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Davis County OKs $1.8 million property purchase and several health grants and contract amendments
Summary
The commission ratified a $1.8 million commercial real estate purchase, approved maternal and child health and PREP grant agreements and an $817,718 WIC funding increase for 2025–26; staff noted the WIC contract could be affected by a federal shutdown.
The Davis County Commission on Oct. 21 ratified a commercial real estate purchase and approved multiple health department grant amendments and agreements totaling several hundred thousand dollars and one multi‑hundred‑thousand dollar WIC increase.
Brian Hatch, director of the Davis County Health Department, asked the commission to ratify a commercial real estate purchase contract for property with tax ID 15‑100‑0002 for a one‑time payable of $1,800,000 and to authorize the commission chair to sign incidental documents identified in the purchase contract.
Hatch also presented an amendment with the Utah Area Agency (passed through the Utah Department of Health and Human Services) showing $53,900 on the agenda; Hatch said the amendment represented an increase in federal funds and a decrease in state funds, a net wash for the department. He asked for approval of a maternal and child health (MCH) block grant receivable of $126,297 for the department’s MCH program. Hatch described a personal responsibility education program (PREP) grant amendment for $93,000 for 2025–26 and an amendment increasing local Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program funds by $817,718 for the Oct. 1, 2025–Sept. 30, 2026 contract year.
Commissioners asked whether these health programs are funded from property taxes; Hatch said most of the programs are funded by federal or state contract dollars, not property tax dollars. He noted the WIC funds could be affected by a federal government shutdown: county officials have enough funds to run WIC through October, he said, but the contract for the next year depends on federal funds being distributed.
Commissioner Lorraine Kamalu moved to approve items 5–9 as presented; Commissioner John Cross seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote recorded in the transcript as “Aye.”
The county will implement the contracts and amendments as described; Hatch indicated the department would monitor federal funding developments that could affect WIC operations.
