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Council approves adding a fourth legal assistant to law director’s office to handle court doc transfers
Summary
Mount Vernon council adopted an ordinance to create and fund a fourth legal assistant in the law director’s office after municipal court changes will require the law office to accept and retain police reports and other documents previously held by the court.
Mount Vernon City Council on Jan. 27 adopted Ordinance 2025-02 to add a fourth legal assistant in the law director’s office, funding a position the administration said was already budgeted.
Law Director Benjamin (last name in transcript rendered as Boren) told council the court is changing docketing systems from CMI to CourtView because the Ohio Supreme Court will require electronic filing; Judge Thatcher has opted to stop serving as the repository for police reports and some court documents. “Judge Thatcher has decided that…
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