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Lehi mayoral candidate Paul Binns prioritizes infrastructure, public safety and fiscal scrutiny
Summary
On the Utah County Republican Party podcast, Paul Binns said he would pursue strategic growth, a five-year plan to add roughly 25–30 police officers, tighter vetting of planning appointments, and closer fiscal oversight of bonds and development incentives.
Paul Binns, a Lehi resident and insurance agency owner running for mayor, told the Utah County Republican Party podcast he would make infrastructure and public safety his first priorities and apply stricter fiscal scrutiny to large city projects and development incentives.
Binns said Lehi’s rapid growth has outpaced municipal systems and that the mayor’s office should manage departments to maintain services efficiently. “Our job is efficiency,” he said, adding that small operational tweaks can produce large improvements in service delivery.
He sharply emphasized policing needs, saying Lehi currently “operate[s] on a police force of only 67 officers total” including command staff and proposing “a five year plan of . . . getting ourselves an additional 25 to 30” officers as the city grows. Binns framed the plan as paced hiring tied to budget…
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