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County staff warns planning commissioners against ex parte contacts and documents procedures for harassment reporting

2353679 · February 19, 2025
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Summary

County staff on Feb. 18 instructed Utah County Planning Commissioners to avoid one‑on‑one (ex parte) contact on quasi‑judicial matters, to forward any outside communications to staff for public distribution, and to report threats or harassment to county authorities.

County staff used the meeting’s "other business" segment on Feb. 18 to warn planning commissioners about ex parte contacts, harassment and the proper channel for receiving material related to items before the commission.

Staff instructed commissioners that when a matter is quasi‑judicial (for example, conditional use permits or permit extensions where the commission is the final…

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