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Kendall County district attorney urges court to review public defender pay, oversight and leasing
Summary
Criminal District Attorney Nicole Bishop told commissioners she has repeatedly raised concerns about pay disparities between prosecutors and attorneys in the Hill Country Regional Public Defender27s Office, alleged Open Meetings Act compliance issues by the oversight board, and questioned a large office lease.
Nicole Bishop, Kendall County Criminal District Attorney, used the meetings public-comment period to ask the commissioners to address pay differences between county prosecutors and attorneys employed by the Hill Country Regional Public Defender's Office.
Bishop told the court she had been raising the issue for five years and that, after county prosecutors received step increases this budget year, the public defender's office later received additional raises mid-fiscal cycle. "Do you believe people of Kendall County would be alright with the…
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