Councilmember· 2024-2028
Joseph Prete
Hurricane City
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- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 1:49:37
- Avg per meeting
- 7:18
- Segments
- 1814
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Top issues during term (9)(Development)
New City Hall and Police Station CMGC Selection
Up to $27,000,000 in bond financing, repaid via annual lease appropriations without property tax hikes.
Industrial Expansion
Estimated $15 to $20 million private investment with high-wage local jobs.
Sky Mountain PDO Density and Infrastructure
Impacts developer costs and future city infrastructure maintenance expenses.
Desert's Edge at Sky Mountain Subdivision Engineering Challenges
Will generate increased property tax revenues and infrastructure connection fees for the city.
Strawberry Field Estates Subdivision
Expands the city's housing stock and property tax base significantly.
Exit 19 Infrastructure Improvements
The project is estimated to cost approximately $1.48 million.
Surplus Land Disposal
Selling these parcels could generate one-time revenue for the city.
affordable housing
If these plans work, it could stabilize your monthly rent or mortgage payments by increasing the overall housing supply.
Resort Expansion Infrastructure
The developer is responsible for all associated construction and impact fees.
Moved or seconded (5)
Motions Prete personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedpassed2026-04-16
Approve 35-Day Extension for Sand Hollow Mesa Development Agreement
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-04-16
go into closed session at 7:10 p.m. to discuss litigation, acquisition of land and water, and negotiation of a development agreement.
- movedpassed2026-04-16
adjourn at 8:40 p.m.
- movedpassed2026-04-02
Continuance of Zone Change ZC26-05
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- movedpassed2026-04-02
Joseph Prete motioned to adjourn at 8 p.m.
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Prete was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of Revisions to Andrew Hall Development Agreement
First Amendment to Sand Hollow Mesa Development Agreement and Settlement Agreement
Approval of Development Agreement for ZC25-21 (Zone Change to Light Industrial M-1)
Approval of 30-Day Extension for Sand Hollow Mesa Development Agreement
Approve 35-Day Extension for Sand Hollow Mesa Development Agreement
Voting record (4)(Development)
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First Amendment to Sand Hollow Mesa Development Agreement and Settlement Agreement
Drew Ellerman motioned to approve the Development Agreement for ZC25-21, a proposed zone change on 7.27 acres located at 2300 S and 1100 W from Residential Agricultural RA-0.5 to Light Industrial M-1
Approval of Development Agreement for ZC25-21 (Zone Change to Light Industrial M-1)
Expressed concern about industrial encroaching on residential in the center of town.