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Budget reviews and staffing requests: council hears efficiency initiative and county attorney’s plea for prosecutors and paralegals
Summary
Council heard the county's Peak Performance Initiative promoting process efficiencies and reviewed departmental requests as part of the 2025 budget cycle; County Attorney Margaret Olsen asked for an additional prosecutor and paralegal to handle rising caseloads and discovery demands tied to body-camera evidence.
Summit County leaders used the Oct. 23 work session to outline a countywide “Peak Performance Initiative” intended to reduce process waste and to review department budget requests, while the county attorney made a separate request for two new positions in response to sharply rising caseloads.
Jenna (county staff) described the initiative as a structured effort to map routine processes, eliminate redundancies and require departments to demonstrate operational changes before seeking new funding. "It's about stewardship of taxpayer dollars," she said, stressing measurable outcomes and…
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