{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2a-218","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 10-2a-218","heading":"Powers of officers-elect.","body":"(1) After the county conducts the canvass of the final election of municipal officers under Section 10-2a-215, and until the future municipality becomes legally incorporated, the officers of the future municipality may:\n(a) prepare and adopt, under Chapter 6, Uniform Fiscal Procedures Act for Utah Cities, a proposed budget and compilation of ordinances;\n(b) negotiate and make personnel contracts and hirings;\n(c) negotiate and make service contracts;\n(d) negotiate and make contracts to purchase equipment, materials, and supplies;\n(e) borrow funds from the county in which the future municipality is located under Subsection 10-2a-219(3);\n(f) borrow funds for startup expenses of the future municipality;\n(g) issue tax anticipation notes in the name of the future municipality; and\n(h) make appointments to the municipality's planning commission.\n(2) The municipal council shall review and ratify each contract made by a municipal officer under Subsection (1) within 30 days after the day on which the municipality's incorporation is effective under Section 10-2a-217.","path":["Title 10 Utah Municipal Code","Chapter 10-2a Municipal Incorporation","Part 10-2a-2 Incorporation of a Municipality"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title10/Chapter2a/10-2a-S218.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"14cc29e0ac9613e4caf581cd0f8e210c1f4224b4f08cecea293ae21ab5c2c1ca","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2a-217","next":"us-ut/utah-code-10-2a-219"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}