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Kendall County judges ask commissioners to fund court administrator stipend as new district court opens
Summary
Judges and county staff described plans to consolidate shared court-system costs into a single fund as the county establishes a second district court, and asked the commissioners court to include a $12,000-per-year stipend (range requested up to $20,000) for a court administrator in next year’s budget.
Kendall County judges and county budget staff on Tuesday asked the county commissioners to budget a stipend for a court administrator to manage shared functions as the county stands up a second district court, and to move several shared line items into a single court-systems fund.
Why it matters: Kendall County will have two district judges starting Oct. 1. Judges and staff told the commissioners that shared expenses — transcripts, juror costs, interpreter services and contracts with the regional public defenders and the DPS crime lab — are easier to manage in a consolidated court-systems fund rather than split between two judge budgets. They also asked the court to fund a part-time court administrator stipend to coordinate courtroom usage, jury facilities and court security across both courtrooms.
Judge Cahoon described the change as a…
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