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Commissioners weigh raising Office of Public Defense pay to match prosecutor matrix; administrator to review
Summary
County HR reported March 12 that the Office of Public Defense manager and a district-court public defender position have been vacant and that raising pay to align with the county prosecutor matrix may broaden the applicant pool. Commissioners asked the administrator and HR to review options and report back.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash.
County human-resources staff updated the Board of County Commissioners at the March 12 workshop about recruitment challenges in the Office of Public Defense (OPD) and proposed aligning two OPD attorney positions with recently approved pay increases in the prosecutor's (PA) office.
HR staff explained the background: the OPD manager role had been a contracted position from 2016 to 2024 and was budgeted as an in-house grade-23, step-7 role in the 2025 budget when the job was authorized. Two OPD attorney slots (one superior-court public defense counsel and one…
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