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Utah County commissioners debate splitting Clerk and Auditor offices; staff outline up-to-$1M cost and recommend glide path
Summary
In a work session, county legal and HR staff outlined the ordinance and timing to separate the combined Clerk/Auditor office and presented cost estimates (roughly $400,000–$661,000 annually; up to about $1 million including IT and space). Clerk/Auditor Amelia Powers Gardner urged a multi‑year glide path rather than an immediate split.
County officials discussed whether to separate Utah County’s combined Clerk and Auditor offices during a work session at the commission meeting. Dave Schaucroft, county legal counsel, told commissioners that state law (see Section 17-16-3) requires adoption of an ordinance before Feb. 1 of the year an election would occur in order to place separated offices on the ballot.
Human resources presented comparative data showing most Utah counties keep the offices combined. HR and finance staff said the immediate cost of adding a second elected official and leadership could be roughly $400,000 a year but that fully separating staff…
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