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Circuit judge warns probation user-fee fund unsustainable, asks council to shift $235,000 to general fund
Summary
Judge Ryan Hadfield said probation user fees have fallen short amid state-mandated salary increases and changes to a community-transition grant, and proposed shifting about $235,000 in supplements and health-insurance costs to the county general fund to avoid an eventual emergency.
Circuit Court Judge Ryan Hadfield told the council the probation-user-fee fund is not sustainable and requested the council consider shifting recurring costs into the general fund to prevent an operating emergency in several years.
Hadfield said the probation office has already made more than $90,000 in internal cuts and created efficiencies, but structural revenue losses remain. He cited several causes: a 2022 legislative change that moved community-transition funding to community corrections, an increase in indigent…
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