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Uintah County Commission adopts animal-tethering and cemetery rules, approves procurements and policy updates
Summary
The commission approved a new dog-tethering ordinance and amendments to cemetery rules, authorized purchases including 15 landfill wind fences, updated HR safety policy 5-50, and awarded master-plan contracts for two parks. Warrants totaling $1.2 million were also approved.
The Uintah County Commission met in Vernal in March 2026 and moved forward on several ordinances, procurement awards and administrative items.
Devin Cobb presented ordinance O-03-11-2026-01 establishing standards for outdoor tethering of dogs, including minimum access to food and water, winter shelter/insulation requirements and mandatory swivel attachments to reduce entanglement. The county attorney raised concerns that some provisions overlap with existing cruelty-to-animals rules; Cobb said the ordinance provides specific standards where cruelty statutes are general. A commissioner moved to adopt the ordinance and the measure passed on verbal 'Aye' votes.
James Sharp, county cemetery…
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