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Documented Washington County disbursements, lease terms, and board affiliations — sourced from official county records, vendor reports, and signed agreements.

About this page: Every figure below comes from an official Washington County record — the Vendor History Report, a signed lease agreement, or a published commission resolution. Where the source is a document, it is named directly. Where a request is still pending for line-item detail, that is noted.

This page is updated as additional public records are received. If you spot a documented item we should include, please send the meeting date, resolution number, or vendor record.

Commissioner Compensation — Public Salary Records

Annual compensation paid to Washington County Commissioners, sourced from the Utah State Auditor's public employee salary database at transparent.utah.gov.

Compensation Over Time

Total Annual Compensation, Year by Year

Hover any point for the exact dollar figure. Source: transparent.utah.gov.

Year-Over-Year Increase

Annual Pay Raises (Total Compensation)

Each bar shows the percentage change vs. the prior fiscal year. First years (or partial years) excluded.

2025 marked a particularly large jump for all three commissioners: Iverson +23.3%, Snow +21.9%, and Almquist +18.6% in total compensation versus 2024.

Wages vs. Benefits — Stacked

Composition of Each Commissioner's Pay Over Time

Bottom (teal) is wages, top (gold) is benefits. Same source as above.

Victor Iverson · 2014–2025
Gil Almquist · 2019–2025
Adam Snow · 2021–2025
Side-by-Side · Fiscal Year 2025

All Three Sitting Commissioners

CommissionerWagesBenefits2025 Total
Victor Iverson$139,388.14$53,088.65$192,476.79
Adam Snow (Chair)$139,388.14$52,922.08$192,310.22
Gil Almquist$139,388.14$45,745.94$185,134.08

All three sitting commissioners received identical 2025 wages ($139,388.14). Benefits varied: Iverson and Snow received roughly $53K; Almquist received $45,746.

Victor Iverson — Seat B (Incumbent since 2014)

Total Washington County Compensation, 2014–2025

Career Wages
$1,181,053
12 fiscal years
Career Benefits
$335,642
12 fiscal years
Career Total
$1,516,695
12 fiscal years
Fiscal YearWagesBenefitsTotal
2014 (partial year)$34,144.42$14,572.88$48,717.30
2015$73,907.72$32,960.24$106,867.96
2016$75,370.24$19,348.83$94,719.07
2017$90,310.08$22,999.12$113,309.20
2018$94,986.08$24,148.69$119,134.77
2019$99,736.96$25,358.95$125,095.91
2020$103,799.88$26,308.46$130,108.34
2021$113,108.78$28,609.19$141,717.97
2022$111,960.00$28,034.27$139,994.27
2023$118,791.84$29,652.54$148,444.38
2024$125,548.92$30,559.72$156,108.64
2025$139,388.14$53,088.65$192,476.79

Source: transparent.utah.gov — Utah Public Employee Salary database (Washington County, Commissioner — 2100).

Gil Almquist — Seat A (Incumbent since 2019)

Total Washington County Compensation, 2019–2025

Career Wages
$808,683
7 fiscal years
Career Benefits
$213,187
7 fiscal years
Career Total
$1,021,870
7 fiscal years
Fiscal YearWagesBenefitsTotal
2019$96,070.36$24,362.59$120,432.95
2020$103,799.88$26,298.84$130,098.72
2021$113,108.78$28,591.11$141,699.89
2022$111,960.00$28,020.72$139,980.72
2023$118,791.84$29,629.94$148,421.78
2024$125,564.25$30,537.61$156,101.86
2025$139,388.14$45,745.94$185,134.08

Source: transparent.utah.gov — Utah Public Employee Salary database (Washington County, Commissioner — 2100).

Adam Snow — Commission Chair (Sitting since 2021)

Total Washington County Compensation, 2021–2025

Career Wages
$542,015
5 fiscal years
Career Benefits
$152,501
5 fiscal years
Career Total
$694,517
5 fiscal years
Fiscal YearWagesBenefitsTotal
2021 (partial year)$46,304.00$11,356.96$57,660.96
2022$111,960.00$27,192.03$139,152.03
2023$118,791.84$28,882.16$147,674.00
2024$125,571.49$32,148.05$157,719.54
2025$139,388.14$52,922.08$192,310.22

Source: transparent.utah.gov — Utah Public Employee Salary database (Washington County, Commissioner — 2100).

Pioneer Courthouse Lease — Liberty Village Utah

Signed lease agreement between Washington County and Liberty Village Utah.

Lease Terms

$100 per year

According to the signed lease agreement, Washington County leases the Pioneer Courthouse to Liberty Village Utah at an annual rate of $100.

Per records compiled for this page, recent renovations to the Pioneer Courthouse exceed $100,000 in county outlay. Rental income under the current lease will not recover that cost.

Disclosed Board Affiliation

Commissioner Victor Iverson is listed as a board member of Liberty Village Utah, currently serving as Secretary.

Sources
  • Lease Agreement — Pioneer Courthouse (Washington County / Liberty Village Utah)
  • Pioneer Courthouse Detail Report (county renovation outlays)

County Contributions to Affiliated Nonprofits

Compiled from county vendor and disbursement records. Line-item detail requests are pending where noted.

United We Pledge

Documented County Payments

2024
$433,333.33
United We Pledge
2025
$52,323.67
United We Pledge

* Line-item detail has been requested for these disbursements; this section will be updated when received.

Liberty Village Utah — Greater Zion CTO Budget Appropriations

Documented Annual Budget Allocations

Per the official annual Washington County Greater Zion CTO (Convention & Tourism Office) budget documents, the following amounts were appropriated to Liberty Village Utah:

2023 Final
$1,300,000
CTO Budget appropriation
2024 Final
$1,270,000
CTO Budget appropriation
2025 Final
$836,667
CTO Budget appropriation
2026 Preliminary
$836,667
CTO Budget appropriation

Liberty Village Utah does not appear in the 2022 CTO budget. The line first appears in the 2023 budget at $400,000 preliminary, then closes the year at $1,300,000 final. Greater Zion CTO budgets are approved annually by the Washington County Commission.

Greater Zion CTO Budgets — Annual Tourism Appropriations

The Convention & Tourism Office is funded primarily by Transient Room Tax (TRT). Its annual budget is approved by the Washington County Commission.

Year-Over-Year Growth

CTO Budget & Transient Room Tax Revenue

Fiscal YearTransient Room Tax RevenueTotal CTO Budget
2022$12,960,000$20,439,808
2023$13,500,000$20,822,372
2024$14,400,000$23,012,430
2025$15,360,000$26,660,076
2026 (Preliminary)$17,100,000$30,106,270

Source: Washington County Greater Zion CTO annual budget documents (Revenue line: Transient Room Tax, GL 25-3150).

Disclosed Affiliation

Commissioner Iverson & Liberty Village Utah

Commissioner Victor Iverson is a board member of Liberty Village Utah and currently serves as Secretary. The Greater Zion CTO budget — which has included Liberty Village line items every year from 2023 through 2026 — is adopted annually by the Washington County Commission, including Commissioner Iverson.

The CTO budget is an aggregated appropriation. Whether or to what extent Commissioner Iverson recused himself on the Liberty Village line item is not reflected in the budget documents themselves; meeting-minute roll calls would clarify.

TRT & TRCC Project Allocations Snapshot

Washington County TRT (Transient Room Tax) and TRCC (Tourism, Recreation, Cultural & Convention) project list, multi-year cumulative totals.

Top-Line Totals

$75,353,153.54 across all listed projects

TRT Projects
$52,494,055.78
All listed recipients
TRCC Allocations
$22,859,097.76
All listed recipients
Largest Documented Recipients

Top 10 by Cumulative Allocation

RecipientCumulative
St. George City$24,579,621
Dixie Center$20,740,465
Zion National Park / Springdale$4,071,489
Dixie State / DXATC (Utah Tech)$3,786,034
Tuacahn$3,500,000
Washington City$3,500,000
Hurricane City$3,484,638
HVFSSD (Hurricane Valley Fire)$3,316,027
SR 18 Multi-Use Trail$2,409,788
Ivins City$1,500,000
Notable Single-Recipient Line Item

Liberty Village Utah — $463,333.33 (2023–2024)

The TRT/TRCC Project List records $463,333.33 in TRT Projects allocated to Liberty Village Utah during the 2023–2024 funding window. For context, the same multi-year list records the following totals for entire incorporated cities and other listed recipients during overlapping windows:

Comparison RecipientCumulative TRT/TRCC
Enterprise (City Park, 2017)$200,000
Santa Clara City (total)$792,035
LaVerkin / Virgin (Historic CC Corral)$18,436.62
Shivwits (Bike Lane)$41,028
Silver Reef Museum (2025)$50,000
St. George Lions Rodeo (2012–2025)$243,000

Source: Washington County TRT/TRCC Project List.

Source
  • Washington County TRT/TRCC Project List (full document available below)

Comparison — Switchpoint Community Resource Center

Vendor History Report, Washington County (01/01/2014 – 04/30/2025).

2014 – 2025 Vendor History

$150,000 total — all in 2020

Per the Washington County Vendor History Report covering January 2014 through April 2025, the only county contributions to Switchpoint during that 11-year window were two payments in 2020 designated specifically for COVID-19 / CARES Act homelessness response:

  • March 24, 2020 — INV0047598 — $50,000 — "Contribution for Homeless Due to COVID-19"
  • November 23, 2020 — INV0051597 — $100,000 — "Coronavirus Relief Funds — CARES Act Expenditures"
Source
  • Washington County Vendor History Report — Switchpoint (Payable #01234614)
May 19, 2026 — Resolution R-2026-3766

$25,000 contribution to Switchpoint approved

On May 19, 2026, the Washington County Commission approved a $25,000 contribution to Switchpoint via Resolution R-2026-3766. This is the first non-pandemic-designated county contribution to Switchpoint reflected in the records compiled to date.

Source
  • Resolution R-2026-3766 (Washington County Commission)

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