Uintah County voters turn down council-manager government in early results

Uintah County

Uintah County voters were rejecting Proposition 9, which asked whether the county should adopt the council-manager form of government as recommended in the proposed optional plan. With all 29 precincts partially reported at 10:31 p.m. Tuesday, 6,086 votes, or 66.14%, were against and 3,116, or 33.86%, were for. ^[3][4]

Washington County city taxes

Three Washington County sales tax questions were city measures, not countywide ones. The county's count, last updated at 12:23 a.m. Wednesday, did not list any precincts as fully reported. ^[1][2]

Washington City Proposition 5, an added 0.67% emergency services sales tax, for 1.0% total in that tax, had 4,651 yes votes, or 63.14%, and 2,715 no votes. The ballot says the City Council has expressed its intent to cut the city's share of property taxes by 50% if it passes, subject to Truth-in-Taxation rules. ^[1][2]

Santa Clara Proposition 3, a sales tax of up to 1.0% for emergency services including fire protection and ambulance service, was narrowly failing, with 827 votes, or 50.67%, against and 805, or 49.33%, for. ^[1][2]

Virgin Town Proposition 4, an added 0.5% in the town's resort communities sales tax, had 130 votes, or 63.41%, for and 75 against. ^[1][2]

Sanpete County and Snyderville Basin

Sanpete County Proposition 11, a sales tax of up to 1% that the county described as funding an E911 system and other healthcare and emergency services, had 3,113 votes, or 55.07%, against and 2,540, or 44.93%, for in a partial count. ^[5][6]

The Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District's bond of up to $71 million, for recreational facilities, trails and open space, had 2,292 votes, or 53.76%, against and 1,971, or 46.24%, for in Summit County's first count on election night, which included only 4,263 votes on the question. The district's notice estimated the property tax at an average of $120.94 a year on a $1,000,000 primary residence and $219.90 a year on a business property of the same value over 20 years, and said the figures are estimates, not limits. ^[7][8]

Summit County had not posted newer results on the state site as of about noon Wednesday, and Sanpete's count was also partial, so these two results could change. Results are unofficial until the county canvass, held Nov. 10-17, and the statewide canvass on Nov. 23. ^[9]