Davis County Commission approves contracts, grants and property tax adjustments; tables animal-care item

Davis County commissioners on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 approved a series of contracts, sponsorship agreements and property-tax adjustments and tabled an animal-care agenda item until the following week.

The commission voted to approve contracts and amendments across several county departments, including a $2,123,200 annual amendment for substance-abuse and mental-health services with Davis Behavioral Health, a professional-services contract for jail-related mental-health services paid to John Chidester of $133,071.44, an audit engagement letter with Carver, Florrick & James not to exceed $29,400, and multiple smaller sponsorship and facilities contracts. The board also approved the county's property tax register, which included approved appeals totaling $1,760,006.13 and assessor adjustments totaling $1,586,013.

Why it matters: The approved contracts fund ongoing behavioral-health services countywide and cover routine operations such as disaster-records preservation and audits. The property-tax register adjustments change the county's collectible tax totals and include one individual adjustment greater than $1 million, per the register presented to commissioners.

Clerk's office and records preservation Brian McKenzie, the elected county clerk, described an agreement with BELFOR USA Group that would allow the county to call upon professional records-restoration services after a disaster. McKenzie said the agreement carries no financial obligation unless the county uses the vendor's services. He also described an amendment to the county's CivicPlus contract tied to the Munidox implementation; that amendment removes a historical-import fee of about $1,000, adds single-sign-on functionality and…