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Mason County to seek temporary contractor for public defender duties, staff recommend reclassification and pay increase
Summary
County staff proposed hiring attorney Angela Avery as a contractor through Dec. 31 to provide interim chief public defender functions; recommended reclassification and ~25% pay bump for an administrative assistant who picked up chief duties, plus a proposal to raise misdemeanor contract rates from $100 to $150 an hour.
County staff told the Mason County Board of Commissioners they have been unable to fill the chief public defender post and recommended hiring a contractor, attorney Angela Avery, to perform supervisory and office‑management duties from Aug. 1 through Dec. 31 while a permanent chief is recruited.
At a briefing, staff said the contractor would handle office standards, supervise attorneys and assist…
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