ALPHABETICAL LISTING
- Agriculture Inspection
The Agriculture Inspection Agency is a Utah state consumer protection
agency which works in cooperation with Utah County for the benefit of
Utah County citizens who use agricultural and food related products.
- Animal Shelter
The Utah County Animal Shelter is located in South Provo and serves
the surrounding areas of Utah County. The shelter has pets available
for adoption and owners may also drop off animals.
- Assessor
The Utah County Assessor's office is responsible for valuing real property
parcels with their improvements, for valuing business equipment of Utah
County businesses, and for tracking assessment by the State Tax Commission
of resident vehicles.
- Attorney
The Utah County Attorney's office has the responsibility of prosecuting
felonies committed in Utah County, as well as certain misdemeanor matters
in the District and Justice Courts, besides Juvenile Court matters.
The County Attorney's Office also represents the Board of County Commissioners
and the various County officials and departments on official County
business.
- Bookmobile
The Utah County Bookmobile provides popular current reading material
to the residents of Utah County and thereby encourage the enjoyment
of reading among all ages. The Bookmobile visits Birdseye, Santaquin,
Lakeview, Springdell, Goshen, Genola, Spring Lake, Salem, Elk Ridge,
Alpine, Cedar Fort, Cedar Pass, White Hills, Fairfield, Palmyra, Leland,
and stops along the highways and in Spanish Fork Canyon. The fixed facility
serves as the community library for Mapleton.
- Children's Justice Center
The Children's Justice Center is a homelike facility which serves children
and families who are experiencing the crisis and chaos that comes with
the disclosure of significant physical or sexual abuse of a child.
- Clerk/Auditor
The clerk maintains all election information pertaining to registered
voters and candidates and prepares, administers, processes and maintains
records of all county-wide elections. The clerk issues all licenses
for marriages and also has the authority to process passports for qualified
candidates. The Clerk is responsible for preparing agendas and taking
minutes of the Board of County Commission meetings and keeps on file
all official documents.
The auditor administers the purchasing function for all county departments
and performs all accounting functions relating to the payment of bills,
contract payments, payroll, inter-governmental transactions and accounts
receivable . He or she also prepares the county-wide budget and administers
the budget after its approval by the County Commission.
The auditor also shares certain management duties regarding the real
property tax system with the Recorder, Assessor, and Treasurer, including
the issuance of tax valuation notices, administration of the appeal
of property values (Board of Equalization), and tax sales.
- Community Development
The Community Development Department provides the following services:
Applications to the Utah County Planning Commission for General Plan
amendments, zone text amendments, Zone Map changes, land subdivisions,
conditional uses and waiver of subdivision requirement/record of survey
maps.; Applications to the Utah County Board of Adjustment for variances,
special exceptions, alleged errors; Applications for business licensing;
Unincorporated property addresses; Applications for building permits
and building inspection services; and, Enforcement of zoning ordinance
regulations and construction code requirements.
- County Commission
County Commissioners are the chief elected officers and fiscal representatives
of the County, serving as the legislative and governing body of county
government. The Utah County Commission is responsible for making policy,
adopting ordinances and levying taxes to finance County government.
- County Fair
Utah County Fair
- Fire Marshal
The Utah County Fire Marshal responsibilities are to enforce currently adopted fire codes and Utah County fire prevention ordinances; to provide technical assistance for any emergency situations throughout Utah County. Fire inspection of all business facilities within unincorporated Utah County for compliance to these adopted fire codes on a yearly basis.
The Fire Marshal is also the primary arson investigator for fires within unincorporated Utah County and assists other cities within Utah County on fire investigations. Reviews and approves all building plans, sprinkler plans, propane plans and burn permits for compliance to adopted codes.
- Foster Grandparents / Senior Companions
Volunteer Senior Citizens work under the supervision of trained professional
staff in order to provide assistance, support, love and companionship
to elderly adults to enable them to live independently and to children
or teens with special or exceptional needs in daycare/preschool settings,
public schools, BOCES centers, development centers, and residential
treatment centers.
- Housing Authority of Utah County
The Housing Authority of Utah County provides housing assistance to
persons who meet program income guidelines. Income limits vary by program.
The Housing Authority also provides affordable, safe and sanitary housing
in the community. The Department of Housing and Urban Development furnishes
the major funding. The Housing Authority is a political subdivision
of the State of Utah.
- Health
The Utah County Health Department seeks to prevent avoidable disease
and injury, and promote health by monitoring the health of the community,
and assuring conditions in which people can be healthy.
- Information Systems
The Information Systems department provides technology support to all
Utah County government agencies. This support includes acquisition,
deployment and management of computer-based workstations, software applications,
local and wide-area network infastructure, security, and information
use policy.
- Justice Court
The Utah County Justice Court is established by Utah County and has
the authority to deal with class B and C misdemeanors, violations of
ordinances, small claims, and infractions committed within County jurisdiction.
- Personnel
The Personnel Office provides full Human Resource services including
payroll for approximately 1,000 Utah County employees.
- Public Works
The Utah County Public Works Department is a multi-service Department
within County government operating in the areas of Administration, Buildings,
Engineering, Mapping, Motor Pool, Parks, Roads, Special Projects, Surveying
and Telecommunications.
- Recorder
The Recorder's Office records documents pertaining to real estate property
and maintains cross-reference indexes to these records. The Recorder's
Office is also required to maintain a set of
maps which show the current ownership of every tract of land in the
entire county. The records are open for public inspection and copies
of documents may be purchased at this office.
- Sheriff
The Utah County Sheriff's Department provides law enforcement services
to the unincorporated areas of Utah County and contract cities, as well
as co-operative support services to local, state and federal law-enforcement
agencies and organizations.
- Treasurer
The County Treasurer is required to bill, collect, invest, safeguard
and disburse revenue from property tax collections. We do this on behalf
of approximately 46 taxing entities. These include three school districts,
the local cities, the county, special service districts, and redevelopment
agencies within the geographical borders of Utah County.
- USU Extension Service/4-H
USU Cooperative Extension is your link to Utah State University. Cooperative Extension delivers research-based education and information to Utahns. These educational programs are delivered via a variety of methods and are offered through a federal, state and county partnership arrangement. USU Cooperative Extension has offices located in nearly every Utah county.
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