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Faulkner County panel trims public defender budget, eyes two part‑time positions as state funding shifts
Summary
The budget committee moved to reduce county costs tied to a full‑time public defender position and approved related investigator funding after committee members debated converting a county full‑time position into two part‑time roles contingent on state hiring. Members agreed to revisit midyear if revenues or staffing change.
Chair opened a review of the County General budgets as the Faulkner County Budget & Finance Committee considered the public defender offices’ 2026 requests. Public defender Mister Plemons told the committee the court had previously funded a full‑time county public defender while the state recently allocated two part‑time positions; because the state decision remained unresolved he had included both the county full‑time position and additional part‑time salary requests in his submitted budget.
"I included both continued funding for the full time position and a funding request for 2 part time positions instead of the 1 part time position," Plemons said, describing the confusion created by overlapping county and state allocations. He said the part‑time lawyers are nominally scheduled…
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