The Utah Transit Authority took steps Thursday that it hopes may bring an early end to special federal monitoring of the agency, which was part of a deal in 2017 to avoid federal prosecution.
The UTA Board voted to restructure a contract with the federally approved monitor — the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass — to speed evaluation of some key areas of promised reforms.
It approved a $214,600 contract change that “allows them to complete monitoring of UTA in a shorter timeline so you can go the U.S. Attorney’s Office to at least possibly ask for early termination,” said David Wilkins, an assistant Utah attorney general assigned to provide legal work for UTA.