Charli Englehorn:
"Four local citizens recently submitted a petition to begin the process of changing Grand County’s form of government. Jeramey McElhaney, Dave Cozzens, Leon Behunin, and Pat Byrd collected 462 signatures and turned in the petition to the Grand County Clerk’s office last month. The action is the first requirement for a citizen-initiated effort to begin the process, said Grand County Clerk Diana Carroll.
Changing the form of county government involves a lengthy process that requires several steps and multiple voter-approved measures. According to documents provided by Carroll, the first step required is either a resolution from the Grand County Council or a signature petition from citizens asking the county to hold a special election in which voters will decide whether to ask the county to “appoint a study committee to consider a change in form of [c]ounty government.”
“There was a lot of dissatisfaction about the way the council was put together when the form of government changed 20 years ago, and there is more now,” said Cozzens. “Our form of government is not currently legal in the state of Utah, and the elimination of party involvement is not legal anymore.”...."
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