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Davis County commissioners say they have not authorized funding for proposed SwitchPoint shelter amid public confusion
Summary
Public commentators pressed the commission over statements by Utah homeless coordinator Wayne Niederhauser that the county was "driving" a shelter purchase. Commissioners said SwitchPoint made the offer, the state asked the county to review the site, and no county funds have been authorized.
Commissioners of the Davis County Commission told residents on Sept. 3 that the commission has not authorized county funding for a proposed SwitchPoint homeless shelter and clarified the county’s limited role after public concern that the commission was driving the purchase.
"We have not authorized any money, to go towards this," an unidentified commissioner said, adding that the county has approximately $1,000,000 in ARPA funds that could be available but that using those funds would require county ownership of a facility and would not mean the county would operate it.
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