Uintah County Commission approves Lucky Acres grant amendment, juvenile defense contract and appoints appeals hearing officer

The Uintah County Commission on May 27 approved an amendment to a UBAG revitalization reimbursement agreement for the Lucky Acres development, approved changes to juvenile child welfare contract language and awarded a 13‑month child welfare defense contract to Eva Brady, and appointed an appeals hearing officer, during a meeting in the commission chambers in Burnley, Utah.

The actions matter because they move forward a local housing utility project (Lucky Acres), confirm how the county will assign juvenile child welfare legal work, and establish the hearing officer process for land‑use appeals, all of which affect county budgets, legal operations and development review.

UBAG and Lucky Acres reimbursement amendment

The commission approved an amendment to the revitalization reimbursement agreement between UBAG and Uintah County to add phase 2 of the Lucky Acres project. Jenny Bird, purchasing and grants, told the commission the original reimbursement commitment for phase 1 was $997,008.69 and that phase 2 adds $1,300,000.00. That arithmetic produces a project total of $2,297,008.69 for phases 1 and 2. Bird said the amendment uses the same payment…