City Council Meeting - January 13, 2026

Meeting Summary

The January 13, 2026 Lehi City Council meeting was among the first regular sessions under the city's new leadership following the November 2025 municipal elections, which brought Mayor Paul Binns and new council members Rachel Freeman and James Harrison to office. The council also confirmed the appointment of Emily Lockhart to fill the vacancy left by Council Member Paige Albrecht, who resigned in December 2025. The newly constituted council made history as the first in Lehi to have four women and one man serving simultaneously on the five-member body. Among the substantive items, the council recognized the Lehi Police Department's Special Victims Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children (SVU/ICAC) team, which received the 2025 Commander's Award – Affiliate Agency of the Year from the Utah Attorney General's Office ICAC Task Force during the pre-council session. The award acknowledged the department's work investigating online crimes against children. The council also took up an amendment to the city's Impact Fees Facilities Plan, which governs how development fees collected from builders are directed toward public infrastructure projects. Two Development Code amendments were considered as well — one updating rules around Concept Plans (Chapter 11) and another revising Definitions (Chapter 39) to align city code with current practice. Three appointments were confirmed, filling seats on the PARC Tax Committee, the Lehi Library Board of Directors, and the Lehi City Parks, Trails and Trees Committee. All business was conducted at the new Lehi Civic Center, a $22 million, 60,000-square-foot complex that opened in late 2025 and houses new council chambers, a public library, community rooms, and city administrative offices.