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Utah County Commission adopts resolution to form prosecutorial review committee
Summary
The commission voted 3–0 to adopt a resolution authorizing a county prosecutorial review committee to be established by year end; commissioners said the panel will be created to provide additional oversight of prosecutorial practices.
Unidentified Speaker 1 introduced a resolution authorizing the creation of a county prosecutorial review committee and said the commission should "by the end of the year" have a review committee in place. Commissioner Speaker S4 moved to adopt the resolution and Speaker S5 seconded; the motion passed 3–0.
The resolution, as presented, authorizes the commission to begin a process to establish the committee and sets an expectation that the panel will be constituted before year end. Commissioners offered no amendments during the meeting and described the measure as a procedural step to provide a formal review mechanism. No specific membership, scope or operational rules were adopted at the meeting.
Next steps recorded on the agenda call for staff to begin the administrative steps necessary to implement the resolution so the committee can be formed within the stated timeline.
