County legal office asks for 0.333 FTE attorney as workload grows
The county's legal office requested adding 0.333 full‑time‑equivalent attorney time to handle rising appellate and child welfare work, after $30,000 trial funding and an HR benchmarking study showed the office is stretched thin.
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Rhonda asked the committee to approve adding a 0.333 full‑time equivalent attorney to county legal services, saying the volume and complexity of human services and appellate work have increased and outside firms were costly and sometimes unavailable. “This year, we're making a a very large request to change how we organize and provide legal services for the county by adding 0.333 lawyer position,” she said.
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