Davis County commissioners review budget corrections, COPS grant rollover and contingency shifts for mosquito project and appeals
July 14, 2026 | Davis County Commission, Davis County Boards and Commissions, Davis County, Utah
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The Davis County Commission considered several midyear adjustments to the 2026 operating and capital budgets, including a budget-correction that reverses a planned transfer covered by a grant, a rollover of a $715,000 COPS grant, a request to shift contingency funds to a mosquito-abatement channel repair, and a contingency transfer for public-defender appeals.
Controller Scott Park said the first amendment is simply a correction: payroll for an attorney’s office position is grant-funded, so the county will not move those costs into the drug-court budget. "So no additional expenditures," Park said, explaining the change avoids an unnecessary transfer.
Park also described a rollover of unspent COPS grant funds from a prior year. "It's the COPS grant, $715,000," he said, adding that the award has already been authorized and the county plans to spend the unspent portion this year rather than increasing net expenditures.
A separate request would move contingency dollars to support a joint project with the mosquito-abatement board to stabilize about 300 feet of channel at Dual Creek. A county official said the project initially had contractor bids near $380,000 but, after permitting delays and revised plans, the county’s share would be closer to $340,000; $180,000 is already in the mosquito-abatement budget. County staff proposed covering the shortfall by transferring contingency funds rather than drawing on additional fund balance.
"We put together a project to unclose 300 foot of that channel," a county project representative said, describing erosion, contaminated soils and permitting delays that shifted timing and cost. Staff stressed the work would be done largely with county crews, reducing contracting costs and helping the abatement district move an existing contractor’s schedule forward.
On the legal-defense side, Park said the county must provide counsel when appeals arrive and the public-defender budget has been struggling to keep pace. He proposed a $100,000 contingency transfer to the appeals line to carry the department through the year, noting the expense is legally required and difficult to predict.
No formal votes were recorded on these items during the work session; staff said some transfers will not require public hearings while others will be scheduled for public hearing at a later commission meeting. The controller said staff will monitor remaining contingency (estimated at roughly $150,000 after proposed transfers) and report back if further adjustments are needed.
Next steps: staff will place items that require public hearings on the commission agenda in the coming weeks; the mosquito-abatement transfer was described as an internal capital-account shift that does not require a hearing.
Controller Scott Park said the first amendment is simply a correction: payroll for an attorney’s office position is grant-funded, so the county will not move those costs into the drug-court budget. "So no additional expenditures," Park said, explaining the change avoids an unnecessary transfer.
Park also described a rollover of unspent COPS grant funds from a prior year. "It's the COPS grant, $715,000," he said, adding that the award has already been authorized and the county plans to spend the unspent portion this year rather than increasing net expenditures.
A separate request would move contingency dollars to support a joint project with the mosquito-abatement board to stabilize about 300 feet of channel at Dual Creek. A county official said the project initially had contractor bids near $380,000 but, after permitting delays and revised plans, the county’s share would be closer to $340,000; $180,000 is already in the mosquito-abatement budget. County staff proposed covering the shortfall by transferring contingency funds rather than drawing on additional fund balance.
"We put together a project to unclose 300 foot of that channel," a county project representative said, describing erosion, contaminated soils and permitting delays that shifted timing and cost. Staff stressed the work would be done largely with county crews, reducing contracting costs and helping the abatement district move an existing contractor’s schedule forward.
On the legal-defense side, Park said the county must provide counsel when appeals arrive and the public-defender budget has been struggling to keep pace. He proposed a $100,000 contingency transfer to the appeals line to carry the department through the year, noting the expense is legally required and difficult to predict.
No formal votes were recorded on these items during the work session; staff said some transfers will not require public hearings while others will be scheduled for public hearing at a later commission meeting. The controller said staff will monitor remaining contingency (estimated at roughly $150,000 after proposed transfers) and report back if further adjustments are needed.
Next steps: staff will place items that require public hearings on the commission agenda in the coming weeks; the mosquito-abatement transfer was described as an internal capital-account shift that does not require a hearing.
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