Brigham City (Utah). City Recorder

The Brigham City council did not pass ordinances defining the responsibilities of city officers until 1875. At that time the council gave the city recorder charge over all Brigham City records and papers, and designated him keeper of the Brigham City seal. The council required the recorder to keep a copy of all city ordinances and resolutions in chronological order, and in a separate book to keep the minutes of all council meetings. The council also charged the city recorder to keep plat maps for all surveys in the city, and required him to examine all city financial accounts (Brigham City Ordinances, Utah State Archives, series 3662, Book 1, p. 9). After 1899 state law required that city recorders counter sign all municipal contracts and official documents (Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907, title 13, chapter 6).

Brigham City recorders were originally appointed by the city council. The 1875 ordinance mandated that the city recorder should be bonded and that he or she take an oath of office. In 1899 the State Legislature determined that thereafter city recorders should be elected officials. Municipal elections are held biannually, in November and elected officials take office on the first Monday in January (Compiled Laws of Utah, 1907, title 13, Chapter 6; title 21, Chapter 9.) As of 1953 (Laws of Utah, Chapter 17), in cities of the third class, the city recorder was appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council.

Deputy recorders have been appointed as needed.