County preview: indigent-defense contract terms and growing public-records workload
Oct 30, 2026
Oct 30, 2026
County administrator's office previewed indigent-defense contracts tied to inflation indexing and flagged heavy public-records requests that may be unduly burdensome; commissioners were told indigent-defense contracts are moving to five-year terms with a 5.5% increase tied to inflation indices.
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County staff told commissioners the county's indigent-defense services contract negotiations are nearing completion and that terms proposed will extend to five years and include an annual increase tied to inflation measures.
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