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Municipal court seeks additional staff to handle heavy dockets and growing caseload
Summary
The municipal court director asked the council to consider funding additional court staff and a court security officer; staff said more employees would reduce backlog, allow more hearing dates and handle increased administrative workload from cases, truancy and summons processing.
The municipal court director presented a request for additional court staff (conversion of part‑time to full‑time roles and an administrative position) to address a growing caseload and heavy dockets. The presenter described recent workload—three court dates in a month with more than 100 cases on some dockets—and said expanding…
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