Utah County commissioners rescind move to assume all budgeting power kjzz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kjzz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Deseret News By Kellie Baxter
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
It was alarming how quickly the Utah County Commission voted to give itself more power over the budget (“Fireworks fly in Utah County over commission’s ‘power grab’ of budgetary oversight,” April 1). The agenda item was added at the last minute, surprising employees and the public. Numerous state lawmakers spoke against the change online. Public comments during the meeting opposed the change. Why was this decision rushed despite notable opposition?
The way Commissioners Bill Lee and Tom Sakievich handled this shows a lack of transparency, leadership and communication. You should never blindside your employees because you were “busy with other matters.” If you don’t have time to sit down with your employees to discuss it first, don’t put it on the agenda. There are a lot of unanswered questions that the commissioners should answer for their constituents: Where is the documentation that the Cl
Utah County commissioners back down from budgetary oversight change decried as power grab ksl.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ksl.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Salt Lake Tribune journalists join this week’s KCPW news roundup.
(Steve Griffin | Tribune file photo) David Robinson, then a Republican candidate for Salt Lake County mayor, talks with The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board in 2017. Robinson, while working as an unofficial communication director for the county Republican Party, is accused by more than half a dozen women of harassment, name-calling, body-shaming and other inappropriate behavior.
| April 1, 2021, 8:49 p.m.
At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Bethany Rodgers, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke, join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.
Utah County commissioners take over budget oversight from the clerk/auditor, drawing complaints of a power grab sltrib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sltrib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.