City Newsletter: July 2024

Dates and deadlines

• July 2 to July 5 Class C fireworks may be discharged between 11 AM and 11 PM, with July 4 hours extended to midnight. None in parks or on city property.
• July 4 City Hall and the Community Center closed. Garbage pickup runs one day late for the rest of the week.
• July 9 City Council regular business meeting, 6 PM at City Hall.
• July 16 Senior book club.
• July 17 Free hot dog grill-out with the police department, 12 PM at the Syracuse Island Splash Pad.
• July 22 Centennial Park closed, including the splash pad, Chloe’s Sunshine Playground, and the parking lots. For the Davis County Library, park in the stalls closest to the library or at the Community Center.
• July 22 to July 25 Class C fireworks may be discharged between 11 AM and 11 PM, with July 25 hours extended to midnight.
• July 23 The City Council work session is canceled. Centennial Park reopens, but part of the parking lot south of the police station and the area and sidewalks just east of it stay closed that day.
• July 24 City Hall and the Community Center closed. Garbage pickup follows the normal schedule that week.
• July 31 Senior lunch and bingo.
• September 22 Junior Jazz Basketball registration deadline, first session.
• October 27 Junior Jazz Basketball registration deadline, second session.
• December 31 at 11 AM to January 1 at 11 PM Class C fireworks may be discharged.

Everything else

Scams

• The city warns about contractor scams, which it says often target neighborhoods in summer with unusually low prices or claims of leftover materials from a nearby job. Some take payment and then do poor work or disappear. Read more

City Council

• The city posted a summary of significant actions taken at the June 11, 2024 regular business meeting. Read more

Water and public works

• Connecting a sprinkler system to culinary water is illegal and a public health hazard. If it happens, the city will shut off the entire secondary water system and prosecute the violator. Public Works offers free inspections at 801-825-7235, or submit an online fix-it request.
• Public Works also covered the secondary water reservoir, storm water, and tree pruning: branches must clear 7 feet over a sidewalk and 13.5 feet over the street. Read more

Recreation

• Registration is open for Junior Jazz Basketball in two sessions, with divisions from kindergarten through 12th grade. Recreation registration
• Adult fitness classes: Step It Up at 9 AM Mondays and Fridays, Pump It Up resistance training at 9 AM Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Senior Yoga at 8 AM Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Seniors

• July senior activities include Think Tuesday games on Tuesdays and pickleball and yoga on Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus book club July 16 and lunch and bingo July 31. Learn more

City projects

• Construction has begun on Fire Station 32 and a groundbreaking ceremony was held. Read more
• Local development projects are mapped on the city’s Google Earth map.

New businesses

• The city welcomed Thurgood Creamery, an ice cream shop at 2432 W 1700 S B1, 385-442-9996, and an Easterseals-Goodwill express donation center at 1761 S Bluff Ridge Drive #108.

Preparedness

• The Disaster Preparedness Committee wrote about planning for pets in an emergency, after a blackout kit, 72-hour kit, and two weeks of water. Read more

Yard awards

• Nominations are open for the Beautiful Yard Award. Nomination form

City staff

• The employee spotlight is Master Officer Garret Schenck of the police department, recently named Employee of the Year. He has more than 17 years in law enforcement, including 15 with the Layton Police Department, and has served as a detective and field training officer.

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