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Commission approves hourly rate increase for specialty indigent defense attorney
Summary
Weber County approved a contract amendment increasing the hourly rate for specialty indigent-defense attorney Randall Marshall, who represents defendants in the most serious cases; the hourly rate was increased from $1.25 to $1.40 per transcript statement by county staff.
The Weber County Commission on July 22 approved a contract between the county and attorney Randall Marshall for representation of indigent defendants in the most serious criminal matters.
County presenter Jim Retallick described Marshall as one of the county’s “specialty attorneys” who handle the most serious offenses, including homicides and first-degree offenses. Retallick told the commission the contract increases the hourly billing rate “and it goes from $1.25 and we've increased it to $1.40.” He said the contract rate had not changed since 2018 and that the county was now able to approve the increase.
Commissioner Jim Harvey moved approval; Commissioner Gage Furrer seconded. The motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote with Furrer, Harvey and Chair Sharon Bolos voting aye.
On the record, staff framed the change as an adjustment to reflect rising costs since 2018; no public comment or alternative proposals were recorded. Meeting remarks did not clarify the currency units or whether the transcript figures represented hundreds (e.g., $125) or another formatting; the article reports the numbers exactly as stated on the record.
