Council adjusts prosecutor/public defender pay and authorizes $5,000 supplements
Hancock County Council approved salary parity adjustments for the public defender to match the prosecutor's pay lines and authorized $5,000 payments: maintain the prosecutor's supplement and create matching $5,000 payments for the county public defender and the defender’s chief deputy from the general fund.
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Council approved salary adjustments to align the county public defender’s pay with the prosecutor and voted to preserve the prosecutor’s existing $5,000 supplemental payment while creating matching $5,000 supplements for the public defender and his chief deputy. The motions passed with full support after discussion of budget offsets and supplemental funding sources.
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