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Polk County tables county attorney pay proposal after lengthy budget showdown
Summary
County Attorney Greg urged the board to raise attorney grades to compete with the state public defender’s office, citing retention risks; commissioners debated budget tradeoffs and voted to table the proposal until Dec. 2 to allow further review and budget committee consideration.
Polk County commissioners spent the better part of a morning on a contested budget item before voting to postpone a proposed increase for county attorneys.
County Attorney Greg presented a request to move assistant county attorney positions up one grade and to increase his own salary range, saying the change would help the county retain prosecutors amid a wave of departures to the state public defender’s office. Greg said the public defender raises and statewide pay scales are drawing attorneys away: "People are staying longer [at the public defender's office]. I'm telling you, that is getting harder to do, and it's gonna get much harder to do in the…
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