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Board approves holiday standby compensation adjustments for prosecutors, public defenders and justice court

Churchill County Board of Commissioners · October 16, 2025
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Summary

Following 2025 legislation, the board approved changing flat weekend standby pay to a per‑day holiday rate for district attorneys, public defenders and the justice of the peace, applying the change retroactively to holidays already in the current fiscal year.

Staff presented a change needed to align county pay practices with 2025 legislation from the Department of Indigent Defense Services (DIDs). Sherry told the board that DIDs now authorizes per‑day pay for attorneys covering trials that fall on holidays; previously the…

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