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 â 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 commission duties remotely, but he failed to file a notice required by state law that would have allowed him to do so. Ainge was also appointed as a board member of the Utah Governorâs Office of Economic Development the same day he announced his resignation.
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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.
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Lt. Gov. Henderson blasts Utah Co. Commission for insane power grab
Henderson says calls the move âinsaneâ and an inappropriate consolidation of power.
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By: The Salt Lake Tribune
Posted at 11:59 AM, Apr 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-01 13:59:13-04
PROVO, Utah â Utah County commissioners have claimed greater control of the countyâs $100 million budget with a swift maneuver that high-ranking state officials have decried as a power grab that wipes away important checks and balances on government spending.
The proposal â which stripped budget oversight away from the independently elected county clerk/auditor and shifted it to the commission instead â passed 2-0 during a Wednesday meeting after commissioners explained they wanted a more direct pipeline for information about the countyâs financial future.