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Prosecutor seeks temporary investigator and multiple position upgrades; commissioners approve conversions and staffing measures
Summary
Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Stanley Mortensen asked the board May 15 to fund a temporary part-time investigator from savings in a frozen legal assistant position and to convert several prosecutor attorney positions to higher AT levels to match duties and aid retention; commissioners approved immediate conversions and staffing actions and directed some FY26 requests into the regular budget cycle.
Kootenai County Prosecuting Attorney Stanley Mortensen told commissioners May 15 he seeks to use budget savings from a frozen legal assistant position to fund a temporary part-time investigator and to convert multiple attorney positions to higher pay grades to reflect current duties and improve retention.
Mortensen said the item was mislisted on the agenda as a victim service coordinator and asked the board to amend the record to reflect an investigator position. He told the board the temporary investigator would be funded by money left over from a legal assistant line that is not expected to be filled in the near term and that the position would ease investigative workload and relieve reliance on outside agency detectives. Mortensen said his two full-time investigators are "at an over capacity" and that a third, temporary or part-time investigator would help cover trial preparation, exhibits, witness preparation and…
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