“The Weber County Commission meeting video today is unavailable due to an inappropriate hacking incident,” Weber County Public Relations Manager Jessika Clarke told the Standard-Examiner. “The agenda can be viewed online at webercountyutah.gov on the commission meeting page, and if residents have questions about the agenda, they’re welcome to reach out to the commission office.”

Added Clarke: “The commission meetings will still be available on YouTube after the meetings and those will be posted on Facebook as well.”

Clarke noted that residents seeking to comment on agenda items may also do so by sending their comments to the commissioners via email.

During Tuesday’s meeting, the county certified its 2025 tax rates, including those for general operations, interest and sinking funds/bonds, libraries, flood control, health and paramedic services. The combined budgeted revenue from those taxes totals just over $65 million, plus an additional $5.7 million for the county’s assessing and collecting levy.

Tax rates are viewable online at https://bit.ly/3TGnKue.

Additionally, the commission approved the final reading of an ordinance imposing a transient room tax limit of 4.5% on short-term rentals of tourist homes, hotels, motels, trailer courts and similar accommodations and related services. The previous maximum rate was 4.25%.

Revenue collected from this tax is used for the establishment, promotion and maintenance of facilities and programs related to tourism, recreation, film production and conventions.

The commission also approved the final reading of an ordinance increasing county sewer fees for residents living within the unincorporated area of the Central Weber Sewer Improvement District. That rate will increase from $12.95 to $14.45, in addition to the Central Weber Sewer Improvement District’s service fee.

The final reading of an ordinance amending certain fees of the Clerk/Auditor’s Office also received approval. Those fees are related to certified copies of marriage licenses and associated clerk records.

Also approved was a proposal from Kleinfelder for regulatory support services involving a request for discontinuation of post-closure care at the old landfill in West Ogden, which was closed in 1997. Weber County Director of Community Development Sean Wilkinson explained prior to the vote that Kleinfelder would prepare the necessary reports for the state in an effort to facilitate the final closure of the site.

“Typically, there is a 30-year period where we have to monitor that site for gases, for leachate, for water sampling,” Wilkinson said. “We’re approaching that 30 years in 2027, and we have talked to the state and they told us that we could go ahead and submit our post-closure application early.”

Finally, the commission approved a contract for a grant from the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board to preserve and provide access to marriage license records dating back to 1888. The projected cost of the county’s marriage license archival rehousing project is just over $13,000.