Credit Hideout Utah
Residents of Hideout who organized a referendum on a controversial annexation into Summit County have obtained enough signatures to put the question on the ballot.
The vote is scheduled for June 22nd of 2021.
The Hideout Town Council on October 16
th voted to approve an annexation of 350 acres into the Richardson Flat area of Summit County. They also authorized their mayor to enter into a Town Center Development Agreement with businessman Nate Brockbank after a discussion where Brockbank suggested that residents could put his plan to the test with a referendum.
According to Hideout Town Attorney Polly McLean, a referendum needed signatures from 40 percent of the active voters the town had as of the beginning of 2020.