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The “Grantsville City Hotline” provides an avenue for Grantsville City residents, including public employees and contractors, to report improper governmental activities including:

  • Waste or misuse of public funds, property, or manpower
  • Violations of a law, rule, or regulation applicable to the government
  • Gross mismanagement
  • Abuse of authority
  • Unethical conduct

Filing a Complaint

Complaints should be submitted in writing using this form. Complainants should also submit any evidence that supports the complaint at this time. Essential information includes specifics on ‘who, what, where, when as well as any other details that may be important such as information on other witnesses, documents, and pertinent evidence. Due to limited resources, our office is unable to accept complaints that are not specific in nature or that are not well supported by credible evidence. At a minimum, please use the form as a guide to ensure the necessary information is provided. Submit complaints via the following methods:

Email: fraudhotline@grantsvilleut.gov

US Mail: Fraud Committee, 429 E Main Street, Grantsville UT, 84029

Complaint Screening and Prioritization

After we receive your complaint, we will screen and prioritize it based on significance, internal resources, and other factors. The list below represents some of the factors that are considered during the screening and prioritization process.

  • Does the complaint pertain to improper governmental activities? Disagreements with management decisions or actions taken by elected officials that are within the law will not be investigated.
  • Has the complainant taken appropriate steps to resolve the issue with the entity? If the entity is not responsive, the concern relates to top management, or the complainant desires anonymity, the Hotline may be contacted first.
  • What is the timing and frequency of alleged improper activity? Allegations of improper activities that are recent and/or on-going may receive a higher priority.
  • Should the allegation be investigated by another entity? In some cases, we may refer complaints to internal/external auditors or other entities, as considered appropriate. We will generally discuss these options with the complainant.
  • Can the complaint be efficiently and effectively investigated? Overly broad or vague complaints or complaints where evidence is unavailable may be declined or receive a low priority.

Whistleblower Protection

Utah Code § 67-21-3 prohibits public employers from taking adverse action against their employees for reporting government waste or violations of law in good faith, to the appropriate authorities. A public entity employee, public body employee, legislative employee, or judicial employee, is presumed to have communicated in good faith if they have given written notice or otherwise formally communicated the conduct to  (i) a person in authority over the person alleged . . . (ii) the AG’s office (iii) law enforcement . . . (iv) City Council, Mayor, or the Grantsville City Hotline.  (see Utah Code § 67-21-3(1)(b)(i-iii),(vi)(2020) for more information).

Confidentiality

Complaints may be submitted anonymously to the Hotline. However, we prefer that the complainant provide their name and phone number to allow us to ask follow-up questions, investigate the complaint thoroughly, and report the results back to the complainant. In addition, anonymous complaints do not invoke the Whistleblower protections.

The committee does not investigate complaints involving the following issues:

Type of complaint Contact
Grantsville City  employee personnel grievances If you are a City employee and have a personnel grievance with your employer, contact the City HR Director, Crystal Oldewage at (435)884-4626 or coldewage@grantsvilleut.gov to resolve your grievance.
Disputes over access to government records (GRAMA-related issues) Contact the City Recorder Braydee Baugh at (435)884-4603 or bbaugh@grantsvilleut.gov.

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