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Bountiful • A group opposed to a multimillion-dollar plan to move Bountiful City Hall has filed a lawsuit in an effort to let voters weigh in on the plan.
The Standard-Examiner reports that a group led by Bountiful resident Dean Collinwood filed the lawsuit in state court earlier this month after the City Council rejected a 4,000-signature petition to bring the plans before voters.
Collinwood and his group argue in the lawsuit that the city's plans are legislative, which gives them a right to run a ballot referendum.
Bountiful City Attorney Clint Drake says the city stands behind its position that it had the right to legally reject the petition because the decision was administrative and not legislative.
Bountiful leaders say the $13 million move will bring business to the city's downtown.