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County approves judges’ departmental budgets (salaries left for later); judges request supplements, furniture and interpreter funds
Summary
The council approved departmental budget items for the courts while excluding salary adjustments. Judges asked the council to consider $5,000 judicial supplements authorized by statute and requested funds for furniture, interpreters and increased attorney-fee coverage for trials.
The county council approved a series of court-related departmental budgets while excluding salary increases from immediate approval, and judges used the budget workshop to flag items for future consideration.
Judge Kinkade said he has historically received a $5,000 supplement from the council and urged consideration of extending a similar $5,000 supplement to other judges; council members noted there is a statute that authorizes counties to pay such judicial salary supplements. The council approved the court budgets…
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