Summit County Councilman Chris Robinson formally outlined his vast land and business holdings in a recent County Courthouse filing meant to highlight potential conflicts of interest for elected officials.

Robinson owns and operates several companies with substantial real estate and mineral rights in the county. The businesses include: Skull Valley Company, Castle Rock Land and Livestock Company, Uinta Land Company and Ensign Ranches of Utah. Robinson is also a trustee at The Nature Conservancy of Utah, and a board member at Recycle Utah and the Summit County Healthcare Foundation.

Robinson has acknowledged owning about 60,000 acres of property in Summit County. He has said he owns roughly 22,000 acres of land north of Interstate 80 and about 35,000 acres south of the freeway in North Summit.

Meanwhile, Robinson said he hopes part of 400 acres he owns near the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest becomes a mountain subdivision east of Kamas.

Robinson is a Democrat who campaigned against Park City Republican Alison Pitt and Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway, a member of the Constitution Party. Both of Robinson’s opponents criticized him for the potential conflicts of interest during the campaign.

Elected officials are advised to stay out of discussions and not vote when they could financially gain from decisions. Other Summit County officials operate businesses, rent properties and own large tracts of land in areas they represent, according to the new filings that highlight potential conflicts of interest.

Elected officials and some staffers take an oath that they will only accept non-monetary gifts up to $50 in value. The conflicts-of-interest declaration forms also prohibit officials “from taking monetary or other favors from any individual in exchange for favorable action on matters before [them.]”

The filings require officials declare any substantial interests they have in business entities which are subject to regulation by the county.

Summit County Councilwoman Sally Elliott lists herself as having no conflicts and owning her home on the 2600 block of Sidewinder Drive.

Summit County Councilman John Hanrahan is a member of the board of directors of the People’s Health Clinic in Park City. He owns a house on Maple Drive and a studio condominium at the Silver King Hotel on Empire Avenue. Hanrahan is co-owner of Agape Vision, Inc.

Summit County Councilwoman Claudia McMullin is an attorney with a law practice in western Summit County. She owns a home on the 1500 block of Little Lake Drive and a share of a unit at Sky Lodge in Park City.

Summit County Councilman David Ure, who is a People’s Health Clinic board member, owns his house and pasture on Lambert Lane in Kamas.

Summit County Attorney David Brickey lists only the home he rents in Ranch Place as a potential conflict of interest.

“The owner of the home has water shares [in Summit Water Distribution Company,]” Brickey states in his disclosure filing. “I am paying for water used by my family.”

Summit County and the private Summit Water Distribution Co. are currently entwined in legal wrangling.

Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds owns his home on 250 West in Kamas.

Summit County Assessor Barbara Kresser owns her home on the 1000 block of South Hoytsville Road.

Summit County Clerk Kent Jones is a partner in Jones Plus, Inc. Jones owns his home in Henefer and a building lot in North Summit.

Summit County Auditor Blake Frazier, who is also the mayor of Oakley, owns his home on the 4900 block of 850 West in Oakley. Frazier also has an interest in F & V Storage in Oakley.

Summit County Recorder Alan Spriggs lists thousands of acres he owns in the county as potential conflicts of interest.

Summit County Treasurer Glen Thompson owns his home on North Woodenshoe Drive in Peoa and a separate, nearly six-acre parcel in eastern Summit County.

Summit County Community Development Director Don Sargent owns property on 50 East in Wanship, the 1000 block of South Hoytsville Road and a business interest in S & S Real Estate.

Steve Jenkins, director of the Summit County Health Department, is also a member of the North Summit School Board. Jenkins owns his home on the 1200 block of South Hoytsville road.

Summit County Public Works Administrator Kevin Callahan owns his home on the 2800 block of Lucky John Drive in Park City.