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Council hears municipal-court outsourcing as a budget option but members caution on justice implications
Summary
Council members discussed whether contracting municipal-court services to the county could materially reduce costs (staff estimated potential savings), but councilors stressed local control of justice and said savings must be weighed against local access and justice considerations.
Shelton city staff and council members discussed, on June 10, whether some municipal-court functions could be contracted to the county as a way to reduce operating costs. Council members raised a possible savings figure in the high hundreds of thousands and asked for more information; staff and councilors also cautioned that court functions have unique administrative, space and justice-access implications that require careful study.
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