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Lake County appoints two public members to public defender oversight committee; CAO replacement deferred
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint two public members and conditionally appoint an attorney to the Public Defender Oversight Committee, while deferring a proposed change to replace the county administrative officer with the chief public defender as a voting member and directing staff to update the committee bylaws.
At a Lake County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board voted 5-0 to appoint Mark Bice and Mary Wilson as the two public members of the county's Public Defender Oversight Committee and to conditionally appoint Mitch Hartman as an attorney member once he finishes his remaining caseload.
The appointments came after supervisors debated whether to remove the county administrative officer (CAO) seat and add the chief public defender as a voting member of the oversight panel. Vice Chair raised concerns that making the chief public defender a voting member would create a conflict because that person would be a voting member of the body that provides oversight of the public defender's office.
“This is concerning to have the chief public defender as a voting member of oversight for their…
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