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Courts request funding for legal services, family-court project and combined lease for drug and veterans courts

5533433 · August 5, 2025
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Summary

The courts requested modest budget increases for interpreter services, competency evaluations and a $50,000 contractual-services boost tied mostly to a family-court project; drug and veterans courts asked the county to approve combined lease costs at a downtown office.

The court system presented its 2026 budget requests, citing several modest increases and reductions across payroll, legal services and contractual items.

The chief judge said base salaries were unchanged but asked for an additional $6,879 to cover longevity increases. The courts requested $5,000 more for legal services (interpreters/language line) and $50,000 in contractual services for a…

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