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Tompkins County committee approves contingent funds to add assistant county attorney
Summary
The Budget, Capital and Personnel Committee approved a contingent‑fund appropriation to hire an assistant county attorney, citing growing caseloads, FOIL demands and family‑court coverage concerns.
Tompkins County’s Budget, Capital and Personnel Committee voted unanimously on May 8 to appropriate contingent funds to create and staff an assistant county attorney position for the remainder of 2025.
County Attorney Maury said the office’s current attorney staffing “is really not a sustainable operation” and warned the county was “one emergency away from having to shut down significant portions of what we do.” The committee approved a half‑year appropriation to fund the position from July through December and added the cost to fiscal targets going into the 2026 budget process.
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