Official Resolution
Resolution No. 09192019
RESOLUTION OF BENCHLAND WATER DISTRICT
REGARDING 2019 BOARD ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, The Board of Benchland Water District ("District") consists of seven trustees elected at-large to serve four year terms; and
WHEREAS, there are three trustees whose terms end on December 31, 2019, and therefore there are three trustee postions to be filled during the 2019 election; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the District provided and published notice of the trustee positions to be filled, as required by Utah Code ann. § 17B-1-306(3)-(4); and
WHEREAS, only three candidates filed declarations of candidacy with the District within the candidate filing period, as provided by Utah Code Ann. §17B-1-306 (5), namely Scott Bass, Paul Hirst and Ralph Reeves.
WHEREAS, no person wishing to become a write-in candidate has filed a declaration of candidacy with the District, as required by Utah Code Ann. §§ 17B-1-306(5) (g) and 20A-9-601; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that because there are only three candidates for the three at-large positions, and because there are no other District ballot proposals, the District hereby cancels the 2019 election and certifies that each of the three candidates identified above is unopposed and therefore considered to be elected to office, as provided by Utah Code Ann. §§ 17B-1-306(5) (i) and 20A-1-206(3).
Adopted and passed by the Board of Trustees of Benchland Water District this 19th Day of September 2019.
BENCHLAND WATER DISTRICT
signed Scott Bass, Chair of the Board of Trustees
ATTEST:
signed, Jennifer Holbrook, District Clerk
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The Benchland Water District provides irrigation service to much of Farmington, parts of Kaysville and Fruit Heights and to adjacent areas of unincorporated Davis County. The District is governed by a board of seven (7) Trustees that serve four-year terms of office. At the present time those serving as Trustees are Chairman Scott Bass, Vice Chairman Phil Leonard, Paul Hirst, Ralph Reeves, Judy Rice, Justen Smith and Jim Taylor.
Responsibilities of Trustees as a participant of the elected seven member Board of Trustees of the Benchland Water District are as follows:
Qualifications for Candidacy are as follows:
FOR ELECTION INFORMATION OR RESULTS PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.co.davis.ut.us/clerkauditor/elections/election_results/default.cfm
Current Board of Trustees are as follows:
Name Present Term of Office
Scott Bass January 1, 2020 thru December 31, 2023
Paul Hirst January 1, 2020 thru December 31, 2023
Ralph Reeves January 1, 2020 thru December 31, 2023
Phil Leonard January 1, 2018 thru December 31, 2021
Judy Rice January 1, 2018 thru December 31, 2021
Justen Smith January 1, 2018 thru December 31, 2021
Jim Taylor January 1 2018 thru December 31, 2021