Chris Wharton

Context

Associated municipality: Salt Lake City.

Council Member, District 3. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Issues

• HF Sinclair Westline Connect pipeline expansion
• Wasatch Assembly housing demands
• Right-of-way construction signage requirement
• Expanding Housing Options Text Amendment - Raised institutional-buyer and displacement concerns; backed owner occupancy
• HF Sinclair Westline Connect pipeline expansion - Questioned the route
• Fiscal Year 2026-27 Property Tax Increase - Moved the final budget; acknowledged affordability concerns
• Capital Improvement Program - Opposed pausing the Item 31 restroom; supported full funding

Log

• 2026-08-18 - City Council Work Session - Voted against pausing Item 31 and for fully funding it at $568,000.

• 2026-08-18 - Community Reinvestment Agency - Seconded the minutes approval and the Library resolution; voted for all resolutions.

• 2026-08-11 - City Council Limited Formal Meeting - Moved Ordinance 45 (final budget) and acknowledged affordability concerns.

• 2026-10-20 - City Council Work Session - Raised concerns that the housing options proposal lacks owner-occupancy and affordability guardrails; captioned as Wooten.

• 2026-10-20 - City Council Formal Meeting - Moved the minutes; commenters thanked him for opposing the pipeline. Captioned as Warren on the consent agenda and signage motions (apparent).

• 2026-10-13 - City Council Work Session - Pressed HF Sinclair on why the route runs through the city's neighborhoods and watershed (captioned Warden), asked about a route avoiding the city, and moved to close the meeting for a closed session.

• 2026-10-13 - Community Reinvestment Agency - Voted in the closed-meeting roll call; no other remarks captioned. Presence assumed from the roll call.

• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.

• 2026-07-21 - City Council Formal Meeting - Absent.

• 2026-07-14 - City Council Work Session - Requested data on rentals' effect on housing and options to notify operators (Short-Term Rental Business License Ordinance).

• 2026-07-14 - Community Reinvestment Agency - Moved the minutes, Resolution 13 (Silo Park Development Tax Increment Reimbursement), Resolution 14 (Chenzo Disaster Relief Loan) and the Consent Agenda.

• 2026-06-11 - City Council Work Session - Present for the budget follow-up briefing.

• 2026-06-09 - City Council Limited Formal Meeting - Moved Resolution 11 of 2026 appointing Napier-Pearce (District Four Council Vacancy Appointment).

• 2026-06-09 - City Council Formal Meeting - Moved the Consent Agenda; voted for all items.

• 2026-06-09 - City Council Work Session - Voted for Jennifer Napier-Pearce in both rounds; moved to enter closed meeting.

• 2026-06-02 - LBA, CRA and Council Formal Meeting - Moved the March 10 minutes approval and the Consent Agenda; seconded the budget hearing referral.