Planning commission elects chair and vice chair; approves minutes and site-plan findings

The Murray City Planning Commission on Jan. 16 elected Michael Richards as chair and Pete Heristo as vice chair for 2025 and approved administrative business including the findings of fact for the Utah Woolen Mills site plan review and the minutes of Dec. 19, 2024.

The nominations for chair and vice chair were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; commissioners present recorded their votes in the roll call as “yes.” Chair Michael Richards was not present at the meeting, the commission noted.

The commission approved findings of fact and conclusions recommended by staff for the Utah Woolen Mills site-plan review. The motion to approve the findings and the motion later to approve the Dec. 19, 2024 minutes both passed on voice/roll-call votes with all voting members in the affirmative.

Why it matters: organizational votes set who will lead the commission’s public hearings and agenda-setting for the year; approval of findings of fact and minutes is a routine but required step that clears matters for finalization and public record.

The commission’s actions took place at the start of the meeting before substantive land-use items; there was no debate recorded on the organizational nominations and the minutes approval was routine. Members who participated in roll-call votes recorded “aye” for each of the items listed above and the record shows no opposed or abstaining votes.