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Supervisor proposes cutting assistant county attorney post; board debates attorney pay and assigned-counsel costs
Summary
A supervisor said recruiting experienced deputies is difficult and said he may propose cutting one assistant county attorney post and reallocating funds to raise salaries; supervisors asked for more study of assigned-counsel costs and scheduled meetings with defense stakeholders.
An unidentified supervisor told the Washington County Board on Nov. 13 that recruiting experienced deputy county attorneys has become difficult and signaled an intention to propose cutting the assistant county attorney position and redistributing funds to increase pay for remaining attorneys.
"I might suggest to the board, cutting the assistant county attorney position…that 37 of that go back into the general fund, and then I spread the remainder of that amongst 3…
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