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Sheriff and council discuss town code enforcement pilot and potential shared staffing
Summary
Council members and the Wasatch County sheriff discussed expanding code-enforcement hours and a pilot proposal to have deputies perform daily code and construction compliance checks, with options to later transition some duties to town staff. The sheriff proposed flexible, rotating enforcement shifts and an hourly contract for additional service.
Hideout — The council and the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office discussed a proposed expansion of code-enforcement activity on Sept. 11 after council members and staff said they are seeing recurring violations tied to construction sites and contractor parking that the town wanted addressed.
Sheriff Jared Rigby described the town’s existing contract for additional law-enforcement hours beyond the sheriff’s minimum statutory service and proposed a separate, dedicated program for municipal code enforcement: flexible, rotating six-day schedules with roughly three hours of focused enforcement per day. Under the proposal the sheriff’s office would provide about…
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