Davis County Commission approves therapy linkages, contracts and appointments; schedules April 8 evening meeting

The Davis County Commission on April 1 approved a package of agreements that included multi‑year linkage contracts for the Children’s Justice Center, engineering and geotechnical work tied to an animal care roadway project, a reduced sponsorship for the Davis Arts Council, and appointments to the Bountiful Irrigation District board.

The actions streamline mental‑health referral capacity for child abuse investigations, advance planned facilities work at county animal care, and finalize a set of smaller operational contracts for county golf courses and information systems. Commissioners approved the items by voice votes during the weekly meeting; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

Julie Stevenson, director of the Children’s Justice Center, explained that the center maintains linkage agreements with community therapists to meet National Children’s Alliance accreditation standards requiring certain mental‑health modalities and continuity of care. The commission approved three new five‑year linkage agreements beginning April 1, 2025, and an amendment to an existing contract with Grand View Family Counseling LLC (contract 07/25/2023). The amendment updates the per‑session rate to reflect an administrative rule change in Utah effective Dec. 8, 2023; the…