Utah County Commission rescinds budget staff change
April 8, 2021
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PROVO, Utah (AP) The Utah County Commission has rescinded a budget staff change after the move was criticized by various state and county officials.
The decision occurred on Wednesday after the county commission had moved budget staff from under the Utah County Clerk and Auditor s Office to under the commission s control more than a week prior, The Daily Herald reported.
The commission had also designated Utah County Budget Manager Rudy Livingston as the Utah County Budget Officer, a position that would be overseen by the commission.
Several officials criticized the moves and said they eroded the separation of powers, including Utah County Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers Gardner, State Auditor John Dougall, multiple state lawmakers and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson.
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In this screenshot taken from the Utah County Government’s YouTube channel, Utah County Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers Gardner, inset, urges Utah County commissioners Bill Lee and Tom Sakievich not to vote to move budget oversight out of her office, blasting them for proposing such a “major” structural change with barely 24 hours notice. The commissioners voted soon after to approve the change in the public meeting on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.
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High-ranking state officials as well as local leaders from Utah County are seething at a Wednesday vote by county commissioners to sweep budget oversight away from the county’s independently elected clerk/auditor and place it solely under the commission.