Commission seeks revised language on Code Blue shelter addendum; avoids site-specific commitment
County counsel advised commissioners not to sign Ogden City's proposed Code Blue overflow-shelter addendum as drafted because it tied the county to a site-specific, potentially binding commitment; commissioners asked counsel to draft revised language that commits the county to seeking a permanent solution without locking in a particular location.
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Weber County officials reviewed an addendum from Ogden City related to the Code Blue (overflow/homeless) shelter, which Ogden City asked the county to endorse. County legal counsel said the document as drafted could be interpreted as a commitment to construct a year-round facility co-located with the sheriff's complex and recommended caution because the addendum contains language that could be used as evidence of an enforceable promise. Counsel said the current format is a nonbinding expression of intent but advised that signing a document that specifies a site or promises construction could be read against the county.
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