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Miami County attorney outlines budget, diversion fee changes and higher expert witness and IT costs
Summary
County Attorney Kent Harding presented his first budget, described expectations for diversion fee revenue after policy changes, requested higher expert witness funds, and flagged potential IT/cloud costs and special prosecution expenses.
Kent Harding, Miami County attorney, presented his first departmental budget to the Board of County Commissioners and highlighted several revenue and expense items that could affect county finances.
Harding said he altered few line items but flagged three issues he expects will affect costs going forward: diversion program revenue, increased expert witness needs, and IT costs tied to a new managed‑service provider and potential cloud migration.
On diversion fees Harding told commissioners he initially budgeted $20,000 but now expects collections to be higher, citing about $9,000 collected by May and projecting "27 to 30,000 in diversion fees" for the year and suggesting a longer‑term ceiling of “30 to 40,000.” Harding described an operational change intended to reduce loss: "Since I've…
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