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Commission approves third amendment to public defender contract after debate over funding and reporting
Summary
Commissioners approved a third amendment to the Utah County Public Defender Association contract for 2023 but debated rising funding requests and inconsistent written quarterly reports; the office said it has provided verbal quarterly updates and that staff turnover has strained reporting capacity.
The Utah County Commission approved the third amendment to the 2020 public-defender agreement after a debate about additional funding requests and the consistency of required reporting.
Chair (Speaker 1) held the item to press the public defenders on an outstanding request for more funding and on whether the contract's requirement for written quarterly reports had been met. In the transcript Speaker 1 said the office had asked for "hundreds of…
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