Millcreek residents will vote on the sheriff, district attorney and county council that shape local policing and taxes on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Control of the nine-member Salt Lake County Council is at stake, and two countywide incumbents face general-election challengers: Sheriff Rosie Rivera and District Attorney Sim Gill, The Salt Lake Tribune reported on Monday, Sept. 14.

The races directly affect Millcreek. The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement in Millcreek Canyon, according to the county's website. The County Council approves budgets, sets tax rates and places bond measures on the ballot.

Sheriff and jail bond

Rivera is seeking another term after pushing for a $700 million bond to expand the county jail. At a July 29 Debt Review Committee meeting, she said the jail is at 90 percent capacity and "is no longer allowed to do overcrowding releases."

The expansion would add beds at the Adult Detention Center, decommission the Oxbow Jail and create 160 mental health beds and 100 stepdown beds, according to county meeting minutes. A 2024 jail bond failed at the ballot box, and Rivera told the committee costs have risen significantly since then.

District attorney

Gill, a Democrat, will face Republican Kent Davis on Nov. 3, according to Ballotpedia. Gill survived a close Democratic primary on June 23, defeating Shawn Robinson with 51.8 percent of the vote. Davis advanced without a contested Republican primary.

The Tribune identified immigration, property taxes and criminal justice reform as likely voter concerns heading into the fall.

Recreation bond and council seats

Voters will also decide on a $128 million recreation bond the County Council placed on the Nov. 3 ballot on Aug. 19, the Deseret News reported. The bond would not increase property taxes after accounting for the repayment of a 2016 bond, the Deseret News reported.

At least one council seat is an open race. The District 5 seat in southern Salt Lake County drew Republican candidates Traci Crockett and Chris Null into a June primary, the Tribune reported on June 7. Which additional seats are contested in November has not been confirmed.

The Tribune said it plans to publish voter guides for the council, sheriff and district attorney races before Nov. 3.