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DA’s budget forwarded; discovery-processing, expert witness carryover discussed
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Summary
District Attorney Solis presented a first 2026 budget that includes increased discovery-processing costs (data processing account clarified at $82,476 in packet), use of 'Exxon Justice' for discovery, and a requested rolling $20,000 carryover for expert witness fees; the committee forwarded the budget to Finance unanimously.
District Attorney Solis presented the office’s first proposed 2026 budget and the Kenosha County Judiciary & Law Enforcement Committee voted to forward the proposal to the Finance Administration Committee after clarifying revenue and expense lines.
Solis and staff noted the biggest change was a data/processing cost line shown in packet copies as $82,476 (some packet copies showed a different number); staff explained discovery processing has shifted to a vendor identified in discussion as 'Exxon Justice', which handles body-camera and video evidence processing and storage for some systems. Solis also asked the committee to allow a rolling carryover for expert witness fees (a $20,000 request to be carried as needed for trial-related specialists such as medical examiners).
Supervisors asked whether the reported $714,000 line of total revenue was program revenue and staff clarified that it is a combination of victim-witness revenue, motor-traffic fines, prosecution costs and deferred-prosecution agreement fees; staff said program revenue and victim-witness funds account for the bulk of the listed revenue.
A motion to forward the DA’s budget passed unanimously.
What’s next
Staff will provide a clearer breakdown of program revenue categories to support Finance review. The DA’s office will carry the rolling expert-witness allocation as discussed if approved in subsequent budget stages.
Source: District Attorney presentation and committee Q&A.
