In short
The city toy drive runs December 1 to 15 at City Hall, and the Santa parade is December 23 at 9 a.m. Sidewalks must be cleared within 24 hours of a storm ending, and the city asks residents not to park in the street or push snow into it. Parks and Recreation signups for pickleball, soccer, and baseball and softball all open January 1. The city’s largest current project, a 10 million gallon secondary water reservoir at 2700 S. off Bluff Road, is 95% excavated and due to finish by the end of summer 2024.
Dates and deadlines
- December 1 to 15 City toy drive. New, unwrapped toys in the bin inside City Hall, for local students ages 5 to 12.
- December 4 RSVP deadline for the senior bus trip to “White Christmas,” 801-614-9660 option 1.
- December 4, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Holiday Harmony, stories and Syracuse Jazz Band music, Syracuse Branch Library, all ages, free.
- December 6 and December 12, 6 p.m. City Council regular meetings at City Hall, in person, by Zoom, or on YouTube.
- December 12 Last day for the West Davis Chamber food and supply drive. Drop-offs at Glen Eagle Golf Club, 3176 W. 1700 S., or Rentmeister Total Home Service, 1956 W. 2250 S.
- December 16, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Extended Post Office hours.
- December 18 to 21, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Extended Post Office hours. Do not leave packages unattended in the lobby.
- December 18, 7:30 p.m. Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band holiday concert at Syracuse High School, with Santa and the Grinch from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
- December 19 Senior book club at the Syracuse Library, 2 p.m.; senior bus trip to CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, $25, bus leaves 6:30 p.m.; RSVP by noon for the December 27 senior lunch.
- December 20 Second term ends in all schools. No school December 21 through January 3 for winter break.
- December 23, 9 a.m. Syracuse Santa Parade.
- December 27, 12 p.m. Seniors lunch and bingo, beef and broccoli, $3.
- December 30 Letters of interest due for the Arts Council’s July 2024 NEWSIES production team, [email protected].
- January 1, 2024 Registration opens for the pickleball league, spring soccer, and baseball and softball. Pickleball opens January 8 for non-residents.
- January 8, 2024 Christmas tree pick up. Trees on the curb by 6 a.m., decorations off, on top of any snow.
- January 21, 2024 Pickleball registration closes, or sooner if leagues fill.
- February 18, 2024 Spring soccer registration closes.
- March 17, 2024 Baseball and softball registration closes.
- April 1, 2024 Green waste collection resumes.
Everything else
Snow and winter
- Snow and ice must be cleared from sidewalks within 24 hours of each storm’s end. Do not park in the street so plows can work (Ordinance 11-20-050) and do not push snow into the street (Ordinance 4-5-160C). Violators can be fined.
- Public Works asks residents to shovel early and often, take breaks, and skip salt and commercial ice melt, which can reach the water supply and irritate pets’ paws. Kitty litter and sand give traction but do not melt ice.
City projects and utilities
- The secondary water reservoir at 2700 S. off Bluff Road is the city’s largest project by acreage and cost. Total estimated cost is $12,846,726, funded by the secondary water bond, impact fees, and the secondary water utility fund, with a $2,000,000 Bureau of Reclamation Drought Resiliency Grant and a $2,000,000 cost reduction negotiated with the contractor.
- Green waste season ended November 30. From December 1 through the end of March, green waste containers may be used for regular household waste.
City Council
- At its November 14, 2023 meeting the council annexed about 132 acres on 3000 West between 1700 and 2700 South and set zoning, amended the General Plan Map at 2425 W 2700 S from low-density to medium-density residential, adopted resolutions amending the 2023-2024 budget and wage scale, adopted personnel policy edits for the Battalion Chief position, and amended the contracting policy on signing grant agreements.
- Agendas and meeting notices are available through the city’s Notify Me list at syracuseut.gov/list.aspx.
New businesses the city listed
- Connections Counseling (counseling, 801-888-4990), Jack in the Box (restaurant, 801-825-7873), JDB Law PLLC (law firm, 801-923-2355), Graveyard Performance LLC (automotive, 801-769-6929), Legally Blonde & Co. (hair salon, 801-825-7873), Qing’s Balance Massage LLC (801-389-0588), and Scenthound (dog grooming, 801-784-1155). No addresses were given.
Recreation
- Pickleball league play is at the Community Center: 3.0 skill level Mondays 9:30 to 11 a.m., 3.5 skill level Wednesdays 9:30 to 11 a.m.
- Drop-in adult fitness classes continue at the Community Center, first class free: Step It Up Mondays and Fridays 9 a.m., Pump It Up Tuesdays 9 a.m., High Fitness Thursdays 9 a.m., and yoga for ages 50+ Tuesdays and Thursdays 8 a.m.
- Paint nights continue February 2 and March 8, and kids painting classes February 3 and March 9.
City services
- Passport applications are processed at City Hall by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., call 801-825-1477. Forms, photos, and payment must be complete before 4 p.m. for same-day acceptance; fees are by check or money order to the U.S. Department of State.
- Road, street light, park, water, garbage, and code concerns can be reported through the Report a Concern icon on the city website. Job openings and alerts are under Government, Employment Opportunities.
- Community Center winter hours are Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., closed Sunday. The City Museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 2 to 5 p.m.
Community and history
- The mayor writes that giving has measurable effects on both the giver and the receiver, that volunteering unifies a community, and that pooling resources now builds trust and teamwork the city would need in a natural disaster, economic hardship, or safety crisis.
- An employee spotlight covers Celeste Hopkins, the Syracuse Police Department’s victim advocate of four years, who completed a master’s degree at Weber State University this year and received the Salt Lake City Police Department Chief’s Special Recognition Award in August 2023 for work on strangulation protocol.
- A local history feature traces the Steed Family Farm, settled in Davis County in the 1860s as a remote place to practice polygamy, later 175 acres with a two-story, 11-room manor house built in 1901. It housed Japanese farm workers before World War II, was rented by the Ogden Arsenal during the war to feed munitions workers, and was used by the Job Corps as an agricultural training site in the 1960s and 70s. The original home was removed for a housing development, but the manor house remains and the State Historic Preservation Office documented the property in 2018.
- The Arts Council thanked the cast, crew, and families of its Seussical Jr. production.
Nearby, listed in the events calendar
- Ogden’s Christmas Village runs December 1 to January 1, 5 to 10 p.m., in downtown Ogden. Clearfield hosts a community choir concert December 2 and a community band concert December 16.
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