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Rock County backs resolution urging state help for circuit courts; board replaces $70M figure with '50% of operational expenses' language
Summary
The board passed a resolution urging Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Legislature to increase funding for county circuit courts. Supervisors amended a $70 million template figure and replaced it with language asking the state to cover 50% of county circuit court operational expenses; the amended resolution passed on a roll-call vote.
The Rock County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution urging Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Legislature to increase state funding for county circuit court operations. The board amended a template figure of $70,000,000, replacing that dollar amount with a request that the state cover 50% of county circuit court operational expenses.
Clerk of Circuit Court Amanda Nelson, who helped draft the resolution, told the board the $70,000,000 number initially came from the Wisconsin…
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