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County staff say Indigent Defense Council will hire managing public defender; grant revenue likely to shift
Summary
Associate commission administrator Quinn Hall told the budget board the Indigent Defense Council will hire a managing public defender for southern Utah; a roughly $50,000 grant the county received in prior years likely will not appear on county books in 2026, changing revenue and expense bookkeeping for indigent defense.
Quinn Hall, associate commission administrator, briefed the board on the county’s public defender budget and a pending change in how a managing public defender will be funded.
Hall said the county is statutorily required to provide public defender services and that costs can fluctuate substantially year to year depending on caseload and conflict attorney use. The Indigent Defense Council (IDC) intends to hire a managing public defender for the southern half of the state; Hall said that the roughly $50,000 the county previously recorded as a partial salary…
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