Orem Council RecordOrem City Council, in the open
Orem, Utah · 2015–2026

Everything the Orem City Council
has said and decided, in one place.

1,279 votes, 301 meetings and 562 hours of transcribed discussion. Every number links to the minutes page or the second of video it came from.

Decisions per meeting, 2026
1.9
-34% vs 2015–2025 average (2.8)
Split votes since 2015
90
12% of all decisions
Meetings on record
301
175 with full video transcripts
Hours of discussion transcribed
562
searchable, linked to the video

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Worth knowing

Longest regular meeting on record (2019-2026): 2024-12-10, 7.7 hours of speech.
Longest uninterrupted turn by a council member (not the chair): LaNae Millett, 10 min 30 s on 2024-05-14.
Most questions asked by one council member (not the chair) in one meeting: LaNae Millett, 86 on 2026-10-13.
Most decisions per meeting: 2022 (4.0); fewest: 2024 (1.86).
Most split votes in a year: 2015, 17 of 96 decisions.
Motions to table approval of meeting minutes: 3 since 2015, by LaNae Millett.
2022-2023 council: on split votes, Tom Macdonald and Terry Peterson never voted the same way (21 votes).
2026 council: on split votes, Jenn Gale and LaNae Millett never voted the same way (7 votes); Jenn Gale and Crystal Muhlestein never voted the same way (7 votes); Quinn Mecham and LaNae Millett never voted the same way (7 votes); Quinn Mecham and Crystal Muhlestein never voted the same way (7 votes).
The chair's share of elected officials' speaking time ranged from 40% (David Young, 2022) to 68% (Richard Brunst, 2020).
Most residents who introduced themselves at one meeting: 14 on 2023-08-01.
Short-term rentals: 50 discussion segments, 49 hours in all; the longest ran 170 minutes on 2025-04-08.
The minutes of the January 14, 2025 meeting took 84 days to approve: motions to table them passed on January 28 and March 11 (both moved by LaNae Millett); they were approved April 8.

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