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Sevier County accepts clean audit from Central Utah Counseling Center; receiving center planned to speed mental-health admissions
Summary
County commissioners accepted a clean audit from the Central Utah Counseling Center and heard plans to demolish an old building and build a receiving center expected later this year to allow officers to admit mental-health patients more quickly.
Sevier County Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 23 to accept a clean fiscal audit for the Central Utah Counseling Center for the year ending June 30, 2025, and discussed the center's plan to build a receiving center to expedite mental-health admissions.
Director Nathan Strait and CFO Richard Anderson presented the audit results, reporting no findings. They said the center had decided to tear down an old Main Street building and replace it with a receiving center intended to reduce admission times for officers: they estimated the new center would allow admission in about 5 to 10 minutes compared with the three to four hours it can take at hospital emergency departments.
Commissioner Ralph Brown moved to accept the audit and thanked the center for its work; Commissioner Greg Jensen seconded and the motion carried unanimously. County officials did not provide a construction timeline beyond saying the facility should be constructed and in place later this year.
The new receiving center is described as intended to help local public safety respond to mental-health crises by providing a nearby facility for quicker intake, reducing emergency-room waits. No funding breakdown or specific permitting steps were provided in the minutes.
