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During Wednesday’s County Commission meeting, commissioners approved a salary increase for the county’s elected officials. The update was approved unanimously by all three commissioners. The county attorney’s salary will now be $208,700, the sheriff’s salary is $177,695, commissioners will receive $166,960 and the remaining elected officials’ salaries will be $156,525. Currently, the county is behind […]

The Utah County Commission on Wednesday rejected a proposal from Aaron Davidson, county clerk, to restructure his office following the departure of two merit-level employees in recent months. Davidson sought a change in his office, moving from an elections director to a chief deputy. A motion to move forward with the change was made by […]

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Utah County commissioners approved a proposal to raise their salaries by about $11,000 along with raises for other elected officials.

The Utah County Commission approved salary increases of about $11,000 along with raises for other elected officials. They say the raises are meant to help bring pay up to market level.

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The Utah County Commission consolidated the two offices in 1989, reasoning that the workload at the time did not require paying two full-time elected officials to handle the duties of the two offices.

The Utah County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance in a 2-1 vote to separate the offices of Utah County Clerk and Utah County Auditor for the first time in 32 years on Wednesday.

The Utah County Commission, on Wednesday, discussed adjusting the pay of elected county officials over the next few years, including reducing the commissioner salary by more than a third. A proposal discussed Wednesday, put forward for discussion by Commissioner Tanner Ainge, would reduce the salary for the three commissioners, which was $111,039 in 2020, to $78,500. The proposal lists three ways this could happen: an “immediate change” that goes into effect in 2021, an “immediat...