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Glynn County district attorney says office is understaffed, requests authorization to fill positions and resume county payroll disbursements
Summary
District Attorney Keith Higgins told commissioners the office is severely understaffed, reported a FY2024 shortfall of roughly $977,000 and asked the board to authorize a staffing plan within the existing FY2025 appropriation and to resume direct payroll disbursements to DA employees.
District Attorney Keith Higgins told the Glynn County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 21 that his office is “severely understaffed” and requested authorization to fill vacant positions and resume county payroll disbursements to stabilize staffing and retain employees.
Higgins said the office had four assistant district attorneys currently handling Glynn County caseloads and that the local prosecutors carry more than 600 open felony cases. “We are severely understaffed,” he said, arguing that insufficient staffing increases backlog and costs to taxpayers by slowing case processing.
Higgins presented a staffing plan he said would fit within the amount appropriated for FY2025, which he identified as $1,300,977. He asked the board to authorize the…
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