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Franklin County commissioners approve district court reclassifications and fund shifts, OK full-time contract interpreter
Summary
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners approved four related district court personnel actions and a full-time Spanish-speaking interpreter contract, reallocating a portion of judicial salaries to the county's mental-health sales-tax fund to help cover costs tied to therapeutic court operations.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 24 approved four related district court personnel actions and a year-long contract for a full-time Spanish-speaking interpreter, moves the judge said are intended to sustain the county's therapeutic court and meet state requirements.
Judge Orozco, Franklin County District Court, told commissioners the reclassifications correct education and duty mismatches for two court positions, add grant-management responsibilities to the job descriptions and better position the county to recruit successors when long-serving staff depart. The board approved resolutions described in the meeting as 2025-281 (probation officer reclassification), 2025-282 (therapeutic court coordinator reclassification), 2025-283 (approval of a full-time Spanish-speaking interpreter in contract form) and 2025-284 (allocation of a portion of the district court judge and court administrator/probation manager salary to the mental-health and…
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