During an occasionally testy emergency meeting early Thursday morning, the Utah County Commission approved a resolution moving forward with a public vote later this year on whether to adopt a new form of county government.
But the commission’s 2-1 vote is legally ambiguous and came despite warnings from Utah County Attorney David Leavitt that the resolution may be invalid in the face of a government-change petition filed earlier this month by commission Chairman Bill Lee and four associates.
“I don’t care what form of government this is, but we have to follow the process,” Leavitt said.