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Budget committee presses for detail on $1.1 million public-defender budget request
Summary
Committee members flagged a roughly $1.1 million increase for indigent defense and asked staff for a detailed breakdown, citing state pay changes, heavy defender caseloads and uncertainty about what would retain attorneys locally.
Davis County’s budget committee spent a substantial portion of its Sept. 30 budget overview pressing staff for detailed numbers behind a proposed roughly $1.1 million increase for public defenders, and for options to phase or limit the payment.
A commissioner asked whether the county could defer the increase or pay it over multiple years. The chair replied that Todd (county staff) would provide a detailed cost breakdown at an upcoming meeting so the committee could judge options for phasing adjustments.
Why it matters: committee members said recent pay increases from the…
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