Board approves hiring court service specialist to provide state-court interpreting starting July 1

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved a request to hire a court service specialist to provide interpreting services to State Court after Superior Court will no longer supply those services.

The board voted to move forward with the hire, effective July 1, 2025, to ensure interpreting capacity for State Court proceedings. The motion was made and seconded during the meeting and the board voted to approve the request; the transcript records that votes were cast but does not provide a roll-call breakdown.

County staff said the position is intended to ensure continuity of interpreting services for State Court now that Superior Court will no longer provide them. No salary or FTE details for the new position were included in the transcript; commissioners approved the hire as recorded in the meeting minutes.