Commission approves indigent defense contract for new public defender Chase T. Hansen
Summary
The commission approved Indigent Legal Services contract No. 26-05 to hire Chase T. Hansen as a public defender; Mike McGinnis introduced the contract and noted Hansen previously worked as a prosecutor.
Box Elder County commissioners approved Indigent Legal Services contract No. 26-05 to bring Chase T. Hansen into the county public defender system.
Mike McGinnis, representing the Box Elder County Public Defender's Office, said the office has a new defender following a departure and that the contract was already submitted by staff. McGinnis introduced Chase Hansen and said of the hire: "He's a former prosecutor, but we won't hold that against him." A commissioner moved to approve the contract; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The contract was approved at the meeting and the new public defender has already begun work, according to McGinnis. No further fiscal details were presented in the transcript.
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