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Utah County clerk elected to fill vacated county commissioner seat Amelia Powers Gardner and last updated 2021-04-24 20:09:56-04 UTAH COUNTY — A new member of the Utah County Commission was chosen Saturday. In a special election, Utah County Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers Gardner was selected by Utah County Republican Party delegates to fill the vacant seat left by former Commissioner Tanner Ainge. Ainge announced his resignation last month after learning that his Utah National Guard training would create a temporary vacancy on the commission. He intended to continue to perform his commiss...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Utah County delegates elected the first female county commissioner at the Utah County Convention on Saturday. Amelia Powers Gardner won 54.7% of the special election vote and, pending official action by the county's board of commissioners, she will fill the vacancy left by Tanner Ainge, who joined the governor's team earlier this year. "I just can't wait to get to work," Gardner said on Saturday, thanking Utah County "for your faith and confidence." She said she's both "humbled and honored to have been selected." Gardner's campaign aimed at preparing for the future g...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A Utah County clerk/auditor, despite a recent investigation which found that she sexually harassed a former employee, has been elected to be on the Utah County Commission, the first woman to do so, according to Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. A Utah County attorney found that Amelia Powers Gardner sexually harassed a former male employee in her office, violating policy, over his sexual orientation. According to the investigation by the Utah County Attorney’s Office, obtained by 2News through a public records request, Powers Gardner’s “comments as a supervis...

Deseret News Share this story Amelia Powers Gardner Utah County delegates elected the first female county commissioner at the Utah County Convention on Saturday. Amelia Powers Gardner won 54.7% of the special election vote and, pending official action by the county’s board of commissioners, she will fill the vacancy left by Tanner Ainge, who joined the governor’s team earlier this year. “I just can’t wait to get to work,” Gardner said on Saturday, thanking Utah County “for your faith and confidence.” She said she’s both “humbled and honored to have been selected.” Gardner�...