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Montcalm County prosecutor reports caseload jump; board votes to seek legal opinion on union status of two grant‑funded positions
Summary
The county prosecutor told commissioners the office saw a roughly 30% increase in referrals in 2025 and asked the board to seek a legal opinion on whether two grant‑funded positions should be exempt from the collective bargaining agreement; the board voted to direct the county controller to seek that opinion.
Montcalm County's prosecutor reported a sharp increase in the office's workload during a Jan. 12 meeting and asked the Board of Commissioners to request a formal legal opinion on whether two grant‑funded positions should be removed from the county's collective bargaining agreement.
The prosecutor said his office experienced about a 30% increase in caseload over 2024: "a total of 1,800 cases versus 1,400 in 2024," including 423 felony cases compared with 336 the prior year and 1,700 misdemeanors versus 1,241, and singled out a 61% rise in domestic‑violence cases (85 to 137).
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