Cedar City (Utah) City Council minutes, 1873-1883; 1891-1896; 1900-

The minutes of the Cedar City city council summarize the discussions held at council meetings. The city council consists of the mayor and council members, who are responsible to exercise the community's legislative and executive powers (see Utah Code, Unannotated, 1991, 10-3-101, also Revised Ordinances, Cedar City, 1937, 5-50-68). The council, which meets twice monthly, is responsible for all aspects of city management, such as appointing city officials and setting their salaries, levying taxes, establishing a budget, maintaining public services and utilities, and regulating activity within the city. The city council manages city finances, and from 1900 to 1950 details of city expenditures were included in the city council minutes. The council regulates activities within the city, such as traffic, liquor sales, day care, and other commercial activity. Over the years the Cedar City city council has initiated and maintained many community improvements. These included an irrigationsystem, a slaughter house, school buildings, and a city hall during the 19th century. In the early 20th century, Cedar City erected telegraph lines, established a public library and gymnasium, installed new street lights, paved streets, and built a reservoir. The city council helped sponsor WPA projects in the 1930s and established a fire department. They worked to get a four year college in Cedar City in the 1940s. From 1939 to 1970 the council put much effort into the development of a municipal airport. In the later 20th century the city council lent support to the Shakespearean Festival, the construction of I-15, and the creation of the Iron Mission Museum. They established a planning commission in 1945, to assist in planning city development and in working on zoning ordinances and building codes. They established a redevelopment agency in 1980 to make and carry out plans for revitalizing downtown Cedar City.