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Salt Lake County is authorized by legislative enactment, in the Optional Forms of
County Government Act, 1998, to change its form of county government and hereby sets
forth an Optional Plan for Salt Lake County Government (hereinafter referred to as
"Plan"). This Plan adopts the county executive form of government as provided by Utah
Code Ann. § 17-35a-502 (1998).
The structural form retains without change all existing incorporated municipalities,
special taxing districts, public authorities, county service areas, school districts,
and other local public entities. The management arrangement vests the legislative
powers of the County in the County Council and the executive powers in the County
Mayor.
The purpose of this Plan is to provide a separation of executive and legislative powers.
Where the Plan is silent on the distribution or locus of a particular power, it hereby
authorizes the allocation of powers according to an executive-legislative distinction.
The locus of residuary powers not expressly vested in the Mayor or the Council should
be determined by function. Where helpful, state and federal separation-of-power models
should be used to determine whether a particular power is executive or legislative.
As used in this Plan the word "office" shall refer to the respective offices and organizations
of county treasurer, sheriff, clerk, auditor, recorder, district attorney, surveyor,
and assessor. It is distinguished from the word "department" which, as used herein,
shall refer to the organizational units under the direction and supervision of the
County Mayor. The words "executive" or "executive branch" shall refer to those powers
granted to or those departments and agencies under the direction and supervision of
the County Mayor and shall not be construed to refer to any other elected office,
unless specifically stated in this Plan or in state statute.
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