Davis County Government Company
Davis County Government
The County provides a diversified range of county-wide services as well as certain municipal type services which are provided only in the unincorporated areas of the County.
Examples of county-wide services include the following:
General government services provided by the elected officials such as property tax assessing and collecting, auditing, budgeting, elections, marriage licenses, passports, real estate records, surveying, criminal justice services, and ordinance enactment and enforcement.
Educational Services (such as libraries and agricultural extension)
Social Service (such as senior programs)
Recreation and tourism services (such as golf courses, tourism and travel facilities, County Fair activities)
County support services (such as human resources, information systems, finance, purchasing and facilities management)
Public Safety services (such as correctional facilities, emergency 911, police protection, patrol, investigations, court security and animal control)
Public Health services (such as mental health and substance abuse – provided by contract, clinical, nursing, dental health, vehicle inspection and maintenance, environmental health, and also health education and promotion)
Public Works services (such as flood control and noxious weeds)
Municipal type services include fire protection, public works (road construction and maintenance), building inspection, and business licenses. These services are funded by property and sales taxes and user fees generated by the citizens of the unincorporated are of the County. They are accounted for in the Special Service Area Fund.
