
The agenda schedules Canyon Gate reconsideration, water-plan adoption on consent, and informational Justice Court and recreation-center updates. General citizen comment starts no earlier than 6 p.m.
The October 13 draft minutes record unanimous approval of consent items, including the station-area impracticability determination, police property transfer and October 6 minutes.
