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Carroll County chief magistrate asks commissioners to convert part‑time intake role to full time
Summary
Chief Magistrate Judge Kirsten Phillips asked the Carroll County Board of Commissioners to approve changing a part‑time magistrate court intake position to full time to handle rising civil and dispossessory caseloads; the change was placed in the county budget for a vote at the next regular meeting.
Chief Magistrate Judge Kirsten Phillips asked the Carroll County Board of Commissioners to approve converting a part‑time intake position in magistrate court to a full‑time clerk to address increasing civil and dispossessory case filings.
Phillips said she brought the request after the county budget was already drafted and that she had discussed funding with finance; she told commissioners that the county currently budgets about $25,000 for the part‑time role and that the full‑time position would require roughly $47,000 including benefits. Phillips said she personally forgoes the county supplement…
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