Davis County is governed by a three-member elected Board of Commissioners serving four-year, overlapping terms. Under state statute the board holds the county's executive and legislative powers and also serves as the property tax Board of Equalization. Other elected officers include the attorney, clerk, controller, recorder, surveyor, treasurer, assessor and sheriff. Davis County: Commission ↗
The commission levies taxes, adopts ordinances and makes policy for more than 300,000 residents, approves the adoption and amendment of the budget, and has general oversight to ensure compliance with county rules and ordinances. Davis County: Commission ↗
Davis County's 2024 population was estimated at 378,470, and the county covers 634 square miles, of which 299 are land and 335 are water, about 53 percent. Davis County: Commission ↗
Commission meetings are typically held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., and county offices at 61 South Main Street in Farmington are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Davis County: Commission ↗
Davis County runs the assessor, attorney, clerk, controller, recorder, surveyor, treasurer and sheriff's offices, and publishes public meeting agendas, budgets and financial reports. Davis County: Commission ↗
The commission held a work session at 9:15 a.m. and a regular meeting at 10 a.m.; the Oct. 20 regular meeting was canceled and the county Budget Committee met Oct. 21. Davis County: Public Meetings ↗
The county canceled its Nov. 3 regular commission meeting and will also not meet Nov. 24; the Audit Committee meets Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. Davis County: Public Meetings ↗
Elections
The County Clerk runs elections; election information is on the clerk's pages of the county site. Davis County: Clerk ↗
Checked against the county's own pages and meeting portal on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 7.15%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Weber County government
Weber County is governed by a three-member County Commission elected at-large. Two seats are elected at one election and the third two years later, all for four-year terms filled through the partisan system. The commissioners act as both the legislative and administrative arm of county government. Other elected officers include the attorney, clerk/auditor, recorder/surveyor, treasurer, assessor and sheriff. Weber County: Commission ↗
The commission must develop county policy and also administer the functions those policies affect, which the county calls a great responsibility for a commissioner. Weber County: Commission ↗
Regular commission meetings are held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. in the Commission Chambers of the Weber Center, 2380 Washington Blvd. in Ogden, and are streamed live on the county's YouTube page. The commission office number is 801-399-8406. Weber County: Commission Meetings ↗
The Nov. 3, 2026 commission agenda includes a first reading of solid waste fee ordinance amendments, a proclamation for Crash Responder Safety Week in Weber County, and the purchase order and warrant reports. Weber County: Commission Meetings ↗
The county was founded in 1850 and occupies part of the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake and much of the Wasatch Mountains. Weber County: home page ↗
Weber County provides property tax payment, building permits, passports, marriage licenses, animal licensing, a redevelopment agency and RAMP recreation grants, and runs the assessor, attorney, clerk/auditor, recorder/surveyor, treasurer and sheriff's offices. Elections are run through weberelections.gov. Weber County: home page ↗
Budget and finances
Property tax information ↗How property taxes are calculated and where they go, and the Truth in Taxation process.
From the county
The county re-noticed a Planning Commission public hearing for Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. Weber County: home page ↗
The commission is accepting applications to fill a midterm vacancy on the Mt. Ogden Public Infrastructure Districts boards. Weber County: home page ↗
Elections
The Clerk/Auditor runs elections through weberelections.gov, which has voter registration and election information. Weber County Elections ↗
Checked against the county's own pages and meeting portal on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 7.45%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Cache County government
Cache County has an executive-council form of government. An elected County Executive, chosen at large, is the chief executive officer and holds the county's administrative powers; a seven-member County Council is the legislative body. Three council members represent seats within Logan and four represent districts covering the rest of the county. Separately elected officers include the clerk, attorney, sheriff, treasurer, assessor, recorder and auditor. Cache County: Executive Office ↗
County offices are at 179 N. Main and 199 N. Main in Logan; the executive office number is 435-755-1850. Cache County: Departments ↗
The County Executive supervises all executive-branch departments, appoints department directors, carries out programs and policies set by the County Council, and directs centralized budgeting, accounting, personnel and purchasing. Cache County: Executive Office ↗
The county's Auditor can audit the financial records of any county office or department except the auditor's own, which an outside firm audits each year, and reports findings to the executive and legislative branches. Cache County: Auditor's Office ↗
A Cache County Form of Government Study Committee met in November 2025, and its agendas and minutes are posted on the county's public meetings page. Cache County: Public Meetings ↗
The County Council meets on Tuesdays; its recent meetings were Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, and its next are Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. Agendas, packets, minutes and audio are posted for each meeting, and the council also has an appropriations committee, an audit committee and an ordinance and policy review committee.
County calendar ↗Upcoming council, planning commission and board meetings.
What the county does
Cache County runs property assessment, recording, treasury and tax collection, elections, the sheriff's office and jail, animal services, building and development services, emergency management and ambulance billing, the fire district, GIS and parcel mapping, the fairgrounds and event center, the Logan-Cache Airport and the Children's Justice Center. Cache County: Departments ↗
Property taxes are due Nov. 30, and the county's home page highlights its elections office and voting locations for Nov. 3. Cache County: home page ↗
Elections
The County Clerk runs elections. The county's elections page has voting locations and voter information for the Nov. 3 general election; registration and candidate information are also at vote.utah.gov. Cache County: Elections ↗
Checked against the county's own pages and meeting portal on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 7.00%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Box Elder County government
Box Elder County is governed by a three-member County Commission, which holds the county's legislative and executive powers. There is no separate county executive. Other elected officers include the attorney, auditor, clerk, recorder, treasurer, assessor and sheriff. Box Elder County: County Commission ↗
The commission meets the first Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. (an administrative and operational meeting begins at 4:45 p.m.) and the third Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. (administrative meeting at 11:15 a.m.). The office is at 1 S. Main Street in Brigham City and can be reached at 435-734-3347. Box Elder County: County Commission ↗
Agendas are posted before meetings and minutes once approved; residents can request a place on the commission agenda. Box Elder County: County Commission ↗
The county Planning Commission held a public hearing Oct. 29, 2026 on a proposed countywide zoning plan called Box Elder Together, including a zoning map amendment (Z26-026) that would give currently unzoned unincorporated areas Agricultural Heritage Zone or General Industrial zoning, and recommended approval. Box Elder County: Box Elder Together planning commission update ↗
The county operates the Box Elder County Fairgrounds, a landfill, a bookmobile and emergency management, and issues business licenses. Box Elder County: home page ↗
Box Elder County provides elections, tax payment, emergency management, community planning and development, GRAMA records requests, a bookmobile, the county landfill, fairgrounds event spaces, and the attorney's and sheriff's offices. Box Elder County: home page ↗
From the county
The Planning Commission recommended approval of the Box Elder Together countywide zoning map amendment; the County Commission is scheduled to consider it Nov. 17. Box Elder County: Box Elder Together update ↗
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 6.65%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Morgan County government
Morgan County is governed by a five-member County Commission: one commissioner from each of three districts and two elected at large. The commission is both the legislative and executive body, so there is no separate county mayor. The county's separately elected officers include the attorney, clerk/auditor, treasurer, assessor, recorder and sheriff. Morgan County: County Commission ↗
County offices are at 48 West Young Street in Morgan, and the commission meets in the commission meeting room there. Morgan County: Agenda & Meetings ↗
The county's online code of ordinances is hosted by American Legal Publishing. Morgan County: home page ↗
Clerk/Auditor:Leslie Hyde. Runs county elections, business and marriage licenses, and posts the county's financial statements and budget. Morgan County: Clerk/Auditor ↗
Assessor:Janell Walker. Values property; the county posts exemption, farmland assessment and board of equalization information. Morgan County: Assessor ↗
The County Commission holds regular meetings in the commission meeting room at 48 West Young Street, Morgan, generally on the first and third Tuesdays, with extra meetings added during budget season. The Oct. 27, 2026 meeting began with a 4 p.m. joint work session with the Planning Commission, then a 5 p.m. regular meeting and 6 p.m. public hearings. Public comment is limited to three minutes. Live streams are posted on the county's YouTube channel.
Morgan County runs property assessment, recording, treasury and tax collection, elections, planning and development, public works, the sheriff's office, animal control, the county fair, parks, the airport and the library, and posts building and zoning forms and a GIS zoning map. Public health and human services are shared with Weber County through the Weber-Morgan Health Department and Weber Human Services. Morgan County: home page ↗
The commission's Oct. 27 agenda included a hearing and resolution on 2026 property tax assessment roll adjustments as the Board of Equalization, a site plan for the Wasatch Peaks Ranch pool complex, a request to rename Kent Smith Memorial Park, a $700 annual auditorium rental rate, and resolutions dissolving the county Recreation Board and ending the 1997 Recreation Complex Agreement. Morgan County: Oct. 27 agenda packet ↗
Elections
The Clerk/Auditor runs elections. The county's election page has the sample ballot, early voting notice, drop box locations, ID requirements, an interactive precinct map and ballot statistics; statewide voter registration and candidate information are at vote.utah.gov. Morgan County: Election Information ↗
Checked against the county's own pages and meeting portal on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 6.70%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Rich County government
Rich County is governed by a three-member County Commission, which adopts the county budget and acts as the Board of Equalization. Each commissioner is assigned oversight of specific departments. There is no separate county executive. Separately elected officers include the attorney, clerk/auditor, recorder/surveyor, assessor, treasurer and sheriff. Rich County: Commissioners ↗
The county courthouse is at 20 S. Main in Randolph and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the main number is 435-793-2415. Rich County: Contact ↗
The county describes itself as in the northeastern corner of Utah, 123 miles from Salt Lake City, and names Randolph, Woodruff, Laketown and Garden City as its communities, with Bear Lake as a main draw. Rich County: home page ↗
Commissioner assignments are split: Bill Cox oversees the fair, library, public health, roads and the sheriff; Jonathan B. Lee oversees buildings, emergency management, extension and tourism; Sim Weston oversees planning and zoning, public lands, sanitation, the senior center and weeds. Rich County: Commissioners ↗
Planning and zoning is handled through the Bear Lake Regional Commission, and public health through the Bear River Health Department office in Randolph. Rich County: Directory ↗
The county posts agendas and minutes for its Commission meetings by date, with the 2026 list running from January through July, and streams meetings on YouTube.
Rich County runs property assessment, recording, treasury and tax collection, elections, the sheriff's office, emergency management, the road department, sanitation and landfill, weed control, building inspection, the fairgrounds and fair, a library and a senior center, and posts online parcel, plat and recording searches and short-term rental and room-tax information. Rich County: home page ↗
The Clerk/Auditor runs elections. The county's election page has sample ballots, voting times and locations, ballot processing statistics and general-election certification; the 2026 general election is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and voters must bring photo ID for any in-person voting. Registration and candidate information are at vote.utah.gov. Rich County: Elections ↗
Checked against the county's own pages and meeting portal on . Dates and schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
Sales tax. The combined sales and use tax rate in unincorporated areas is 6.65%, and groceries are taxed at 3.00%. Rates differ from city to city, so check the rate for your city. Rates in effect as of Oct. 1, 2026. Utah State Tax Commission: Sales and Use Tax Rates ↗
Officers and races: Lieutenant Governor's certification and county websites. Checked . Schedules change; confirm with the county before you plan around them.
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The City Council voted 4-1 on Oct. 6 to pause all Nights Out events until it hears from the city attorney. The city attorney plans a written legal memo before the next meeting.
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On Oct. 20 the council added detached units to its ADU ordinance and kept a 30-day minimum on rentals. A council member asked YESCO to check a 65-foot state height limit for its billboard.
· From Sunset City
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A staff memo for the council's Oct. 13 work meeting asks which impacts of large power and water users deserve city rules. A temporary land use regulation expires March 16, 2027, and state lawmakers may act first.
· From Clearfield City
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A Planning Commission hearing was set for Oct. 29. Staff say zoning gives landowners predictability, while one speaker urged county commissioners not to zone all property.
· From Box Elder County
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On Oct. 15 a council member asked why a rezone was needed two to three years after the buildings were built. The council also tabled Resolution 26-44, a land purchase near 1337 East 1700 North.
· From Layton City
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The Oct. 6 vote followed a staff recommendation to deny and a 4-2 Planning Commission recommendation to approve. Council members cited the scarcity of commercial land on the west side.
· From Logan City
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Staff proposed a $10 million cap and ten years at the Oct. 13 meeting. The council amended the resolution and asked for an annual report on fiber subscriptions and the loan.
· From Bountiful City
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At the Oct. 27 meeting the council heard that a $2 million federal earmark pays for the planning study, which is expected to finish in early 2028. Open houses are planned for early and summer 2027.
· From Cache County
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Both ordinances passed 7-0 on Oct. 27. County staff said about 59% of parcels in the FR-40 zone could never meet the 150-foot frontage rule as written.
· From Cache County
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Both Sept. 16 votes were unanimous. The Ashbourne plan would put about 120 homes on 9.9 acres, and the council wants a development agreement and a public workshop before deciding.
· From North Logan City
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On Oct. 27 all five council members voted yes on each item. The council also wrote off about $13,000 in old utility bills and named an interim treasurer.
On Oct. 27, the commission approved the pass-through agreement with MIDA 3-0 after a resident questioned costs and fees. It also approved a $30.8 million third-quarter transportation priority list.
· From Davis County Commission
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At its Oct. 13 meeting, the board raised the loan's interest rate from 2.5% to 3.5% before voting. Council Members Jeremy Peterson and Dave Graf voted no.
· From Ogden City
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The 5-0 vote came after residents criticized taxes and spending at the Oct. 20 meeting. The ordinance would allow raises of up to 2.5% for most executives and up to 3.75% for police and fire chiefs.
· From Roy City
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At its Oct. 20 meeting, Tremonton passed Ordinance 26-24, limiting carts to drivers 16 and older, mostly in daylight. The agenda included a funding hearing on a sewer plant costing up to $18 million and a declaration of the city's form of government.
· From Tremonton City
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The Oct. 21 vote to buy the parcel, paid from reserves through a budget adjustment of about $1.5 million, came after a speaker urged a no vote. Separately, the council agreed to consider a 9.82-acre annexation petition.
· From Providence City
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Commissioner Lee Perry read a nomination from the county fire marshal's office saying the department's dozers and graders helped hold this year's wildfires to small acreages.
· From Box Elder County
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At its Sept. 9 meeting the board unanimously chose Westland as construction manager/general contractor for two APEX Centers after eight proposals, approved a higher architect fee and moved graduation parades to Thursday.
· From South Sanpete School District
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The Oct. 7 ordinance lowers the depletion rate used for interior water from 100 percent to 60 percent, reducing the diversion right developers must supply per home from 0.45 to 0.27 acre-feet.
· From Tooele City
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Draft minutes of the Oct. 13 meeting and Oct. 27 work session show the board hearing about a drop in students, a revenue stabilization plan and a 10-year capital plan that may lead to a bond proposal.
· From Tooele County School District
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The Oct. 15 vote clears a 72-unit townhome subdivision near 650 South and 1200 West. Council members discussed which Planning Commission conditions to keep.
· From Brigham City
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The 18-fund budget is 16.2% larger than last year's, mostly from infrastructure projects paid for with capital projects fund reserves, and the public hearing stays open until final adoption Dec. 1.
· From Tooele County
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At its Oct. 20 meeting the council voted 3-0 on a wildland-urban interface ordinance and 4-0 on budget adjustments that include $10 million for the Public Works building purchase.
· From City of Logan
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Ordinance 2026-41 applies the Public Infrastructure overlay to a parcel on 3000 North, west of the Benson Marina, so a local waste hauler can seek a permit to build a tire-recycling and sorting site.
· From Cache County
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Auditors found no statistical tie between fees and sale prices, but more than half of nine local governments reviewed in depth misspent fees or broke state rules.
Growth at USU's statewide campuses and in concurrent enrollment drove the increase, while the statewide system grew less than 1%.
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Currant Creek Power Plant, a natural gas-fired plant in Juab Valley, Utah, in 2007. Stratos has not been built. Photo: David Jolley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Box Elder County data center's spokesman says the report models equipment the project has not chosen.
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The Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, where Lee appeared Wednesday. File photo, July 2018. Photo: Ben P L · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Utah Civic Compact estimates at least 1,000 readers statewide and says Weber County's 10 cameras were searched more than 5 million times since 2022.
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The state says Hogan and Associates discharged more than 518,000 gallons of contaminated water into a creek without permits; each violation can carry up to $10,000 a day.
· From The Park Record
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Where to send a sick plant or a soil sample, what South Jordan pays for removing turf or swapping a toilet, and how to find a registered apprenticeship. Each page has a limit worth knowing.
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Look up broadband options, find who provides your water or power, see mapped geologic hazards, search the state's libraries and find where Utah County residents take paint and pesticides. Each page has a limit worth knowing.
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Advising for owners, government-contracting counseling, free classes, employee training that the state pays for and a path for food startups. Each is run by a different agency, and none hands out cash on its own.
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Salt Lake City had 19 flights and St. George nine, according to the nonprofit ICE Flight Monitor, which counts flights that move detainees between U.S. facilities.
· From KUER
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The new 500-kilowatt-hour battery at the Uintah Basin Campus is the university's first large-scale storage system, and part of it is reserved for Rocky Mountain Power.
· From Cache Valley Daily
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Residents challenged the city's claim to a 99-foot right-of-way on the street at the Oct. 20 meeting, and the council chair said unused land would later be deeded back.
· From Cache Valley Daily
An Aedes aegypti mosquito, 2006. File photo of the species, not from Utah. James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library. Photo: James Gathany, CDC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (CDC Public Health Image Library)
Davis County health officials found the invasive species at Bicentennial Park on Oct. 8 and have found no others since.
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Hansel Valley and the Hansel Mountains from Interstate 84 near milepost 17, Box Elder County, March 5, 2019. File photo under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ogden police say they are reviewing the Sept. 3 incident and developing a policy on interactions with ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security disputes his account.
