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County attorney outlines budget, victim services grant and restorative-practices funding
Summary
Pine County's county attorney told commissioners the law library is self-funded, victim services are largely covered by a stable federal grant, and most 2026 budget growth in the attorney's office is salary-driven; he also highlighted a $244,500 restorative-practices grant that may offset juvenile-program costs.
County Attorney Reese reviewed his office's 2026 budget lines for the Pine County Board of Commissioners, covering the law library, victim services and the main county-attorney operating budget.
Rasmussen (Reese) described the law library as effectively a zero-budget operation funded by a $10 fee assessed on court cases; a reserve of roughly $40,000 has persisted because expenditures are modest and conservative. On victim services, he said the office…
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