A referendum would only be allowed if the city council had taken legislative action by passing an ordinance or resolution, said County Clerk/Auditor Steve Rawlings. However, the July 5 decision “amounts to an administrative function,” making a referendum impossible, Rawlings said in the July 12 Davis County Clipper.
Brett Passey, a spokesman for the group that is collecting 1,500 signatures on a petition to force the referendum, said the group was seeking other attorneys’ opinions of the law and would continue to push for a public vote. “We believe it ought to be put to the voters to decide,” he said.
Posted July 15, 2005.