Weber County IT Director Quinn Fowers presented the agreement to the commission.

The agreement, which Fowers said originated with Salt Lake City and Provo, also includes Bountiful, Centerville, Central Utah 911, Cottonwood Heights, Davis County, Draper, Duchesne County, North Ogden, Orem, Riverton, Salt Lake County, Sandy, Saratoga Springs, South Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah County, Wasatch County, Weber Area 911, West Jordan and West Valley City.

Fowers added that other jurisdictions are pending.

Under the agreement, government IT departments can request assistance from partner agencies when facing emergencies impacting “the confidentiality, integrity or availability of information systems or data.” Requests must be made by an IT leader from the affected jurisdiction; responding agencies can then offer support based on resource availability.

Assistance will be provided free of charge by responding agencies for the first 40 hours; cost-sharing agreements will be negotiated if additional support is requested/given. Participating agencies must meet certain minimum cybersecurity standards — having an updated disaster recovery plan, risk assessment protocols, essential cybersecurity tools, etc. in place — to qualify for the initial no-cost aid.

Looking beyond emergency response, the agreement also encourages joint training and other resource sharing among partner IT departments.

The agreement is for five years and will renew automatically unless it’s otherwise altered. Additional municipalities and agencies may also apply to join the initiative pending the approval of current participants.

Also approved during Tuesday’s meeting was a memorandum of understanding between the county and Weber Human Services for a grant-funded Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT, program providing nursing, case management and peer support services at the county jail. WHS will cover the cost of one full-time registered nurse to manage MAT services and a full-time case manager or peer support specialist in addition to providing administrative oversight.

The county also approved the final reading of an ordinance amending solid waste fees in the Ogden Valley. Additionally, approvals were given for a partnership between the county and the GOAL Foundation related to the Ogden Marathon, a contract to have Matched Horse Races at the Golden Spike Event Center, the first reading of an ordinance amending the name of the Weber County Redevelopment Agency, and the presentation of the GRAMA Request Annual Report for 2024.

Finally, appointments of members/trustees to the GRAMA County Appeals Board, Powder Mountain Water and Sewer District Board and Weber County Career Service Council were made.

The Weber County Commission meets most Tuesdays at the Weber Center building. Commission meetings are viewable online via the county’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@webercountyutah/.