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Ohio Judicial Conference seeks funding to replace retiring staff and modernize website

5534036 · February 26, 2025
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Summary

The Ohio Judicial Conference asked the House Judiciary Committee for a larger operating appropriation to cover an anticipated staff replacement for a long-serving employee, employee compensation, and a planned website overhaul; committee members pressed on lobbying and overlap with the Judicial College.

Judge Tom Pfeiffer, executive director of the Ohio Judicial Conference, testified to the House Judiciary Committee about the association’s budget request during invited testimony on the state operating budget.

Pfeiffer said the conference’s biennial request is higher than its customary 5% increase mainly because a long-time employee, Trina Bennington, is expected to retire; her accumulated duties and leave will require overlap and training costs for a successor. The conference also sought funding for employee compensation adjustments and a planned redesign…

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