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Utah County commissioners move forward with quarter-cent sales tax resolution despite concerns about unsigned UTA interlocal
Summary
The Utah County Board voted to take up a resolution to place a quarter-cent county option sales and use tax for highways and public transit on the ballot, after lengthy debate and public comment about timing and whether an interlocal agreement with UTA should be finalized first. Mayors and regional planners urged delay for outreach; county staff and some commissioners favored letting voters decide.
The Utah County Board of Commissioners opened extended discussion on a resolution to impose a quarter-cent county option sales and use tax for highways and public transit and to submit a binding opinion question to voters. County staff and Utah Transit Authority (UTA) representatives described edits to a draft interlocal agreement meant to limit the county's approval oversight to major capital projects and major service changes while excluding minor operational changes.
Steve Meyer, for the UTA, told the commission the agency and legal staff had worked on language to define "major" projects (examples cited included bus rapid transit and rail construction) and planned to route the interlocal…
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