On Wednesday, the Utah County Commission voted 2-1 to officially split the Clerk/Auditor’s office into two offices.

Both positions will now be held by two elected officials instead of just one. Josh Daniels is currently in both positions.

Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner voted no — not that she was against the separating of the two offices — but against the process, or lack thereof of, on how the separation would be done.

Commissioners Tom Sakievich and Bill Lee both voted to approve. How that process will look, and how to plan it, is expected to unfold Feb. 2 of next year.

Gardner served as the Clerk/Auditor until her appointment to the commission seat vacated by former Commissioner Tanner Ainge earlier this year. She wanted to have the plan in place and the vote on Feb. 2.

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