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Magistrate judge requests county funding for mediation certification
Summary
A magistrate judge asked commissioners to fund two mediator trainings (core $450 and domestic $550); the judge said she would not mediate Graham County cases and would return modest fees to county general fund; commissioners asked for a January decision and planned a motion.
A magistrate judge asked Graham County commissioners to fund mediation training so she can become a certified mediator for cases outside the county.
Speaker 8 told commissioners she included a letter from Chief Judge Hofaker supporting the idea, said the core training costs $450 and the domestic-training course $550, and added that she would charge $50 per mediation participant and return the fee proceeds to the county general fund to help recoup training costs. She said she could not mediate Graham County cases but could serve other counties in the judicial district.
Commissioners indicated general support and asked staff to prepare a motion; Speaker 2 moved to pay for the magistrate judge’s education for both sessions, and the transcript records a second. The motion’s final recorded outcome was not present in the transcript excerpt.
Next steps: commissioners asked staff to formalize the request so they can vote on funding by January.
