The Summit County Council was at the Utah Association of Counties Conference this week, so there was no meeting to report on.



– TOPIC 1: VOTER REGISTRATION 

National Voter Registration Day is NEXT TUESDAY, September 17! Did you know? If you haven’t voted since the last Presidential election, your voter registration becomes inactive, meaning the Summit County Clerk’s Office won’t send you a ballot in the mail.

Each year in the United States, millions of eligible voters find voting a challenge because of easily prevented issues like forgetting to update their registration.

In celebration of National Voter Registration Day, now is the perfect time to check your voter registration status (and change it to active if needed), register to vote, or change your address at voter.utah.gov today so you are VOTE READY for the November 5, 2024 Election.– TOPIC 2: COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT

If you live, work or play in Summit County then the Health Department wants to hear from you in their 2024 Community Health Assessment! This assessment is a short, ten-minute survey that lends the opportunity for the public to share their ideas, suggestions, and concerns about public health in our community.

The Health Department is a little over half-way to their goal of 1,000 responses by the end of October…So help Summit County reach their goal to create a healthier community for all by visiting summitcountyhealth.org/cha24 to take the survey!

– TOPIC 3: KIMBALL JUNCTION EIS UPDATE 

Earlier this week, UDOT reached the next milestone for the environmental study they’re working on in the I-80 and SR-224 area. They published the Final Alternatives Development and Screening Report, which among other things, identifies Alternatives A and C as moving forward for detailed evaluation in the Draft EIS. The input UDOT received during the public comment period held in the spring helped them identify additional improvements to Alternatives A and C.

To view the full report, including more detail on proposed improvements to each alternative, please visit: kimballjunctioneis.udot.utah.gov/

From here, UDOT will begin work on the Draft EIS which will be published sometime later this year or early 2025 and will include a public comment period and hearing.

The Draft EIS will include a detailed evaluation of Alternatives A and C – including the assessment of impacts on land use, neighborhoods, residential and commercial properties, noise, air quality, water resources and floodplains, special status species, and the visual setting among other resources. The Draft EIS will identify a preferred alternative.

– SPEAKER SERIES EVENT 9/19 IN KAMAS



Learn from experts in our area about new and existing strategies to make sure farmers and ranchers find success even in times of extreme weather and drought on September 19 at the DeJoria Center in Kamas!

This is a FREE event open to anyone who has an interest in learning and supporting themselves or those in our community that ranch or farm on land both big and small. Refreshments are provided. Our panelists include: Summit County Residents Colby Pace of Half Circle Cross Ranch, Craig McKnight of Bill White Farms, Gregg Simonds of Open Range Consulting, and Leah Trapp from the USDA. To register and learn more visit: summitcounty.info/speakerseries.