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Wichita County approves reallocation of DA salaries to address prosecutor vacancies
Summary
After an hours-long debate, the Wichita County Commissioners Court approved a budget-neutral reallocation that eliminates several budgeted positions and raises other salary lines to try to recruit and retain prosecutors, following testimony that roughly 38% of prosecution slots were unfilled.
Wichita Falls — The Wichita County Commissioners Court approved a contested budget reallocation on Tuesday aimed at addressing a shortfall in prosecutors in the district attorney's office.
District Attorney John Gillespie told the court his office is down five prosecutors and has seen no applicants since March 2025, leaving about "38% of our prosecution positions" unfilled. Gillespie said he was proposing to eliminate three budgeted positions (returning the associated benefit packages to the county) and reallocate those already-budgeted salary funds to raise pay for other prosecutor lines. "I'm not asking for additional funds. I'm asking for y'all to reallocate money that's budgeted for us," he told the court.
Gillespie said the change is "budget…
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