Daggett County Commission approves personnel and cell phone policy changes, conditionally renews DDI business license and OKs $9,000 KSL purchase request

Daggett County commissioners voted on four agenda items during a meeting in which staff also discussed training reimbursement, an advertising contract and a proposed approach to hiring a certified appraiser.

The commission unanimously approved amendments to the personnel policy manual (Section 5, employment categories) and to county policy Section 19 (cell phone use). The commission also conditionally approved a business license renewal for DDI Incorporated and approved a $9,000 sole-source purchase request to KSL.com for tourism marketing. A separate advertising contract with Utah.com remained under staff and legal review because of intellectual-property and ownership concerns.

Why it matters: The personnel-policy change clarifies the county's orientation period and explicitly states that the added verbiage does not create new due-process rights. The cell phone amendment defines county-issued phones as county property, requires commission approval for issuance and removes eligibility for a personal cell-phone reimbursement when a county phone is assigned. The purchase request is part of tourism marketing work intended to drive traffic to the county website; the advertising contract tied to that work requires further legal review before execution.

Policy and license votes

• Personnel policy manual, Section 5 (employment categories): The commission voted to add verbiage identifying the orientation period and stating that the added language does not create due-process rights. A motion to adopt the change carried with commissioners responding "Aye" on the record. The transcript records the motion and second but does not give a full roll-call tally of individual votes.

• County policy Section 19 (cell phone use): The amendment adds provisions (19.6 and related subsections) saying county-issued cell phones will be county property, entered into the county inventory system, and that employees issued a county phone are ineligible for the personal-cell-phone reimbursement. Commissioners asked that IT be involved in deploying county phones. The motion to approve the change carried with "Aye" votes; the transcript records the motion, second and affirmative voices but does not list individual roll-call votes.

• DDI Incorporated business license renewal: The commission moved and seconded a conditional approval of DDI's business license. The motion passed on an affirmative voice vote noted as "Aye." The record indicates some required documentation (such as a UPP) was late; the commission approved the renewal conditionally pending submission.

• Purchase request to KSL.com (tourism marketing): The commission approved a $9,000 purchase request to KSL.com and a related sole-source justification presented by the tourism department. Commissioners noted the work includes two articles and a "run-on-site" feature to link visitors to the county website. The related advertising contract with Utah.com remains under review.

Items deferred or under review

• Advertising contract with Utah.com: Staff said they were still reviewing contract language, particularly who would own images and deliverables if the county terminates the contract. The county attorney or contract reviewer asked for additional time to review intellectual-property provisions; commissioners agreed to delay final contract action until legal concerns are resolved.

Meeting context and next steps

Commissioners and staff indicated some items would return to a future agenda for final wording or additional documentation. In several votes the record shows voice approval but does not provide a roll-call with named votes in the transcript excerpt.

Votes provenance (transcript evidence): the DDI business license motion and vote are recorded beginning at transcript time ~476.31 seconds and concluding at ~503.79 seconds; the personnel policy (Section 5) motion and voice vote appear beginning ~974.90 seconds and concluding ~1024.93 seconds; the Section 19 cell-phone amendment discussion and vote appear beginning ~1039.34 seconds and concluding ~1325.32 seconds; the KSL purchase request and related vote appear beginning ~1353.68 seconds and concluding ~1528.09 seconds.

Ending: Staff will return with revised contract language and any late documentation (for the DDI license) at a subsequent meeting; commissioners requested written drafts and clearer contract ownership language before finalizing the Utah.com advertising contract.