Weber County commissioners authorized agreements to fund sheriff’s recruits’ police-academy training, approved an interlocal agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to support law enforcement at recreation areas, and secured contracts for medical and dental services at the county jail, county officials said in a May 2025 recap video.

“One of the action items … was on the agreement between the county and the sheriff’s office between some of our new recruits and cadets go[ing] through the police academy. So those agreements were signed today, or authorized,” Lieutenant Kylie Slater of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office said during the recorded summary. Slater also said the commission “took care of an interlocal agreement with the United States Forest Service,” which she said provides funding to the county for law enforcement and security “up around Pineview, Kazi, and the camp grounds.”

Lieutenant Joshua Maragoni said the commission also approved contracts to provide medical care at the jail. “In 2020, we started a contract with an independent contractor to provide those services, and we found that to be very beneficial,” Maragoni said. He said the procurement process produced two separate contract awards: one to VitalCore Health Strategies for medical and health services and a separate independent dentist contract, which the sheriff’s office reported will produce a cost savings compared with the prior bundled arrangement.

Maragoni credited the county purchasing office for running a competitive procurement. “Jason Horn with purchasing helped me with that,” he said. The recap noted both contractors were successful in the procurement and that the county had secured those agreements; the video did not provide vote tallies or show the signed contract documents on screen.

The county presenter summarized a retention expectation tied to the recruit-training agreements, saying recruits who accept county training are expected to “stay a little longer” with the sheriff’s office after their schooling. The precise length of the required service, the legal mechanism for recouping training costs, and details of the interlocal funding formula with the Forest Service were not specified on the recording.

For more information, the presenter directed viewers to the county website, webercountyutah.gov.