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Van Zandt County court tables authority request on youth diversion coordinator; funding and job classification unresolved
Summary
Commissioners tabled a request to let the Youth Diversion Board decide when a state‑mandated youth diversion coordinator should shift from part time to full time, citing budget line‑item and payroll classification questions. The position is budgeted at $19.44 an hour and partially covered by a reimbursement grant that begins in the fall.
Van Zandt County commissioners on Wednesday voted to table a request that would let the Youth Diversion Board decide whether and when the county’s state‑mandated youth diversion coordinator should be converted from part time to full time.
The item was presented by a member of the Youth Diversion Board on behalf of Judge Shinn; the presenter said the county budget already contains money for a full‑time coordinator but that the program is not yet large enough to justify a 40‑hour employee. The board asked to use the budgeted full‑time line to pay a part‑time coordinator at the $19.44 hourly rate already written into the grant and to allow the board to convert the post to full time when caseloads require it.
The court’s auditor,…
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