Another Justice Court Problem, November 27, 2009 Court From 1A 10,000 a year to 2,000. Justice courts, once called justice of the peace, handle only class B and C misdemeanors, with their most serious cases being assaults and drunken driving. "We took a pretty good hit when Ogden city started its own justice court," Wilson said. Wilson said if not for the county's share of the revenue in fines and fees from the four cities that use the court instead of running their own, the court would not be covering its operating costs. In addition to Marriott-Slaterville and Hooper, West Haven and Huntsville file their cases with the Weber court. Word of the court's possible demise was news to Bill Morris, Marriott- Slaterville's city manager and prosecutor. He heard of it only two weeks ago, leading him to press for the Dec. 2 meeting. "The county is suffering moreso than some of the cities with the recession for the past year," he said. Paperwork and bureaucratic hoops in setting up a new consolidated court to replace the Weber court could take as long as a year, said Morris. "I just want to make sure we've got a court to go to next July. That's the target date they (county officials) gave me." Wilson said a possible solution is to merge with another existing justice court. Roy, Ogden, and Washington Terrace, all with their own justice courts, have called to say they're interested, he said. In the meantime, it was Wilson's office that took the sexual harassment complaint to the Judicial Conduct Commission this year after last year moving Storey's office up one floor from Eisenhour's, as well as naming another county official as her immediate supervisor instead of the judge. After the judicial panel took no public action, Eisenhour and her lawyer, Brenda Beaton, angrily went to the press. They released their most damning evidence, an 11- page love letter with a number of mildly erotic passages Storey wrote to Eisenhour in 2007. The two have worked together in the justice court for 25 years, and continue to do so with the aforementioned buffers. Pending federal clearances, Beaton promises a lawsuit. Eisenhour alleges Storey has monitored her phone calls, asked co-workers for personal information about her, and required she clear her vacation requests with him directly with details on where she was going, when and with whom-, and once told her he dreamed of her naked from the waist up washing dishes in the court's break room. Storey has not returned phone calls seeking comment. "The judge has gone through the disciplinary process with the Judicial Conduct Commission, and Marcia is going to do what she is going to do," Wilson said. "The county commissioners have always said they are not using the possible closure of the court to solve the problem. They've said that all along. "The lawsuit will come whether we close the court or not." Ill