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House Bill 85 shifts superior court pay; county adjusts supplements and budgets for additional judges
Summary
County staff told commissioners that House Bill 85 increases superior-court salaries and reduces the local supplement; the county moved supplements into other budget lines, factored in state reimbursements for a juvenile associate judge and included larger state court pay estimates tied to the superior-court increase.
County finance staff briefed commissioners on how state legislation and local requests alter the courts budget for FY2026.
Alicia Searcy summarized the statutory change and local impact: "House bill 85 increased the superior court pay from about $1.38 to to $201,000 per year. And the intent was to relieve the county of the supplement that we pay each year." (Transcript language reflects the presentation wording.) Searcy explained that Carroll County had been paying a $50,000 annual supplement per superior court judge; under the legislative change the supplement was expected to drop and the county would realize savings once the…
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