The St. George City Council is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at City Hall, 61 South Main Street, to take up a Ledges housing-plan amendment and equipment and construction items quoted at more than $1.46 million. The session replaces the regular meeting that had been set for Oct. 15, which the city moved to Oct. 22.
Rescheduled Session
City Recorder Christina Fernandez posted on Oct. 9 that the regular meeting planned for 5 p.m. Oct. 15 would instead start at 5 p.m. Oct. 22 in the council chambers at City Hall. The city's public-notice listing also shows a work meeting at 4 p.m. Oct. 22. Fernandez issued an amended regular-meeting agenda on Oct. 20 that revises the staff explanation on the police-computer purchase at the top of the consent list.
Consent Calendar Costs
Staff has asked the council to approve a $398,149.31 order with Gov Connection, Inc. for replacement computers at the Police Department, paid with a fiscal 2026 COPS Technology and Equipment Program award and bought through Utah state contract MA4085. The agenda describes the order as part of a five-year cycle for city computers. A second item is a combination vacuum and hydro-excavation truck for the Water Services irrigation crew, quoted at $405,402.12 from Cate Equipment Company on a state contract. Those trucks let crews open ground for a water-line repair before standard utility locating, which the agenda says shortens outages and limits damage to other lines.
A $663,239.24 change order with Bonneville would add vehicle-service gear for six maintenance bays at the new Suntran transit building. The agenda says that cost already sits in the construction budget and that electrical capacity for the equipment was planned during design. The council is also set to consider an agreement to acquire 0.384 acres from the Annika Rinehart Trust, parcel SG-MVF-11-142-A. Staff wrote that part of the land lies in a federal floodway and across a city sewer easement, and that an encroachment created a compliance problem. In the proposed deal, the city would receive that strip, spend $5,000 to vacate an easement and adjust the subdivision plat, and leave the owners able to seek a permit for a detached garage outside the floodway, the floodplain and the sewer easement, while the parcel keeps its open-space zone and floodplain designation.
Another consent item is an installation contract with SISU Energy & Environmental, LLC for a Free Heat system at Millcreek II, where heat is used in emissions controls that limit nitrogen oxide. The agenda says the existing electric heater is nearing the end of its service life, and the new system would take process heat from hot turbine exhaust. The final consent item is a fence agreement with Washington County for tortoise fencing in Divario, on land next to the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, so the arrangement lines up with the habitat conservation plan. The agenda says the county has already adopted the agreement.
Zone Changes on the Agenda
Ordinance No. 2026-080 would amend the Fields at Mall planned commercial plan on about 2.24 acres north of Mall Drive and west of 2780 East for a three-story, 45,000-square-foot building for the Plastics Clinic at Riverbend Point. The general plan label for the site is commercial. The Planning Commission recommended approval 6-0 on Sept. 22, on the condition that a master sign plan for lots 5 through 8 be approved before any monument sign along Mall Drive.
Ordinance No. 2026-081 would amend the Ledges planned residential zone on about 1,108 acres on both sides of Highway 18 by shifting where already approved homes may be placed. The agenda says the total number of allowed dwellings would not rise. The Planning Commission recommended approval 6-0 on Sept. 22 with no conditions after 20 public comments.
Ordinance No. 2026-082 would revise the Rusty Cliffs South traditional-neighborhood plan on about 49.3 acres on the east side of Highway 18, between 4100 North and 4400 North. The council placed that property in a planned traditional-neighborhood zone in January 2026. The revised plan lowers density and drops commercial space, live-work units and stacked apartments. The Planning Commission recommended approval 5-0 on Sept. 22 after one neighboring owner spoke. The agenda also lists appointments to city boards, reports from the mayor, council members and the city manager, and a request for a closed session on litigation, security, a property deal, or an individual's competence or health.
