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Department of Law flags unused public defender reserve and potential double-counted litigation items in budget
Summary
The Department of Law told council about a public defender reserve account with roughly $240,000 that may be available to offset public defense costs and asked staff to verify potential double counting of line items for OPRA litigation and arbitration.
The head of the Department of Law (name not specified) briefed council on several budget matters, including an unspent public defender reserve and apparent duplicate line items the department asked council to verify.
Key points: The department reported a separate account that collects payments from the court to fund public defenders; that fund balance was reported at about $240,000 and the department suggested it could be used to offset public defense and related…
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