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RIVER HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) -- The city council election of River Heights' new mayor is being questioned.
City councilman Bill Baker was selected as the city's new mayor this week after a three-to-one vote by the city council. He beat former councilwoman Debbie Rees to replace Mayor Todd Weston who died last month.
But members of the council cast their votes on a piece of paper rather than verbally.
Tim Smith is a lawyer retained by the Society of Professional Journalists in the matter. He says that by not publicly stating the vote the council violated the state's open meetings law.
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