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Public Defender asks committee to forward MIDC FY26 cost analysis: requests three attorneys and a conflict coordinator
Summary
Jackson County’s public defender presented a MIDC-funded staffing plan to meet state caseload standards, asking the committee to forward the request to the full board. Commissioners debated whether state-funded additions would spur inflationary staffing requests from other offices. The motion to forward passed 4–1.
Public Defender Fortino presented a FY2026 MIDC cost-analysis and asked the committee to forward a grant-funded staffing plan to the full board. The plan requests three additional assistant public defenders and a conflict coordinator (an administrative assistant position MIDC prefers to call a conflict coordinator) so the office can meet MIDC staffing standard 6 and come into compliance with state-imposed caseload limits.
Fortino told the committee that MIDC funding would cover the added positions and that the changes would not increase county general-fund costs. He said the office is out…
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