Michelle Cafuzzi frames campaign around fiscal restraint, transparency and voter accountability

Michelle Cafuzzi, a candidate for Utah County Commission Seat A, told a party podcast she would make fiscal restraint and transparency central to her tenure if elected.

On a Utah County Republican Party podcast, Cafuzzi described her public‑service record — from school boards to a mayoralty — and said she intends to apply the same review and budgeting tactics at the county level. "I have a record that you can look at the way I manage ... and that is a clean 0 tax increase record," she said, adding that voters should be able to hold elected officials accountable.

The discussion addressed two recent controversies facing county voters: an increase in commissioners' salaries and sizeable property‑tax changes. Cafuzzi said she was surprised to learn of the salary increases and supports citizen oversight of pay decisions: "The citizens are your boss," she said, arguing that compensation policy should be transparent and, where appropriate, decided with citizen input.

On property taxes, Cafuzzi described a long record of resisting tax increases in the offices she has held. She declined to promise never to raise taxes during a future term, saying she would first review budget needs and the county's circumstances, but reiterated her preference for asking voters or citizen committees for major changes in taxation.

Cafuzzi also outlined how she would be held accountable: she said she published an annual report card as mayor and would continue that kind of public reporting if elected to the commission. "You have to let them know your actions, your votes, what you're doing, why," she said.

The interview closed with Cafuzzi confirming she is running as a Republican and giving campaign contact details: website "teamcafuzzi" (spelled in the interview) and phone (801) 319‑4999.

She did not offer formal policy texts or proposed ordinance language; her statements were presented as campaign positions and practice commitments. The commission would be able to consider, amend or reject any formal budget or pay changes if elected officials brought them forward.