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County reclassifies public defender secretaries; raises, parity concerns follow
Summary
The board approved reclassifying three public defender legal secretary positions to administrative legal secretary. The change triggers a 10% pay increase under the AFSCME contract and prompted debate about pay parity across court offices and the fiscal impact.
The Committee of the Whole approved a job reclassification that moves three legal secretary positions in the public defender’s office to the administrative legal secretary grade. Board discussion focused on the personnel merits of updating long-outdated job descriptions and on fiscal and equity effects across county offices.
The public defender and supporters said the current job description — in some cases more than two…
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