Phil Bondurant, the director of the Health Department, will ask the County Council to allow for the hiring of a full-time epidemiologist rather than continue with a temporary employee model for the post.
Summit County Planning Department staff praised East Side landowners for their forward-thinking endeavor to create a new town near Hoytsville that some hope will serve as a model for similar projects in the future.
On March 30, Summit County officials rescinded the state of emergency declaration they issued more than two years ago in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Summit County officials advocated for lawmakers to protect local government control at the start of the Utah legislative session in January, and with its conclusion, some of the biggest bills to emerge appear to do…