Ali Cloward

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The county's full-time independent watchdog and property-tax record keeper: audits county offices, mails every owner's valuation notice, runs the tax sale, and serves as clerk of the Board of Equalization.

Role

Countywide auditor; must hold a CPA, CIA, CFE, CMA or CISA certification

Hours

Full-time

Pay

$197,058

Typical week

Directing audits and reports and the property tax division; peaks around the May tax sale, July valuation notices and the fall appeal season

Responsibilities and powers

• Performs accounting and auditing duties, gives the council a statement of county debt, and may conduct financial audits, reviews and performance audits of any county office, department or court; in a first-class county, audits follow generally accepted government auditing standards (Utah Code 17-69-301). The Auditor may not audit the Auditor's own office.
• Required credential (first-class counties): candidates must hold an active CPA, CIA, CFE, CMA or CISA certification (17-69-202).
• Property tax: clerk of the Board of Equalization (59-2-1001(1)); mails the Notice of Valuation and Tax Change by July 22 (59-2-919.1); conducts the tax sale of properties delinquent more than five years, traditionally in late May (Property Tax dates).
• The office has a Property Tax Division and an Audit Services Division, takes fraud reports, and publishes audit reports and a recommendations dashboard (SLCo Auditor).
• Four-year partisan term; on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot.

A typical week

• Audit work [INFERRED]: planning and reviewing audits, meeting with audited departments, and releasing reports to the council and public.
• Property tax calendar: tax sale (May), valuation notices (by July 22), BOE appeal intake and records (Aug–winter) (sources above).

Time commitment

• Full-time [INFERRED from salary and duties].

Staff and budget

• 28 FTEs (Auditor 17.5 + Auditor-Tax Administration 10.5) (SLCo FTE table); 2026 budget $5.4 million (Budget in Brief p.14).

Pay

• $197,058 a year, about $64.8k in benefits (2025) (SLCo pay schedule p.48; Transparent Utah).

Sources

• Utah Code 17-69-301, 17-69-202
• SLCo Auditor

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