MINUTES OF COMBINED COMMISSION WORKING & REGULAR SESSION

MEETING HELD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2024, BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M.

IN DUCHESNE, UTAH

Present –
Commissioner Irene Hansen, Commissioner Tracy Killian, Commissioner Greg Miles, Deputy Attorney Tyler Allred, Public Works Deputy Director Clint Curtis, Public Works Director Mike Casper, Deputy Attorney Grant Charles, Library Director Daniel Mauchley, Clerk-Auditor Chelise Jessen, Recorder Shelley Brennan, Treasurer Stephen Potter, Assessor Traci Herrera, Community Development Assistant Becky Broadhead, Deputy Assessor Cory Luttrell, Deputy Assessor Teresa Prince, Deputy Assessor Michelle Lewis, Chief Deputy Assessor Ginger Johnson, Deputy Assessor Cheryl Fabrizio, Deputy Assessor JR Hyde, Deputy Clerk-Auditor Janet Jenkins, Human Resource Director Judy Stevenson, Human Resource Generalist Nichole Cowley, Community Development Assistant Director Mike Gottfredson, Surveyor Jerry Allred, Duchesne County Residents Tracy Ross and Bryan Winterton, and Commission Executive Assistant Melissa Hughes is taking the meeting minutes.
Opening Comments
(9:00 a.m.)
Interim Chairperson Miles welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Pledge of Allegiance
(9:01 a.m.)
Consideration of Justice Court Contract with Daniel Irvin
(9:02 a.m.)
Deputy Attorney Grant Charles presented the agreement for legal services for the Justice Court between Duchesne County and Daniel Irvin. Duchesne County is required to furnish legal representation for defendants in cases filed in the Justice Court in and for Duchesne County, in which defendants are indigent and cannot obtain defense counsel in criminal cases. The agreement shall take effect on February 1, 2024, and continue through December 31, 2024. The total compensation is $13,200, $1,200 monthly for eleven months. The parties discuss the agreement. Commissioner Killian made a motion to approve the contract with Daniel Irvin for Justice Court Legal Services. Commissioner Miles seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.
Consideration of District Court Indigent Defense Contract #3
(9:03 a.m.)
Deputy Attorney Grant Charles presented the agreement for legal services for the District Court between Duchesne County and Laura Fuller. Duchesne County is required to furnish legal representation for defendants in cases filed in the District Court in and for Duchesne County, in which defendants are indigent and cannot obtain defense counsel in criminal cases. The agreement shall take effect on January 1, 2024, and continue through June 30, 2024. The total compensation is $36,600, $6,100 monthly for six months. The parties discuss the contract. Commissioner Killian made a motion to approve the contract as presented. Commissioner Miles seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.
Commissioner Hansen entered the meeting at 9:06 am.
Closed Meeting – Strategy Session to Discuss: Pending or Reasonably Imminent Litigation;
(9:06 a.m.)
Commissioner Killian made a motion to go in and out of a closed meeting for a strategy session to discuss: Pending or Reasonably Imminent Litigation. Commissioner Miles seconded the motion. Commissioner Killian voted aye, and Commissioner Miles voted aye. The motion passed.
Back in Session
(9:22 a.m.)
No action is to be taken.