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Show . . . i County Commission needs to show commitment Voters should be choosing soon It looks as if the Utah County Commissioners may get an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to reform in county government. At least they will if supporters of a plan from the private sector are unable to secure an additional 3,000 signatures over the next few weeks. The private plan, which features a county council made up of seven part-time members, got off the ground last year when the commission members voted themselves them-selves a hefty pay raise. That increase made a lot of people angry, and prompted a request from the county Republic Party leadership that elected officials reconsider the raise. But one group got mad enough to do something about what they felt were inadequacies in the three-member commission form of government. The result was the petition in question, calling for an election in November to let Utah County residents decide if they wanted a change. About the same time, however, the County Commission Com-mission named a group of private residents to conduct an indepth study of the commission's activities. One area to be considered was restructuring the three- . member commission form of government. While the private proposal for change came first, and has garnered most of the media attention, the commission's com-mission's own committee has also returned with a proposal. This one also suggests a seven-member council, but would feature three full-time and four part-time part-time elected officials. There was,, for a time, talk of consolidating the two plans and handing that to the public for a vote. That hasn't happened. And now the citizen-backed effort to get a county government change pr jposal on the ballot by November looks as if it may fail to meet I requirement in time for this year's general electio 8 But even if that happens, local voters should still h v an opportunity to decide if they want to change J ' form of county government - certainly L , November, but soon. J m , In such an election, voters would be asked to ch ' B between the current form of county government o !f B proposed by the County Commission's own task force i H Any other course would indicate that the ' mission's task forcewas simply a device to st Tv pi thunder of those backing the petition for envi d change. 5 ernnit Voters should be choosing between one of th ; 01 proposed county government changes soon 5,! Is0 County Commission is really dedicated to mJ f change for the better. uman?i , ; ! f I w |