Show MACKAY BREAKS I LAW CONSTANTLY County Commissioners Special meetings sJ If at any ny time timo the business I of the tho county requires special a n. meeting of tho the board such meetings 8 may be bo ordered ordered or or- dered by a majority of the board or by tho the chairman thereof Tho order must be bo signed by th tho members or chairman calling such meeting and must bo be entered entered en in the minutes of the board days days' notice must bo be sr given cn b by tho the clerk t to the members not joining in the order The Tho order must specify the business to tobe tobo tobo bo be transacted at such meeting 1 and none other than that specified business shall shaH b b M transacted at uch 6 special mott meeting n unless all members bo present and consent consent con con- sent thereto Char Chapter 4 section compiled laws of Utah That this section of the state statute has been pretty much of a farco farce as far faras faras faras as tho commissioners of Salt Lake Lako county are arc c concerned is the tho positive e statement of those who arc familiar with the tho business of that board Positively Positively no notice of tho law has been taken it is is said by at least ono one member member mem memo ber of tho the board in tho the calling of meetings The Tho char charge c is openly made mado that John C. C Mackay chairman of the board has been and U il still in the habit of calling special meetings at any time that suits his convenience He remains awa away looking after his sheep sheen or other private interests for days an and weeks at ata a time and whoa when ho returns so 60 various arious county count officials assort assorts ho hI immediately calls ails a n. special meeting which nine nino times out of ten includes but butone one other member At these alle alleged ed II special J business importance importance im im- im- im meetings meeting of more or less porta nee to the taxpayers of the tho county is is transacted And the tho statement statement state state- mentis ment is made by one who should hould know that hat no record is kept of such meetings e at least until such time as a the chairman chair chairman man of the board sees fit to have hae the tho matter go so on the record at one of the regular meetings Meetings Must Be Public Section of the tho c chapter apter of the state statute above quoted says All meetings s of the he board boar must be public and tho the books records rc and accounts accounts ac counts except such as are aro kept b by tho the auditor when he is not county clerk must be kept at the office offic of the count county clerk open at all nil times during usual business hours for public inspection Tho The chairman 01 of county commissioner commissioners commis commis- mi might ht bo be the b best f person to answer an saver the questions Have all the tho special special ape cial sessions held during tho the past year teen open to the public f Has a record of all of of the bu busin in done dono a. a at at such meetings meetings meet meet- In ings 8 be been n recorded on the tho minutes by bythe bythe bythe the clerk of the tho board At tho the same timo time tho the taxpayers of Salt Lake coun county might liko like to know why it is that time timo and time a again ain petitions have boon been sent to the tho board only to bo be referred to a committee oft times which from appearance consists of a one man r power and loft in a pigeon hole hoJe or buried for months before an my any action was taken on them Breaking Law Regularly Many of called special 1 meetings meet meet- in ings s have havo been hold held with but two members members mem mem- bers present the tho chairman of the board who called the mooting meeting and one other member And it is believed to be true that nino nine times out put of ten tho the other ether member had no no information that sucha such sucha a meeting was to be hold held much less had hac received d the five-day five notice as proscribed pre pro scribed by bJ law Further as far a as at can ascertained bv by due inquiry at not one of these special meetings meeting'S has lias the ape ape- business business to be bo transacted been made mado known in in the notice |